IVF June 2017

[Avocadosmoothie]

Hello, is anyone due to start IVF In June? My consultant has put me forward to start IVF, my next appointment is April 26th and if I start on long protocol I would start stimms late May and egg retrieval would be mid June. Would love to hear from someone on the same path!

Morning everyone! How are you doing? 2ww is so long! I was doing fine the first week as we were still on holiday but now back to work and struggling. Also I gained some weight around my belly (my trouble area!) And quite annoyed about It! All the holiday eating! I really want to exercise but I don't know if I should... what do you think? Any of you exercising? I've been feeling totally normal for a long time now.
My test day is 1/7 Saturday

Avocado, did you have your transfer yet? Sorry if I missed it.
Is everyone now in 2ww?

Have a good day xx

Hi Veinarde, my transfer is tomorrow all being well. Do you think you will make it until Saturday to test? I'm not sure on the exercise, I would probably play it safe and not do anything tooooo strenuous.

If you exercise regularly anyway you should be fine Veinarde as long as it's not too intensive. My clinic told me it's business as usual, just not to overexert myself. I don't regularly exercise though, so starting now would probably be too much! If this all works I'd have to get used to a bigger belly anyway

I am going crazy already with the 2ww, and it's only been 5 days! My clinic also told me to test on day 16, but she wrote down the 3rd July (ET was on the 22nd). Do I assume she meant to write 8?!

Is anyone in 2ww getting a "feeling?" about things? My gut is telling me this isn't the one, no evidence for that though, just a feeling!

the vox - I'm losing the will already with it, only 3dp5dt and I just need to know already. I keep researching how long it will take till the pregnyl will be out my system so I can start testing, I wish I had tested the pregnyl out

I know gut feelings aren't really evidence, I can't really trust my gut anyway. There's been many natural cycles before this that my gut has been wrong, haha! I have "symptoms" but, these are most likely from the medication or my mind playing tricks.

I'd really like to test on Friday 30th as it's my birthday, if it's a positive it would be a nice birthday present. Is that crazy early though? OTD 7th July...

Guess it's just going to be a long waiting game for us all!

x

I've read that the trigger leaves your system after 10 days, but I'm sure if you were able to accurately test at that point they would say so.

I thought I was going to be so chilled out about this, and I'm not at all!

Yeah that's what I've read, my trigger was only 300 as well so quite a lower dosage. Think I'll be okay to test then Yeah, I know. Think they're just very particular about it all, I still won't ring them till the 7th July regardless the outcome.

I know, me too!

Yeah that's what I've read, my trigger was only 300 as well so quite a lower dosage. Think I'll be okay to test then Yeah, I know. Think they're just very particular about it all, I still won't ring them till the 7th July regardless the outcome.

I know, me too!

Haha thevox good point about getting used to a big belly that would be lovely!
Regarding the test day, i think the consultant is counting 16 days from the EC? My test date is 14 days past EC!

I have a gut feeling it didn't work. Because this IVF round was sooo easy for me, totally painless and actually enjoyable with all the holiday travel we had, I feel it was way to easy to have worked! I still have no symptoms whatsoever.

Hi girls, how is everyone feeling?

I'm finding this 2ww awful! The waiting is so hard. I just want to test and find out! Is anybody getting any symptoms? Sunday and yesterday I've been having af type cramps and a little today. I really hope that's good and not a sign af is on it's way for me.

I've been trying to do the gut instinct thing and try to "sense" pregnancy but at this stage I have no intuition at all!

My otd is the 7th. I've been looking online and some say a test can pick up a line from 9dp5dt - do you think that's a little early though?

X

Mrs Darcy - try not to worry about quantity. I had my dosage increased in the middle of stimming. I had only 5 eggs collected from all of the follicles at ec. I was devastated when I first found out but in the end all managed to fertilise and make it to day 5. Every woman is different.

Hi Lauralife, I also heard many clinics give ok to test 9dp or 10dp5dt. Mine is in fact 10dp xxx

Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't been on for a while, the joys of returning to work after a week off. Trying not to get stressed!!

Avocado - great news on your embies. How are you feeling about tomorrow? I am also sure your clinic will be very picky in identifying number 1 blasto. And it looks very promising in terms of having a good number to pop in the freezer.

Mrs Darcy - I'd just echo what others have said, quality is the important thing and you can get good results from what feels like small numbers. Fingers crossed for you. When do you have another scan?

Veinarde - I think gentle exercise is fine. I'm planning to go back to yoga this week having missed a few weeks and might also go for a swim. I also feel like my middle has expanded quite a bit!

Fellow 2ww'ers - I am fed up of the wait too!! I plugged all my info into fertility friend app today and the suggested test date is this Sunday. So 9dp5dt. 3 days earlier than my clinic recommends. I am tempted as think it would be beetle to do it with DH and without having to go to work after...

I've also been having af-like cramps and a bit of backache Sunday evening and yesterday. And a bit today. I flit between seeing it as a good or bad sign! It is probably just body getting over the last few weeks.

Hope I haven't missed anyone xx

Hello ladies! Hope you all are doing good. Had my EC today, right now I'm having all mixed feelings.they have collected 20 eggs, means 20 egges out of 20 follicles, they are surprised, me as well. Bad news is they want to do a freez all cycle due to these many eggs, no ET this month 😒😭. I'm kind disappointed too as I had made up mind for this month.

Right now I am completely fine except that I feel so sleepy due to sedation, but they say they are not doing this cycle because there could be a lot of liquid secretions from the follicles and hormone levels will be too high and also delevop ohss later. Now I have another appointment on Thursday to do a scan and checked how things look and then I have an appointment with RE the nfollowing week. I am happy with the results but so disappointed though.

Thanks all I will try and focus on quality over quantity. My next progress scan is tomorrow morning 😀

Hopes, I was expecting a high number of eggs and my clinic has a policy if you get a certain number it is an automatic freeze all. I started the process very worried about a potential delay but closer to the time I completely changed and just wanted the highest number possible. My thinking was that only a proportion off the eggs will fertilise and only a proportion will reach day 5 and be good quality. If you get that far the chances of getting pregnancy are around 40% so realistically you might need more than one to get that far. I felt like every egg I could get would improve my chances. You could have got one less egg and had a transfer this month but imagine if that extra egg is your baby! Are you planning for more than 1 baby? If so, chances are that you won't have to go through the stimulation drugs again. Plus you will get to have your transfer when your body is completely back to normal. there are definitely positives to collecting lots of eggs! Do you know for sure that it won't be this month?

Macarena, do you know how pregnancy weeks are calculated with IVF? Is it still first day of your last period?

Hi Avocado,

It's likely not this month, the main reason they told was this: Even if I don't have any ohss symptoms now, if we go ahead with this cycle and fall pregnant I will be at more risk as the hcg keeps rising and my body will have to suffer a lot. Right now I feel completely normal, don't even have any cramping and my abdominal area is so relaxed , no heaviness or bloating at all. Exactly some drowsiness I'm all okay. My RE will talk to me soon. Today I spoke only to the nurse and other doctor who did the procedure.

I have a follow up scan on Thursday. And obviously this is an attempt for our first baby and I want one more in future. 🙂

Did anyone here had a fet instead of fresh transfer because of ohss ? How long did you wait and after how many cycles after ec you had fet? What's the success rate ? Is it a good option?

Hi all,

Avocado: I not 100% on how they work it out. But think it's based on the egg retrieval date tho, as it depends on how long you stimed for. I did this online calculator and it worked out as a couple of days earlier than if I'd counted from my period www.yourivfjourney.com/baby-calculators-for-pregnancy/ivf-and-fet-due-date-calculator/
All the best for tomorrow! Xx

Katherine, yes super excited for scan but also can't wait to just know everything's okay, it's my first so a bit nervous!

Hope everyone on the 2WW is coping well! Try to stay busy and keep your mind off it and it will fly in! isn't best advice easier said than done I know!

Xx

Thanks Macarena. How many days past transfer were you when you got your bfp?

I was 9 days past ET when I tested at home, but I've heard people get positives before, my clinic said I should test at home but couldn't wait any longer... got my bloods day 12 after ET.

xx

Good luck for today Avocado. And you Mrs Darcy for your scan.

Hope everybody else has a good day too xx

Hello ladies,

Hope all are doing good, how did you all feel the day after egg retrieval? Yesterday I felt all good, just felt drowsy due to sedation . Today morning I'm feeling kinda weak and I had puked once, it was just the meds that came out(sorry tmi) and slight cramps . But no bloating and feeling extremely weak. May be since I did not have proper food since yesterday. My clinic told me yo just have a bread slice and tea and keep it very light.
I feel like I'm totally drained off with my energy. Did anyone feel like this? Not sure if this is ohss😑 I have my follow up appointment tomorrow

Veinarde – Maybe it’s a good sign that everything went really easy, you might be having symptoms without realising. I wouldn’t worry just yet, your test date is the 1st right? So you’ve not got long to wait, I’m amazed you’ve not caved, stronger than I am haha!

Lauralife & Lostworkerbee – I’ve been reading loads online and seen that someone got a positive as earlier as 5dp5dt (they later found out they were having twins so, that’s why they got a result so early.) From what I’ve seen I think the majority of people test early and get positives from around the 8dp5dt point, I’ve decided I’m going to test early on the 30th June. I’m hoping for a nice birthday present in the form of a positive… Which I know is crazy early, a girl can dream! As for symptoms I’m finding it hard as I don’t know what’s symptoms from the medication, it can make it quite hard to differentiate. I also had light kind of like cramps on Sunday and Monday on and off, mostly on my left side and round to my lower back. I’m the same as you lostworkerbee, I can’t decide if it’s a good or bad sign, my mood is all over the place! How are you both getting on today?

Hopes2bmom – I know a few people on here have said that there clinic do a freeze all if a certain number of eggs are collected, my clinic never mentioned this to me :/ I had 48 eggs collected and was told it would be highly unlikely, I was told this from my appointment just before EC till the day of my transfer. They did the transfer on day 5 in the end after they had been monitoring me for OHSS and everything came back clear. So I think they were saying it not to get my hopes up and I think they though I would get OHSS, they were genuinely shocked by my recovery. I think it depends on how you recover and your blood test results.

MrsDarcey – I’m living proof that it’s definitely quality over quantity, I had 48 eggs collected and I had one great hatching little blastocyst transferred and then only one other bad it to be frozen. So it’s definitely not about quantity so, don’t worry about that!

Hope everyone is okay and good luck with scans and everything else!