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Entries in July 2011 Cycle #1 IVF/ICSI Posted by Claire28, 26/07/2011, 12:56 PM We have officially started TTC #4 CD1 started on 12/7/11 CD2 started injecting Gonal F at 225IU per day. So far i have had severe headache/migraines and nausea which started on CD3. I hope they dont last too long. i am excited and nervous..after all the talking and appointments ect we are finally on our way. I could be UTD in just a few weeks. OMG CD12: 23/7/11 Well im officially Choca's with follies acording to the FS doing my ultrasound. Lost count after 20 but had quite a few different various sizes.(largest was 25mm down to 12mm) However not doing so well on the pain factor. My poor ovaries feel like they are going burst open any moment. My tummy looks like i am 6 months pregnant and i can only wear loose clothing. I have been put into the risk catagory for OHSS so instead of having an EPU today the FS has decided to "Coast" me over the weekend and do an EPU on Monday ( i hope). So have stopped Gonal F but am still doing Orgalutran. Then trigger tonite. Hopefully i will bypass the OHSS and be able to do a 5day blast transfer if we get enough embies.. My what a difference a day or two makes. CD14: Went in to have my EPU. They admitteded me and took me upstairs to get changed. We spoke with the Embryologist who showed us in diaphrams what would happen to our embie once the ICSI was performed. They took my DP away to do his sample and I was taken into theatre soon after. They gave me a needle in the back of the hand and i started to drift off to sleep a little. Only thing was that i wasnt quite under and was aware of most of the things going on around me including the ultrasound and needle aspiration. It was quite painful and i could feel the pressure and the poking and the changing sides. It was bizare. After the procedure i was taken into recovery where i came back to life with in 10-15 mins after. Everything had gone well and i had given up 12 good eggs to work with. A few more where aspirated but were over cooked and a few where imature. So 12 was a good number. While i was waiting for DP to come up and sit with me the embryologist came in and spoke to me. My world fell apart right there and then on spot. I wasn't prepared for her next words. Of all the possible outcomes in my head for things going wrong mainly the risk of me having OHSS and having to cancel the cycle I was blown away by her words. "Im sorry to have to tell you that we are unable to perform the ICSI procedure as there was no sperm found in your partners sample", there was nothing at all." We had a low sperm count, this we knew but it wasnt that bad, just that at our age it would take quite a while to fall naturally if we could at all. That is why we are doing the IVF instead of having the tubal reversal in the first place. The look on my partners face when they brought him in was gut wrenching.. He was so upset as was i and all I could do was burt into tears. I wish i could have been stronger and supported him better. So what happens now????? My clinic contacted me today on CD15 as directed by my FS and my DP is to see a Urologist and get checked out with the hope that he can still produce a sample up the track or they go in and do a sperm aspiration. We need to first find out why we went from over a 6 mill count to zero in less than 5 months. So my eggs got put on ice and only 9 of them where suitable to be frozen. So i guess we wait and see where the next chapter of this journey is going to take us.... Comments: (0) Permalink Share This Entry Ready Set Go! Posted by Claire28, 05/07/2011, 10:12 PM Ok so today we had our appointment with the nurse co-ordinator at our IVF Clinic. Wow what a lot of info to take in. I am so glad that i have been reading up on the whole ICSI prosess before hand so i at least could understand everything she was explaining. Our FN was such a lovely lady and really explained everything including the injections, the cycle, blood test's ect ect. Last month i was admitted to hospital with severe pain in my side, after many scans ect it was decided to do a laprascopy and have a look. The surgeon did a cystectomy on my right ovary and removed an abdominal adhesion. It was suspected that i had another cyst that had burst and the fluid from the cyst had found its way up into my abdomen near my spleen casuing a bit or irritation and the pain i had. So as a result of this and now having cyst free "clean" ovaries it was decided to go ahead with ICSI next cycle instead of waiting to September as planned. So today i got my drugs bag full of my Gonal F pen's and needles and lots of information to come home with. I am super excited to not have to wait any longer and that we are finally "trying to conceive". Now i just have to wait for AF to start next week and i can jump on board with jabbing... Wooohooooo Comments: (0) Permalink Share This Entry Entries in June 2011 Welcome To The World Of AC Posted by Claire28, 01/06/2011, 11:02 PM Well its official....We can not have the reversal surgery and we are jumping on the Assisted Conception train... or maybe it shoud be rollercoaster.. We had our appt today with our FS and were told that a reversal is not an option due to the low sperm count. We are classed as Male Factor Infertility. Sounds terrible, but there is plenty of hope. My DP has sperm there and its not extrememly low just not high enough to conceive naturally on our own and last sample there was a mobility issue as well. As i have had 3 children previously and my cycles are still normal and regular there is plenty of hope that once the little embie is popped in that my body will take over and all will be well. Famous last words i know...But i am going to be confident that this will happen. It may take a few rounds to get there though. Our FS has put us on the road to ICSI and we are to organise our first appt with the nurse co-ordinator to go through the nitty gritty of injections, EPU and transfer ect. In the mean time we are to make ourselves as healthy as possible and loose the extra kilos i put on while on holiday. We are hoping to start our first Flare cycle in Sept as we want the 12 weeks to allow for my DP medications to kick in and for me to loose those extra kilos and get my body in a better place ready to carry a baby.....We are so excited and cant wait. Comments: (0) Permalink Share This Entry Entries in May 2011 The Verdict Is In..... Posted by Claire28, 26/05/2011, 12:53 AM Ok so my DP did his SA a few days before we departed for gorgeous Mauritius for a well earned holiday. Our FS appt is on the 1st June to get the results and find out what happens next. However we couldn't wait that long and decided whilst on a tour looking at how they make model ships that we should call and find out the results. Not the smartest decision ever made.....Turns out our count was even lower than the last at just on 2 million and this time with some mobility issues....so not happy about this...Last sample was at 6 mill but all normal. My poor DP, he didnt take it so good. We didnt expect to go backwards. We've been taking the supplements and having regular BD so we where a little suprised.. However a light bulb did come on and we think the low count is due to the fact that DP hasn't been taking a medication he is supposed to take due to the fact that it has been hard to get. So will discuss all this with the FS on the 1st June. Looks like we are by passing surgery and heading straight for the road to Assisted Conception...... Lets hope it's not going to be a very long journey on it....... Comments: (0) Permalink Share This Entry Step 1 The fertility Specialist Posted by Claire28, 03/05/2011, 10:13 PM Ok so the day we have been waiting for our specialist appointment finally came around today. I was so nervous and excited that i awoke at 5am and couldnt get back to sleep so i managed to wake up my DP and we sat in bed having a cuppa and some toast discussing what we thought the FS would say. So we get to our appointment and meet our Dr who i must say was really easy to chat too and very easy going. We discussed our issues, being the main hurdle having my tubes clamped and DP's low sperm count due to his medical conditions. As we thought, going straight to surgery and getting down to business may not be an option. I had an ultrasound to check on my ovaries and the large cyst i have been nursing, everything was all good. The cyst had disappeared. So now the next step is for DP to do another SA and see how that comes back. If it comes back better and over 10 million we can go in for surgery to have the clips removed and my tubes re-built. Do it the good old fashioned fun way. If DP's count is still under the 10 mill then we will have to consider going down the path of IVF. I also may need to have a lapo unless i can get some pics of the last adhesion seperation i had done. The FS would like to see whats going on in there and where i had the previous adhesions. So off to do a SA tommorow and wait for the results in a few days. We are off to Mauritous for a 2 week holiday on the 16th so will see the FS on the 1st June when we get back. Really happy with the FS, his approach and attitude and felt really good talking to him. Our age factor didnt really come into it much which suprised me. OMG were on the road to TTC ! I am so excited and cant wait to get to the next stage so we know one way or the other which road we are taking. My DP is taking this all in his stride although i suspect it is freaking him out just a tad. He is absolutely awsome. Comments: (0) Permalink Share This Entry Entries in March 2011 In the beginning... Posted by Claire28, 10/03/2011, 02:04 PM Well here I am again... .Just over 8 years down the track since my last birth. I find myself back on the trail of TTC again.. Never in a million years thought i'd be back here. Hmm how did i get here, thats a good question. I am the mother of 3, my oldest a daughter now 18 has moved out of home and is going to Uni, my 2 sons are aged 8 and 10. I am 37 and my new partner is 38. My partner has no children of his own. So after some consideration and much talk we have decided to go down the path of TTC #4 for me and #1 for my DP. A very scary desicion and some may say i am crazy to start my family all over again. Essentially that is what i am doing. Having a second family in my first family. My first child has fled the nest and my 2 boys are great little guys who have just started thier life of independance from me. They no longer need me as much any more and i have a lot more time for me.... So here i am about to go through pregnancy and birth ( please please please) as an older woman and not to mention sleepless nights, endless nappies and cleaning up baby vomit...no more me time or trips to the salon to get my hair and nails done every 6 weeks or so.. Can i just say "I CANT WAIT." BRING IT ON. As if being over 35 wasnt enough of a hurdle, we have a few extra to get over as well. I had my tubes done 7 years ago and my partner has a few health issues and the medication he was taking has left him with a low sperm count. So this is my/our journey in trying to conceive a new little person to brighten our lives and and for us to love and cherish always. I hope it's not too long a journey.... Our first hurdle is to meet with a FS and decide/ find out what our options are. We would like to have a Tubal reversal done and try to conceive naturally. However with DP's low sperm count this may not be an option and as i have had previous abdominal surgery's with adhesion complications we may have to entertain the IVF path. My first appt is on the 3 May 2011. Until then we have put ourselves on the weight loss journey, started taking the relevant Blackmores vitamins for both of us and i have been charting my cycle with FF and also on my Iphone. My DP has had a Sperm analysis done and i have had a pelvic ultrsound. So now we start the waiting game.. . waiting for appt's, waiting for Ovulation waiting for AF ect ect... but most of all waiting for that BFP...... Comments: (0) Permalink Share This Entry My Blog Links Archive Last entries Cycle #1 IVF/ICSI Ready Set Go! Welcome To The World Of AC The Verdict Is In..... Step 1 The fertility Specialist In the beginning... Search My Blog

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