TTC for those taking longer than average

@Daniki No idea! Spoke to someone at same hospital who was told they would initially have to wait until Feb after their failed transfer back in September! But then she got in touch again to say she was then offered November.
I started my period yesterday so let them know so I could be told next steps, but still haven't heard yet. Ideally I would like January so I can have a couple of drinks over Christmas...

@CoolSummer89that’s great I’m glad you got good results! I had a freeze all too, and a lot of people reckon a frozen transfer yields better than a fresh. Plus your body has that time to recover from stims etc, do you know how long you have to wait for transfer? 🥰

@Marie1990x god I’m very forgetful these days to keep up 😂 how r ya getting on, any luck of getting a date yet? Bub is all congested now really hoping she doesn’t get a temp or anything 🙈

Hi @Marie1990x and @Daniki hope you're both doing well and @Daniki congratulations on the birth of your baby girl.
Just popping in to say thank you much for all the IVF tips, I did my first egg retrieval last week and I'm really pleased with the results. I was on NMN for about 6 months, but then stopped during stims.
Who can say what impact it had, but the number of blastocysts I got really exceeded my expectations.
Have to do a freeze all because my hormone levels were off before collection, but now feeling hopeful for 2026.

@Marie1990xita a constant worry isn’t it! Baby was always more active at night for me and in the hospital they’d do the ctg monitor in the mornings and you’d have the click the button at the movements and so many times I wouldn’t feel anything but you could see that the baby was really active on the screen!
god my boy wasn’t a so great sleeper but he suffered badly with reflux from the start so it was more likely due to that poor thing! Thank god none of that this time round 😅

@Marie1990xjesus that would scare me a bit too that’s cutting it fine 😂 but look all will be fine, but I hope you get your date soon and can start counting down the days then! Great job, once the husband is in on the feeds at night it takes a lot of pressure off! We seem to be going through a cluster feeding stage from 6pm-10pm 😂 we eventualkt end up giving a bottle then in the end as she’s fussing on me so I’m wondering if she’s even getting milk at that stage 🫣 but she’ll sleep great then after that, my husband put her down at 11, I went to bed at half 10 and she slept until 5am and then slept again until 7am after a quick feed. Can’t complain with her sleeping anyway! 😂🥰 compared to my son, god he was never full and never slept 😂😂 he’s been great tho, they’re at a good age now to be helpers and he loves being one so I imagine your daughter will be the same!

@Marie1990xall settled back at home thankfully! The night feeds, god you forget it all 😂 but she’s not too bad she’s back at her birth weight now so don’t have to wake her anymore, she usually does a good stretch at some point during the night, mg husband gives her a bottle of formula at night which gives me a block of sleep somewhere, he’s gone back to work today!

any word on section?! They’re leaving it close 🙈

@Marie1990xdoing good, sleep can certainly do wonders for your mental health!😂 she’s feeding well now and almost back to birth weight! I’m breastfeeding her tho and now have thrush, it’s so painful! Waiting on script from doc. My son has the vomiting bug today so we’re all stuck together in the house as the storm is giving really bad from here shortly, really hope we have no power outages 😭 what week are you on now? 😍 xx

@Marie1990xsorry iv been very lax on this! She is getting on good her levels have stayed down thankfully so she’s discharged from hosp officially! Just to have to keep flushing it out off her through her feeds but she’s feeding great and lots if wet and dirty nappies! How are you getting on? Xx

@Marie1990xI know it was the way things were phrased to me, the lactation consultant was in today and was so lovely, made me feel better. She’s a lot better today her colour is so improved and her feeding, they set me up with a pump so can see exactly what she’s getting. She’s off the lights now, staying tonight again only because she needs her bloods redone again tomorrow so no point driving home 2 hours today and a 4hr round trip tomorrow 🙈 but god I can’t wait to be home 🙌🏻🙌🏻

@Marie1990xonot getting back now it’s been a really long day! We had her outpatient appointment today to check her jaundice levels and heel prick test, her levels have gone back up so she’s been admitted back into the hospital to go back under the lights, thank god I’m allowed with her! Cried the whole day thinking I’m a terrible mother as her weight dropped more and they said I wasn’t giving her enough formula even tho I’m breastfeeding for the most part 🙈 anywho in here now and they have me expressing so I’m measuring exactly what she’s getting and topping up with formula to be at what she needs, she looks extremely chilled out under there so hoping we get home tomorrow she’ll have a blood test at 7am 🤞🏻

My son is great with her, he was so upset this evening to come home and me and her been gone 🥺

@Marie1990xgot some sleep Friday night it was well needed, the nurse said she couldn’t even wake me for the monitoring and meds, just found them all on the table when I woke the next morning 😂 Evie got out then sat to me to the ears and we got home Sunday! Haven’t slept properly since the great sleep but what do ya do it’s great to be home finally 🙌🏻😂 she was 6 pound 7 when she was born, not much less than my son born at full term! Xx

Thanks ladies! We’re both doing good, she got downgraded to the special care unit today and if her sugars remain stable tomorrow then she can be discharged from them and out to me, and we’ll hopefully both get home Sunday 🤞🏻 really hope she does and I can put this whole experience behind us 😂🙈 very sore this eve and stil haven’t slept so really hoping I sleep tonight 🤞🏻🫶🏻

@Daniki thats a lovely name 🥰 luckily my son doesn’t like peppa pig, so I didn’t even know they had a baby.

how is she doing? X

@Daniki congratulations 🥳