IVF cycle buddies June/July

Hello Fox23,

Thank you and good to know you all! This gives so much of emotional support during this stressful phase, happy I got here, how is it going with you?

For me stress hasn't set in yet, or reality of it. So, I agree, this is a great place. Personally, besides my hubby, nobody knows I'm on this journey. It's to avoid disappointment. So, sometimes I feel like I'm losing it by keeping it in. What went wrong last time? You said this is your 2nd cycle?

Hi Fox for me once we had an appointment at the fertility clinic everything seemed to move really quickly, but everything up to that point was so slow and long winded. Hopefully you can start soon.

Exactly the same here! My hubby and I are only aware of all these, it's secret to the rest of the world. The clinic has not given the exact reason for the failure 😔 As I told you we have sperm issues and went in to icsi , out of 11 eggs 6 fertilised , 3 made it to blast and out of them they put back one very good top grade hatching blast in, based on age and the first attempt they only put one blast 😔unfortunately the other 2 were arrested at that stage and did not make to freeze. But nothing worked, bfn. They said it could be an implantation failure. This time around we did an endometrial biopsy (scratch) to make the layer more receptive and to fine if I have any anti immune issue, and dna fragmentation test for my husband , our results were pretty good, nothing to worry , they have asked me to take a steroid called prednisolone to suppress the anti immune cells a very less dose though. How nice it would be if the clinic can tell us the exact reason for the failure, they just work on probabilities after all our emotional / physical/ financial stress!

hopes2bmom - good luck tomorrow with your scan! You must feel beside yourself! I would be sooo anxious.

Karen- what's the latest with you? I'm just getting to know everybody. Sorry if I missed your previous posts.

My appointment is on 20th, next Tuesday. I already catch myself counting days. Silly really.

Welcome fox & hopes, & the biggest good luck to you both on your journey!
I am 29 and had one failed cycle which ended in chemical pregnancy in march. This group was such a great help to me as like you both, it's only really me & OH who know about it! Counting down the days is SO not silly.. I promise you, you are not the only one! I'm counting down the days till next AF (17 days) till I can call and start my 2nd round with one of my Frosties!
How is everyone else? Hope all those DR are getting on ok with injections x

Went for a baseline scan on cd1 today, the scan was all good, the endometrium is lil thick than expected so then want me to bleed today and start my stims tomorrow, they want me to shed it with more bleed today. The blood works were also done, I would get the results in few hours, if all goes well, I'm all set to start stims tomorrow!!

That's good news Hopes glad you managed to get some clarification from your clinic. Good luck for the stims stage.

Quick question, do you still carry on with the burserlin during stims?

Hello Karen,
Thanks, yes I need to continue buserlin but reduce my dose, I am taking the nasal spray and not injections. I have been taking 2 sniffs 4 times a day , from tomyit will be 1 sniff 4 times a day, haveto continue till my next scan then I ll get to know when to stop.

Sorry am so behind on this thread! Yes you continue buserlin during stims. I didn't reduce dose either. Stayed the same.
No news from me. Am downregging and waiting for my breakthrough bleed. No sign so far but suspect it'll be late like last time...

Hi Gee I'm the same though I've been told to finished by current course of the pill, last one today, so I expect AF will be here around the weekend? Have my baseline scan booked for 26th

Hey gee up,
How far are you through the dr? I started spotting very light around 12 days post the buserlin commencement. Then got my full bleed yesterday.

I've only been downregging for 6 days so suspect it'll be quite a while till AF shows up! It may be even longer as my last cycle before this one was really long (40 something days!) after my failed IVF cycle and I either didn't ovulate or ovulated really late (around CD20) this time so god knows when I'll bleed. I'm not on the pill either so not sure if that would've helped.
It's so odd placing your entire hormonal system in the doctors hands!

Gosh so many newbies. Hello Katherine, pumpkin James! Fox and Hopes2 and good luck!

I'm gearing up now for cycle 3. Had initial consultation yesterday with new clinic - and they agreed with my old clinic that I'm not mad to do another cycle despite my previous crappy results. Basically, my results are at odds with my stats (i.e. age, AMH levels, BMI). I'm taking this as a funny sort of good news.

So, Dr suggested doing a long protocol this time - think this means a nasal spray for about a week before AF shows up at. Does this sound right?

Hi LoPI sorry if you've mentioned this before, if you don't mind me asking, what are your anomalies with your age, AMH and bmi?

No props Karen. Its does sound rather cryptic reading it back.

I'm 37 with AMH 16.1 and healthy BMI. My first AFC was 17 and my second was 10. So basically, they would expect me to produce around 10 eggs at EC. I got 8 eggs (6 mature) on first go, so under the expectations but not awful. However, I only got one egg on the 2nd cycle... which really doesn't seem to stack up. Talked to three consultants about this now, who have all been surprised/perplexed by my low numbers. So, going again, with the hope that cycle 2 was just really shit luck. Dr this week did suggest I continue to take Co-Enzyme Q-10, as there are some studies suggest this may help. And they are trying long protocol to see if they can get more follicles to grow at consistent rate. Fingers crossed...

Thanks -LoPI I wonder what happen with your 2nd cycle? I can see how you were left a bit confused by it all. Your numbers aren't dissimilar to mine and I'm on long protocol (1st cycle) i don't know what factors are used to determine protocol though? I've read a few things about Q-10 and I've got a supplement with a small amount in it, thought it wouldn't do any harm

Hi all, reading this makes me feel like a newbie in advanced language class!!! Lol
Good luck Hopes, fingers crossed
Ladies, I admire your strength, sound like most of you are going through this 2nd or 3rd time!

Hi ladies, can I join? Due to start our first cycle of IVF at the beginning of July after TTC for 18 months and 6 failed IUIs. We are unexplained to but think age is playing a part (I am 41 next month and DH is 47). We have 2 kids each from previous relationships but none together. We've put off IVF for as long as possible but re-did my AMH last week and it has dropped from 8.9 last October to 4.6 (!) so we can't delay any further. My AFC was 10. I didn't know that the AFC predicts the number of eggs they expect to collect. Is that right? Also, lots of people seem to have transfers at 3 days rather than 5 days - anyone know why they transfer at 5 days instead of 3?
How does everyone feel going into IVF? I feel very apprehensive but starting to feel a tiny bit excited. Guess it's best to assume that it isn't going to work, especially first cycle. Hard to go into it thinking that.
Good luck all!

What our clinic told us was that at 5 days it's easier to judge the quality, so if there is more than one candidate it makes sense to let them grow longer to see if quality differences emerge. If at three days it's clear which to transfer, or if the quality is low in gereral, they put them back then, because they will do better in the uterus.
Although they already knew for our first try that it would be a 5dt the day after the pickup. I don't know if that was because there were 5 of them?
My best friend got pregant first try with a 3 day transfer of a grade C so it doesn't mean it won't work.
My AF is several days late now so wondering when these injections will finally start!

When it's a 5days transfer , the embryo is already a blastocyst which has a lot more chances of conception, so in my clinic if the response to the stims is not as expected which ended up with lesser eggs and poor fertilisation and also they consider the age factor to go for a 3dt, mostly they prefer 5dt

I've gone and got a cracking headache this afternoon, my fault really though as been into London shopping and didn't really thinking about drinking, even in this heat! Trying to flood the system now I'm home

Agree Karen, it really was very hot today. Same here, from London. And I had work today. From your experience, how often do you have to take time off during the process? And how long notice do I get? I'm abit worried as although I'm a manager, I have a boss too, and I don't want to tell him yet.