Fertility Clinic Appointments and Beyond..

[dogmam]

New thread for us to continue our fertility clinic appointment progress...

Some of us are waiting for initial appointments, some are having tests and some are starting treatment!

@dogmam I did get some twinges today! On the left and right, but kind of glad so I can hope I will ovulate.

Cyclogest number one is done. Will be convinced I’m pregnant in a matter of days, my body isn’t familiar with progesterone 😔

@thislittlebird i can understand how you feel. I was so shocked when the treatment actually worked. Fingers crossed for you.

@dogmam any updates?

@thislittlebird you don't feel anything from the trigger. Must people don't feel ovulation. My digestive system hates the trigger mind. But neither would you get OHSS. That's only when doing IVF where there's like 20 plus follicles. Your body is designed to deal with 1 (or even a couple). My first iui i had 3. Still felt nothing. No different to when I had 2 and then 1.

@thislittlebird yes I didn't really feel much I was a bit sore on one side but that's about it. I was expecting something far worse. I think i had like 15 or something.

Other than being absolutely ill with nerves and anxiety, I'm ok haha. I'm back at work today and it's so busy which is good. No sore boobs, no feeling sick etc tiny bit crampy now and then but maybe only because I'm being extra aware. Test day Friday! Need to go and buy a test actually.

Glad you're ok so far @dogmam!

We have our follow up appointment on Friday (another cheeky cancellation slot confirmed by phone today). Nervous is an understatement, but at least we'll have a path forward then whatever form that might take!x

@dogmam don't worry im just over 7 weeks and i have hardly any symptoms. No sore boobs or anything still. I did get mild cramps after transfer and a sore lower back. I wouldn't worry if you don't get many symptoms. We are all different. Stay hydrated. Sports lucozade is great.

@beckyCarlos best of luck hun x

@dogmam i got the first response early response. I heard as its pink dye rather than blue its better. I have no idea why lol.

@paintfairy yeah I didn’t expect to get OHSS, just knew HCG makes the follicles mature and thought I would feel some of my usual pains or a bit more. I only had one big follicle but did feel some twinges a couple of days ago and got a fairly decent OPK result today, which I hope is a good sign 🤨. I never get positive OPKs, only ever get clear blue positives but I can’t use those this month because I forgot to log my period and the machine is dumb.

I had no symptoms from the Letrozole or the trigger, so that’s good.

@PurpleUnicorn01 I really was expecting ~something~ because I’m pretty sure I don’t even ovulate most months and still get some pains.

@beckyCarlos good luck for Friday!

@dogmam work being busy is a good thing, keep distracted!

What I don’t know is if the OPK result is false as such, because of the meds? Or if I am actually, truly ovulating?

@thislittlebird it's the trigger. Did you use ovitrelle? That's basically a copy of HCG and will cause positive opks for a long time so no point testing - it's the same as for IVF I think where you can test out the trigger etc.

Besides wasn't your trigger before the weekend? It works pretty instantly I thought.

@Juno231 trigger was Friday night. The last two days I didn’t have OPKs like that, they were lighter. So I don’t get it, since they’re stronger today.

Yesterday’s one for comparison.

@thislittlebird might be a good question for the consultant perhaps? Hopefully you're ovulating very shortly 😊

I'm on CD1 so will be starting Clomid tomorrow 😁🤪 I'm excited but worried about the side effects whilst having my sis in law living with me. My floof scan is booked for 27th Sept. Feels so good to be making progress 😌

I'll be thinking of you all week @dogmam 🤞🤞🤞

@thislittlebird no, its the trigger. They tell you not to use opks when on drugs as its meaningless. As @Juno231 says, its pregnancy hormone in the trigger which causes the opks to read positive regardless. 36 hours they say for the trigger to work, but really it can be 24-36. Depends how fast you react.

Ah if it’s a delay then that makes more sense. I was going to say it definitely didn’t work straight away, it’s been about 40 hours. Either way, I’m happy to see a positive. I don’t get to see them ever.

Oh weird, just read you should ovulate about 38-40 hours after taking the trigger. Fingers crossed that’s worked for me then 🤨

@Kay00 oh that’s good, it came round fast. Fingers crossed the clomid goes easy on you. Is there a reason the scan is two weeks away?

Some sources are even saying 36-72 hours after. Weird. Did not know it could take so long, glad that explains why I didn’t have any positives prior to today.

It’s not been 40 hours, more like over 60 hours. I’m thinking it’s Sunday 🙃

Haha, it's certainly Monday... nearly Tuesday.

Scan is CD14 to see if my ovaries have responded to the Clomid and about to pop out an eggy 😁

@Kay00 it is nearly Tuesday, I’m a tired idiot. How long do you take clomid for? I had my last scan on cd 10 but only took Letrozole from days 3-7.

@thislittlebird what's the next steps for you then?

@kay00 aw thank you x exciting times for you too! Starting Clomid and having a scan to look forward to is certainly progress. Hopfully no side effects that your SIL would notice.

@PurpleUnicorn01 thanks, 'll stock up on first response early response tests ready for Friday!

@beckyCarlos fab you've managed to get another cancellation date! What tests have you had so far?

@paintfairy what's the next steps for you?

@Juno231 hope everything is well with you, obviously just a waiting game for you now.

I am joining a zoom call with the Fertility Network tonight and they've got the lead embryologist from my clinic as a guest to talk all things embryos so looking forward to that. It's one that's been arranged through the FB group for my area. I'll let you all know of anything interesting!

@dogmam I see those fertility network posts on fb. I've got my first scan, DH a SA and then our first phone consultation with the ivf clinic at the end of next week.

@paintfairy that sounds like things are moving for you :) great news

@dogmam he's had two SA (first a bit worse than normal, second after a horrid bout of covid vaccine reaction and it was absolutely dire 🤣) then I've had initial bloods from GP which showed high FSH, so also had AFC/baseline (4 folicles) and AMH (results of which have taken 5 weeks(!) Huge backlog in Glasgow apparently...) so Friday we find out if they'll take a chance on me for one round of IVF to see if I'll respond...

Cross everything for me, appointment is at 11.50 (ish, phone appointment) and I have a driving lesson at 12.45, I've only met my instructor once, I dont think he's ready for an emotional breakdown 🤣. I might seem a bit flippant but today is a good day, I'm making the most of them before I'm in the inevitable pit of doom again! X