Fertility Appointments and Beyond.... the journey continues

[Gracie2021]

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!

@tillybabs
@thislittlebird
@kay00
@jeaniej
@PurpleUnicorn01
@paintfairy
@dogmam
@flutterby8
@Ughmaybenot
@dancingfairydreams
@beckycarlos
@jkjellyhead
@juno231
@decaffe
@bumble44
@BritinNZ
@tinkerbell098
@pinkginpls
@thedaydreambelievers
@everymumday
@wanderlust16
@lori23ttc

@beckyCarlos twinges are definitely a good thing. I get twinges around the time I ovulate on a natural cycle, so must be your follicles responding. Good luck for the scan on Friday and hope you can have EC next week!

@Gracie2021 oh no that sounds awful! I can't stand the sight of blood either, I usually faint LOL! How am I still alive! Amazing scan results, hope you won't need to go through more rounds and you will have enough from this for transfer. Fingers crossed x

@thislittlebird good luck with the new job application x

Thank you @Gracie2021 that sounds like it has definitely been more productive than any of my single rounds so far! All fingers crossed that it turns out well for you! I'll ask my clinic about it tomorrow and hopefully they will be able to accommodate it (would seem weird if they couldn't...). Thank you so much for sharing!

@gracie2021 look at those folicle counts! Amazing!

@gracie2021 and @tinkerbell098 I'm fine with blood...when I'm expecting it 😂 I am not fine with unexpected blood, mine or other peoples. I'm great in a (bloodless) crisis but one time a boyfriend cut his finger while washing up (and had no idea what to do, was adamant he needed stitches but twas just a flesh wound) and I had to advise from the cool comfort of the bathroom floor 🤣

Thanks for the advice re twinges, I'm taking them as cautiously positive, my baseline is 4 folicles so there must be at least 4 reasonable sized ones going on haha x

@Kay00 the difficult part is now returning to this application 🙃. Will go for a walk and then give it a try!

Ngl your dad sounds very tiring just reading what you did at the end of it 😩

@beckyCarlos we are going to Scotland! Edinburgh and Inverness specifically. Between the (still ongoing) redo of the decorating and the job application I haven’t thought about what the hell I need to pack until today. I will assume it will feel colder then down here, plus it’s getting wet again next week.

@Gracie2021 feeding myself is not only an achievement but a priority 😂. I’ve had cyclogest before yeah, when we did ovulation induction. I’m ok with it, it causes no symptoms in me so far.

Those are great looking follicle numbers, fingers crossed for you!!! @Gracie2021

@gracie2021 those are excellent numbers! I had no idea how the duostim protocol works... so interesting!!

@Kay00 I was skeptical but omg does it ever appear to be working for me! Trying so hard to manage my expectations but it's looking really good. How are you feeling? Is the exhaustion getting any better?

Thanks a mil @thislittlebird. Glad you're not feeling too many symptoms from the progesterone. It's my devil drug so I tend to dread it. Sounds like you're keeping very busy. A good way to be. Hope you get done with the application soon and get good weather for the holiday. Is fixing the decorating turning into an awful job?

@beckyCarlos you and me are the exact same with blood. I brought my dad to the A&E for stitches before and I ended up the one getting woozy! Not able. How are you feeling on the stims? Still getting twinges? Fingers crossed for you for Friday.

Scan this morning. One 28mm sacrificed but 5 in the 16-19mm range and 5 in the 12-15 range with 4 stragglers at 7-9mm. Over the moon and just waiting for trigger instructions for collection on Friday. Can't believe how well this leg is going! 🤯🤯

@thislittlebird aw I love Scotland, not been to Inverness but Edinburgh is lovely and the scenery generally is stunning! Hope the application went ok!

@gracie2021 wow! That sounds like its really working for you 😊 still having twinges, my husband thinks its in my head, I told him to get lost (all very lighthearted lol). Cant believe your collection is on Friday! Have everything crossed for you x

@Gracie2021 oh wow at this rate you will get more than you need for banking and won't have to go through more stims. Fingers crossed! Excited for you for Friday xx

So ladies I got a BFP, I am absolutely petrified as I have like no pregnancy symptoms but they don't scan you until your 7 weeks. Scared its MMC again. Feel like u get left in limbo after a result. I didn't have any symptoms last time either and that's what it was. Not sure what I'm supposed to do.

Ladies having stimms. I strongly recommend the non fizzy lucozade sport after as it stops the uncomfortable bloat.

Good luck all x

@PurpleUnicorn01 congratulations on your BFP. Im so sorry you have such anxiety after your earlier loss. I know there's no words that can help and knowing factually that other people have no symptoms and have a perfectly healthy pregnancy doesn't act as a magic fix for how you're feeling. Just sending hugs and every finger crossed for a healthy scan for you. How long do you have to wait?

@PurpleUnicorn01 congrats and everything crossed for you this one sticks! No symptoms isn't a bad thing as it's still very early and most people don't get symptoms that early anyway. Keep us posted and wishing you all the luck xx

@Gracie2021 @Tinkerbell098 2 weeks and 2 days and counting lol.

Thank you for your kind words

How are you ladies?

@Tinkerbell098 I'm trying so hard not to even think that as hope always feels so dangerous to me! But yeah the excitement I would feel if we got our target number of embryos especially as our doctor was cautioning against aiming for six with my numbers. Anyway we'll see how the chips fall. How are you managing during the wait? Hope you're not finding it too tough.

@beckyCarlos tbh I have mild twinges but very little else. You hear stories of people not even able to wear jeans with terrible bloat etc. I actually feel leaner on a stim cycle because of all the protein I'm eating 😂🙈 what time is your scan Friday?

@PurpleUnicorn01 hope it goes quickly for you and you get some nice reassurance at your scan. Hate that infertility/loss robs the excitement of this time from you xx

@PurpleUnicorn01 hope the wait won't be too bad and the scan goes well. Will be thinking of you xx

@Gracie2021 the wait isn't too bad for now as I don't expect to hear anything until end of April. Although I run to the door whenever the post comes hoping for a letter from the clinic, at least acknowledging the referral. We've booked a holiday end of next month before the madness starts as I think treatment will take up most of summer.

@Gracie2021 i hope you get some lovely embryos!

Thank you @tinkerbell098

@purpleunicorn01 congratulations! Sending you lots of love and a big hug x x x thanks for the lucozade tip! Will be stopping in at the coop for that! I am grouchy af when I'm bloated lol

@gracie2021 i know! I'm starting to feel a bit of a heavy belly, but apart from that 🤞 no bloat yet. I suspect bloating is only for people with sensibly (or over) responding ovaries! Its at 10.40 so at least I dont have to go the whole day stressing about what if there are none (I'm great at keeping a lid on the stress until the actual day of)

@PurpleUnicorn01 Congratulations!! I will keep everything crossed that your first scan is the good news you deserve xx Ditto on the Lucozade tip... on all the Reddit forums everyone talks about Gatorade, and I wondered what the UK equivalent would be

@gracie2021 I'm feeling much better thanks

@Kay00 thank you x i hope you're well xx

Amazing numbers @Gracie2021 ! Hope the triggering went well today! And congrats on a bfp @PurpleUnicorn01 - so hard not to be stressed out at the beginning after everything you've been through but all fingers crossed that this is the one for you! Symptoms can be so variable so don't necessarily mean anything - when I had a mmc I had way more painful boobs (like shards of glass, excruciating) than when i had my little boy's pregnancy!!

I had a consult today and asked about the duostim approach. We'd talked before about having a lower stims round this time to try to focus on quality over quantity (because quantity did not work out for me last time), so she's not sure how effective a duostim round will be but she's willing to plan for it and then we can just see how it goes. @gracie2021 I think you're on max stims, right? How did it work, did you have unharvested follicles after the first stimulation, or did it kind of start all over again? She'd plan on 225 gonal f for me to begin with with the option to increase it if nothing seems to be happening. I think she's a bit nervous that we could end up with nothing, but I feel like we really have to try something different this time.

Unfortunately there's still some "stuff" lingering from my miscarriage so we can't start anything yet. Apparently not products of conception so no idea what it is (!) but hoping that acupuncture and some husband time will clear it!!

@99pctpractice i was given antibiotics after my d and c to prevent infection but my consultant said its recommended anyway if you have a natural one. Might be worth discussing

Hi all. Hope you're all doing ok. I haven't posted in ages so need to catch up.

I'm waiting for my period (should be any day now) to start my frozen embryo transfer with my thin endometrial lining. Fingers crossed it improves - all tips welcome!

Will have a read of other posts x

@PurpleUnicorn01 Congratulations!! Fingers and toes crossed for your scan. You will be fine x

@Sofasogood1 mine was thin too i think 6.5mm but they said the layers are equally as important not just the thickness x i was equally as worried. I did take vitamin E.