Hey Skye,

Since starting IVF I am losing heaps of hair than normal and it certainly becomes oily in a shorter amount of time. I have also found my skin has got drier and my nails are terrible! I did start to take hair, skin and nail tablets but along with everything else it got to much and I kept forgetting them...oh well!

And love the new name, its great! I bet writing will help you out and get it out of your head to make it clearer and more positive.

Im finding this time round (3rd round) the syneral is really mucking with me and I have absolutely no energy at all and just want to sleep - darn it!

xx

GBH Skye, my heart really goes out to you and the pain you are feeling. Amy news on when your pgd will be?

Big hugs and baby dust xoxo

Rach: We are in week 10 of the PGD workup. It can take 8 - 12 weeks. I was told when I paid for it in September that there was another translocation couple who paid for their about 5 weeks before us so the information should have already been at SIVF and not have to be ordered from the US. See the post is what makes the wait so long. But I haven't heard from them at all to say how it's all progressing.
How are you btw?
Nattie: Thanks for the hair note. It made me laugh because I thought I was going bald with the amount of hair I was loosing.
I wish you all the best with your upcoming appointment. I hope they give you some answers.
xxx

UPDATE: I started typing this yesterday but the news I have is just so upsetting that I had to stop as I couldn't see though the tears.
Thursday just gone was the 12 week mark of the PGD workup. As we haven't heard a single peep from the PGD people - even though they said they would keep us constantaly updated - we rang Genea (SIVF) to find out whats happening. We still have to wait another 3-4 weeks. They are nowhere near done.
I feel like SIVF are nothing but crooks trying to make this process so much longer than it really has to be. This news absolutley gutted DH & I. We will def not get our 2011 pregnancy. We will be very luck to get an 2012 pregnancy. Our plan was to have started out family before we were 25. I have only just turned 24 with DH not too far behind in Jan but thoes dreams are about to come to an abrupt holt and it's all SIVF's fault. I'm am just this walking hollow atm, I just don't know what to do with myself.


PS for everybody that I owe e-mails, they are coming, I promise. xxx

Grrrrr oh Skye you poor buggers! And SIVF you bunch of halfwits!! Sometimes I think they tend to forget where their compassion is and need to remember that this is messing with ppls lives not to mention their hearts!!

I hope you guys can enjoy Christmas and gather all your positive energy for a fantastic 2012!

Thinking of you guys all the time xo

Skye- I feel for you and I can't imagine how you both must feel when you have these kind of set backs

Like the other ladies have said- I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing christmas and get set for a fantastic 2012!

Oh Skye, sweetie it is so hard. We are in the same boat. We wanted to have a family by the time we turned 30 (I was 26 and DH was 27 when we married and we are now both 31) and still nothing but disappointment for us whilst we watch everyone around us have at least 2 kids in that time. It absolutely guts you, I am gutted but we need to stay positive even though its bloody hard. I try not to let it get to my by thinking about it as we cant change the past we can only change the future by our actions now. Can you go away for Christmas or New Years, thats what we are doing as this time of year sucks ! Start the year off in a positive relaxed happy way with just you and DH.

Im thinking of you and GREAT BIG HUGS darl xxxx you are not alone xx

Hi Skye

I think of you often and pray that 2012 will be your year, any idea on when SIVF will get their butts into gear and get you started?

Wishing you all the luck in the world
Suzanne xxx

Not wrong at all Skye, I remember we told everybody when we first started and the questions like 'did it work' etc, literally did our heads in especially when it took 5 transfers to get our 1st DS, in the end we told nobody and kindly asked them to stop(plus me bursting into tears when they did ask made them stop), I really hope the ball gets rolling soon for you guys waiting is the worst thing with IVF
Suzanne xxx

Stay strong lovely. We will get there in the end!

Regarding telling people: try to choose a few understanding people to tell/talk to about it. Of those people who know about us, occasionally I have to just say, "I'm having a bad day today and cant talk about it" and they leave it there and move on to something else. It seems to work for me.

Take it easy Skye.