Where are we now? In the last 6 months:

This was our first try.  December 2014, My boys came down and stayed in Melbourne while at my most fertile. (Using Ovulation Predictor sticks) and (Period Tracker)

Sadly it wasn't to be...so we waited for the next month and tried to even the score.

This is my 'kit'.  We have: ClearBlue Advanced Stick, Clearblue Advanced Monitor (Straight from the UK via Amazon), Bulk Ovulation Strips and Bulk Pregnancy Tests. 

 (See my little bag for recipes to keep track of money spent for the Parenting Order.)

I had enough to get me pregnant..with Octuplets!!

Every month we were bang on...all machines and tests looked great.

(Left : ClearBlue Stick Fertility Monitor.  Right: ClearBlue Advanced Fertility Monitor)

http://uk.clearblue.com/clearblue-ovulation-test-range/clearblue-advanced-fertility-monitor 

Computer stick said NO.

Boo.

Put ya legs up in the air! I soon got a 'method' of turkey basting right.  I became a dab hand at it.

But. No Baby.  Seriously.  Ugh.

Things just got serious.

Eggs Ahoy.  Lets get some of them suckers.

Apparently C's sperm and my eggs have 1% comparability rate.  

1. Freaking. %.

So lets up the odds and bring the pain.

Its on like Donkey Kong.

This is the face of determination.  

'My Boys' will be the most AWESOME Daddies ever!!

Moomba Festival and Blood tests~

10 week blood testing today.  J looked after Ayla while P and I went to the Dr's and had the blood drawn..We have pretty much also decided on Knox Private as the hospital to go to as well now...I am a little relieved as its nice and close to us :)

Went to Moomba with kids and Hubby on the weekend, was hot but really nice.  Kids had fun and the fireworks wore worth the heat!

The heat has been record breaking here, 8 days over 32 Degrees (Celsius) in a row.  It is really starting to knock me around, but I guess its the same for most.   Glad we have air conditioning (which we didn't last year..yeah nuts right??!)

Nausea seems to be slightly decreasing, smells still put me right off though.

12 Week ultrasound in a fortnight. 

Genea IVF World First?

Dating scan tomorrow!!  Sorry for the lax updating...but really there has been nothing to update! lol 

So it looks like this lucky embryo embryo #9 was part of the guinea pig trial by Genea as to the solution they use to soak the little embryos.  IM rang me and was telling me all about it and said she didn't think much off it until she saw the article!

http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Health/2013/02/10/IVF_breakthrough_boosts_pregnency_chance_844213.html

Feeling much more off now...smells putting me right off and a constant ill feeling.  Joy.  It actually feels very similar to my last pregnancy.  My joints have all loosened too and my hips are already playing up a bit, so will have to watch that a bit in things that I do.  I suffered from Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction with my last...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphysis_pubis_dysfunction  

I actually didnt think Id have to worry about it this early on though, mmmm..oh well.  

I had to remind IM that it was IF baby too and he should be at the ultrasound when she suggested that he could mind my kids while we went, lol!!  Cant wait to see their faces!

Week 6 already..

Ok here we are at week 6...cravings, mmm potatoes still, healthy salads and foods.  Totally gone of sweet stuff which was my poison, so that's great for my waist I guess!

I feel extremely tired ALL the time..I forgot how wiped out you feel.  When Miss 3 is down for her nap I usually get some shut I too, but have to set my alarm in case she sleeps late and I do to and the boys don't get picked up on time!!  That would be bad...

Very slight nausea still, comes in waves..

Otherwise things are ticking along very well and so far I am enjoying the ride.  IM and IF are still in the land of OMG, I think it will be more real for them both when they see that wee heartbeat on the screen next week.

Progesterone is nasty

So my body today is cramping a bit more then usual.  I am not sure what I am feeling.  I am so nervous that my body will reject the embryo.  This is so different from my natural pregnancies, so I don't really know what to expect.  I can totally relate to what other IVFers say about overlooking for symptoms and misreading progesterone overload!  Sore boobs, Cramps, eating more and wanting to snooze. 

The sleeping, omg, I cannot believe how I can fall asleep at a drop of a hat right now!  I am so so tired all the time...pregnancy or progesterone?! 

As to Progesterone...dat some nasty s**t....ok, I was bitchy before but now I seem to have mastered PROGESTERAGE!!!!  Poor DH suffers in silence on a daily basis and my FB should be deleted!

How I feel today: Nervous, tired

Making a baby

Thought I should break it up a bit.

So we have a lovely breakfast at a gorgeous cafe and wait for our appointment time...taxi was so stinky!!  I had to keep my window open...pooooo cigarette...stale cigarette....mmm everyone wants to smell that on the ride from the airport.

We went up to the level where transfers were done.  I was still wondering if we would get the to tell us so thing that would devastate us both...guess I was cautiously optimistic :)

Name was called, paperwork refilled in and we were shown to a room where we both gowned up...oh and put wee paper booties over our shoes.

I think the hardest part is all the waiting!  Finally we were shown into another room with a recliner,chair  and a hospitals table with a box of tissues on it....so here's me joking that they just flip back the chair, insert and wipe...at least it distracted dear IM as she is a worry wart/stress head (said in the most affectionate way!!). Waiting, waiting...I pulled out the recliner and dozed until the embryologist came in to chat about the embryo.  Grade 2!  Looks great :)

Finally dear Devora (Dr Liberman) came to collect us and we all strolled down to the theatre thingy.  Up I hope on the "very comfy" table with stirrups and while Dr is fiddling with her tools and getting my bottom half ready, IM and I are oohing and ahhhing over the LCD screen with the embryo floating around in space on it...I instructed IM to get out my phone and take pics as I know she will treasure them later and also I was so fascinated!

Small pinch, and the feeling all woman just adore, cold steel sliding into your nether regions!  I watched the ultrasound screen to my left while trying to ignore the want being pressed upon my overfill and bursting bladder...

Amazing stuff watching g that little embryo shoot up into its wee resting place, so so amazing!

So here we are at the 2WW!

Back again with GREAT NEWS!

Sooooo..to catch up...

I think my Thyroid has settled.

Both IM and I flew up to Sydney in Novemember for first cycle. (Bloods and follicle tracking ultrasounds done down here). We arrived at Genea very nervous and excited. Unfortunately we were taken into a small room to be told by the embryologist that there was only one wee embryo survived that was even worth THINKING about implanting. It was still behind in developing so my IM decided not to have it transferred and we spent the rest of the day quite down waiting for out flight back t Melbourne. Turns out it was the correct thing to to , as the next day the embry stopped progressing all together.

We did however have a lovely YUm Cha lunch and spent the afternoon chatting and planning strategies for take two!

My next cycle was to fall on Christmas Day, typical. Good ole iPhone app telling me all I need to know - go Period Tracker! Lol! So we decided not to proceed for this cycle.

Fast forward to January...

Bloods taken, follicle tracking done and we were ready again. There were only 4 embryos left, so the embryologists told us she would check them first thing in the morning an give a call to let us know if they made it... The first two rolled over earlier in the week so we had TWO left...we boarded the lane at 6.30am and left out phones on till the last second.

Landing, taxing to the gate we both switched on ur phones..I had two calls, but IM had THE text!!!!! One had survived!! Lucky number 9 embryo!!!! We were so excited and just wanted to get off the plane! It was my IM 50th birthday too :)Wow! It's been a while... Guess I lost heart there for a while..I am not a great blogger at the best of times!