IVF Buddies: the next chapter

[SarahShorty]

Tagging @Triselly @lemons44 @CR7 @Flowerlover010 @pongom @WholeZebra @TheBirdintheCave in a new thread as the last one stopped accepting new messages.

@Triselly thank you xx Apart from the constant worry, I am doing okay. This whole thing is private so the scan is also private. I can bring the scan date forward by a week, but I want them to be able to see more, especially the heartbeat.

@TheBirdintheCave My scan date is 20th of November, so 10 days from now. Thank you for the reassurance xx

Morning all, end of the wait for me.. Negative.

@Valentina1985 I'm so sorry :(

@SarahShorty the wait for the viability scan is far far worse than the TWW. I drove myself crazy symptom spotting. You’re doing so well, try and remain positive, I know it’s so hard!

@Valentina1985 I’m so sorry :(.

@Valentina1985 sending lots of
Love xxx

Thank you all! This was a sad day... off we go to another round...

@Valentina1985 I'm so sorry, it's so heartbreaking. Hope you have support around you and can take some time to recover ❤️ I am with you in now waiting for the next bloody round xxx

Hi there.. I am sorry but this feels so quiet and I am so lonely on this wait.
Had my first consultation with ARGC today. It does sound like very intense. The doctor also gave me no clarity on exactly what will be done and said it will depend on the result of tests. She mentioned EVERYTHING though: daily blood tests, sometimes twice a day, intense monitoring, potential 'trial monitoring cycle', tests for immunotherapy and hysteroscopy. I had implantations before and just had a hysteroscopy so some of these things dont seem applicable.
Afraid that this trial round will also mean another full month of delay...
Does any of you have experience there and know if these were just warnings of they tend to happen, really?

I had a mock cycle in order to have the Hysteroscopy/ endemetrio testing on what would have been transfer day. I found that cycle particularly hard because I was doing everything knowing I wasn't going to have a transfer, but for me things were discovered so I was very glad in the end.

It is daunting but it sounds like they don't want to rule anything out and want to make sure that your treatment is personal to you and not just standard which is a good thing xx

@CR7 , are you at the same clinic? Do they give you any drugs in this mock cycle or is it mainly blood tests and ultrasounds? I just had a hysteroscopy following results of a saline scan...

Mine was a full mock cycle. Exactly as it would be if we were transferring. Scans, drugs and everything. We wanted it to be an exact replica of a cycle. On what would have been transfer day I had the endemetrio test and that what gave results that changed everything. My microbiome was off, I took some vaginal probiotics and also my endometrium wasn't ready for the transfer (displaced implantation window) so if we had transferred it wouldn't have worked.

This informed my next transfer as I was on more progesterone and for longer than the standard amount. I was also on blood thinners and steroids

We did Hysteroscopy at same time but it showed nothing of interest

Also had progesterone test on transfer day and it was still very low even with longer on the pessaries so I had lubion injections for the first 12 weeks x

Wow @CR7 ! Interesting... I had three transfers in the last 2 years though. Do you think they would go for a full mock test in any case?

@Valentina1985 potentially xx I had had two and they still did it. Never heard of a mock transfer not being the full shebang x

@CR7 , I forgot... are you with ARCG? Reading their materials, it seems the monitoring cycle is without medication, actually, but not sure....

@Valentina1985 not sure what argc is. If it's a clinic, no I was with Care fertility in Manchester xx

Hi all... just passing by to see if there were any new messages... this whole wait is so boring... this whole thing actually sucks so bad....

I have a viability scan tomorrow, we also have tomorrow booked off from work so if it's not the best news, we can spend the rest of the day crying. It really is the pits, but you have to keep on keeping on.

@Valentina1985 Oh sweetheart xx It's so horrible I know. Trying to conceive, be it natural or assisted must be 80% waiting and 20% doing the things and testing. Big hugs to you xx

@SarahShorty Ohhh I have everything crossed! Good luck and let us know how it goes xx

@SarahShorty will be thinking of you and have my fingers crossed for good news!

@SarahShorty we are all
Sending you so much love and luck 🍀

@SarahShorty Very best of luck today, thinking of you xxx

Indeed, @SarahShorty fingers crossed for you here! All the best!

Hi ladies xx thanks very much for all the well wishes. Sadly it wasn't to be. I've been carrying around a blood clot encased in a gestational sac for the last 2 or 3 weeks. So I have to stop all medication and make sure I bleed within the coming week or it's a trip to the EPU to remove any retained products. I'm sorry it's not better news. I don't know why, I just am 🥲