Icsi ivf may 2024

Hi everyone,

I hope you don’t mind if I join. Currently on first cycle of IVF. Started down reg on 29th April and due to start stims tomorrow 17th May. Egg collection provisional date is 30th May. It really is a rollercoaster. Sorry to hear of all the loses and miscarriages experienced by many you, but it is nice to read messages from people going through this journey right now!

Hi all I'm 40 doing second round of ivf for secondary infertility. We are lucky to have 2 kids eldest is 14. First round we had 2 embryos and had double transfer - resulted in miscarriage.

We have just finished another stim round this time I've done loads of research and managed to get a tailored stim protocol to me. So far results have been good. Got 14 eggs and 12 fertilised. Just so scared of going through it all again x

Good luck for Monday! Hopefully you'll have lots of lovely juicy follicles!

I'm having to do a freeze all cycle as I am at risk of OHSS due to PCOS and I had a lot of follicles during stims (30+) but I guess they didn't all produce eggs as they retrieved 11. So really does show it's quality not quantity.

We also didn't have to use ICSI in the end as the sperm thawed better than expected. Hope that doesn't mean I will be kicked off this thread. 🤣

@Lcm11 I have my 1st scan on Monday .. ! Wow that’s good 9 fertilised .. I think that’s expected that a small percentage don’t fertilise.. so you are on track .. will you get a fresh transfer with a 5 day blast ? Won’t be long and you will be getting your transfer 😁🤞🏽

Thank you so much. Just had the call and 9 fertilised overnight so I'm really chuffed. Keep growing!!

Ah that's exciting, not long now. How are you feeling during stims? Have you had your first scan?

@Lcm11 wow ! Well done you !! Fingers crossed you will have sone good /healthy embryos to transfer !! Keep us updated ! I am hoping EC will be next Friday all going well .. I took 10 days last cycle to be ready so hopefully will be simular this time 🤞🏽

So great to hear from people in the same boat, even thought we've all had such different journeys to get here. So sorry to hear of failed round and miscarriages. 💔

I had my EC yesterday, they got 11 mature eggs. Waiting for a call from the embryology team this morning to say how many fertilised overnight. Dreading the call but trying to stay positive and hopeful. I coped well during stims as I was in control of everything, really struggling now everything is out of my control again!

Hope you're all doing ok and best of luck to those with their ECs soon. I found it much easier than I thought I would, no pain or cramping today. The worst bit is a sore throat from the sedation.

@Cloclo93 yes they are them ones, I'm concerned I should start tomorrow also but on my notes it says Friday so scary all this as don't want it too late but also don't want it to early my scan isn't until Saturday 😬😬

haha thanks 😘 Actually it wasn’t that bad, barely felt it. It was harder psychologically to poke myself on purpose. Now come on, grow eggies!
I know what you mean about the age gap. I wanted to bang mine out in quick succession. In hindsight I’m perhaps glad that didn’t happen, would’ve gone mad and it has been nice to get back to work and independence for a bit, but dd closer to 4 now and I don’t want the gap to get too big.

@Cloclo93 aww wow, I've not had any scans yet, have you?
When are you starting the cetrodide or what ever brand you have been given.
How are you finding the stims? I've not really felt much different apart from I find these injections sting and leave a red mark for around 24hrs I had one big bruise as I hit a vein whoops

@BakinABaby welcome hope your stims go well. I have the same paranoia, last night after injections we went out for dinner, I was then panicking that I only mixed one vial instead of 2 I couldn't rest until I got home to see 2 empty vials 🤣
I'm on day 4 of stims, have my scan also on Monday @hopefullsosbry then hopefully EC on the Wednesday (well if all goes to plan)
@BakinABaby I'm also on 300iu my AMH is 17.9 we are MF infertility at this end so ICSI

i am sure you will be ok, just try and relax .. easier said than done 🥴, I don’t find them that bad to be honest .. thanks .. 🙏 will keep you all posted how it goes 😁

I'm more afraid of just being a spastic and dropping the pen and ruining it than any off feelings :D I hope it doesn't get too bad for you and you get good news on Monday.

@BakinABaby welcome to the group .. hope your injections are ok for you ? I am on day 3 of injections.. I have a scan (7 days after 1st injection) on Monday to see how things are progressing.. I have slight cramps /tender feeling in tummy either sides but nothing too sore .. we will probably have egg collect around the same time 😁

Hey everyone! Mind if I join as well.
32 with three year old dd. Been trying for another for over two years but no bfps so far. Our first took a while as well, but nowhere near this long and eventually conceived ourselves. Tests and scans show everything ok, AMH 7.smth, so unexplained for us.
It’s our first cycle of IVF. Actually I don’t know if it’s gonna be ivf or icsi, but probably the former. I had a diphereline shot for down regulation a few weeks ago and starting today 8 days of gonal 300, then a scan to see how it’s going. Doctor said retrieval probably 28-30 may so fingers crosswd for that.

@hopefullsosbry I have no real clue on the diffe6in long and short, all I know is I take stims for about 10 days cetrodide for around 5 of these, then I'm in for egg collection next week, it's so confusing. We are only a day apart I ended up started injections on Sunday cd 2 or 3 we couldn't work it out due to this full flow stuff 🤣

@Ecas88 hi , sorry what’s immunes testing ? I have had lots of test done at the reacurrant miscarriage clinic but not heard of this one ? Partner has slight high DNA sperm fragmentation, and my missed misscarage they done a biopsy of what I passed and was triple x syndrome (which is from mother) so was a ‘duff’ egg with abnormal chromosome issues ..
@camelinastorm yes I started my ovaleap injections yesterday.. had a shot of decapeptyl two weeks ago also , so is this along protocol I am on? I am in Scotland and never really been told what protocol I am on but I hear and read people say they are on long or short protocols? Am not sure ?
@Cloclo93 so sorry for your missed miscarriage, it is so heart breaking when you see the positive line , we also had 3 early scans with one and each had a heart beat until the 4th scan was nothing, the fetus was always slightly small on each measuring so we should of really guessed but just thought it was really it that time .. yes we might have EC same time , although I am NHS and they don’t do EC at the weekend, they only do Mon -Fri ?? Not sure how that will work as I worked out I’ll prob be ready come Wednesday next week, is the trigger issued 24 hours after last stim injection? So say I go Wednesday to scan and they say yes good to go.. will I get trigger Wednesday night ? I can’t remember what I done last time haha 🙈

@Cloclo93 I respond too well to the medication due to amh of 53, so im on the other end of the spectrum, its way too high 🤦‍♀️ I'm yet to know if my egg quality is the reason for poor results or if I was given the wrong protocol, but I should know after this cycle. My first short protocol I had 28 eggs collected and only 1 frozen day 3, thr rest failed between day 3 and 5. Second short one they lowered my dose of stims and I got 24 eggs which resulted in day 6 blasts 4bb and 4bc so very average and I don't have much hope for them, my clinic didnt seem to either 😂. I'd like 2 more children so I'm banking blasts atm, I'm hoping the long protocol works much better for me and I get better quality than previous, I've heard a lot of women is similar situations to me with positive outcomes on long and I so so so hope it works for me 🤞otherwise i have really poorly egg quality due to PCO (partners had all the tests and he's fine)
Egg collection soon is very exciting! Will you have a fresh transfer? Did you get all the sperm tests as well to rule out issues there? It's so hard to know why things dont work until you have done multiple rounds 😅

@hopefullsosbry have you ever had your immunes checked? I've seen countless threads regarding miscarriages being due to immune issue and when they have taken the right medication that's when they were able to hold their pregnancies to term. Maybe something to look into?

@hopefullsosbry I am on menopur 300iu so similar stim just different brand, I was on 150iu bemfola in my previous round, I'm on day 3 of stims and other than bruising I feel fine, have you started your stims yet

@Cloclo93 have you started your injections yet ???

@Lcm11 how did your scan go ??

best of luck to all 🤞🏽