FET Sept/Oct

[Lolly2803]

Hi ladies,
I am due to start an FET in Sept/Oct and wondered if anyone else was too?! Had my first cycle of IVF in August but due to fluid in my uterus and thin lining had to freeze everything. I seem to always have fluid mid cycle, including natural cycles. Very worried that it will always be a problem and will never get to use my embryos. Having a hysteroscopy the week after next to check incase anything in there but doc suspects not. Would be great to have a few buddies! xxx

PUPO alert blasto on board 100% intact. Phew! Hope all went well Mist xx

Wahoo! How are you feeling Bear? So excited for you! xx

Feeling good thanks! I love this bit, when there is still hope it went really well and wasn't nearly as uncomfortable as last time.

Yay, Bear! reception on journey home was bad so hadn't managed to post yet. glad to see yours went equally well! I am PUPO too I'm happy and relieved.

Wahoo!!! Well done ladies. Hope you're all feeling excited and positive. Are you filling your faces with pineapple and Brazil nuts?! xx

Biggest pineapple in the world. Thank you Waitrose! Glad it went well for you too Mist

Congratulations PUPO ladies!! 🎉🎊💥🎈🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍

Wahoo!! So excited for both of you!

Hooray ladies!!!!!! Yay!

Thanks all!

How are you feeling Bear? When is your OTD? Do you normally make it that far without testing?

I don't think I will go overboard on pineapples and brazil nuts etc personally. I tried a bit of a core yesterday (because we happened to have one) and it left a horribly bitter/spicy aftertaste! eating lots is dedication (and I'm not sure how true it even is). Going to up my protein a little and fruit and veg though. I'm normally quite good anyway except that I often put DD first and get hungry between meals/cut corners with my own diet, so I will try harder!

I was put rather on the spot about the 1/2 embryos decision. The grading wasn't that great after thaw. They only told me as I was already in theatre, legs akimbo! DH wasn't in with me. I said 1 (the best one, was my gut feeling and they didn't strongly push me to 2) and am trying not question myself. My excitement was a bit quashed after googling its grading last night. :( I didn't ask how my lining looked (might do that, because at least that being good should up the chances? and I am youngish.) I know whatever the odds I could be in the lucky group, will try to stay hopeful.

Hi Mist

Bloody hell, that's such a decision to have to make by yourself! I would definitely have made the same call, as we already have one DD and couldn't remotely cope with 3 kids. You couldn't possibly have agreed to 2 without at least a conversation with him could you, and don't you both have to sign something? My OH had to sign off on the transfer while in the room, but not sure if that's because it's 'her' embryo going into me. Looking at stories on here and elsewhere, grading seems to mean very little when it comes down to it. If it's a blasto and it thawed OK you have a good chance.

I'm not eating loads of pineapple. I'm doing the same as I did with DD and my other attempts (one of which did result in pregnancy for a while) which is to eat one slice per day for 5 days. I think it must be a really nice pineapple as even the core is nice! And just eating a few chocolate brazils after my dinner.

DD definitely knows something is up. I wouldn't pick her up or let her climb on me last night and even though I gave her loads of cuddles she's still been really clingy and emotional but she's 2 so I guess that could mean anything. I'm going to see Bridget Jones tonight with a friend to get out of bedtime duty and hopefully by this time tomorrow it might have implanted. I had implantation bleeding with both my other pregnancies so I'll be watching like a hawk for that.

With your successful round did you have any signs/symptoms that it had worked?

Really keeping my fingers crossed for both of us! xx

Oh my OTD is 12 days, so the Sunday. But I'll test at 9 days. Partly as my in laws are coming for the weekend so I want some kind of indication so I don't fall apart while they are here.

Bear, didn't mean to say you were being OTT with it! That sounds a good balance. (and tasty. My pineapple was slightly under-ripe though I did try core once before). I know it helps to feel you are actively doing something.

Thanks for the reassurance about my decision. Perhaps they could have tried to call him back in if I'd asked, I don't know. Yes, it was a big one! We'd agreed 1 in several discussions about it. I think maybe only if they'd said they were really poor would I have felt OK about saying to put 2 back.

Oh, you had implantation bleeds? No, I don't think I had any symptoms. None that I was sure about anyway. Just a bit tired, emotional but it was probably down to the drugs and the stress. No sickness, no implantation bleed, no sensitive breasts. Wonder if I'm likely to have an implantation bleed if I didn't last time?

I've been asking DH to lift DD a bit when he is home and avoided a couple of occasions where I would've carried her. (We still went out today but not to an energetic group I sometimes go to).

Fingers crossed here too! x

No, not at all! I'm just a bit superstitious about these things now having done them on other cycles. Like a pair of lucky football socks or something - lol.

Will you test early too? I don't have the nerve to hold out.

Yep both BFPs I have had very slight, pale pink streaky implantation bleeding. Not even enough to register on a panty liner but on loo roll it's very distinctive and has been the same both times, 7-8 days past 'ovulation'. If I don't get it this time I'll be convinced it hasn't worked although it won't necessarily happen every pregnancy I guess.

Here's to a non crazy 2ww xx

I brought in some lucky charms to all my appointments the first time round. :) And played "egg or baby" related songs everytime I injected. This time round I just played things I felt like hearing.

I tested 1 day early last time. DH wasn't very impressed! My OTD is shorter than yours though, only 9 days (same as for my fresh cycle). I was expecting it to be less for FET though as no trigger in my system. I'm not sure yet... I think I'll try to hold out until the day or the day before.

Thanks for the info. I was wondering when it might actually implant if it does. It's been very surreal walking around as normal today and only me knowing! Past ovulation, would that be 3-4 days after frozen transfer?

I rang up my clinic to ask about lining and they told me a number that sounded good for the scan a week ago. I don't think they measured it at ET but just said the drugs should maintain it. Hoping that helps matters. They said I can ring tomorrow to talk to the embryologist but hubby thinks I'm better off not to, just distracting myself. He's probably right.

Nice to know everyone has their own rituals!

I'm going to hold out to 9 days, I think that's a sensible number. That seems an early OTD to me but definitely justifies my decision.

Blastocyst transfer is 5 days past ovulation and implantation is 7-10 days past ovulation. So any time from tomorrow for us.

Can understand your thought processes.... but if it's meant to be a baby then it will be. Do you have any more in the freezer still? We have one early blast so not even at the stage you can grade it but it's still nice to know it's there. I hope after this we can just give it to research.

Keep the faith!

Ah ladies, I’m so excited for you to be PUPO, wonderful news!

Everything crossable crossed - fingers, toes, legs, the lot!

lolly how’s everything with you post hysto?

My follow up appt and my hysto have both been brought forward, as my rogue AF strikes again. Once again I can't even miscarry properly. My period isn't a proper period (again), just black clotty gunge and brown spotting (again), no red flow or anything resembling a period (again).

At 5w Dr said we wouldn't expect a sac but we would expect more than black spotting.

Dr wants to allow a couple more days just to see if a proper bleed gets going, and has brought forward our follow up appt so he can scan me on Fri

He's also brought forward my hysteroscopy and wants to do this next week - provisionally scheduled for next Weds

He needs to be able to see why my endometrium isn’t shedding properly, as this is exactly what happened after my May IVF cycle (freeze all). We thought we’d cracked this problem with the Neupogen wash last cycle, as it got me to have a normal period - but apparently not.

We’ve abandoned the plan for me to start Progynova on day 2 to prep for the hysto, as I can’t start taking womb thickening tablets before we know if it’s thinned or not. Glad hysto is sooner because I just want this rotten dead lining and embryo out of me. If I can't menstruate properly and can't miscarry properly, well then it'll just need manually scraping out of me.

I don’t know whether he’ll put a coil in next week or we’ll wait for a few weeks and put that in separately. Many, many questions - writing up my big list of questions for Friday's appt

I don’t want to bring the thread down, so I’ll follow in the background to cheer you on, but hopefully we can celebrate your successes rather than the sad and gory details of my failure xx

Keep the rituals going ladies! It can't hurt! Here to keep you company and thinking lots of positive thoughts ahead of your test dates! Keep counting down to test day on here so we can keep track! Eeeekkk!!

Banana, hear for you in the good and the bad! That's great the hysteroscopy has been brought forward and hopefully he will be able to have a look and get a bit more of an idea what's going on!! It will surely encourage what's there of the lining to come out? I'm sure he's got a few scenarios planned out for you in his head depending on what he finds. It's good its sooner as well so you can get going. You're not bringing the thread down at all so no more talk of that!

AFM I am CD14 and waiting for AF so I can start on the tablets for operation thicken lining! I'll also be taking antibiotics to see if that makes any difference to the fluid...who knows?! Bloody weird hormones! The fluid normally comes about CD12 for about 5 days I think so hoping we can overcome this with the FET timings but not sure..not sure if the embryos have to be put back at a certain day or what?! Worrying about the unknown A LOT!! Can't think about much else to be honest, it's hard and I'm not sleeping well. But anyway, I don't want to complain as I know I should be grateful to have come this far. xxx

Ahh banana please don't think that you're bringing the thread down. You're a great wealth of support and knowledge! And you're still finding the strength to support us despite everything. All I can say is I really hope something just clicks for you after the next round of tests and you can figure out a way to go forward. Have you tried acupuncture? I know it's a bit 'woo' and you are already spending about a million pounds on all of this, but worth a try if not?!

I'm going a bit nuts today, it has to be said. I've got a weird rash on my arm, boob, stomach and back and I have no idea what it is. If it doesn't disappear later I'll be in touch with the clinic. I've convinced myself that implantation needs to happen today so I'm focusing on every sensation in my body and inspecting the toilet paper every time I go to the loo, like a weirdo. I'm going into the West End later for lunch and a movie with a friend, thank goodness for some distraction.

Hope everyone has a good day xx

Bear that rash sounds annoying! I'm allergic to loads of product and bits so I'm always coming out in rashes and know how irritating they can be!! E45 cream sometimes helps me if it's a mild one.
Sounds like a great day out and def a good distraction! Try and relax and not think about it to much incase it stops it happening! Not sure if that's possible but when I was thinking about AF coming it took 8 days longer than ever has in my whole life so maybe has the same affect with implantation? Haha! Doubtful but you never know! I'm sure your embryo is just searching for a comfy spot and about to make its mind up any moment! xxx

It's bizarre! I'm literally not allergic to anything and I literally can't remember the last time I had anything at all on my body. I really hope it's not some horrid childhood disease from the germ-ridden nursery kids!!

Hi! Can I join you? I had my FET yesterday with a day 5 blast so here's to the 2ww! sounds exactly like your cycle bear... progynova, cyclogest (aren't they a treat)! This is our first FET cycle from the fresh cycle we had in 2012 (that gave us our beautiful 3yr old) I feel calmer this time but have forgotten everything I did in the 2ww before and am off back to work too!

Welcome pineapples! Hope you ladies are hanging in there ok? How are you all doing? Keeping busy?

Banana I think you've got a scan today? Let us know how you get on. Fingers crossed you get some answers and a plan for next steps. Keep us posted xxxx

Hi pinkapples. Welcome! That's 3 of us due to test within a few days of each other. How do you feel?

I'm trying to keep up the PMA but haven't felt a thing so it is becoming harder by the day. Just trying to hold onto the fact that it is pretty likely to work.

Banana, good luck at your scan today.

Hope everyone else is doing okay xx

Yea I'm not too bad at the moment 1 day post transfer... my downstairs feels a bit odd... heavy like but I think that's just from the fiddling around yesterday