Fertility Appointments and Beyond: Electric Boogaloo

[thislittlebird]

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

@JeanieJ excellent fertilisation rate!! Well done, the hard part is over, you just have the dreaded hunger games to get through now. Is your next update tomorrow morning?

@JeanieJ glad to hear it went well, they're good numbers! I was disappointed too, but all I've learned is numbers don't really matter that much overall, as long as you have some good embryos in the end.

I had my NK cell results today. They were all normal, so that's good but sort of annoying. Because the only time I implanted was on prednisolone, and they are unlikely to let me have prednisolone now I have normal results for NK cells.

Sent all of DH's historic results off to the sperm legend's PAs. A few more to come back yet, but hopefully we'll know some more in a few weeks.

@Kay00 I find out more on Tuesday (day 3).
I reckon at least 50% will drop off by day 5 for us, so in my head I'll be fine if we get 2, but delighted if we get 4. You never know don't you?
@thislittlebird it's good you don't have any issues with your NK cells, but appreciate its annoying to not have any answers. Hopefully you'll learn more about your DH's results in the next few weeks x

Question.
Has anyone been on Cyclohest pessaries?
The bloat is insane 😵‍💫😵‍💫

@JeanieJ i’m not someone that gets much bloating, but I know lots of people get Cyclogest symptoms. I didn’t get many/any, just occasional sore boobs.

Yeah, hopefully we’ll get some answers. I know it’s confirmation bias, but I can’t help thinking about the one and only implantation happening while I was on pred. This is such a nightmare process.

@JeanieJ Cyclogest is the worst 😖

@JeanieJ how was your update today?

@thislittlebird
So, my day 3 update is that I have 3 on schedule (6+ cells) and the other 4 are trailing behind, but one has 5 cells ...
I'm feeling worried I'll be left with nothing tomorrow, but they haven't called me today & they said they'd only call me if there's bad news. Usually they call between 8am & 10am.

I really have nothing to compare this to, but the whole time I've been hoping for 2 embryos 🤞🏻

I feel pretty helpless right now 😵‍💫

@JeanieJ that’s pretty good, usually some will catch up, even one from that batch making it is a bonus. Can’t say for sure but hopefully a few will be in good shape tomorrow.

Just a little update.
Had my transfer today 🙂 a 4BB 💕
I have two more to freeze ❄️❄️ and I'll get the final grading tomorrow.
I drank WAYYYY to much water before the transfer so it was uncomfortable 🥴
Now for the dreaded TWW xx

Aw @JeanieJ thats awesome!!! What lovely news. Fingers crossed for you 😍 I really struggle with knowing how much water to drink lol. You dont want too little, but too much is soooo uncomfortable x

Thank you @beckyCarlos 😀
I am pleased to get past this milestone with our particular fertility issue. DNA frag is a bit of a prick and it all starts coming into play from a day 3 embryo up until about 8 weeks.
We'll see how the next 12 days go, but I'm gonna stay hopeful.
Hope you're well? xx

@JeanieJ waaawww!! Epic results ❤️. An excellent embryo transferred and two on ice. That really is fantastic, well done!!

The full bladder whilst someone is shoving random instruments up your floof is horrible. I always need to rush for a wee straight afterwards 😅

Thank you @Kay00. I'm trynna stay hopeful 🤞🏻
My other two on ice are lower quality (3BC) but I'm not gonna get too bogged down on this as I know grading is subjective & a seemingly perfect embryo could be genetically abnormal & fail, plus I also know more than one person who had success with lower grade embryos 💕

xx

@JeanieJ good news on the transfer!

Yeah grading doesn’t really mean an awful lot when push comes to shove. It either works or doesn’t. We want to PGT-A test next time but right now it feels like it’ll never happen, no idea when there will be any light at the end of the tunnel for DH. Feeling old too, my body is just…a bit different as I get nearer to 40.

Guys,

I'm quite crampy & I'm 8dp5dt ... I actually feel like AF is coming 😵‍💫.

The TWW totally sucks & right at the start of it, I found out a really close friend of mine is pregnant after only trying once 😵‍💫 .... and she's 4 years older than me too. Instead of feeling happy & hopeful, it sent me on a downward spiral & I feel hopeless. Been totally crap at climbing out of it.
I've decided to test on Sunday as my OTD is on Tuesday & I just know if it's bad news I'll be a mess on a working day.

@thislittlebird I think genetic testing is a good idea, it's just so expensive 🫠

Hope everyone is doing ok xx

@JeanieJ gah! The TWW is just a complete mink fuck. The cramps are normal and are the result of soaring progesterone levels. I have never got to 8dp5dt transfer without bleeding, so you're doing well by my standards 😁

@thislittlebird I would like to do genetic testing too as I suspect a high percentage of my embryos are aneuploid... But I need to get more than one blast per cycle before I can even consider it. Plus it's expensive so possibly out of the question anyway.

All good here, I'm likely ovulating soon, so need to convince my sorry arse to dtd with OH tonight/tomorrow, on the (very slim) off chance something could happen naturally.

I have some Clomid left... I'm tempted to give it a go next cycle just for shits and giggles 🙃

*mind not mink 😂🦦

Thank you @Kay00 💕

A mini update from me. I'm 10dp5dt and this morning I got a clear positive test.
OTD is on Tuesday, so it's really early days. I'm praying it sticks 🤞🏻🙏🏻
I've been down this road before (11week miscarriage last year) so I'm not getting ahead of myself, but staying cautiously optimistic.

Hope everyone is ok.

xx

Amazing news!!! Tentative congratulations @JeanieJ ❤️ I had a positive feeling about your round. This is very good news for now at least xx

Thank you @Kay00 💕
I hope this one sticks 🙏🏻🤞🏻 xx

How are you doing @JeanieJ ?

My SIL gave birth yesterday. I'm less triggered than I thought I would be, which is good. I'm really pleased for her, and hope I get to be in her position one day 🤞. She was TTC for 7 years before getting pregnant naturally after loosing a lot of weight (she has PCOS too).

How is everyone else doing?

@Kay00 wow that's amazing for your sister 🙂
Congratulations on becoming an auntie 💕
I couldn't cope with my sisters pregnancy, but found the birth & meeting my niece much easier, I don't know why 🤷🏻

Have you got a date for your surgery from the NHS yet?

I'm ok. Been testing daily like a crazy person, the line is strong & I hope it stays that way 🤞🏻 got a scan in about 2 weeks with my clinic. It's just a day by day thing for me ... we are a higher risk than average of another loss, so I'm very cautious.
I'm quite crampy & tired otherwise, but this happened with my last pregnancy... basically early pregnancy & pms symptoms are the same for me I guess 🤷🏻

I don't like the crampy part though, it's disconcerting xx

I've never got a BFP, but from what I have read the cramps are super common xx

No date for my surgery yet. I guess it could be another month or two before I get the date.

Thanks for the congrats ☺️ she really is a very cute baby.