IVF September/October 2017

[Filipinam]

Hi Ladies! Finally I will have my first IVF treatment as soon as my next cycle starts which I expect it to be more or less end of September/beginning of October. My periods are very irregular so I never know exactly. My consultant suggested antagonist protocol which I will receive in post soon. I am extremely excited but then realistic about the fact that it might not be successful first time.

How are you feeling ladies? When are you due to start your Ivf Journey? Fingers crossed for all of us fighters;-)

Hi all,
Welcome Sunshine nice to have you. Sorry about your first attempt. Here's hoping this is a better result this time round. Fingers and toes crossed.

Hanim - all the best for tomorrow, here's hoping there are lots of good quality eggs there.

Minster - sounds uncomfortable but manageable.

I've had my scan today, my womb lining is nice and thin. Due to my low AMH they could only see 6follicles so I'm hoping and praying they mature and produce good quality eggs.
I'm starting my injections tomorrow. I have to say I was overwhelmed when I realised just how much I would have to do. Eeeeeek.

Hugs all x

Good evening ladies, how's everyone doing? It's pretty quiet here. Thank you scotslass01 you did put my mind at rest laste last night. I forgot to reply, sorry about that. I had my EC today, I didn't realise I would be put out with a general I thought it was a local. But it was all over with in an hour. From being put to sleep to having the procedure and to being woke up. I am feeling a little uncomfortable but it wasn't as bad as my laparoscopy... I had 11 eggs taken 😊 All from my right ovary as left didn't produce anything... so I am praying that the are good ones and DHs swimmers do there bit... nervous wait till my call tomorrow.... xx I start the thingies tonight so that's not going to be pleasant. But to all of the ladies here that have not quite started injections and scans yet... you can do it! If I can anyone can. Sorry if I'm rambling 😤

Hi
Hanim - that's great news. Fingers crossed they turn into fantastic little embryos. Keep us posted. Are they going to let you know tomorrow how things are going?
Is it IVF or ICSI your doing?
Have you been told to drink lots of water?
Super chuffed for you. Woohoo.

I started my injections today. They weren't as bad as I thought they were going to be - thank god!
Did you have any side effects?

Harry - welcome to the group.

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Hanim that's really good, 11 is fantastic, waiting for the call is horrible but hopefully you will get some good fertilisation numbers . Are you then having them transferred fresh? Mine was kind of inbeween a local & general, I remember half of it then went out so bizarre!!

Harry hi, welcome!! Hope the trip prepping is taking your mind off things. I know that feeling, I'm counting down now until FET, 6 weeks yesterday so trying to fill time with things do I don't go mad waiting as it's my friend having the drugs. 6 weeks

Scotslass how are the injections going? I don't think I had any side effects other than being a bit (more) moody (than usual!)

to all

Hello all can I join you? :)

I'm waiting for my AF to start in a couple of weeks to begin the treatment, had our consultant appointment yesterday & was told my egg count is fairly low so they'll put me on the higher dose to increase the chances of a good collection

We're entitled to two rounds on the NHS before my 40th birthday which is Feb but they told us that due to the labs closing over Christmas we might only get one round! If we need round two we can appeal, surely that's not our fault!

Hello sooper! Welcome!
I don't even know how many I'm entitled too, never asked! You could certainly appeal if necessary surely but also maybe try to get started on the second before your birthday like get "in the system" for the second then surely you would still qualify if you needed?

That's the approach I'd be taking, start now with all appointments done asap & actually saying to consultant it's because if 1st didn't work you'd want to be in the process for second by your birthday so it counted...manage it with your consultant as quick as possible? They should help? Is it FET or fresh?

Hey,

Minster - injections are going fine. Try not to think about it too much and just get on with it. Feeling fine today. Had some back ache yesterday but think I mjgbt have just done to much.

Welcome Sooper - I have an AMH of 6.9 which for my age is at the lowest end of normal. So I'm on the full dosage. We decided to have a go privately because we don't go on the NHS waiting list until the end of Oct. There is about a 6month waiting list. We just didn't think it felt right to wait.
We have been told if they don't get 3 eggs I may lose the NHS tries.
When they scanned me last week before starting the injections they saw 6 follicles so I'm hoping they all mature and produce good quality eggs.

Hello ladies, thank you for your words of support. How's everyone doing? At my age of 38 I am too able to have two rounds as well on the NHS. Yesterday I had a call. Out of 11 follies 10 were eggs and 6 had fertilised. And standards IVF as sperm was good quality. I am to have ET tomorrow but they will check the little loves in the morning in case they go to blastocyst and then that would be me having ET Tuesday. I don't know what to do with myself! And yes was told to drink lots of water. I do and at times add a small amount of squash to make me feel less like a water fountain. The injections get easier as you go on, I was so worried about the trigger one as have to be on the dot! I called in sick for work when mine was due (work nights on a physciatric ward) and worried I may not get the chance to take a break on time to do it. Did you ladies see my post about watching the panorama on fertility clinics? It's worth a watch for sure. Hugs to you all x sorry for my delays in replying x x

Hanim that's fab, 6 good quality embryos!! Have everything crossed for you that they continue to do well for either tomorrow or tuesday (I'm always ultra confused as to what would be best putting them back in sooner or growing more) I'm only saying that as ours were frozen at 3 day but 10 & 11 cell but high quality rather than fresh where they usually say grow them on is better. But Hanim you must be so pleased that's really amazing, you should have extras to freeze 😁

Has anyone else been told anything on frozen cycles putting 3 days back in vs growing them on? I'd be keen to hear your clinics thoughts?

Try & keep yourself busy for the rest of the time maybe, is there something you can do to take your mind off it if you get the call to say it's growing on? Sending really positive thoughts @hanim79 for those little embies 😘X

Thank you Minster2012 😊 My ET was this morning! 8 cells but very good quality and they felt that there was no need to wait until day 5 so since 11.40am I've been a proud owner of an embryo 😷 It feels real now and I test sept 30th. I had another 8 cell good but they felt I should have the one although I could chose and to be honest I felt I had to trust them. The others are still doing there thing and I will get a call tues and what's still good will be frozen. I got a little dos and don't list after ET and am happy to post it if it will be helpful to others. It feels so final now and it's not up to me, it's up to my ladies bits to make the new addition welcome and pray that it wants to stay! 🙏

The clinic, my consultant (who also previously did my two gynae ops last year and this year) and the nurse who did the ET are amazing so I feel I've had the best people doing their part and that is a relief x

Hanim - amazing! I'm so excited for you. All sounds really positive. I'm rooting for you.
I would love to see the do's and dont's advice. Roll on the 30th!

Minster - I'm not sure what's for the best. Those are the questions I'll be asking when I get to the extraction stage. I'm trying to get my head round each stage as it comes round.

Lots of positive thoughts to all x

Hanim that's amazing! All things crossed.

I've just triggered with EC Tuesday. Been a tough couple of days with scans - doctors couldn't decide how long to leave me as we had so few mature eggs last time. Hoping we've done the right thing. Nervous wait until Tuesday now. Doesn't the waiting at each step suck!!

Ooh Hanim that's great, one on board, sending lots & lots of sticky thoughts your way, hopefully u are creating a lovely warm nest!! Everything crossed for you, sorry didn't realise it was today 😁. We're the same, have 2 same quality frozen so will thaw one & see & hopefully it will that ok & transfer to my friend, they said they are the same quality when frozen so toss of the coin!! Roll on 30th, keep yourself very busy, maybe have a treat or two, get your hair or nails done? That's what my friend &I were thinking!

Yes the list sounds great, love to see!

Scotslass hope the stimming & scanning is going well

Filip, Harry, Sooper are you still in the planning stage?
Is there anyone else? I can't change pages?

My friend (my surro) & her family came to our this weekend, was lovely, really fun times, we all get on so we'll, her kids are great, very chilled, easy, we had loads of fun & became even closer. Even managed to stave the tears off thinking how great a dad DH would/might be & think of it as excitement instead

So......
Day 5 on maximum dose and I'm feeling twingy and a bit uncomfortable inside. Also feeling a wee bit yucky and really emotional.

Did anyone else feel anything like that???

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Hi Girls ;) I'm about to start my FET but I've just been lurking and seeing how everyone is getting on. Good luck to everyone!

Minster, I thought I'd write re blastocyst culture. Most embryos arrest between days 3 and 5 so many clinics choose to grow them to day 5 to give you a better chance of pregnancy. Just looking at my embryology report for example, at Day 3 I had 9 embryos at the 10-11 cell stage (with no or minimal fragmentation). When cultured to Day 5, only 2 became top blasts, 3 were early blasts and one a morula. Two of the early blasts went on to develop on day 6 but were low quality. So as you see, 5 out of 9 arrested completely by Day 6 despite looking fab at Day 3 :S

Thank you sunshine300, I need all the stickiness I can get. I talk away to the embryo as well. No idea why. This is the hard part for me. I promise they wouldn't let you trigger if your ovaries weren't ready. They know what they are doing to a tee! Good luck and keep me posted!
Minster2012 thank you, your story is so amazing honestly it brought tears to my eyes. It's a shame we don't all live near each other imagine the chats and stories we could share over a coffee! I will post the ET dos and don't shortly.
Scotlass01 I was exactly the same Hun, it's to be expected I think, they are messing with your cycle and all the hormones symptoms that go with that. I hated that feeling. But always here for any of you ladies of you need a chat. Hugs to you all x x keep strong. X
Welcome JoJoSM2 😊
I'm now paranoid about my ET not being on day 5 😪

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Hi JoJo,
An interesting read, and like @Hanim79 (thanks for that lovely thought!) it does make you think eek! (I only have 2 embryos at day 3 frozen) but Hanim every clinic is different & also does things differently based on each person's individual story...our clinic has said they always thaw the night before transfer to check viability but that because we only have have 2 embryos, and are wanting a singleton transfer, that they will most likely transfer straight away instead of growing on because they don't think there is sufficient evidence to say that growing on vs putting back gives greater chance of pregnancy so we have the final say when it's transferred. We are all for transfer sooner as we think we would rather give them both a shot in their natural environment than run the risk of perishing in the lab, but that's just us & that's just because we have so few, if we had more to choose from or a definite option of harvesting more then it might be different!!

Runs off to study Hanims picture to keep busy for a while!!

Very true. It could be that they'll do better inside than in a dish. I'm sorry - I definitely didn't mean to worry anyone!

Scotslass, what a rollercoaster for you! Hang in there - only a few more days ;)

Hi,

I'm looking for some IVF buddies, as I'm sure some of you will understand, it's difficult to talk to friends and relatives about it, as they don't know what to say or ask, like you're going to have a breakdown if someone gets pregnant or mentions babies 🙄

I'm new to all this forum stuff, I'm 39 and o have a 13 year old daughter from a previous relationship. My husband and I have been ttc for 4 years, we have recently found out I have scar tissue in my falopian tubes from what we think was a sever infection after a late miscarriage ( also with my daughters father) 11 years ago. Everything else seems all good, hormones and sperm, just blocked tubes.

So, we are starting IVF as soon as my next period starts, which should be in the next few days. I've had my AMH results today, they have come back at 16.1, I'm finding lots of conflicting info with regards to that result, the infertility nurse wasn't available to talk, so I'm not too sure if that result is good or bad.

I'm so nervous, but excited, but really nervous 😂 It seems so weird that I'm going to actually have IVF.

Just wondering how you all cope? And am I going to be able to work, pretend to be normal whilst this is going on??

Thanks in advance

May I please join, too? I should be starting stims tonight or tomorrow!! Today I'm just dealing with cramps of death and trying not to get too anxious!

Jojo don't worry, it's all different for everyone & we'll all worry about everyone won't we let's face it!!

Scotslass keep going, keep sticking & thinking it's for a good cause hopefully!

Welcome Lucie & Binks, Lucie, I'm 33, 32 when my eggs were collected & my AMH was 2.4, they said for my age range it should have been 15-2 so for u I think that's really good, don't know if others can comment? & despite my results we got 2 embryos so try not to focus on that, they dose your drugs to assist.

Binks, yay for getting started, maybe just anticipation?!

I like talking on here, like Lucie said, I just act normal IRL so it's good to have a place to chat & get more support 😁