Hi!
Any body heared of Harley Street Fertility Clinic?

Any info would help.

Thanks.

Time for a new thread as we've filled up this one (and it's taking aaaages to load!).

You can find the new thread here.

Hi,

I'm really pleased for you sooty, 2 top-grade embrios, that's a great result no matter how many eggs you started off with.

I love your loo paper story mowmi, just goes to show how paranoid we all get through this ttc nightmare, hope you'll manage to stay a bit more relaxed now though!

Hope you got some well deserved rest lottie. Can't be long to your scan now.

It's difficult keeping it all secret isn't it Caitni? I had to pop upstairs on two seperate occasions to do my injections when we had friends round, I didn't offer any explanations and nobody asked even though I stayed away quite a while, maybe they just thought I had a problem with my digestion . Have you finished sniffing now?

That number sounds enormous EMZIB, I think your nurse may be right. Well you will find out soon, 5th of june is not far away at all.

I had my iui on monday, had good lining and good sperm, although I did have that with all my other iuis and was never enough to do the trick. spent the rest of monday snoozing on my balcony in the sunshine. I decided to cancel most of my 2ww leave and have just kept today off. mil is round to help look after dd so I have taken it really easy so far and at least if it fails again I'll know that I couldn't have done much more. We decided to tell mil what was going on and she was pretty understanding about it all.

I have already decided on some treats in case of bfn:
1)1 weeks holidays with my family in june
2)I'll get myself one of these nike/ipod running gadgets that measures your speed and distance
3) I'll finally sign up to a cookery course, have wanted to do that for ages.
4) weekend in paris to visit a friend.

how does that sound? should soften the blow somewhat I reckon.

Friend of mine had her 2nd baby monday and I surprised myself by not being in the least, quite looking forward to seeing her.

Yep both transferred - didn't I say that? Dr said there was no point waiting to day 5 as there were only two, much better they get back where they belong. It's raining here and it's reminding me of old blighty . . . . my body is still in UK seasons as I am moulting hair like I usually do in spring . .. even though it's autumn here.

Nothing to report - wish I could hit fast forward . . .

Hi all

Thanks for you lovely messages. I'm still grinning from ear to ear!

I'm having bouts of sickness throughout the day and have lost my appetite slightly, which isn't a bad thing as I was getting a bit podgy!

I had my bloods done today. They didn't do a scan, you were right Londonlottie. I am booked in for a scan on the 5th June. Anyway, just got my blood result and my hormone levels are...7530 (I'm 5 weeks) The nurse said, "wow that's incredibly high...they may be 2 in there!" Hope she's right! *Anyone in the know about hormone levels*.

sootykalucy - I only had 6 follicles at EC, which resulted in only 2 fertilising and they turned into 2 grade 2 embryos that got a BFP!!!

Sooty woo hoo for your little embies!! Sounds like quality to me and I'll be rooting for the little fellas! Have you had them transferred?

Lottie sounds like you had a marvellously productive weekend! You must be wrecked now though so time to relax a bit now young lady...

Issy yay for the 3+ weeks! And good for you heading off to Glastonbury too - I've never been but it sounds like the one festival that would be perfect for preggo ladies as lots of chilling out opportunities and huge array of bands etc.

Mowmi another yay for the 3+ weeks! I love that you know the night it happened...so romantic . I've googled Geeta Nargund now and she does seem pretty marvellous (I'm liking Sooty calling her guru ). I'm at the Lister, under the lovely Dr Jaya Parikh. I really hit if off with her so feel comfortable being in her hands, so to speak.

Duplo hope the basting went well yesterday. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for some good news for you

My sniffing is going well so far - no side effects and just hoping my "period" arrives today so I can have my scan/start stims on Thurs as (tenatively) planned.

Had a mortifying experience on Sunday night at a friend's for dinner (I got a little tipsy ) when my mobile alarm went off for my 11pm sniffs - my friend's boyfriend was all like "what medication are you on?" and I had nothing prepared so said (lamely) "um, something for migraines" (I've never had a migraine in my life). He then asked "oh, what's it called? what does it do?" and I was like "er, stuff" while my DH rolled his eyes in the background. They know we've been ttc unsuccessfully but as a gay couple I'm hoping they don't automatically think "aha! IVF...". I then got annoyed with my DH yesterday, as I said that the boyf shouldn't have asked about it (I personally don't pry when friends/colleagues are vague about medication as it's only my business if they tell me). DH was like "well, you overshared" and I went slightly nuclear (along the lines of "FFS would it kill you to just agree with me for once...just say "yes, he shouldn't have been so nosy and put you on the spot etc"). I then got a sheepish "yes, he was being nosy" and we were friends again...so maybe I am having hormonal side effects after all

Anway, enough rambling from me - big waves to everyone I've not named. Hope everyone had a good long weekend. Work is a bit manic so best get back to it.

Also looks like we'll need a new thread soon...

Not enough info sooty - have you had them transferred??? They sound top notch little fellas to me... time for the thread to do some rooting for them. Really glad you got through the EC okay and the mantra Qual not Quan is definitely a good one. Hope you're able to take it easy over the next couple of weeks.

Just popping in before I brave the rain to work... Sooty - have everything crossed for you. The 2 you got sound good to me - you deserve this so keep strong.
Hello to everyone else x

Hi all, posting after Issy is a hard act to follow, hope you are all well - and not freaking out too much Mowmi that loo paper stunt is priceless. LL I have a blow-up Munch Scream on my desk . . .

Hang in there Duplo I have geriatric ovaries too, but the egg quality isn't effected by the inability to develop follicles.

My EC went okay, had 8 follicles drained (which hurts much much more than two later when the pain killers have worn off) but only produced two eggs. One from each side on the lead follicle, pretty disappointing. However both fertilised and developed well - both grade one and 8 & 9 cells - which I know is only one part of the puzzle, but hell, I need the statistics with me at the moment! As the Guru Nargund says it's quality not quantity, so here's hoping she's right!

Hope your scan goes well LL and congrats Emzib.

I think it's Day 0 Issy although calculate your due date and how far along you are on Fertility Friends here

Off to bed now... you're right; that was a big catch up!!