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!

[Blueberry1]

Hi @avocadosmoothie - Sorry for late reply, was on holiday (walking in Lake District; lovely!) last week. Natural cycle FET can get cancelled if there are womb lining problems or if you don't ovulate. I had to go for scans which measure growing follicle and womb lining and clinics have acceptable parameters for them. I haven't had problems with either, but some women do. As I think I said before, nurse explained that for women without ovulation or womb lining problems, only advantage of medicated cycle is that you can plan it precisely. If you can do FET, I would recommend as it's easy & low stress.

Last month, I ovulated on CD18 (OPK peak reading CD17) and transfer was on CD22, which was DPO4. Clinic test date was DPO15, 11 days after transfer. This month I ovulated on CD13 (OPK peak CD12) & transfer is today (CD17/DPO4). Am guessing clinic test date will be either weekend after next or a week on Monday.

[barnacles2020]

Hello all query on private insurance. How likely is it to get investigations authorized to private insurance after basic blood test from NHS. We went private as we are not eligible for funding as I already have a child. In private they have done scan and amh which they didn't do in NHS.

[Blueberry1]

@barnacles2020, don't know anything about private insurance sorry.

Had 2nd FET this week on Tuesday. OTD is a week on Friday (1/9). Cyclogest not (yet?) causing as much unpleasant symptoms as last time . Not getting as much cramping either, which is something the acupuncture I had is supposed to minimise, or could be coincidence? Found day by day FET timeline, which explained that you shouldn't test before 9 days post transfer (next Thursday). Long time to go....

[Evie1982]

Hey ladies,

Is anyone still on this thread? I'm looking for some support and it would be great to share this experience with others who are also going through it.

I'm starting on my first round of IVF at the moment. I am on the pill currently and the start the sniffer, injections and first scan on the 18th of September with egg collection scheduled for the middle of October.

I have just turned 35 and my OH is also 35. We have the dreaded unexplained infertility - we have been trying for around 3 years and in the last year, we have had every test you can think of including a laparoscopy which came back completely clear. Ovulation, FSH and AMH, Sperm all completely normal apparently. I still am convinced that the issue is with me, I have always had a bit of a mid-cycle bleeding some i'm wondering if there is a hormonal issue although my Dr seemed happy with all the bloods I have done.

Whilst we have been trying literally everyone I know have had babies with no issues at all and whilst I am genuinely happy for all my family, friends, work colleagues and random strangers its been a real struggle to put on a brave face and stay positive.

I feel slightly more positive now that we are now moving forwards with the IVF as I feel like we have a bit of a plan. We get one fresh and one frozen cycle on the NHS which i'm thankful of.

I would love to share this journey with others who are going through similar experiences so we can support each other. As we all know this whole baby thing is one big rollercoaster and I really feel like I have been thrown in the deep end with IVF and dont really have a clue what to expect.

Please let me know if there is anyone still on here otherwise I will start a new thread.

Eve xx