TTC 18 months or more -moving on to IUI/IVF/ICSI part 3

[bluebird3]

We have relocated from the conception board where we were previously chatting under the thread 'ttc for 10 months or more'. A lot of us are now long term ttc-ers and are going through infertility treatment or looking to take steps in this direction so we feel this might be a more suitable home for us!

Feel free to stop by and say hi and hopefully we can share the journey together and make it a little easier along the way!

Got everything crossed that it works for you blue xx

Welcome Ann, sorry I've no experience of iui either.

How is everyone? I'm kinda feeling all over the place atm, very emotional since AF arrived last week. The reality & enormity of everything just seems to have got me really suddenly.

I know how you feel Angela. Some days it's all just a bit much but you have to keep keeping on. Sorry you feeling overwhelmed. It's tough times.

Had my medical review and the doctor said everything went well in the cycle, it just didn't work out. She's also suggested that if my hcg still doesn't stop after the next blood test, I have the methotrexate injection as it shouldn't effect ivf in the future, just need to wait 3ish months. So looking like next cycle will be Nov-Jan depending on if I need it or not. More waiting. Yay.

It seems like everyone is sort of in limbo at the minute. It's hard to keep track of where everyone is so let us know when things start to move, whoever is next!

Hi everyone. Im 39 yo. I was starting TTC 2 years and 7 months ago. I had one miscarriage after a year of starting TTC. I was starting clomid 3 times 10 months ago with no success. Last month I went to a RE who told me that my amh is low (0.6 ng/mol) and I should start doing IVF. I was on 375 dose of menopur for 6 days but weak response. Only 2 mature eggs. 2 firtlized but they exclud one cause of Chromosomal deformation. Transfer one embryo in day 6. I'm waiting for the result on next Sunday . I'm so scared of failure. What if it doesn't work! Any suggestions?

So devastated, so depressed and can't even eat well.
Give me some tips and some hope plz.

(Sorry for English mistakes)

Hi memeg. Hang in there. The wait is the hardest part. We have had both success and failures on this thread, so unfortunately nature can go either way. But we have also seen that it doesn't matter how many eggs you get...you only need one lucky one. We will all keep our fingers crossed for you. When is your OTD?

Try and stay positive memeg. One step at a time is all you can do. Good luck!!

Sorry not been around to offer any encouragement as I've been so ill! Spent lots of time on a drip but not I'm on loads of tablets I'm feeling a bit more human.
I'm sad that I'm taking anything but hg is horrendous.

memeg I'm testament that it's quality over quantity. Hang in there.

To all those waiting, I know it's shit. I found it the hardest thing.

Sending loads of positive vibes to you all. Keeping everything firmly crossed for you all.

*now I'm on

And sorry if moaning about being pregnant is insensitive, I'm desperately grateful that ivf worked for us.

Just hg sounds so awful, it doesn't mean that you're ungrateful at all. How could you be after all you went through to get there. Was it your first cycle of IVF? I'm so desperate for it to work and trying to keep expectations in check

It was first cycle. So ridiculously lucky.

If anyone needs a positive story then here's mine:
I had an initial follicle count of 16 and as the cycle went on I ended up with 4 the clinic were a bit baffled and talked about cancelling but decided to go ahead. At this point I gave up.
They got 4 eggs from 4 follicles and got told they would do a day 2 transfer as I had so few.
They managed to do ivf instead of ICSI as DH sperm had improved to normal levels.
Amazingly all 4 fertilised and made it to day 5 so had 1 blast transferred and two good enough to freeze.
I woke up 5 days post transfer and just knew I was pregnant

I was totally negative the whole way through as I find it hard to manage disappointment.

hello, I'm Viletta
TTC: 1, 5 years
Just found out we have MFI
Trying to cope with DH being totally depressed and not wanting to move foreword with further analysis
Trying to stay positive
Good luck everyone!

Thank you so much bluebird3🌹. I'm going to test on Sunday

Yes. I'm trying to stay positive. Thank you so much geeup🌹

Yes justtheonethen. You are right "Quality over quantity". Good luck for all of us 😊.

Congrats for your pregnancy justtheonethen. Wishing you hold your healthy BABY 👶 🌟

Hi viletta. Sorry to hear dh is struggling. Have you had any investigations yet?

viletta have you got him taking 1000mg vitamin c, well man conception and cutting out caffeine/smoking?
This improved my DH sperm to normal levels.

memeg thank you, good luck to you

Are we suggesting lactulose for constipation? Felt like a practice birth earlier

Oops wrong thread obviously

Sounds exciting just. Something to look forward to?

it's a side effect of the anti emetic I'm on. Hopefully you will avoid that!

just

Viletta it can be really difficult to get your head around, be kind to each other.

Got letter in to say we're top of waiting list now. Had been feeling really impatient with nothing happening, but now I feel like I'm not ready yet

Totally normal angel, you will be fine. Likely there will still be lots of waiting though so plenty of time to get head round it. Hurrah!!