What IVF dose and how many eggs did you get?

[Hyppyb]

Hey,

It's my second cycle if ivf, I'm on Bemfola 225 iu and it's day 4 of my cycle. Last time I was on Gonal F 150iu. Was wondering if it will produce more eggs now.

Just wanted to ask anyones dosage, the name of their ivf medication and the egg result, home many were retrieved?

@SH998 So I'm 3 days past transfer and 9 days past trigger. The pregnancy test today there are 2 significant lines. Its lightened over the days but still a second strong line. The trigger is really strong to not be getting a fainter line / negative now. I compared it to the last time I had a trigger, my BFP FET and I had a negative 9 days post trigger for 2 days before the HCG returned.

This time post FET I've had no symptoms. I've had the lightest twinges in my left side, but wouldn't notice if not looking out for it. Last medicated FET I had full on cramps and twinges in my hips, like a period 1dpt to 3 dpt but it was nothing like my BFP sharp stabbing pains, so clearly the medication.I would say no signs of pregnancy. Of course some women have no symptoms this early. So waiting game. I'm 50/50. A little hope this early is a good thing. Below is a poll that shows most women get a positive at 5dpt, followed my 4dpt. So pretty early.

I started when covid restrictions were in place so partners couldn't come but now my clinic allows partners at scans for sure. I quite enjoy the ransfer, I like being sedated, I find it fascinating. 😂 So Thursday's your first scan. Be nice if you only need one scan. How's the eostrogen pills? Any symptoms? Your dosage is only 4mg a day? Mine is 6mg. FETs are less stressful, they're pretty much the same as my IUIs.

@Hyppyb it is extremely early to get symptoms. On my BFP I didn’t get any at all until after 7dpt when I tested positive. Maybe the twinges were so harsh last time as it was an etopic. Keep thinking them positive thoughts and try not to compare to the last BFP.
I can’t help with the trigger info as I didn’t test it out of my system. I’m sure I’ve read it can be in your system for 11/12 days after the shot.
Im now on 6mg for 5 days then increase to 8mg. I’m hoping this helps the little bean stick. Not really had any effects from the meds, I did feel a little sicky one morning but that is sometimes normal for me until I’ve eaten lol 😂.
The transfers are the easiest part of it all I feel, literally 5 minutes and it’s over, I’m still amazed every time watching it on screen. My partners grown used to it too, I actually thought he was going to faint the first time 🤦🏼‍♀️.
Keep your feet up and chill this weekend, hopefully you will get some positive news soon 🤞🏼

@SH998 This early pregnancy symptoms are pretty rare but implantation symptoms aren't. 30% of women have them. I certainly did. I've seen women who went on to have healthy pregnancies describe them exactly how it was in my experience, sharp stabbing in the womb the embryo burrowing into the womb lining, mine was at 2dpt to 4dpt. Some it's shorter or longer. Saying all that every pregnancy is different. So I do know know not cramping is normal too.

As you know the majority of fertility treatment is waiting. Waiting for your period, waiting to inject, waiting for the eggs to get bigger, waiting for scans, waiting for your womb to thicken, waiting for the transfer, waiting for 10 days to test (not that I ever do test sooner). So yeah that's how it goes.

Thanks I will. I feel I will know 5dpt so Monday. Could be later I guess and if I'm not I've decided I will use my remaining embryo in August. My AMH was 14.9 over the 10 the sister clinic required last October so I feel like I still have time in me. No ones mentioned donor eggs so that's a good thing.

Take it easy too. 😊 before you know it you'll be where I am at 3dpt. Probably a lot chilled than me.

@Hyppyb tell me about it, the process is waiting at every step of the way, and jeez it does drag too lol 😂
AMH of 14.9 is great for our age, I was AMH 15 a few years ago when initially tested but I haven’t been tested since so I assume mine would be a lot less now which is worrying.
Have you tested the trigger again this morning? It’s so annoying if it’s still positive and you planned on testing tomorrow.
Count down is on to my 12 day scan, believe me I wouldn’t be chilled at 3dp transfer 🤦🏼‍♀️

@SH998 Update - 4DPT, 10 days past trigger. I'm still positive. It's faded. Last pregnancy (with trigger as fresh transfer) I had a faint line at 4DPT which was a true positive as I had 2 days negative prior. So if tomorrow and Tuesday get darker that would be great, if it gets fainter I guess there's still hope.

@Hyppyb at least it’s very faint, hopefully it will be clear tomorrow and start to get darker thereafter.
its a right pain mind as this would give me false hope, at least I wouldn’t have to worry about that this time around.

@SH998 Exactly, that's why testing the trigger out is best for me, they tell you not to to wait to test after 10 days past trigger but if I didnt and then got curious tested today (when last time today was a true positive) I'd be like am I pregnant am I not. 🤣

Last BFP the photo I've added below, I made the contrast darker to see it and you can see 1dpt to 3dpt negative or very faint but 4pdt onwards a true positive. Be nice if it was as clear this time as it was last time.

Yeah you won't have to worry about this although you never know, remember I started off with just a medicated FET, wasn't going to have a trigger but my misbehaving dominant follicle grew to 18mm. Never know.

@SH998 * they tell you 10 days past transfer, some 14 days.

@SH998 Update 5DPT and 11 days past trigger - so I woke up really early today, busting to pee, probably anxious just to know if I am. I've tested positive. Could still be the trigger or the line holding on because the real HCG has been introduced. If you have a look you can see on the strips the 5A (5DPT am) there's a faint line, but I just looked and it's got darker all of a sudden, I took another photo of the strips, I feel like it's a really strong line, stronger than 4DPT, the same as 3DPT. If its the trigger its just staying in my body for a really long time.

I watched a video again on a single mum by choice YouTuber, same thing happened to her, she had a natural FET, at 5DPT she was 10 days past trigger and the line was the same as 4DPT so she wasn't sure and the 6DPT it was darker so she knew then. I'm definitely cautious. It's nice that there's still a line but I won't believe it only if it darkens.

So the clinic said they will call me to check up on me like they did last FET. I'm in the office at work this morning so will ignore if they call then. There isn't any substantial symptoms to report to them. Out of all my IUIs and transfers this one has been my least symptoms for sure.

Hope you are well. Any eostrogen symptoms? You might be on progesterone end of this week. Hoping your lining is thick enough.

@SH998 if I am pregnant, the only things I’ve done differently compared to my last FET is consistently taking the baby aspirin at 10pm at night, my diet I’ve not had really any added sugar, mostly protein, nuts, cheese, I also went for a walk straight after the transfer for 20mins. Saying all that as we know a lot is down to the normality of the embryo, not sure if there is a lot we can do. I know many women have acupuncture to relax them and get the blood flowing but aspirin does that too.

@Hyppyb I woke and thought of you, I wanted to message first to see how you were getting on but you beat me too it :). The 5 day strip is definately darker than the 4 day, I cant see so much on the plastic tests but the strips are clearly darker. This is great news, lets hope it continues to get darker. I bet you cant wait to go to bed so your able to wake and test the following morning, that's what I used to be like lol.
So you had the transfer on day 19 with I think you said a 4c (I've tried reading through to check but so many messages I cant find it) and you've had next to no symptoms not even implantation pains? This is really good to know for when its my turn.
Each pregnancy/transfer is different so even though I'm now making notes, I cant really compare on past experience or anyone else's experiences as all differs.
I'm good thanks, counting down the days until Thursday where I hope my lining will be as it should. I've always been lucky with the lining and its always been as it should on the day of the scans and that was on just 4mg a day so I should be fine this time due to the increased dosage.
I've been taking baby aspirin since the day after my eostrogen started as didn't get the aspirin in time, whether this will be enough time I'm not sure. No symptoms really, to be honest I've always been pretty symptom free each time even during the stims I was OK. I will follow suit and do a 20 minute walk after the transfer this time, it cant hurt can it.

@SH998 Aww that's sweet. 😊 it does feel better having someone who knows EXACTLY what you're going through, how hard it is. I'm really hoping we both have healthy pregnancies and babies soon. 🤞

So you can see 5dpt is darker than 4pt too? That's a good sign. Sometimes we squint and see lines when they're not really there 😆 the plastic test is rubbish, it's a mid stream, the best test for sure is the ultra early first response, it picks up 6miu I've had that test with all my other attempts but they're quite expensive so thought I'd try something different.

I had a cycle day 19 transfer, with a 4CB embryo one of the lowest grades, no implantation cramps or pain whatsoever (did last time). I've had the lightest twinges in my hips but wouldn't notice if not looking out for it and I'm pretty sure that's the meds as I had it a lot stronger my last FET.

I'm really skeptical and in a bit of denial that I am pregnant. So the next few days I will see. If it is the trigger that's so annoying as its so strong, some clinics say you can test 11 days from trigger as 10 days it should be gone. Plus early pregnancy tests encourage you to test 5 days before a period. For me that's now. I have a clear blue weeks indicator which will clearly say I'm pregnant now. So will see. It might be light tomorrow. Hope not.

I'm sure the baby asprin you didn't get too late, one cycle the doc told me to start taking it at day 10 onwards. So it works quickly. Good to hear your lining naturally thickens. So your transfer may be end of next week?

@Hyppyb Its always nice to have someone who knows exactly what your going through, to feel the pain and happiness at the same times :). I would say the strip lines are definately darker than day 4, that's clear on both photos. There is no way you will be sleeping tonight, you be taking a test at 3am lol. Ill be annoyed for you if this turns out to be the trigger! Surely it cant still be in your system now!
This will prove that regardless of the grades, if its a healthy embryo and your body is willing to accept it then it will stick. This gives me so much hope. I do understand why your being skeptical but I honestly think its looking positive. There is no other reason why it would be showing darker today. Are you actually going to wait until the morning to test again or will you do it later? I was doing it about 4 times a day, I was obsessed by it lol.
My clinic has never mentioned baby aspirin but I did used to take it some years ago when I first started trying as I read it helps. When I went private for some test they commented my lining was thin (It was at the start of my period mind) and that's always stuck with me and I'm convinced this is why my periods are so light, however, since I've started IVF my lining has always been where it should be. I'm hoping its a little thicker this time, this is just to give me frame of mind that the additional dosage has done something. Providing all goes well with the scan, transfer should be next Thursday, that is day 19 but you did say they have until day 21 to transfer? Is the 21 day purely due to lining thickness or something else? I'm always concerned that they will be fully booked and unable to fit me in.

@SH998 So the general rule is they will only introduce progesterone if your lining is thick enough and meets their criteria. My clinic's criteria is 7.5mm and above. Once they introduce the progesterone it's a must that you are on it for 5 days and the 6th day thats your transfer. So if your lining is thick early on its day 19 the transfer, but if its not thick enough they can actually wait until day 22. Sounds like day 19 is likely as you have no lining issues. At least you have things in between, your scan and then starting progesterone to keep you preoccupied.

Some clinics baby asprin is part of their policy others it's not, some docs in the same clinic recommend it others in the same clinic turn their noses up at it but all will say it won't affect anything. I saw in a forum a pregnant woman said her midwife was shocked she wasn't prescribed baby asprin to prevent miscarriages and pre eclampsia. It's hit and miss with the heathcare system. Like my friend she has a wide cervix so all her pregnancies she had a stitch but also she was on vaginal pessaries not because she was prescribed them her doc didn't mention them but because she looked it up online and found other women with the same condition taking them. Crazy...😒 I don't rate how pregnant women are treated. Like i was left in a waiting area for 6 hours even though i told them I was having an etopic pregnancy. To me that's like saying sharp pains in the chest. It's do deadly.

You are worst than me. 🤣 My last pregnancy I tested once a day. This FET twice a day but I thought the evening would be quite diluted so get a fainter line. But I am at a stage where if any line in the evening is showing that's definitely good.

Tomorrow is 12 days past trigger....I feel like surely I will know tomorrow. Unless the clinic injected me with too much hcg. It wasn't prefilled. It was in a syringe. So maybe...

@SH998 4CB has a 33% chance of pregnancy while a 4AA has a 65% chance so if I am as you say don't get hung up on embryo grading, it's a beauty contest really.

@Hyppyb I’ve woken early to message lol how’s todays test looking?
Im worse than you, not stopped thinking about it and I’ve even dreamt your test is positive 🙈.
I made the mistake of constantly testing to check the test line was still there, at the time unbeknown to me that the HCG stays in your system for sometime even when things are not good. I learnt a lot from the miscarriage so will be a lot more cautious next time

@SH998 you beat me to waking up. I woke up about 5am. Then tried to get back to sleep and couldn't really.😆

Yeah my prior pregnancy the HCG stayed in my body for 12 weeks but that's because even though it went wrong fetal tissue and cells were still generating producing hcg. Every week after the methotrexate injection I had to get a blood test to ensure it was decreasing. So yeah HCG can definitely stay in your body for a long time. With the trigger shot it should flush out of your system daily, as there's no pregnancy to aid more HCG.

Update - 6DPT and 12 days past trigger. I don't know still. I'm still testing positively, it's not gotten darker, it looks the same on the plastic test as yesterday and the strips it looks like it may have faded a little or maybe it's stayed the same as older tests dry so look darker than when you originally take them so the newer one can look lighter. Part of me is like it's the trigger and part of me is like it could still be a pregnancy as at 6DPT a real positive it would be a faint line you get or even a negative this early.

I read in a forum a woman had the hcg shot with time intercourse, 12 days later had a positive and was skeptical so spoke with a nurse who said 12 days it should be out of your system so take it as a positive. I take this as a positive that there's even a second line but where it didn't fade or have a negative in between makes it hard to believe I am. It really has to get darker for me to believe it. If its like this by Friday or whenever they will call then I guess I have to believe it a little.

The clinic may call me they didn't yesterday. They do frown on testing early so I won't tell them. Its more just a symptom check up.

In limbo. What do you think? What do you think of the photos?

@SH998 a photo of a woman’s test strips on YouTube testing out her trigger, it fades, goes negative and then it returns. Mine is nothing like that.

@Hyppyb maybe yours hasn't faded so much as they used more than the normal dosage when they triggered, therefore, the HCG your producing is continuing the line. Again the plastic strips are not very clear and I cant see much but the other strips there is definately a line. There is a big difference between the 4 day and 5 day line. The 4 day is almost non existent then appears clearly again on the 5dp. I can see a line from this morning too. I found on my positive the strips did get darker in time but there was still a clear line and they were still a positive.
I honestly think its a positive sign, believe me I've seen hundreds of negative tests over the years of trying and none looked like them on day 5 and 6. I could hardly see mine on day 7 when mine was positive so give it a little time. Ill try to download my day 7 positive and you can see how faint that was. Anyone else looking at it probably wouldn't have seen the line but I've seen so many negatives I knew it was positive.

@Hyppyb

@Hyppyb this was taken at 11.45am on day 7 so give it a little time, try not to compare to the past pregnancy as they are different each time.

@SH998 I can definitely see your pregnancy strip was positive at 7 days. Like you over the last few years ive seen so many negatives so know what a positive looks like. My last pregnancy I knew I was pregnant for sure at 6dpt as the line was darker, the previous days were very faded after the trigger shot.

Yeah I think the clinic either overdosed me with HCG so it's stayed in my system for a very long time or as you say the real pregnancy is continuing to give a positive test. It's tricky as it's impossible to know if there's a chemical pregnancy if one happened.

Really is a waiting game to know if I am. If I took the clearblue it will say I am but could be the fake hcg.

@Hyppyb admittedly, looking at the above now it is quite clear, I maybe should have uploaded another one taken after this which you could hardly see the line (different light/different room - I think this also makes a difference). A Clearblue wouldn't help as it will possibly show positive due to the trigger. I think tomorrow will be the telling day, if the line is still there then I would take that as a positive, surely there is no way the trigger would be in your system on day 13. I know that doesn't help as that means another sleep before you get your answer :(

@Hyppyb

@Hyppyb above is a better example, very faint at day 7.