I have read your responses to the other strands on here about high FSH and thought this would be the best way to reach you.
Congrats on starting your cycle and good luck - although you have started drugs there would be no harm in taking some of the supplements we have discussed on here like wheatgrass (which apparently in tests restored fertility in sterile cattle!!!) and evening primrose oil (meant to help eggs).
Good luck with this cycle - i think I will be starting next month but am on the short cycle so if all goes to plan will have ec at the same time as you xxx
Hi Louise, Thanks for responding to me...i sometimes feel a bit despondent when i read everyone's story on here....i only have this chance and until i read all the other ladies stories i thought..." i just need 1 good egg"...Dr have said even if i only produce 1 they will still try as they know after that its all over for me....thanks for the advice...have purchased wheatgrass in liquid form fromHolland And Barrat as they did not supply capsule and did a month of Chinese herbs b4 this...have also read anout Dhea but not sure :-)......will go 2morrow and get some evening primrose as i need allthe help i can get....thanks again 4 the advice...it means alot.:-)
This is only the beginning and does not need to be your only chance!!! They have you on the long protocol this time - you could try the short or flare cycle (I did not repond at all to the long protocol - they blamed it on my fsh but basically once they had shut my system down with buselerin the stims didn't work and they couldn't get me started again).
Buy the book Inconceivable by Julia Indichova - she had fsh of 42 and managed to halve it with a dairy free diet, wheatgrass and yoga (she also did no wheat or sugar and skipping I think) she conceived naturally.
Your first ivf cycle is a bit of a trial as they don't know how you will respond so while lots of women are lucky and get a result first time round - failure should not mean that is it!!
hang in there love!!!
PS I have looked into DHEA too and might try it next year if not successfult his time xx
Hi Louise, have just got back from my 1st yoga class and feel totally chilled :-)...i'm taking my wheatgrass...(YuK) :-) and have cut out all tre and coffee dairy and wheat and drinking water like it is going out of fashion.....so i feel i'm giving myself the best chance possible so now i'm ready for next thusday when i take my 1st injection to the hospital and start injecting at home.....will know the day b4 my bithday how things are going so maybe its a good omen...fingers crossed.....hows things going 4 u....my thoughts are with u.
Hi Vicky - I thought you had already started - you have loads of time till next week to fully relax!!!
I think I will start around 26th (that is when period is due anyway) so am starting to clear my diary at work so that for those 3 weeks I will just go to school, teach my classes and come home - one of the deputies told me to get a sick note and take the full cycle off but realistically it will make things more stressful - i am head of a large dept in a very large 11-18 school so can't contemplate missing 3 weeks of exam classes the mayhem I would have when I went back would make me have no chance of a success! I think I just need to manage my workload better1
Hi Louise, i recive all my injection pack tomorrow and have the gonapeptyl on the 16 nov and commence the menopur from the 21 nov with poss EC on the 4 dec so its all sytems go from next thursday..i'm trying not to be too excited...but sometimes i just can't help myself. I haven't planned time off work except for hospital visits but if everything goes ok i'll probably take time off when i've had the egg transfer which i know they will be ok with ...as i work in a busy call centre and never have time off so i won't be missed too much :-) Fingers crossed for both of us....keep me posted and take care.
Vicky x x x
I am having big dilemma about whether to go again or wait till next year - Work is very staressful I ahve ateacher in my dept who is VERY difficult and makes my life a bit of a misery - she leaves at Xmas so when she handed her notice in I was thrilled to bits and felt my stress levels would start to go down and could look forawrd to next cycle, but, toiday has shown me just what the next 6 weeks will be like and they are going to be a nigtmare. I ahve been out for a pizza with a friend tonight whose advice is there is too much at stake and I should wait till she has gone and life is on an even keel again - I sadly think this is probably right - we have the money for one more go if it fails it could be 12 months or more till we cna afford another attempt so I really need to be relaxed and stress free but I feel quite angry that this woman makes my life awful at work and is stopping me from trying for my baby. Why is life so hard???
i'm so sorry you are having such a hard time at work, that is the very last thing you need i wish there was something i could do to help...you shouldn't have to wait till she leaves...its so unfair. Our try at IVF was put off ayear ago because my DP ex said she wouldn't let us have his children if we had any as they would feel pushed out ...so he backed out...she's now trying that again...but we have always had problems..she left him with the children and for 3 years he brought them up on his owen and she never saw them but as soon as we met she wanted them back....and we have always had problems since...she is now married and just had a baby ...just wish she would leave us alone....wish it could be friendly...for the kids sake more.......sorry....everything seems to be getting to me at themo...don't mean to sound like a moaner.....anyway...all systems go now....you take care and try not to let horrible people get to you.
Wot a bitch!!!! There is no sense in this fertility game at all - how can she, who left her kids and then behaved so horribly to you then go on and have another baby? It makes me so mad!
I hear what you are saying about not letting my life be ruled by horrible people but after 2 failures I really want all the conditions to be right and that includes reducing my stress. DH has booked us a ski holiday to Austria to Xmas - which is lovely but we are meant to be saving and feel like he has forced my hand and I now have to wait till next year! But a friend of mine pointed out that he probably needs a break (I think ivf makes you very selfish as 99.9% of the time it is all about me!!!!!!) and it will probably do us both a lot of good so we can forget about it all over Xmas rather than be on the 2ww - then go for it in Jan!
Hi Louise, How thoughtful your DH sounds it will do you both the world of good to get away...probably what you both need and i know what you mean about me me me...i think sometimes thats how i must be..but then i'd change many things if i could...but i guess we've both just been dealt a bum hand...what can you do !!!!! except to ...1st except it....then find another way...which we have :-)...DP ex is calling every day now ....its really getting hard and putting pressure on both of us.......i just can't afford to think on it too much...spending alot of time at my parents so i don't stress too much.....anyway ..had my gonopeptyl today so i'm on my way...just running a bath now...maybe a DVD then early night baseline on monday at stimms start on tuesday if all is ok...following scans on 28 nov and 1 dec...and again if all is ok poss EC on the 4 dec so its all happening so fast now..they have put me on a short protocol due to my high FSH and the fact that i'm running out of eggs fast. I understand why you are waiting as it will make the whole experience less stressful without ohter S*** getting in the way...i'm sure it will all work out, just make sure you have a great holiday and relax and enjoy yourself and each other...everything else will fall into place im sure.
Take care...My thoughts are with you.
Vicky x x x
not been online for ages - are you still having ec tomorrow? how is everything going? I hope all is well.
Well, the girl at work has kicked off royally so I am glad we are waiting as I am stressed off my head at the moment. Hope DH's bitch of an ex is not causing you too many problems - let me know how you get on xxxx
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