IVF Buddies: the next chapter

Lots of love to you @Triselly xxx

@Triselly Yes free rounds is brilliant! Norway is such a beautiful country. I've been to Bergen and Tromso in January before and had a brilliant time.

We've got my brother, SIL and nephew coming round for dinner tomorrow so that should be nice and then maybe some gardening on Sunday if the weather is nice*

Oh and my son starts ballet tomorrow morning! :D

*read 'not raining', lol.

Aw thank you @TheBirdintheCave , the weather here is absolutely gross but I’ll see if I can get to the sauna and have a couple glasses of wine at least now. I’m in Norway so we’ll be switching from our private clinic (and will still be paying off the loans from that clinic for a while yet) to a state university hospital which apparently offers ivf. Not complaining about free rounds though!

Hope you have something nice and chill planned for you weekend xxx

@Triselly Ah nuts :( I'm sorry, Triselly. Do you have something fun lined up for this weekend?

Which clinic will you be changed to? I hope they give you better luck than the current clinic.

Hey guys, thank you very much for the good wishes ❤️

Yet more bad news, got a negative on a frer test this morning and AF just turned up, so definitely out this round too. I really thought it would be positive too as I had some odd symptoms but I guess it was all the progesterone/in my head. We now officially have repeat implantation failure, after 3 full failed rounds and 1 cancelled round. I don’t understand why it keeps failing, there really isn’t any good reason why we have absolutely nothing to show for 3 rounds, no embryos in the freezer.

Next step for us is getting on the waiting list for state funded rounds, which we should be able to get within the next few months. Looking forward to changing clinics and speaking to some new drs at least. It really does get easier to manage with every failure I feel.

Hope you are ok and have a good weekend xxx

@Triselly 🙏

With you in spirit today @Triselly - let us know how you get on.

Thank you @RunningOnHope , yeah it’s not been my most fun year but it’s not over til it’s over 😅.

That’s great news about your wife! Sounds very positive. Forgive me if this sounds really intrusive, but would you ever consider possibly transferring one of her eggs into yourself? Xx

@TheBirdintheCave aww I bet he’ll cope really well - aside from disturbed nights, all the kids with newborns in the house that I know really get into their new roles!

Friday is not long away at all now @Triselly, hang in there as the days go by! You are such a hero for the way you go through this, and I hope you get the result you deserve this time.

My wife's results are in - AMH of 28 and AFC was 25 as we knew, so all looking positive. They talked about how they'll put her on a reasonably low dose to avoid OHSS and that they won't be aiming for huge numbers of eggs, but I'm secretly hoping for a much better batch of embryos by the end than we had with me. She's got more than double my numbers on both counts which has got to be a positive start.

@Triselly He says he's excited but I don't know how he will cope with the realities of a newborn in the house 😅

I'm so hoping for your positive on Friday 🙏🏻

@WholeZebra That’s understandable, hopefully your little one turns around soon xx

@TheBirdintheCave Excellent news! Is your boy excited about being a big brother?

@RunningOnHope ah, wildly swinging between peaks of despair and hope so far 😅 I’m taking it really easy this time as literally everything makes me worry, car exhaust fumes, bumpy bus rides, whether I am too hot or cold… but today we’re at 6dp3dt. I don’t feel anything much so definitely more in a despair downswing than a hope upswing today. But I know it’s very early so trying to keep my head. Yes that’s right my clinic does blood tests, mine is on Friday 😬 but I’ll do a poas test when I wake up just to prepare myself. How are you doing? Have you heard back about your wife’s results yet? ❤️

Good to hear from you @TheBirdintheCave and @WholeZebra, glad everything is progressing for you. Not long now @WholeZebra!!

How are you finding the TWW @Triselly? Am I right that your clinic does blood tests on OTD? When is it happening?

@Triselly I'm ok :) We had our 28 week scan today and everything looks good so far! Baby looks to be following the same line as their brother so will be a tiny dot when born.

@Triselly it’s the second time during the pregnancy that a C-section has been mentioned for different reasons - the first time I was completely heartbroken at the idea of missing out on labour and the experience. This time - I know it’s safety reasons and so I’m a little more relaxed about it. I’m still hopeful she’ll turn so that I can have the birth I want, but what will be will be!

@WholeZebra hello, hope that you’re doing alright - how are you feeling about a possible caesarian? ❤️

@TheBirdintheCave How are you doing? Is everything going well with you so far? Xxx

Thank you guys, I’ll let you know how it goes over here with this try ❤️

@WholeZebra Seems she's being a stubborn one! Very frustrating but at least you've got a bit of time to get your head around the idea of a c-section :)

@TheBirdintheCave time has flown! I’ve been following spinning babies religiously - spending more time on my head at the moment!

@WholeZebra Aww nuts. I'm sorry she's breech. 36 weeks though! I can't believe it. I'm assuming you've tried all the 'spinning babies' website stuff?

@Triselly my fingers are firmly crossed and sending so much love and hope to that tiny embryo!

all good this end - 36 weeks now and everything is starting to hurt and I feel like a whale! Baby is breech and I’m trying everything to turn her but don’t think it’ll be successful so it looks like we’re heading for a C-section which is taking a bit of getting used to!

@Triselly I really, really hope this is your one!

Ooh congrats for having that little embryo on board! So so hope that this is the one for you. I bet the two weeks ahead feels loooong. Rooting for the other little one to surprise you and make it to tomorrow.

Hello @RunningOnHope and thank you for the nice words ladies ❤️

I had one 8-cell fresh embryo transferred yesterday, we have one other 7-cell embryo still at the clinic and they’re gonna message tomorrow about whether it survives to day 5, I am not hopeful though as none of our others (out of 10 embryos from 3 cycles) have ever made it to day 5 (except for our first ectopic).

We seemed to have a pretty poor response this cycle, only 2 fertilised eggs, I am not sure if that’s just a normal age-related thing or if something is going wrong somewhere? I had covid for the first time in July and it really knocked me off my feet for weeks and weeks, so am not sure if maybe that has ruined all my chances?😅😨 Following that I’ve had one cancelled cycle, one failed cycle and now this one.

So 1dp3dt now, had a mad panic yesterday when I had some spotting a few hours after transfer, but I reckon that was probably just from an irritated cervix rather than everything going wrong this early.

Ugh sorry for the long negative rambling, am glad to be back in the PUPO/hope zone, at least for a week or so 🥰

How are you all doing? Xx

Just checking in @Triselly, but feel free to ignore if you don't feel like updated - don't want to hassle you! Hope there's an embryo growing strong...

@Triselly Come on eggies! :D

So pleased to hear it @Triselly, hooray for those 6 eggs! Praying for a good result tomorrow. And relax...!