What IVF dose and how many eggs did you get?

@SH998 wow you did have really good results! That's amazing news! See I told you!

What was your count? How many retrieved? Fertilised? Made day 5 or 6? What were your grades?

Two week wait is not fun...some people start testing 4 days post 5 day transfer. If you're pregnant with twins more hcg! Mine was negative 4 days post but the line of the 4 days test got darker a couple days later. I got my positive 6 days post but I knew it was a true positive because it was getting darker. A fresh you have to be careful because of the trigger shot hcg in your urine.

I'm OK. Today is 12 weeks bleeding. Its very light so soon over. Then will wait until my first period, then will call to have a scan, then nurse consultation, then second period, that cycle have my transfer.

@SH998 how did you get on? Did you have the egg collection and transfer?

@SH998 so 8 were collected and classed as mature eggs, 6 fertilised, usually its 90 to 80%, day 3 I had 5 that were grade 1 8 cell embryos and 1 grade 2, day 5 I had 3 blastocyst and day 6 1 blastocyst so 2 were deemed not good.

@SH998 Hey, day 9, wow youre almost there. Reading your follicle sizes and the day of your cycle I feel like you have ok results. I don't understand why your clinic would want to cancel. Is that there policy? There are still days for your eggs to mature. Its 2mm on average a day they can grow even bigger. My scans started earlier, day 5, day 7 and day 10. I will try to upload the sizes, ignore the top of the page that says the cycle day as in the app i put my period was the day I started bleeding oppose to when I was in full flow and full flow is day 1 according to the clinic.

I guess you can compare my day 10 to your day 9 but decrease it by 2mm according to how big they grow. Ideally they want 18mm to 23mm at the last scan but as you can see my last scan day 10 I only had 4 follicles that fell into that size range and at egg collection they got 8 mature ones. My prior cycle they got 2 mature follicles at 14mm of the last scan. So it is possible. You definitely have 5 potential mature eggs there. Again I don't understand why the clinic would cancel it.

As you know it only takes one egg. Try to be positive.... go with your gut. If you don't want to cancel I read they have to listen to you.

I'm OK. Had my last hcg test was 16, got discharged. So I should ovulate soon. I'm spotting now. I realised depending on how my period falls I could try to conceive next month, the end of March as my injection was in December so that was a nice realisation. How soon.

@SH998 My first cycle was Gonal F 150iu. It wasn't a good experience. They could only get half because of not being able to access my left ovary due to a fibroid and the ones they got weren't good. Bemfola was better for me, the eggs were bigger quicker and more grew. Hope thats your experience.

I found my second time injections so easy. 21st, that's soon, hope it goes well. Sleeping is definitely a good thing. Will be interesting to hear how transferring the two embryos go. If you have top graded embryos if you end up with twins, could happen with a mismatch too. Two over 3Bb you may be having twins for Xmas. If one is top graded and one includes a CB, BC or CC then the chances are a lot lower but not impossible. Once you get that positive result its like a 70% chance of a healthy pregnancy, its hard when your in that 30% or 2% with etopic pregnancies.

Yep still bleeding, coming up 9 weeks, 7 weeks from methotrexate injection. Still low key pain in my hip, I did have a bout of pain in the week but now if I take painkillers the pain goes. Before the pain was really bad heard people say it's pretty much the contractions of childbirth. Last week my hcg was 25, today I'm going to test but if it's not under 10 I won't be going back as I really want to move on. Plus I can take a pregnancy test at home if I'm still bleeding in a week.

I can't wait to try again. Yes the fears are still there but thats human. The medicated frozen transfer in August really messed with my hormones, the eostrogen, but I've had worst. Hoping I start treatment with my second period post hcg at 0. My first period I'm guessing will be early March.

I'm newly 40, my embryos are 39, so really hoping my baby is one of them.

@SH998 That's great. That's exactly the medication and dosage I had and got 8 mature eggs collected. Bemfola is a cheaper drug but worked a lot better than the more expensive drug I was on. Are you excited? Hope you get some good results. Youre having a fresh transfer? Did you have any bloating after your egg collection last time?

I had a watch on YouTube and many videos said transferring one embryo rather than two embryo you're more successful. So it's definitely something you should weigh up.

My HCG is 25. It needs to be 10 to be discharged from the hospital. I'm still bleeding and still having bouts of pain. I won't contact the ivf clinic until I start my period and that I estimate will be early March so got a long time until then. Need to have a follow up scan and then nurse consultation. Still looks on track to have a frozen transfer end of March.

@SH998 happy to hear your appointment went well. Do you know what fertility drug and dosage you will be on? My two cycles I had different fertility drugs and dosage and the cheaper meds with a higher dose I got a better result.

Are you OK risking twins with two embryos? I've thought the same thing. So my next transfer will only be one embryo because its a good quality embro but the two others are poor quality and have a lower chance of pregnancy so I was thinking of transferring both.

Today every time I stood up I've had heavy bleeding and with clots. I had clots once at 7 weeks and now 6 weeks later. Hoping it means it's soon over. Etopic pregnancies for anyone are hard going because you know your life was at risk. Work don't know anything about mr trying to conceive or the etopic pregnancy. I work from home most the week and I had the methotrexate injection over xmas so the bad side effects I was at home.

Most sites say don't try again until 2 periods, Infertility TV on YouTube says try straight away, women who had a miscarriage in test trials more got pregnant, had live births and less miscarriages than those who waited over 3 months. So I should be trying 2 months from hcg at 0.

I hope you are more successful this time round. Still can't get over how badly my first round went with just one embryo not even a day 5. Got my fingers crossed for you

@SH998 Thanks...they say if you've experienced one etopic pregnancy your chances of experiencing another is higher by 10% compared to a person who hasn't. The hospital thinks it's to do with my IVF as it increases your chances of etopic by like 6%. As you say it's still all very unlucky as the chances are in your favour of having a healthy pregnancy.

My last cycle was very successful, they got 3 x5 day embryos and 1 x 6 day embryo. So I have frozen embryos. My next attempt will be a frozen transfer. I have to wait until end of March because the methotrexate injection you are not allowed to conceive for 3 months. I read frozen decreases the risk of etopic. I'm still having on / off pain with the bleeding 6 weeks later which I've been told is normal.

I am so the same! Googling, youtubing, forums. It's hard not to. I also think it helps with anxiety stress not having it bottled up. I've had two egg collections and I would say the hardest part is was waiting to find out if the embryos make it to day 5. My first cycle I had only one embryo, it was only a day 3 and they transfered it failed. My last transfer it was a 4Bb, got pregnant, my next will be 3Bb so same chances like 50/50. The 2 others are lesser graded quality.

Yeah fingers cross it happens for both of us.

@SH998 Sounds like everything will be pretty straightforward for you. The second time you know what to expect and makes it so much easier for sure. Numbing cream was a Godsend for me. Yeah I didn't have side effects from injections, I found a fresh transfer so easy, but prior I had a egg collection but couldn't have a transfer days later because they couldnt access one ovary, so the enlarged eggs left behind and the created bloating and that was uncomfortable. But ivf isn't as scary as I thought.

Please do stay chilled. I was so chilled last time and I got pregnant.

My hcg is 118, so slowly decreasing now. Nurse says early Feb she thinks I will get to 0. Then period should start 3 weeks after I was confused when. I've read women say straight their period started straight away. Still bleeding over 6 weeks.

I'm hoping the etopic pregnancy doesn't cause too much of a cloud over me. It was very scary. The hospital wanted to admit me over Xmas incase I collapsed and bled out alone. I declined. So next pregnancy it's a worry. Its not just a fear of losing a baby but losing your life. Hopefully doesn't happen again. I read frozen transfer is less likely decreases risk of etopic pregnancy and methotrexate injection does too. Will think like that.

@SH998 that's good you have a video consultation Tuesday. Get things moving. How are you feeling about your next ivf round? Are you pretty chilled about injections?

I'm still bleeding 5 weeks later and having side pain on / off. I feel like if the hospital did their job properly, didn't send me away for weeks, monitored my hcg, they would have been able to pick up the etopic pregnancy earlier and I would have got the methotrexate sooner. Then the miscarriage would have ended sooner. Had weekly blood test Friday, hcg was 221, so I am getting there needs to be 0. Then I think I should stop bleeding, then start period bleeding soon after. So no, miscarriage not complete, my first pain was like 7 weeks ago.

I can't wait to try again. It will be easier on my body just a FET. I emailed my clinic they gave me the steps to proceed, some I will do before the 3 months. Like a baseline scan because my last scan will be 3 months old, nurse consultation over the phone and then start FET. Will book scan maybe mid Feb once I have my first period.

@SH998 Forgot to say that the nhs kept saying that ivf patients are at a higher risk of etopic pregnancy. I've looked into it and there's no definite answer why. One place said its the embryo being transfered to forcefully, another said if its a 3 day (mine wasnt), that it's all the fertility drugs so a fresh transfer its more likely.

@SH998 I was advised that as I've had one etopic pregnancy, going forward the nhs would monitor me ASAP, so the moment I find out I'm pregnant again I'm to call the hospital and book an appointment at 5 weeks. I doubt a scan that early would show anything but the hcg testing is what will be relied on.

@SH998 the positives are we got pregnant once so we know we can get pregnant again. Before that you just never know.

@SH998 Hey, hope you had a merry Xmas too! 2023...let's hope this is the year we get pregnant🤰🏼🤰🏾🤰🏿🤰, stay pregnant and deliver healthy babies.

So my hcg was 4600 at the time of the methotrexate injection, day 4 it was 4000 I think then day 7 it was 3000. Was so relieved...the methotrexate is a form of chemo, a toxin, it really affected my body, I was very dehydrated, exhausted, no appetite, bloating, not myself at all. This took over my Xmas period. Hard. So didn't want another injection and the decrease in my hcg says I shouldn't.

Initially I feel I was affected only physically by losing the baby but as time has gone on I now have a sad ache to be pregnant again. Etopic pregnancy is hard because it takes so long on your body to go back to normal. I'm nearly what you'd say is "10 weeks pregnant" I'm still miscarrying. Still bleeding. Then I guess 4 to 6 weeks until period. I really don't want this again. A miscarriage would have been better, not nice still.

Back at hospital on Friday for hcg test but it will be 2 months and 2 week to go. So it's going quicker. Yeah I said to the hospital at 5 weeks I think I am having an etopic pregnancy and I was told your miscarrying come back in a few weeks. How dangerous was that?

How are you? Any news on what's next? When you will speak to clinic? My plan is early March to have follow up, get meds, so by 23rd onwards I can have FET. Can't wait.