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 thanks. I was by myself but used to being by myself so that didn't make anything worst. I find going through this single easier because I don't have to deal with someone else's heartache, disappointment or decision making. I can move forward and process my feelings as I want without the added pressure of someone else's dream of a baby.

I feel OK. It was very early I'm 6 weeks 2 days so yes it's disappointing I know I can move on.

When do you have your doctors phone follow up consultation? My failed FET they just gave a generic reason gentic problems, which will be the same for me now.

@Hyppyb Your very brave.
Did you manage to speak to anyone sooner about your options or are they still making you wait for another scan?
I begun medical management 2 days after my first scan but they didn’t work and it ended up passing naturally almost 3 weeks later.
I am to call and tell them the test results today, it took weeks last time for me to even get a video consultation then another 4 weeks to get an appointment so I can’t see much happening now until February time. I stopped the meds Friday and am bleeding already. Tough times when you want something so badly. X

@SH998 Compared to my failed FET your period started do quickly after you stopped meds which is a good thing. Mine took 7 days and I felt so rough, cloudy, scattered, jittery, just not right and then period came and I felt a release. Can't believe how long you have to wait for your follow up that's really bad, they should talk to you soon to reassure you.

I saw nhs specialist, she didn't scan, said with dropping hcg that's it and to wait. I'm not waiting I'm keeping busy. Im also sick with a cold i picked up from the hospital.I have another appointment on the 23rd I guess she will check I'm OK after. I was thinking of doing my FET in January but I don't know how my body will be, when it will be ready.

Yeah it's so tough.

@Hyppyb my period had been trying to come since the day of the transfer so I’m convinced that’s why it didn’t work for me and not surprised I bleed so quickly once I stopped the meds.
Im hoping the wait wouldn’t be as long this time as FET was as harsh as the previous transfer but who knows.
How are you feeling? Any pains/bleeding? Have you just got to wait for nature to take its course now? If so, hopefully it wouldn’t take too long for you. Keep as busy as you can, the weeks are dragging for me as it’s all I can think off!
Sorry to hear your ill, theres always loads going around this time of year. You need to get yourself well ready for the next transfer, it’s difficult to know what’s best, if your like me you want to give your body a break to heal but then age is pushing you to proceed asap.
How many frosties do you have? X

@SH998 are your periods irregular? Can the clinic not gage when they are due? I still can't believe how slow your clinic is. Mine are pretty fast. At the end of the day you're paying a lot of money so the service should be good. Have you spoken with the clinic yet?

So tomorrow I'd be 7 weeks. Today I started bleeding but no pain, its little blood, no clots. This makes me think, a week ago when I was in soooo much pain for hours, little blood came out, that could have been the main part of the miscarriage, I went in the hospital that day. Maybe now it's just bleeding no pain. I don't know.

I have 3 embryos. One 3BB and two 4CB. I really way to try again in January but of course I don't know until my body heals.

I think if you have the money, if you can put your disappointment and upset to the side you should try as soon as you can. Thats how I feel. Only one life and I do get how upsetting it can be all the knocks but one day it could be successful. Hope you get a lot of good embryos next time.

@Hyppyb im receiving treatment through the NHS so not surprised it’s taking longer. I have another 2 attempts providing its before I’m 40, after 40 I’m only allowed 2 egg collections on the NHS.
Again, this is pushing me to proceed, it’s taken long enough to get to this point to complete the first attempt (we started in May).
My periods are regular just very light, I also ovulate regularly so no idea why I’m unable to catch naturally. I missed a call from them today, called back but their message box was full so couldn’t leave a message, this is the norm lol.
That might have been the pain and most of it happening at that time (fingers crossed), I had very mild pain throughout the 2.5 weeks I was waiting with not a lot of blood. The night before it actually passed through the bleeding got heavier (still not as much as I expected) and pain increased, wasn’t agony just increased pain. I was a little naive as to what to expect, I thought it had passed without me kind of knowing within the 2 weeks but a friend said ‘you will know when it’s passed’ and they were right, I did the clot was far bigger!
Only you know when you feel ready to start again and how great having another 3 available. I’ll probably start as soon as they allow me x

@SH998 so does it take longer because you have to wait for the nhs to green light the next round. I've paid everything myself because even though was under 40, I'm single so don't qualify but saying that I do have the money, last time I was able to get a round on a clinic that was much cheaper that's where I got pregnant and got 4 embryos. So now I just pay £2k for each FET.

Thanks for sharing. I don't think its passed. I suffer from heavy periods, which lead to a blood transfusion from anemia so in some ways I feel a bit prepared. There was a red clot that came out a week ago when I had all that pain but it wasn't much then It stopped bleeding, i was then admitted and told my hcg was 7900 which is crazy high for 5 weeks. Then my hcg started dropping and a baby never found on the scans.

3bb is good, but 4cb is poor quality but still a fair chance of pregnancy.

Hope you get your next round soon. I feel its good if you can bypass the knock back and just move forward. I had 5 knock backs of IUIs and a rubbish ivf cycle with a day 3 embryo to this last cycle where I got pregnant and have 3 embryos. Your next cycle might be the one especially as you know you can get pregnant.

@Hyppyb how are you feeling? Any pain/bleeding? That’s great news you still have some Frosties left, FET appears less stressful for the body although it didn’t agree with me.
Im waiting on a video consultation with the clinic but I don’t expect that to be this side of Christmas. Gives me time to get my weight back to where it should be again. I assume the long time is just the standard NHS times. X

@SH998 it's good to hear how positive you are. Hopefully the video consultation goes well. Fresh cycles for me were OK, only the discomfort of the bloating from the egg collection.

So I started bleeding Tuesday, nothing heavy and no pain. Then Wednesday night I woke up, my side in extreme pain, which radiated to my whole body, barely got downstairs, took paracetamols, tried to sleep on sofa. That was rough. Then bleeding no pain. A long stringy stretch thing came out so I guess that was the placenta, clots have come out but nothing substantial to where I think everything has passes.

I'm still bleeding. I've had this slight pain in my left side, if I cough or move around I feel it. This morning my side started hurting so took pills. So 5 days of bleeding. Two weeks ago when I was in pain all day, spotted, I went to the hospital because of the side pain thinking it was etopic. The docs weren't fussed by it. I have my nhs specialist on 23rd so will tell her if that pain is still there as I'm thinking maybe it's in my fallopian tube. They may need to operate who knows.

Physically it's been hard. Emotionally I've been ok. I keep thinking it may come later like feeling upset. I'm quite methodical when I got pregnant I kept thinking of stats, chemical pregnancies so it was always a possibility in my head. So when it happened it was very disappointing but not shocking. I want to try again soon but saw you're meant to wait, some say 3 months, I think my 2nd period I might.

FET is physically easier but chemically it's rough. Not looking forward to that again.

@SH998 So had my nhs app, they scanned me, did hcg and I got a call at 3pm to say my hcg is rising, its gone from 7900 to 1700 to 4000 so they think it's an etopic pregnancy, it's developing somewhere they think my left fallopian tube as I've kept saying that's where the pain is for 2 weeks. So had the injection today to help miscarry.

Hope you're well.

@Hyppyb im so sorry to hear that, having a miscarriage is hard enough as it is without added complications. How long will they leave you go before taking further action?
You had your initial scan about 2 weeks ago didn’t you? Any more pain/bleeding? X

@SH998 so I need to go back to the hospital Tuesday and Thursday to make sure the hcg decreases. If it doesn't it means another injection and if not after that then surgery. I was given a choice operation that would likely remove my left fallopian tube or the injection that stops cells dividing. I know ivf isn't reliant on fallopian tubes but still didn't want them removed.

3 weeks ago I had like 3 scans that week. Back then I told them it's an etopic pregnancy because of the side pain, only now they agree.

I'm still bleeding after 11 days, there's a slight ache tenderness in my side and not had a bout of pain in 3 days. Injection was yesterday evening so very early days. I'm hoping anymore pain won't be too bad.

Part of me is like at least I know why the pregnancy failed but then another part is like this is likely to happen again, up to 15%. Plus its hard enough to get pregnant. I can't try for 3 months because the injection.

@Hyppyb Merry Christmas, although not so merry for you :(
How did todays HCG levels go, I hope the injection is working and no surgery is required.
You did say at the time it might be etopic, a woman knows her own baby and you clearly know yours. I didn’t realise there’s a 15% chance of it happening again, try not to think of that, hopefully you’ve had a bit of bad luck and it’s a one off, once your body recovers fully you will get some positive news.
3 months is a long time to wait when it’s all you can think of but hopefully the time will fly by. Try to keep yourself busy x

@SH998 Hey, hope you had a merry Xmas too! 2023...let's hope this is the year we get pregnant🤰🏼🤰🏾🤰🏿🤰, stay pregnant and deliver healthy babies.

So my hcg was 4600 at the time of the methotrexate injection, day 4 it was 4000 I think then day 7 it was 3000. Was so relieved...the methotrexate is a form of chemo, a toxin, it really affected my body, I was very dehydrated, exhausted, no appetite, bloating, not myself at all. This took over my Xmas period. Hard. So didn't want another injection and the decrease in my hcg says I shouldn't.

Initially I feel I was affected only physically by losing the baby but as time has gone on I now have a sad ache to be pregnant again. Etopic pregnancy is hard because it takes so long on your body to go back to normal. I'm nearly what you'd say is "10 weeks pregnant" I'm still miscarrying. Still bleeding. Then I guess 4 to 6 weeks until period. I really don't want this again. A miscarriage would have been better, not nice still.

Back at hospital on Friday for hcg test but it will be 2 months and 2 week to go. So it's going quicker. Yeah I said to the hospital at 5 weeks I think I am having an etopic pregnancy and I was told your miscarrying come back in a few weeks. How dangerous was that?

How are you? Any news on what's next? When you will speak to clinic? My plan is early March to have follow up, get meds, so by 23rd onwards I can have FET. Can't wait.

@SH998 the positives are we got pregnant once so we know we can get pregnant again. Before that you just never know.

@SH998 I was advised that as I've had one etopic pregnancy, going forward the nhs would monitor me ASAP, so the moment I find out I'm pregnant again I'm to call the hospital and book an appointment at 5 weeks. I doubt a scan that early would show anything but the hcg testing is what will be relied on.

@SH998 Forgot to say that the nhs kept saying that ivf patients are at a higher risk of etopic pregnancy. I've looked into it and there's no definite answer why. One place said its the embryo being transfered to forcefully, another said if its a 3 day (mine wasnt), that it's all the fertility drugs so a fresh transfer its more likely.

@Hyppyb sorry about the delay in replying, how are you feeling now? Are things more settled and the miscarriage complete? Hope you didn’t suffer too much:(
March might seem a long wait but will be here before you know it, at least by then your body would have had time to recover. Video call on Tuesday and I assume they will then book me for a consultation to discuss/pick up meds. All a waiting game at the moment x

@SH998 that's good you have a video consultation Tuesday. Get things moving. How are you feeling about your next ivf round? Are you pretty chilled about injections?

I'm still bleeding 5 weeks later and having side pain on / off. I feel like if the hospital did their job properly, didn't send me away for weeks, monitored my hcg, they would have been able to pick up the etopic pregnancy earlier and I would have got the methotrexate sooner. Then the miscarriage would have ended sooner. Had weekly blood test Friday, hcg was 221, so I am getting there needs to be 0. Then I think I should stop bleeding, then start period bleeding soon after. So no, miscarriage not complete, my first pain was like 7 weeks ago.

I can't wait to try again. It will be easier on my body just a FET. I emailed my clinic they gave me the steps to proceed, some I will do before the 3 months. Like a baseline scan because my last scan will be 3 months old, nurse consultation over the phone and then start FET. Will book scan maybe mid Feb once I have my first period.

@Hyppyb i have my appointment Tuesday to discuss my treatment plan although the consultant on my call this week told me what we would be doing so I’m just picking up the meds really. I’ll be on the same meds as last time so hopefully the results will be just as good. I can’t believe how quickly it’s moved this time around.
This time around I feel a lot more chilled than previously, I’m sure that will change soon mind.
The injections and meds dont bother me, I’ve had no crazy side affects by them.
How are you feeling with it all? I couldn’t even imagine bleeding for so long, you must be so drained by it all. It’s so difficult to look ahead while your still recovering from previous attempts/issues. Hopefully your plan can start again in Feb, it will be here before you know it. X

@SH998 Sounds like everything will be pretty straightforward for you. The second time you know what to expect and makes it so much easier for sure. Numbing cream was a Godsend for me. Yeah I didn't have side effects from injections, I found a fresh transfer so easy, but prior I had a egg collection but couldn't have a transfer days later because they couldnt access one ovary, so the enlarged eggs left behind and the created bloating and that was uncomfortable. But ivf isn't as scary as I thought.

Please do stay chilled. I was so chilled last time and I got pregnant.

My hcg is 118, so slowly decreasing now. Nurse says early Feb she thinks I will get to 0. Then period should start 3 weeks after I was confused when. I've read women say straight their period started straight away. Still bleeding over 6 weeks.

I'm hoping the etopic pregnancy doesn't cause too much of a cloud over me. It was very scary. The hospital wanted to admit me over Xmas incase I collapsed and bled out alone. I declined. So next pregnancy it's a worry. Its not just a fear of losing a baby but losing your life. Hopefully doesn't happen again. I read frozen transfer is less likely decreases risk of etopic pregnancy and methotrexate injection does too. Will think like that.

@Hyppyb hopefully you will be fine next time, you’d have to be very unlucky to suffer 2 ectopics in a row. Unfortunately you will have that worry, it’s difficult to enjoy any pregnancy when you’ve struggled so much to get it.
I say I’m chilled now but I know as soon as those injections start I’ll be a mad woman again, constantly Googling and overthinking everything. On the plus side I now know the process so hoping that will take a lot of the anxiety away. My period started about 2.5 weeks after I stopped bleeding, it was a normal period as I was expecting the worst.
If you start Feb time we should be very close to each other, did you say you have to start again or do you have a frozen? Let’s hope the next round for both of us will be the final one with a very happy ending x

@SH998 Thanks...they say if you've experienced one etopic pregnancy your chances of experiencing another is higher by 10% compared to a person who hasn't. The hospital thinks it's to do with my IVF as it increases your chances of etopic by like 6%. As you say it's still all very unlucky as the chances are in your favour of having a healthy pregnancy.

My last cycle was very successful, they got 3 x5 day embryos and 1 x 6 day embryo. So I have frozen embryos. My next attempt will be a frozen transfer. I have to wait until end of March because the methotrexate injection you are not allowed to conceive for 3 months. I read frozen decreases the risk of etopic. I'm still having on / off pain with the bleeding 6 weeks later which I've been told is normal.

I am so the same! Googling, youtubing, forums. It's hard not to. I also think it helps with anxiety stress not having it bottled up. I've had two egg collections and I would say the hardest part is was waiting to find out if the embryos make it to day 5. My first cycle I had only one embryo, it was only a day 3 and they transfered it failed. My last transfer it was a 4Bb, got pregnant, my next will be 3Bb so same chances like 50/50. The 2 others are lesser graded quality.

Yeah fingers cross it happens for both of us.

@Hyppyb oh I really hope the pain and bleeding subsides soon, I can’t imagine how it must be, it was bad enough bleeding for 2.5 weeks so you must be completely and utterly fed up by now. On the plus side there is no long term damage caused, I suppose it could have been a lot worse (trying to make you feel better) 😘.
Such a drag having to wait until the end of March, if your anything like me you just want to continue immediately. Has your work been supportive throughout it all?
Wow, that’s amazing, 4 embryos from 1 cycle, very impressive. I managed 2 which isn’t too bad after I read and stressed over the statistics.
My appointment went well, planned start date 7th Feb, providing my period arrives on time with an estimated collection date of 20th Feb. We have already decided if there’s 2 available we will be putting both in. As I didn’t agree with the frozen transfer I can’t help feeling I wasted a perfectly good embryo that I wish was transferred with my first pregnancy. Time will tell, I just hope I’m more successful this time around x

@SH998 happy to hear your appointment went well. Do you know what fertility drug and dosage you will be on? My two cycles I had different fertility drugs and dosage and the cheaper meds with a higher dose I got a better result.

Are you OK risking twins with two embryos? I've thought the same thing. So my next transfer will only be one embryo because its a good quality embro but the two others are poor quality and have a lower chance of pregnancy so I was thinking of transferring both.

Today every time I stood up I've had heavy bleeding and with clots. I had clots once at 7 weeks and now 6 weeks later. Hoping it means it's soon over. Etopic pregnancies for anyone are hard going because you know your life was at risk. Work don't know anything about mr trying to conceive or the etopic pregnancy. I work from home most the week and I had the methotrexate injection over xmas so the bad side effects I was at home.

Most sites say don't try again until 2 periods, Infertility TV on YouTube says try straight away, women who had a miscarriage in test trials more got pregnant, had live births and less miscarriages than those who waited over 3 months. So I should be trying 2 months from hcg at 0.

I hope you are more successful this time round. Still can't get over how badly my first round went with just one embryo not even a day 5. Got my fingers crossed for you