One year+ TTC part 4

[lemons44]

Hi all
Onto thread 4! Hopefully this one is lucky for us 🍀 🤞🏼

Just a supportive thread for those of us who have been TTC for over a year. New faces are welcome. Feel free to vent, cry, laugh, ask silly questions, seek advice and talk about anything.

Tagging our BFP ladies who are rooting for us too.

@Tinkerbell098
@NatW2021
@Koalie
@Netflixnchilli
@JSS15
@BakinABaby
@KatieLooLa
@Indianna2006
@Carla2601
@BritInNZ
@FlyOnTheWall89

Feel free to tag anyone I have forgotten.

@lemons44 I know, the odds on that haha. Pretty magic. Little Matilda is totally adorable and has stolen our hearts. Loving the newborn bubble and I know it feels so so far off for you guys but you never know what's around the corner - I wouldn't have believed you if you'd have told me this time last year that right now I'd be feeding our baby on the sofa. Keep hoping guys, I'll keep everything crossed xx

@lemons44 i think your TSH is fine. Mine is 1.46 and wasn’t flagged as bad. In fact, my nhs app gives the normal range as 0.38-5.33.

congratulations to all those with their babies now or bfps. It’s so nice to hear happy endings :)

So glad you are enjoying the bubble @FlyOnTheWall89 and thank you for continuing to be our cheerleader! 💗

Thanks @JSS15 how are you doing? x

@lemons44 no problem! I’m doing good thanks. Seen the gynaecologist and had another blood test - they think I’ve not “lean” pcos so referred me to fertility. Just waiting on a referral now and think it might be a while, but glad something is happening.

Hey everyone. 11dpo today and BFN.. we BD a lot this cycle and did some extra "at home insemination" DIY as well when we couldn't BD, not sure if they are particularly successful but worth a shot (so to speak) as we couldn't BD some days..
Also reduced stress level for the last few months with taking a break from studying.. so I had some hope in success this time.. so quite disappointed with the BFN.

Luckily the IVF forms have been sent off so hopefully we will be moving forward with that in the next few months!

I hate the waiting :-( I'm so impatient!!

I'm glad things are at least moving for you @JSS15 it might not be as long as you think. Our referral went so quickly once it went through from the GP but I know we were lucky and it seems a bit of a postcode lottery.

@SaraSS so sorry you got a BFN ☹️ so crushing for you. Is it the funding forms FOR IVF that have been sent off?

Small update from me. We had our IVF consult and we are starting on my next cycle day 21 which is about April 1st, with provisional egg collection on May 3rd. I feel like it's taken forever to get to this point. It was almost 11 months ago we got DH's semen analysis which said zero sperm!

xx

@lemons44 yes the funding forms. The lady that deals with them at the clinic is on annual leave this week, but they should be reviewed early next week. Then I guess we are waiting for our first appointment with the consultant.

Whilst the move forward with IVF is exciting, I can't help but feel deflated this cycle, I thought we might have been in with a chance with all the BD-ing!

That's great you've got some dates - do you know what kind of meds you'll be on?

@lemons44 so pleased you’ve got your plan and will be cheering you on! Keep us posted with how you get on

@lemons44 this is amazing news - so great to have a date in the diary after so long. Keeping my fingers crossed that you. 1st April is just around the corner! X

@SaraSS hopefully that moves quickly for you. We were told it takes 3-6 weeks for funding forms to process and ours took 4 weeks, just to give you a bit of any idea. Sorry you feel deflated. It's really rubbish ☹️ especially when you put in so much effort!

Thanks @Carla2601 and @FlyOnTheWall89
@Carla2601 I am also referring to 3rd May as potential 'harvest day' as I remember you said this haha.

@lemons44 haha that’s right the harvest festival!

@Carla2601 when your little one grows up and asks you 'mummy how was I made?' you can say 'well...... it all started with a harvest festival' 😂

Sorry for the late reply but these numbers are within what gps would consider normal range. Closest to 1 is best x

Thank you @2021lady x

@Koalie just wondered how you are doing and how your cycle is going? I got AF yesterday so official CD 2 and waiting to start down reg on CD 21 xx

Hi @lemons44 ☺️ oooo that’s exciting ! Yours going to be long protocol then? I am still on the estrogen patches at the mo, my next scan is Friday and then I expect I’ll be starting my progesterone injections and pessaries ready for transfer next week! Still trying to avoid covid like the plague 😷 lol. I must say I am finding the FET cycle a lot harder than the stims in terms of hormones 😵‍💫 just feel knackered and down in the dumps … what medications will you be on for everything? Xx

@Koalie yes we are having long protocol! That's so exciting that you might have your transfer next week! How many do you have frozen again?

So I will be doing down reg on burserelin, which was one of the meds that was out of stock for ages but is back now. I think I take this for about 2 weeks and then have a bleed before starting stims.

For stims I will be on 150 iu of Gonal-F. Then trigger i will have ovitrelle. And after that cyclogest I think? Maybe that's the pessaries?

Have you have had any of these?

Sorry you're feeling down in the dumps, what medication is that's making you feel down? I have my appointment on Tuesday with the nurses to learn how to do the injections and go through them all.

xx

Also @Koalie do you remember your egg collection? In the videos I watched yesterday from the clinic as part of the consent forms, it says most people don't remember the egg collection.

@lemons44 i had short protocol so just started from stims but same drugs as you and found them totally fine. Trigger shot was scratchier than gonal f but for me these didn’t make me feel different so hopefully you’ll be the same.

egg collection I remember as nerve wracking before then the loveliest sleep ever then waking up feeling totally fine (I walked home and it was a couple of miles..:.though maybe don’t do that you’re not meant to i found out afterwards haha)

hope that helps a bit and that you’re doing ok!

@lemons44 I know! I’m very excited to get transfer done now. We have 7 embabies on ice ❄️
So I had down reg for my FET but I had the Zoladex implant rather than Burserelin. I’m now on Estrogen patches to build my lining which is what’s giving me all the not nice symptoms 😒
For egg collection I was on short protocol so I just started stims from day 2 of my cycle. I had 225iu stims!! But Ovaleap, not Gonal-F.. They put me on a high dose because I have low AMH for my age which I’m guessing is why I over stimulated 😖then Gonasi for trigger.
I was sooooo nervous for egg collection and I needn’t have been at all. I remember the start (but didn’t feel it) but I must have completely conked out considering they retrieved 18 eggs … I def wasn’t awake for all of that lol. But in the end I actually really enjoyed the whole experience. I was very tender afterwards when I was home and the drugs wore off but I also had OHSS so that could be why.
Let me know if you think of any other questions and please keep us updated on how you’re getting on 🥰

So exciting to see everyone's journeys moving forward @Koalie & @lemons44 🫶🏼

@NatW2021 … how are you doing lovely? Xx

@FlyOnTheWall89 🥰🥰 how are you and Matilda doing? X

Egg collection is the part I'm most frightened about 😕 The process just sounds awful.

My IVF has been delayed by two weeks as I caught Strep A and have only just ovulated 🙄 I swear, if there are any more delays, I will go nuts 😂

@TheBirdintheCave honestly it’s not….if anything I felt good afterwards (even before I knew the results just when I came round) so I really hope you have a good experience too and fingers crossed for no further delays it feels long enough as it is!