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Hey Nicki,

I often wonder about Spider too, she was on the Mar/Apr 07 thread with Clairem & Sus, but vanished half way through I think?

So good to see so many golden oldies on here !!

Dipps
x x

Oy my goodness this is like a school reunion girls!!!!!
Noods fantastic to hear from you, how are sophie and eddie doing, especially eddie after his op? Can you send me some pics hon, would love to see them.

Loocy, great to her from you, i keep an eye on you to see how things are on the due in thread, can't believe you are on your second munchkin! And thanks for the update on Talia and Leigh, can you give them all my best hon and tell them I was asking for them and wishing them luck with their IVF routes.

Nicki sweetheart, i will send you a mail soon hon, i haven't forgotten, i just keep getting sidetracked! PS Katie is gorgeous!!!!

Touchwood, I see you stil lurk too, hope life is treating you great sweetie

To Peanut,sparks,dippy,jayjay,bubbly,mantha,janine,
karly,Kat,ever,katyt,EmmaJB,clairyfairy,michie,
kathryn,emmalou,billy,crumble,oldmummy,yaya,
summer,SJ, alicee and J for all your fab support of each other and all your wonderful recollections, we should try and catch up more often!!!!

Love SueXXXX

Hi all

Don't really want to comment on all the arguments - I too was saddened to see a lovely, friendly forum turn into some kind of slanging match!

Anyway just wanted to say thanks for being the voice of reason Sue - you are so fab. Best of luck for your IVF - you truly deserve this to work for you!

Hi to everyone else

Mandy xxxx

Funny... I was wondering how Spider was too... also... NervousNelly. Anyone know how shes doing? She popped up again at the start of the due in May 2007 thread I think, but quickly vanished again

Noods! Its been so long since I have seen you on the posts!! Can't quite believe that the twins will be 1 soon. Mine are 4 next month and they are growing so fast and are now at Kindy. Where can I see a pic of the little noods? I can't wait

Mandy, lovely to see you! How is your gorgeous little man Jake?

I have really missed all the ladies who havent posted for a while so this is great to hear from all of you. This forum has been a great support to me when TTC and still continues to be through pregnancy.

Good luck with the next IVF Sue. Hang in there and I will keep everything crossed for a fab response next go. Buckets of babydust for you

Bye girls, my girls need their brekky XXXX

CHICKIE BABIES!!
i love this!! sooooo great ou new to reunite!!

mantha and summer- email me at mishynoodle@sbcglobal.net and i will email you new pics...

summer, i would love for you to email me so i can ask you about twin care, can't believe your babes are almost a year and a half!! oh and mantha you too, can't believe you are on number 3 after twins....are you crazy my love?? i guess now that the girls are 4 you forget the beginning....it was the hardest!! but bless them now...

love yous!!

Hi Girls

Can I join in? I've not been on here to log in for a while and coz of that I've had to re-register under a new username. I used to use Talia, and I was taking a long hard earned break from all the ttc/forum stuff while my DP and I came to terms with all that has happened. BUT as Gosia alerted me to this thread this week coz it was full of the oldies that I used to chat with back when I joined on here (late 04...scary!!!), I thought it was time to rejoin the fold as it were and say hi!!!

I suppose I'd better get you up to date, since I was last here, I had a lap Jan 06 at which I found that both my tubes were blocked, due to the endo, and it was then that they said we'd have to use IVF to have a baby, I think this is where I took a break from Disco.
Anyway we spent the best part of that year battling with that and the financial implications, as we were paying for treatment. Then I had a regular blood test done the next Jan (2007) and they found my FSH levels were extremely high, like 39!! this meant that I was unlikely to respond to the IVF drugs and that we'd have to consider Egg donation as the only way to have a baby, but we first opted to have regular blood tests (monthly) which we did for just over a year. Plus.... they told me they didn't know why my FSH was elevated to levels the equivalant of a pre-menopausal woman at only age 31.

SO... right now I have just embarked on my first and maybe only IVF cycle and I'm determined to beat the odds, but if this doesn't work despite all of that we have to use a donor. And this isn't something we can do until next year, so I think my spell on here may be brief, unless I find coming here helps as much as it did last time Which I hope it does. I have lurked a few times but didn't recognise any old faces.

Anyway I wanted to say a little hello to Suemac, I remember Sparklkiss, I am still in touch with Loocy, Leigh, Gosia, and Suzanne. Its kinda weird seeing so many familiar names, and I know it'll be confusing as hell for you all to see Peach instead of Talia, but I did try and register under the same or similar but it wouldn't take

Ok flower pots....I have to go as I'm shattered but I will post again. xxxxx

Love & hugs and the baby dust is going to everyone as I've not been able to say that in ages ha ha ha

Talia, OMG its been a loooonnnggg time sweetheart!!! Am so thrilled to hear from you, even in the cir****tances that you have post my love. I always wondered what you journey was after the threads and how life was treating you, thank you so much for filling us in.
Am so sorry about what you have gone through, I know myself how tough it is going through each treatment and the gut wrenching disappointment of it not working. Unlike you though my story differs, i don't have endo, only slight PCOS, no blocked tubes and no issues on DH side, so it should have been a breeze for me to get preggers, not so!! I have slow reacting ovaries, the first 2 IVF cycles i had were cancelled due to poor response, the nurse actually told me on my second vist i had the ovaries of a menaupausal woman in her 40's!!!! Fab thing to say to someone with her foo foo in the air and another imminant cancellation, i was gutted as you can imagine. However they did an accelerated cycle on me in sept, 3 different injections each day until egg collection, had 9 eggs and only 2 fertalised, the rest were immature! And then they were implanted and just didn't take. I have the same protocal this time only they will keep me on the meds for longer to help my eggies along. After that i just don't know, we had also discussed donor eggs, it breaks my heart to go that route but if my eggs are not working then so be it!
So anyway after my verbal ramblings I just hope you can stick around and pop in to say hello on the TTC for 12 months thread, we would all love to hear from you. I really hope you post, its been so long but its so great to finally hear from you, please stay, take a seat for however long you feel comfortable and have a laugh with us ladies!

Love SueXXXXX

Hi Sue

Its so good to hear from you!!! I'm very sorry to hear about how your treatment has gone for you up to now. Its a real gamble all this IVF, I know that we have to face so many hurdles with this and I just hope it works out for you this time now that they have the drugs right for you.I will keep everything crossed

Having to face egg donation is a big step, and not taken lightly. I have come to terms with that as an option for us, I have had to as we know its where we will head to next and I have to be open hearted about it or it won't work.

Of course I will stick around, did you say there was an IVF thread too? Its weird being back lol....nice though!!!
I will also post on the 12 mth thread.
When do you start your next cycle? Is it very soon? I really wish you all the best with it hun and we can stay in touch during mine and yours, as that would be good.
My best friend has had to have IVF too and last night gave birth to twin girls!!! I'm sooo happy for her, we are visiting tomorrow but today I have indulged my secret inner mommy by buying baby clothes. But its so bittersweet being able to do that. But I get to hold the beauties tomorrow so I'm hoping that a ton of baby dust and baby vibes rub off

Right well hun I'm gonna go and read up on some of the other threads to get back into this again.

Love & hugs

T xxxx

Helllloooooooo

Now who posted the reunion invitations and forgot me??????

Fantastic to hear from so many of you. I dont know what went on but its good to see so many people from the old gang pop in. I hark back to the good old days too - remember my rap!

I wont bore anyone with my story as most people will know but the important thing is that i would not have got through my ttc journey as well without this site. I remember when Sus got her BFP and thinking that because of that then maybe i had a chance. it gave me PMA. In fact everyone on this site gave PMA and baby dust by the truckload. Without this site i would not have known what to do with the clomid as my consultant was useless - i would of missed ov because i would not have been charting and weeing on sticks like a mad thing. It was normal on this site to perform these rituals!

Anyway Suemac good luck with the IVF. I know i dont post much here anymore - its hard to judge it right. But i want you to know that i do log on to see if there are updates from you, Sparks , Kat - i think of you all and hope that your ttc journeys come to an end sooner rather than later.

Someone menationed Nico - she was on the due in July 07 thread with me but disappeared after a couple of months and i have not heard from her. Would be great to know she is ok.


Anyway great to hear form everyone again - i cant list all the names but like so many people have alraedy written - you know who you are!!!!

Anna xxxx

oooooo Talia, sorry Peachy, it's so good to hear from you and see you posting on here again. I've been rubbish at keeping in touch but my last couple of emails to you bounced - might just have been a glitch in the system!!! Will try again soon. I wish you and DP all the babydust in the world that the IVF works out for you. PS have you heard from Leigh??? I hope she's getting on ok.

In terms of egg donation, as you know my SIL went into very early menopause so her only option was to go down the egg donation route, which for her, unfortunately was unsuccessful. So I know what she went through and will support you and suemac as best as I can if that's the options you are facing too. My SIL only did one cycle - she didn't feel she was strong enough to cope emotionally with it all and they are now half way through the adoption process, so hopefully they will get their little children in a year or so's time

And anabanana SOOOO good to hear from you too - what a fab thread to bring the real oldies back together - eek did you know I started posting on here in Feb 05

love to you all and massive hugs ((((( )))))
Loocy xx