Eggsellent Egg buddies! For those having ivf during April, May and June and any others still around :-)

Turq - that's all interesting. I can't believe it's got to you having to leave your clinic and go thru your notes yourself though; why didn't they tell you all that before. And by my research you're right that tubal problems are the 'easiest' to treat. So, you must be optimistic. Good!

And the AMH - mine was 21 when I was 42 which all the doctors remarked on and must have been key to my having DD without assistance at 40.

Good news all round for you.

PS In case you all think I'm a rude ***, I didn't ignore Val's scan news but have already said 'yay' elsewhere!

Oh and the doc said that humans are very ineffective at reproducing generally compared to other species. If you put ten embryos in a rat they would more than likely have nine babies. In a human they would probably get two or three out of ten embryos.

Found that interesting!

Val glad all good with your scan. Nice to hear some good news.
cups sorry you didn't get the numbers you wanted but I hope your one little one develops well and survives overnight. You are definitely due some luck.

Welcome shep nice to have some newbies.

I had my WTF appt today on my own as H is at work. They gave me a copy of my notes as requested as I'm leaving that clinic now. I had time to read them before the doctor came in and it would seem my AMH is 20 which I think is quite good for a 34yr old and FSH is 4. So I don't think there's a problem there.

Then I read the letter from the doctor who did my lap and dye. It confirms I have a unicornate uterus with no right ovary, tube or kidney. It says it has adhesions of the fundus from my emergency c section. It says dye did run through my left tube during the lap but clearly the tube is not normal and functionally compromised.

So basically i have one tube which is damaged so my problem is tubal. Sorry this is boring but i didn't know any of this before as I was coming round from the anaesthetic when he spoke to me afterwards.

The good news is tubal problems are apparently the easiest to treat the doc says. He would not change me to short protocol because I have normal AMH so he would see no point. He would just increase my dose of stims to hopefully get more than 2 eggs.

So hopefully we should be starting with new clinic in June or July depending on my cycle.

Wow, Shep, you've been thru the mill already. It's self-explanatory, I suppose, but it never crossed my mind that some things - like ET or an ERPC - would be easier if your cervix had already dilated once so I guess I was lucky that I had DD first then the other stuff rather than vice versa.

As for SET vs DET, I have to say that we went for 2 rather recklessly; when you have had 2 previous transfers - 1st with 3 put back and 2nd with 2 put back - and no success, you tend to think let's lob em all in! Had DET this time and have to say that the prospect of twins is not one I relish (but am sure I'd come to love).

All good with my scan Very hard to relax as the MMC was at 9 weeks but really trying.

Glad to hear there's no more blood Res.
I'm in South Wales and on a medicated cycle. It will be my first transfer, as we never got to that stage with our fresh ICSI cycle. My mock transfer failed because my cervix was the size of a pinhead and the surgeon discovered I've got a slightly heart shaped uterus. We've had a three month delay while I've been getting dilated under GA and investigated, so I'm raring to go. We've got four 5 day blasts - two very good and two slackers. I think they're going to thaw the best two, but am changing my mind every five minutes re the whole single/ double transfer question.

Hi Shep. As at right now (after an uneventful bathroom visit!), I am a great believer in FETs! Where are you? Are you medicated or not? How many are you thawing and what age are they? SO many questions!

Yep really hoping for good news for you all.

Officially husband and I are filed under 'unexplained infertility' but at last round of tests we were referred for ICSI because of low sperm morphology. Been trying for 3 or so years, I'm 37 and he is 38.

So far on Buserelin I seem to be sleeping for England...and feeling quite spaced out and stupid!

Hi guys, could I join you? I'm coming up for an FET next week and finding myself going slightly mad already.
I've been lurking on and off for a while and willing you all on, so have my fingers crossed for Res, Val and Cups today.

Thanks Euro and Stars.

Cups - I'm sorry to read those numbers although Euro is right that 1 is all you need. I hope you get to ET tomorrow and surprise us all (particularly you!). It must be upsetting and disappointing right now. What have clinic said about numbers and survival?

Val - will be tuning it at 2pm...

Res there's an IVF worriers thread over on the pregnancy forum if you want to join the knicker checkers over there.

cups it sounds like EC might have been mistimed. Remember though, IOTO.

Not until 1:30.

I can't give you any comfort on the impending insanity. I am finding this the absolute hardest period. To the point where if this pregnancy fails I could do IVF/FETs again but I am not sure I could get through early pregnancy. It is truly horrendous for me in terms of anxiety and 'what-ifs'.

Val good luck for today.

Res fingers crossed it's just pessary related, i can imagine how worried you are though.

AFM not good news, only 2 eggs were mature and 1 has fertilised. Back tomorrow if it survives overnight for a day 2 transfer. I'm absolutely gutted, short protocol certainly doesn't suit me. God knows where we go from here. I guess it might be time to start thinking about donor eggs.

News, Val?

Cups?

AFM, still shaking here. Operation Pessary was blood free. How I am going to get through the next 2 weeks (let alone maybe 34 weeks), I have no idea.

But I feel sick as a dog today so there's always a silver lining .

What time is it Val?

Backdoor for the cyclogest this morning? I know you know this but bleeding doesn't necessarily mean anything sinister.

Is it worth seeing if they will do an bHCG? Or if your GP will?

If it is any consolation I am in a complete state about my scan this morning to the point where I have considered cancelling it as I just can't bear for anything to have gone wrong. I too and a constant knicker checker and this week have been so crampy. Even now, sitting on the train feeling, umm, oozy , trying to work out what loo I can go and check it in.

Huge, huge hugs x

Backdoor for the cyclogest this morning? I know you know this but bleeding doesn't necessarily mean anything sinister.

Is it worth seeing if they will do an bHCG? Or if your GP will?

If it is any consolation I am in a complete state about my scan this morning to the point where I have considered cancelling it as I just can't bear for anything to have gone wrong. I too and a constant knicker checker and this week have been so crampy. Even now, sitting on the train feeling, umm, oozy , trying to work out what loo I can go and check it in.

Huge, huge hugs x

Val - the clinic doesn't do bloods - just a HPT and then a scan 2 weeks later. Mine is on 2 June but if the bleeding continues then I will go in earlier as it was just too much a headfuck last time to wait for that long. Now scared to undertake Operation Pessary this morning. Of course.
Oh God, God, God - why me?

Oh Res please try not to worry says the Queen of Stress. When are your bHCGs?

Cups - got it all crossed for the call today x

Oh no - blood this morning. Can't believe it might be the beginning of the end, again. Not enough to be a significant cause for concern yet but that's kinda what I said in December . So much for relax and enjoy.

How're you all today?

What news, Cups?

Jodie - I'm on so many drugs that I can't remember what normal feels like TBH. But I'd say that I felt pregnant about a week/10 days post ET then felt gradually less and less so until I forced myself to test yesterday. I genuinely thought it'd be negative. Just goes to show...

One I can't get used to your name changes! I hope you can move on somehow. Please don think any of the pnd was your fault. You deserve to be happy. We will miss you so please hang around and cheer us on. I too would love to go for a drink with you (in fact all the egg buddies) and cheer you up xx

Welcome Gateaux! Do you have a diagnosis? What's your infertility journey before you reached this point?

I'm 34, have a 6yr old gorgeous son who was conceived first month on clomid. Had my first failed ivf cycle in April and now looking for the next one in July hopefully at London Women's Clinic.