IVF/ICSI Hand holding

[Pinkforboys]

The old thread seems to have run out of room... I'm hoping this works as a continuation...

Hi All, I'm back at home after a very long morning in the hospital. In for 8am but not in the surgery until 12.20. Very thirsty!
They only got 8 eggs so I'm feeling a little disappointed. They're talking ICSI which in my view isn't great, but I don't know all that much about it. Everything is crossed now that a good number fertilise tomorrow....
blacktreacle have you called your nurses? You may just be having a reaction to the drugs, but it's worth checking to find out.
I'm off to bond with the sofa & an episode of Glee before DH returns with DS.
x

blacktreaclecat, thanks for the well wishes :)
After a nightmare journey to the hospital after which I was 15 minutes late for my appointment (not a good way to start the day), I had a successful scan which showed a 'lovely response' apparently. I had 8 follicles on the left and 6 on the right. I caught sight of the sizes for my right, lazy ovary and they seemed to range from about 7-13mm. I'm assuming this is all good as they have told me to keep on with my low dose and come in for my next scan on Friday.
I'm not sure if that is a good number or not? I'm assuming I probably wouldn't get any frosties from 14 follicles?

pink, 8 sounds like a reasonable number, someone I know had 8 and ended up with triplets!

Polly best of luck for tomorrow will be thinking of you.
Pink well done you just remember it only takes one. ICSI at least with this they look for the best little swimmers and inj in directly so good chances of good success. Thats what we are having . sending over the champers canapes music etc.

All the rest just trying to catch up and thanks pink for starting this off

8 is a good number pink. Lots of vibes for good fertilisation
I reckon we just post on this thread and the other will disappear down the board.
Feel a lot better today. And good news. Out of 8 embryos 4 were euploid (normal chromosomes). One has stopped growing but we have a hatching blast to go back and possibly 2 to freeze.
I cried with relief when the embryologist rang.

Hi all, didn't know where everyone had gone! Just marking my place while I have a mo... back soon for a proper catch-up

Just marking my place too.

Started my 'micro' injections last night. Combined with the menopur mixing I'm feeling a bit confused with everything this time

EC could be 8 November - less than three weeks. Eek!

The embryologist called this morning and our 8 went down to 5 mature enough to ICSI and of those only 3 have fertilised. So everything crossed that we don't lose any more numbers over night...!!! ET scheduled for Friday pm. Aaaaaghhhh!!!
When are you transferring blacktreacle?

Hi in about an hour!
Sending grow vibes to your 3 embies.

Oooh- good luck blacktreacle!

blacktreacle v best wishes for your transfer - hope you had a good experience and are not feeling too tired! pink all the best for your upcoming transfer - it's all very exciting and hotting up on this thread isn't it - thanks for starting it up again, was quite bereft without it.

[coughs nervously] little announcement to make girls: did my test this morning and BFP!!!!!!!!! I had COMPLETELY decided it hadn't worked - AF pains, grumpy in a pre-menstrual way and despite my earlier smell sensitivity I had reconciled myself to having another try. 4.30 am today - clearblue plus - instant result! My clinic have been lovely and I'm in shock. Both DH and had taken today off so that we could spend the day together whichever way it went - so special to be able to walk along the beach in the sun and digest this news. Fingers crossed for a sticker.

Lots of love & luck to everyone - it's the hardest thing and I think we are all soldiers, truly.

xxx

oh pollykitten that's fantastic news!! nonalcoholic all round!
sticky wishes xxx

Congratulations pollykitten! Sticky healthy vibes.
Well ET over, gosh it is quite uncomfortable isn't it? The embryologist said it was a good quality grade 1/2 hatching blast so fingers crossed. OTD is 1/11 but that seems a long time for a day 5 transfer. How long after day 5 transfer did everyone else test?
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blacktreackle I tested 11 days after and didn't cheat!!! I was glad I didn't because false positives / false negatives can happen and what's the point in getting a result that you can't trust? Hatching sounds good - mine hadn't got as far as that along and here I am with bfp. How many did you put back in? Hope they like it in there!

Just one. My OTD is 13 days post day 5 transfer and is a Tuesday. Was hoping I could test on the Sunday which would be 11 days so that we are off work- need a good cry if it's a bfn. That would be 19 days post trigger and 16 dpo.
We said to the embryologist- just hope it sticks and she said it ought to, we don't see many as nice as that. Obviously we know it is euploid as well which helps a lot.
I'll bet you are over the moon!

Congratulations Polly heres hoping for a sticky, healthy boring pregnancy POlly where are you very jealous re sun ad beach
Blacktreacle well done hope you have a few distractions for the 2ww.
Zeebee is lost on another thread I am hopeless on computers can someone PM them with a link?

Really horrid day at work 11hrs and feel like I have been dragged through a hedge backwards mostly revived after bath and tea.

Hope all have a lovely evening

Hi All, I just want to offer my support to you all. And to say don't give up!!

After TTC for 6 years, we had 3 rounds of ICSI before we finally got our BFP (due on 8th Nov).

When we had our last egg collection we only got 3 eggs, one of which didn't fertilize, and one of which the embryo was poor quality. I was convinced we wouldn't get BFP and was devestated. We had the one good one and the one not so good one put back in on day 2. Again I was gutted as they didnt do a day 3 transfer or get to blastocyst. The embryologist didn't sound too hopefull and said they are better inside me than in a dish. Altogether I was convinced it would fail.

I spent 5 days more or less in bed watching DVDs, eating healthily and doing absolutly nothing - I was going to give my little embryos the best possible chance. (On our other transfers I carried on as normal.) I ate Brazil nuts, drank milkshakes and pineapple juice (all wife's tales I am sure!).

Anyway, I didn't have any symptoms at all and convinced it hadn't worked went back to work really unhappy and feeling like it wasn't fair etc etc (we have all felt those feelings of total dispair!)

I couln't wait the full 18 days before testing and get a really faint positive - overjoyed is not the word for it.

I just wanted to let you guys know that even with a really crappy egg collection and what felt like should be a really poor outcome you can get a BFP, so please don't give up. It is the best feeling in the world to get your BFP after so long. Please remember you are not on your own and there are LOADS of couples out there who are in the same boat, even if you feel totally alone.

My fingers are crossed for all of you IVF/ICSI couples out there. Big Hugs x x x

My test-tube-triplets are doing well, dividing as per instructed. But our embryologists now want to do Assisted Hatching to help them out of their shells. They're also being really vague about when transfer will be- tomorrow/Saturday/Sunday... Given my current over-hormonal state (oestrogen AND progesterone) I just feel like crying.
And am I terrible for hearing 'Assisted Hatching' and just thinking, 'Well that's another 500 quid...'?
Sorry for being so grumpy. A few hours of Glee and Greenwing and a big bar of choc are in order...

Franchini- thank you for your lovely personal story. I need people like you! x

Franchini thank you for a success story. Gives us all hope
Pink this bit is stressful. Have chocolate xx
We have 2 frosties! Very pleased as I feel it takes the pressure off if bfn
Just back from acupuncture time for a nap!
Xx

polly, congrats on your BFP, fantastic news :)

blacktreacle and pink, fingers crossed for you two. Good news on the frosties too

I have my day 11 scan tomorrow - if everything is ok, does that mean I will stop stimms and do the trigger injection on Saturday?

Also, is it normal to get excessive amounts of EWCM on stimms? Sorry if TMI but I was worried as that is normally a sign of ovulation isn't it?

Hi the EWCM is due to the very high oestradiol levels. Your clinic will have you on a drug to prevent ovulation. I had this as well also very very tender boobs. They are a little better now but obv I'm hoping they'll get tender again. One thing I do know, no point symptom spotting. The first time I was pg I knew cos my boobs were so painful. The second time the hcg was v high due to t21 and even 17 dpo when I poas I had no symptoms at all until 6 weeks!

pinkforboys you made me laugh with your money grumble - sounds completely reasonable of you to me! It's vast amounts of money this whole thing!

I do agree with the others that the wait is the worst bit - because my boobs went down from football size and really sore to completely normal, I was so sure I wasn't pg - how wrong was I!

bugsylugs I'm on the south coast - it ain't the bahamas or anything, but I like it [hsmile].

blacktreacle & pink best of luck for this bit. No cheating and testing early! It's not worth it remember!

& thanks franchini for story

xx to all

I'm hereeee! yes I started 2 threads on my own with noone joining- felt like Billy no mates!! Ha ha! Anyway thank you bugs for the SOS on my behalf - I'm with you all now!! Yey!
Polly great on your bfp! You must be over joyed!
blacktreacle & pink yey for good collections and good luck with the hatching.
I test tomorrow- arghgghghgghghh - pleased it's finally nearly here - altho nervous as anything and scared as hell!
Ive had a terrible week- waking at 3 am regularly, crying in the evenings for no reason etc. No symptoms at all- boobs a bit sore, feel a tiny bit of pulling from time to time on right side near ovary. [humm]
roll on tomorrow and put me out of this misery!!

Anyway it's nearly the weekend- thats got to be a good sign!?!
Love to all & soooo glad i found you all!

Good luck zeebee, fingers, toes and everything crossed!

Good luck for tomorrow

Good luck for tomorrow zeebee

Had my scan this morning, started suffering backache last night which I still have today but this is apparently normal :/

Haven't got a number of follicles, just saw a chart with them plotted but I think there might be 25+ in total. 8 of them are just below collecting size so I have to do two more stimm injections today and tomorrow before doing trigger shot at 9pm tomorrow, followed by EC on Monday. Bit worried as I already feel quite uncomfortable and I've got two more injections to go!

Getting very real all of a sudden...