Fertility Appointments and Beyond: Electric Boogaloo

[thislittlebird]

Hit capacity on the old thread, will tag you in!

@99pctpractice sorry for your loss, it sounded very tragic 😥

@Tillybabs it's in!! That's the most important thing 😁 fingers crossed it sticks 🤞🤞🤞I hate having a full bladder too, it's really not a lot of fun xx

@IWillBeWaxingAnOwl @Kay00 thanks ladies 😊

@Tillybabs congrats on being PUPO!! Sorry it wasn’t a smooth transfer day but got there in the end! Hope you can keep yourself busy for the next couple of weeks without driving yourself crazy with symptom spotting.

@99pctpractice so sorry about your friend. That’s really sad. Any update on your eggs?

I had my appointment at EPU on Thursday and of course the scan didn’t show anything. Said my ovaries weee enlarged due to ivf stims and I’ve also developed two cysts, also due to ivf stims. Weirdly my lining has gotten thicker since Sunday’s scan despite me stopping cyclogest. They did bloods and my hCG is staying pretty static at 70 so not falling. The fact that I haven’t bled yet is really puzzling them. They said it’s now a waiting game so they’re doing more bloods on Monday. I really want this over now so I can move on. Hate being stuck no where it’s very emotionally draining!

Hi @Tinkerbell098 that really sucks, I'm sorry. Hopefully the bleed starts soon. I had acupuncture after I found out my hcg had stopped rising and bled a couple of days later - difficult to know if it helped or if it was going to happen anyway.

@Tillybabs I hope this is the one for you!! All fingers crossed 🤞 if they had difficulty getting the catheter in then I guess that could cause the bleeding?

I'm hopefully on track for transfer today. I find the comms from this clinic very weird: no 3 day update and you only get a call the morning of transfer if it's bad news. So I have no idea what the status or quality or quantity of embryos other than that there must be at least one! Not sure if I have just had very communicative clinics before so have been spoiled, but it feels odd to me to be so uninformed and to have had so little chance to discuss things with the embryologists in advance. I also think the cyclogest has given me the sh**s (sorry, tmi), so I'm hoping that I can hold off from going to the loo long enough to have a full bladder for transfer.......I'm def going to ask to move to lubion because I can't deal with 2 more weeks of this!!

@tillybabs i had some spotting after my transfer and some bright red blood the next day, I didnt call my clinic but I did go for acupuncture and the said its totally normal 😊

@99pctpractice hope youre doing as ok as you can be. Not that theres a hierarchy but pancreatic cancer is so quick and awful. Sending lots of hugs. X x x Just seen your embryo update! Hope you get more info when you get there! That is not a lot of info my clinic do an overnight fertilisation update, nothing on say 3, but they do call day 4 and update you and schedule your transfer for day 5, I cant rememeber if they call on day 5 as well to reconfim you can come and there hasnt been a disaster overnight (they did for me but I only had one so it might be different if you have more than one, and you have the time lapse imaging etc, theyre probs more confident in those embryos! They didnt time lapse mine because it was a loner!)

@tinkerbell098 does that mean its not an ectopic? So much of this process is grey and not black and white, especially when its going 'wrong' and its awful. Second 99s suggestion for acupuncture, if nothing else it might be calming for you x x x

@Tinkerbell098 that really does suck. I hope you can find some answers soon and not be stuck in limbo for much longer.

@99pctpractice that is really bizarre that they haven't given an update. I guess if it was bad news they would say? Fingers crossed for you today.

Even if you don't have a full bladder they will wait. I emptied mine 3 times before they could transfer yesterday 🙈 and even when they did it I was bursting to go.

@beckyCarlos yea I called the clinic and they said it's normal. It was a very small amount and there was no more after that.

Every little twinge now I'm thinking is it implantation. This is going to be a long 2ww

So they transferred a 4aa and we have 3 (mixed grades) in the freezer! So high drop off at fertilisation but the ones that made it seem to have been fighters. It was really weird not having an inkling of the outcome until about 5 mins until transfer. And I don't know what others experiences have been like and maybe it's because it's different with a fet, but it felt very clinical. So we now have all fingers crossed that this will be our lucky break 🤞🤞🤞

@99pctpractice omg! Thats amazing!! Have everything crossed for this one being the one, but to have others in the freezer is amazing as well 🥰 hope you've had a relaxing afternoon and have something nice planned for tomorrow x x (laying on the sofa under blanket 100% counts as nice btw, doesnt have to be 'exciting' x)

@99pctpractice that's amazing news! Ours was a 4AA too! Fingers crossed for you xx

Did anyone get diarrhoea and nausea post FET? I was constipated for a couple of days and then yesterday it all came out. Sorry TMI
I'm getting AF type feelings and convinced it hasn't worked. I don't test until the 9th

@tillybabs aw love, hope you're ok! I've only had a fresh transfer, but I did get period type cramps and felt shocking around the time my period was due (so I caved and tested early and got my positive, but I got myself so worked up I just had to know) although weirdly I didn't have sore boobs, and they're my go to for knowing its on its way (but I've seen so many others say the peogesterone gave them really bad sore boobs) x

@Tillybabs I definitely had "loose stools" (so gross, sorry) from the cyclogest. I asked to go on lubion in the morning so I don't have to spend the day at work running to the toilet....still a way to go til your otd so hopefully should be a bit soon for af symptoms?

My otd is 11th I think (or 12th) but I'm itching to test already (it's been the longest 5 days post-transfer ever...) so there's no way I'm going to last that long!!!

@99pctpractice I don't test until the 9th. I would have tested this morning but I don't have any tests 😂 they are coming on Sunday

My AF would be due tomorrow so I'm convinced it's coming

@beckyCarlos my AF would be due now so I'm getting myself into a mess. In the office and had to go to the toilet to have a cry

@tillybabs this was me! I'd clearly have been devastated if it'd been negative, but it was the not knowing that was driving me absolutely bat shit, having the cramps and not knowing if the next time I went for a wee there'd be blood 🙈 can you get a test on your way home tonight? X

@beckyCarlos I could but think my OH will tell me off if I do it early 🤣😂

The joke is now I'm feeling bloated again and constipated and nauseous. Probably from stressing 😭 I'm going to try and just hold out

🤣 anyone who waits is a self controlled saint in my book! Everything crossed for you! X

@beckyCarlos I found my HCG strip tests. But I'm too nervous to test early. Maybe I will on Saturday...

Did a HCG test strip just now and got a BFN

will test with a frer next week but not holding out much hope.

I'm going to have a few months break and revisit around spring next year and go back on BC to suppress my adenomyosis.

I had the transfer exactly a week ago. I know it's still too early to test 🤦🏽‍♀️. Not telling OH

Ooooooh @tillybabs - I think still too early. Not sure what hcg test strips are like in terms of sensitivity - are they like frer? Hopefully you would get a result tomorrow / Sunday. I'm going to try to hold out until Monday (tests arriving tomorrow though so highly unlikely I'll make it beyond 5am Sunday morning 🤣).

@99pct99pctpractice I was just thinking about you! How are you feeling?
@tillybabs no bleed means youre still in! X

Morning. Got a BFN 😕 can't say I'm surprised tbh but still hurts nevertheless

@Tillybabs I'm so sorry :( it's just so hard! Hope you've got some nice treats to make you feel better. Massive hug!!

Hi everyone. I’m tentatively putting my head in again. @Tillybabs I’m really sorry to see you had a bfn, it sucks a lot. This whole process is unfair and I hope you’re looking after yourself.

I need to catch up on everyone’s updates. @Tinkerbell098 did you figure out what was going on? I know you had low HCG and thought it might be a pregnancy of unknown location.

Aw @tillybabs sending lots of hugs x x x
@thislittlebird good to see you back 😊 hope you're ok!