Cycle buddies April/May

[Summerloving17]

Hi ladies, just wondered if anyone wants to hold hands as we go through a cycle?

After a failed fresh cycle earlier this year, I’m starting my progynova today with a planned FET for May.

Would love some company x

@bangsaklove I didn't get bleeding but have heard that it is quite common to at least have some spotting and doesn't necessarily mean that it has failed. The bloating is horrid but you are so close now so hang on in there.

@Yorkshirelass27 what a horrendous experience! It sounds really scary and traumatic. I feel quite bad having moaned bout my egg collection now which was pretty tame in comparison and I slept through the whole thing.

Thank you @rainylake! I feel I’ve been uber strong the whole last 5 weeks and now becoming a mess at the last hurdle!

rainylake I was just relieved that it stopped (as I think was the dr.!). Didn't fancy having stitches! Hoping I don't have to go through it again, but if I do I think I may ask to be knocked out. How did you feel once you came round? I'm still sore and bloated today.

Many congratulations by the way! 😊

@Yorkshirelass27 coming round was fine - it was just like waking up after a sleep, and they gave me paracetamol intravenously before they brought me round so I felt fine. I was sore later in the day and the next day, and I did find it frustrating that it took a while to recover (and probably didn't take enough painkillers) and I was bloated for a while afterwards and found it hard to get comfortable in bed. I didn't have general anaesthetic, just sedative, but for me it amounted to the same thing - I remember talking to the anaesthetist just as she was putting the drug in, and then the next thing I knew I was in a different room and a nurse was waking me up.

@bangsaklove honestly this is the worst part and all being well by the end of the weekend you will be up the upward curve, and hopefully with some good news. The waiting around not being sure when they're going to go ahead and getting more and more bloated and is really stressful. Hope your DH is being supportive and understands what you're going through.

rainylake that sounds like the best way of having EC! I had sedation but was fully aware of everything that was happening. The things we have to go through huh!
Keep your chin up bangsaklove, not long to go now. It's just all massive waiting game unfortunately Keep us posted

Thank you @rainylake and @yorkshirelass27 you’re right bloating frustration and apprehension actually so close now. I am one lucky lady as DH works in the NHS so he is super supportive and awesome at injections! :-) I married well hahahah

@Yorkshirelass27 hope you feel less sore tomo! Relax and be kind to yourself...I intend to next week 😀

Lovely news @rainylake mine is super faint too (though my OTD isn't for another 3 days) I've taken a. Photo and look at it about 20 times a day!

@Yorkshirelass27 how scary - you poor thing! Glad the staff were good though- hope you're resting up

@bangsaklove The bloating is awful - and extremely limits your wardrobe! Not long now x

I think I’m Gonna have to go to work in pyjamas tomo!
The bfp stories are spurring me on ;)

@bangsaklove thanks. Good luck for your scan tomorrow. You will be glad to get EC done, bloating will go down a bit then. I looked very pregnant with my bloating. I wore pjs for several days! EC itself was a breeze. Just painful afterwards but not like really bad. Nice one that your DH is good at injections 👌

@PonyPals every day feels like I'm getting AF. Just expected to see the faintest of lines by now if it had worked 😏

@rainylake thanks for the words of encouragement. I know I've got a few more days to go. I went to the gym for a good workout today, felt I needed it

@Si1ver thanks hun. It's hard. Trying to stay positive but every day gets worse

@SouthernBella74 thanks. Everyone is different, hopefully I'm one of those that gets a bfp last minute!

Good luck to anyone having a scan tomorrow that I've missed! x

Good luck for everyone who has their test this weekend and big congratulations to those who have tested positive :) My official test date is tmw but I'm not hopeful. After getting two faint positives a few days ago I've now had a series of negatives and feel like AF is on the way. I think the positives may have been the trigger shot. Unfortunately they got none to freeze so it looks like another cycle will be coming my way. Does anyone know if there's more chance from fresh sperm vs. Frozen? We weren't told until the transfer date that frozen is not so good. Unfortunately frozen may be our only option due to husband having had testicular cancer though.

How is everyone feeling today?

@Ahoneybee we had frozen sperm from our first IVF cycle 3 years ago so thought we would be using it in this cycle but FS said we will try fresh and if that doesn't look good then we will just use frozen.
The only reason she said to use fresh is coz she wanted to mimic our successful cycle.

@PonyPals that is very useful to know - thank you. We don't actually know if fresh is a possibility but want to check before starting again.

Good luck for tomorrow @Ahoneybee. Fingers crossed it goes back to positive again.

GOOD luck to anyone testing this weekend!! I have egg collection booked for Tuesday It’s gonna be a long weekend :-) x

Good to hear you have taken another positive step forward bangsaklove, lots of luck for Tuesday.
Had to make a tricky decision to transfer today or wait until Monday. As only 3 embryos and transferring 2, rightly or wrongly, I decided to go for today. My brain is in overdrive!
Has anyone any positive outcomes from a 3dt?
Good luck to those testing over the next few days. Hope you all have a lovely weekend x

Hi @Yorkshirelass27 my bfp this week was from a 3dt! OTD not til tomorrow though. We had two put in as well as had quality issues throughout. The other two we didn't put in as were only 6 cells made it to blasts in the end too xx

@Yorkshirelass27 good luck with your transfer today. You're going to be PUPO!

My OTD today so I did a CBD which says 2-3 weeks.

Thank you for that hoping, that is very reassuring to hear. I felt so put on the spot this morning and my head is still spinning, wondering if I've done the right thing. The embryologist said if it is going to work transferring on day 3 or 5 doesn't make a difference. They are going to watch the third and hopefully it makes it to the freezer. Huge congratulations to you!!
Thanks Si1ver, hoping it's less painful that last time. Massive congratulations on your result!!
xx

@Yorkshirelass27 my understanding is that the only benefit of a day 5 transfer is that if there are quite a few embryos to choose from, the extra 2 days helps them work out which the best are. My clinic told me that they would wait till day 5 if there were enough embryos of a similar standard that they needed time to work out which the best 1 or 2 were, but if there were only a small number of embryos or it was really clear which the best were they might as well put them back on day 3. And it sounds like that's your situation.

Just popping in to say massive congratulations @hoping2018 @si1ver and @rainylake!!!!! Amazing news and what a turnaround hoping 🎉🎉🎉

I’m so sorry @findingmyfeet12 and @hedgehog, I hope you are doing ok as it really sucks

Everything crossed for scans and other OTDs xx

Thanks ladies I don’t think time has ever gone so slowly and yet I haven’t experienced the 2ww yet 😂
Love the PUPO phrase! I’d not seen that before. Hopefully me next week
Oh wow @Yorkshirelass27 i thought these decisions were made for us! How naive I am!
I think youve done the right thing as if it’s gonna work is gonna work right. How very exciting and please keep us posted as I think we are the only two left around this stage 😀 but too far advanced for other June boards
Loving all the BFPs and BFN Girls I hope you’re being kind to selves...if that’s me I will be getting massages and wine to heal! X

@rainlake thanks for posting that embryo info as I’ve not been told much....and I am TRYING to stay off google as I just get brain ache/ convince myslef it’s not going to work.
Time for a sunbathe I think...

I am finally allowed to have baths and go swimming again (it seems my clinic is way stricter on that point than everywhere else - found stuff online from big hospitals in London saying it's fine after transfer but I was told not to!). So I had a bath last night which was bliss, and then went for a swim this morning and discovered that I'm now super unfit after doing no exercise for almost a month. Did another test this morning (a cheapie from Boots) and it was still positive so feeling a bit more confident now. By the way to those waiting to test, when I spoke to the nurse yesterday she said if you want to retest best to wait 48 hours between tests as it takes a while for the hormone levels to change.

I have my scan on 12th June which feels like ages but I am going away on holiday in between so that will take my mind off it.

When I had the transfer the embryologist said they could make me a little video of my embryo from the time lapse they had done. I wanted to wait as if it was negative I didn't want to have got emotionally attached to that embryo but if all is okay at the scan I will ask for it then.