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To Note:
Private Donor Groups and Private Sibling Connection Groups are now located under the category "Groups". Search the donor number in the search box and you should find exactly what you're looking for!
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The forum has a new look and the Fairfax Team is so excited to create the best experience for our users.
To Note:
Private Donor Groups and Private Sibling Connection Groups are now located under the category "Groups". Search the donor number in the search box and you should find exactly what you're looking for!
Questions about your forum access? Email forum@fairfaxcryobank.com
Follow these steps to join a private donor group:
1) Press "Join" at the right of the group
2) Once prompted to confirm your request please list this information so we can verify your information:
Name (under which the vial was purchased)
Clinic Name
Donor number
Child Date of Birth
*If you are looking to start a private group for a PRS donor please email forum@fairfaxcryobank.com with the above information and that you are looking for a PRS group*
If you have any questions about the verification process please email forum@fairfaxcryobank.com
Comments
thinking and hoping and praying for you.
I hope you got good news on Monday.. and if not. TRY AND TRY AGAIN until it works.
I was supposed to head in tomorrow for the blood test, but AF decided to show around 7pm last night.
My doctor now wants to talk options, may be time to move onto IVF or even look into donor eggs.
I am so sorry! Thinking about you! I know sometimes it can be scary to talk about options but it seems like you have a very positive outlook. Continue to have thatpositive outlook it will take you far! This will happen for you.
Robin
I also had to talk to my mom and tell her to shut up and stop saying "how long are you going to do this to yourself" I know she is supportive of my choices and just worries about me going through this emotional roller-coaster but it was starting to feel like she wasn't being supportive. She took my commentary quite well and I know she'll try. But I just want this to work! ARGH!
it will work. 9 was scary for me too.
i don't think you need to look at donor eggs..maybe hear what they have to say about ivf. It isn't as scary as i originally thought.
good luck and i am here if you need anything.
Anne .. I totally understand the angry. I felt like my body was not doing what it was suppose to.. and I didn't understand what in the heck was the issue. It seemed like on both of our tries that either the sample was not up to quality standards or we were triggered too soon. Then I was told that I had a condition which later on the blood test proved that I was normal. I feel like I will be 35 years old soon.. I don't want to keep wasting time. I can't truly blame any single person or company because I did get a refund on the vial.. and I am working with a team of doctors.. it's just very faustrating. We decided that on our 3rd time around we would monitor like normal but I know my body .. and I know that I need to trigger about 28 to 30 hours before I get the IUI. So we will be doing our own plan for triggering.. I know that it's really a miracle either way.. and a blessing so I have to keep that in mind as well.
The point I am making is WE as women know our bodies.. we know when something doesn't feel right.. or if there is something wrong.. I say still use the doctor's assistance, however if you have a feeling about timing, medications, etc... we have to TRUST our feelings on it.. TRUST your instincts.
.. if you can continue ,.. then continue own with the ICIs or IUIs.. but I agree with another member who said.. looking into IVF before looking at donor eggs can be a better opinion.. IVF's cost more of course.. but they do have higher success rates.
Keeping you all in my prayers.. Wishing everyone success in your mission in TTC.
Take Care
*Sprinkling Baby Dust* :geek:
Jeez...not sure if I am up for this again.
Praying it works, otherwise it is IVF for me. Test day is March 8
I know there are no hard and fast rules in this fertility game....I hope that you have a successful cycle. Keep us posted and I hope that March 8 is right around the corner for you!!
Lots of sticky baby dust to you and everyone else on this challenging path!!
Moe!
I'm very relaxed this tww thus far since I'm viewing it as a hail Mary pass. If it works, amazing and wonderful. If not, I have a plan in place.
My only issue is work. I tend to have to travel for work and going the IVF will limit my travel significantly. People at work already think I'm dying since I have so many doctor appointments. I keep telling them that I don't have cancer and am just treating a chronic condition - hey I haven't been pregnant for 40 years - that's chronic
I also told a dear friend who lives in Florida what I'm doing. She was so incredibly supportive and has a candle burning for me.
It WILL work, if not this time then definitely with IVF. I just have to have faith!
I took this month off due to just being so darn sad about the whole BFN and hard time with IUI this time around. I will be jumping back in next month and will have to consider IVF after that if not successful as well. I am clearing the negativity out right now and hope to be back to the positive thoughts in a couple weeks.
littlepete
I'm so sorry. Sending a hug your way. I know how devastating this whole process can be. I'm in my 10th IUI wait precisely because of a cyst and not being able to move onto IVF. Again, a hug and belief that this will work for us!
I know how hard it can be to wait especially when you think iys your body that has betrayed you. What helped me each month my body did not work was that I guess there wereother plans for me and I was just not supposed to get pregnant that month. I knew that there was a plan and it would happen when it was supposed to. Now don't get me wrong I was very impatient and wanted it when I wanted it each and every month. It did help though. And guess what it happened. Looking back it happened when it was supposed too! I will have the baby in the summer when my sister will be home to help and my neice will be home to help me. Had I gotten pregnant earlier they would have been in school and I would be by myself more. So even though it is hard it will happen when it is supposed to. Give yourself time to mourn this month and then get back to visualizing yourself pregnant!
Lots of hugs and baby dust!
Robin
Sending lots of baby dust!
Robin
Hang in there girl! Robin is right! The egg can still hang around for the swimmers. I read that often girls are conceived just after ovulation. Something about female sperm being slow and steady whereas the male swimmers are fast to the target and don't last. Sending you tons of sticky baby dust!!
Moe
JL- Sorry to hear about the timing of your trigger vs. IUI. I had the same concerns, myself, but read somewhere that the egg can have up to 48hrs to be fertilized from the time you ovulate. Certainly, "the sooner the better" but at least there's still a ray of hope and I'll be thinking of you over the next 2 weeks!
It's on to IVF. Just waiting for AF to show up, then the big process starts. I've already agreed with my mum that she'll fly out to be with me for the harvesting and the couple of days of bed rest after the insertion.
The good news, I found out I have more insurance coverage than I thought. So I should be able to get two if not three rounds covered. Just praying that I don't have to do that many!
Good luck to you all! Lots of baby dust! Don't give up!
You and I are on the same cycle! I just had my IUI this am too, hopefully we'll both get that BFP in 2 weeks!
How did the doctor decide the timing of the IUI. Did you rely on pee-sticks or did you also have an ultrasound to confirm that the egg had released? My doctor always did an ultrasound.
I had my 10th IUI on the 21st of Feb. I'm now 17 days post IUI. Both pee-sticks have said not pregnant
Argh, :evil: I just want AF to come now so that I can get started on IVF.
Big hugs!!!
I am so sorry. My heart aches for you. I know the disappointment you must feel. Just know the chances of conceiving your little one via IVF is much much higher than via IUI. You WILL get your happy ending and it will be soon.