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Everything crossed for you Bears. Can I ask you and nobeer why you decided on PGS?

I ask as I was going to, I ended up with two day 3 embies from one round which we froze to batch test. Then decided not to use PGS half way through our second IVF, where we have two day 5s frozen. We have no genetic conditions it was just an extra belt and braces approach to prevent MC. We decided not to in the end as I just wanted the embies in me and not a lab (well, they are in the freezer)....

val that's a good question. My clinic recommended it because of my age but I do wonder if it ws really necessary. They said that at my age 75% of embryos from women of my age have chromosone abnormalities.

Beetle: I would do the scans/testing as well. Right now I can't see past getting that elusive BFP but think that if I do manage to get that far I will need a lot of reassurance during the pregnancy. I know you've had a particularly tough time so think that it's right that you do what you need to do in this pregnancy.

Vanilla: I have been advised to do the testing due to RIF (recurrent implantation failure). I've had 5 good quality blastosist's over 3 transfers and not a whiff of a BFP . Like no beer I've also been told that it is likely there will be a high percentage of our embryos that won't be viable. Tomorrow we will find out...

Hope the cranberry juice has kicked in and relieved your symptoms no beer. My lovely mother in law gave me a big box of this powder you can buy in Australia (she's an Aussie...) called urial and when I get the slightest tingle I have a sachet and it sorts me right out (plus I start downing water like there's no tomorrow). I wish we could get it here, its fab! She is also the one that swears by cranberry juice (she has also regularly suffered from UTI's).

Evening to everyone else. X

Is Holly Willoughby pregnant again? I like her...but it makes me feel sad that some people can just have baby after baby after baby

S'not fair

Nobeer, may I ask how old you are? I think I'm older and those figures are depressing

Yes Stars, a 'surprise' pregnancy . You clearly had unprotected sex....how is a pregnancy a surprise not at all bitter. That said, I like her

Guy at work told me he and his wife are 17 weeks with twins. They have head a load of IVF and I am genuinely really happy for him even though he is a twat For some reason I am less bitter and twisted about people getting PG through IVF...it's like it is proof it can work!

Sorry, was meant to say thanks Bear and nobeer. IF this goes tits up I am going to be kicking myself I didn't have it.

I'm an old git. I'm 41.

I want a SURPRISE pregnancy Argggggggghhhhhh! I like her too though. But still.... NOT fair!!!!

Totally agree about feeling chuffed for those who have had to 'work' for their pregnancy. A friend recently told me she 'accidentally' got pregnant (she would be about 16/18 weeks now I think) and I really had to mask my true feelings: don't fecking lie!! Of course I am happy for her, but please don't tell the cannot get pregnant after 3 rounds of IVF about being do freaking fertile it was an accident!!

Grrrr.

I too like holly. But still. Grrrr!

Me too stars. This week I have felt really PG. Really sore boobs, nauseous, knackered etc. However it is just not possible (on pill, annovulation and, err, haven't had sex in...an embarrassingly long time). Still nearly POAS twunt

Val, It's mad isn't it? Even when we know it's not actually possible we are pregnant, we still hope we are and are disappointed when a/f comes. How messed up does this stuff make us

Bears, I feel so so jealous of people that 'accidentally' get pregnant... But I guess all they did was relax!

nobeer I got a UTI after one of my scans and took bicarb of soda in a glass of water a few times. It, erm, gave me the squits but the UTI disappeared. I'd never tried that before, but it worked much better than cranberry for me.

beetle I'm pretty sure you would get some money back. They do the viability scan to make sure it is worthwhile doing the test (and that the pregnancy is the correct age - not an issue for us IVFers). Ask when you call up to book. I found them very helpful.

Can I ask what you all did about testing? Did you wait for OTD or test a couple of days beforehand?

My dad's wedding is the day after my OTD and I'm bridesmaid so there is all sorts going on this coming week and I think I need to know earlier than that so I can at least mourn for an afternoon before the pre wedding dinner. I'm supposed to be going for a champagne tea tomorrow, there's all sorts of beauty appointments inc spray tans booked which I don't think I should be having.

Why does it have to be in the same week?? I'm finding it hard to cope and pretend to be happy and excited when I just want to focus on the outcome of my ivf.

Hi Turq,
IVF sucks so much, does;t it, to just gets in the way of life :( OTD vary in length from egg collection between clinics, when was your EC and when is OTD? I have both not been able to get to test day (bled before it) on first cycle and waited until test day to test and also tested early When it comes to testing early, ideally, waiting until 14dpo is a good idea, but if you want to test earlier, i would get a first response test (as they are the most sensitive) and test no earlier than 12dpo as you 'should' get a reliable result by then. Does that help at all.

After my recent failed cycle i had DH's 50th bday party to focus on and organise, so it actually helped me not focus on the BFN and i was able to enjoy it. Although i did deflate big time the week after it!

Hopefully, you can test before and be celebrating your BFP at your dad's wedding too :) xx

I got my positives 5dp5dt and 10dp3dt.

Thanks ladies. My transfer was 21st March but it was only a two day transfer so I might wait til Wednesday if I don't start bleeding before then.

I get the feeling it hasn't worked. I had been feeling twinges everyday in the uterus area but I haven't the last couple of days and I'm getting spots and being moody like PMT is coming on :-(

Turq, Wednesday would be 16dpo, so a definite result. Pregnancy actually does still feel similar to a/f coming to be honest, so don't give up on your embie yet hun

Well, I'm patched up and rattling with pills. Let my descent in to further insanity commence. Have a scan on day 7 so next Thurs.

turq I sympathise with wanting some time to get used to the result (whatever it is) before you have to put your attention somewhere else for a little while. That is why we tested a few days early. I would say leave it as long as you can bear. Wednesday sounds good.

We had our early scan today and there was a heartbeat and everything was looking as it should. We're at my parents now to tell them and my mum jumped up and down like a child when I told her :-) it feels more real now we can talk about it with someone else.

Thank you again for all the support on here, I kind of feel like I took more than i gave, as things turned out to be relatively straightforward for us. I absolutely take my hat off to what many of you have been / are going through. I will continue lurking to see how you all get on. Huge amounts of good luck to all of you, you all deserve success a hundred times over. xxx

Turq: its quite torturous deciding when to test. As you have such a significant event looming maybe knowing earlier will be better so that if (and let's hope this isn't the case) it hasn't worked, then you have time to gather your thoughts. I really, really hope that this is your time.

So i am now PUPO (which is good) but it's been an emotional day: Of the 8 embryo's tested only 1 was considered to be chromosomely viable, and has been put back. There is another 1 which will need to be re-tested because the results weren't clear. My consultant said it was an ok result (it clearly could have been worse...we could have had none to transfer). It makes you realise how much if a numbers game this whole brain damaging process is (but as an 'old' bird these numbers are not unusual apparently).

So I'm having a relaxing evening (glass of red wine would make it more so ) and hubbie is making us steak and chips. Yum.

Hope everyone is good and looking forward to the weekend. It's supposed to be quite nice isn't it?