IVF/ICSI June/ July 2018 (Part 2)

[Tigerlily99]

Hello ladies, I think we reached the maximum no of posts on last thread so I opened a new one. Hope you are Ok with this OP (@cannonball)? X

@Beherenow32 have you had AF like feeling all the time or occasionally? I only have it in the evening when in bed.. symptom spotting phase dah...

Should I be worried that my follies haven't really grown in 6 days of stims? I am on the highest dose.... I wonder if they suppressed me too much with the norethisterone. I was only on 0.5...

@HappyHedgehog247 how was your scan? Was it today?
Tigerlily99 Have you started stims? Had a scan? I can't remember where you are at.

I guess a lot can change in a few days with this process. I am upping the protein and have acupuncture tomorrow. Not much else I can do.

@Viletta I had a heavy feeling in womb. Did you get a heavy feeling during stims, as the lining thickened? That’s how I felt. And I was sooo bloated by the end.
Everyone I know who has fallen pregnant- says they got AF type feelings 🤞 xx

@HJ82 I was on the highest dose and got there in the end. They saw a good growth 3 days prior EC. I only got 7 eggs though in the end while they though I’d get 10. I’ve heard an orgasm can help with egg growing 😂 not sure if this is true but I tried 😂 good luck with the grow!

@Beherenow32 I do feel bloated and heavy since stims really.. erch painful wait! You brought my hope back, thank you! 😊

@HJ82- sometimes they grow slowly, don’t worry you’re still in with a good chance. Had my stims extended a bit so maybe they will do something similar if needed? Mine grew the most between trigger and collection- went from around 6 ready at the right size to 22 eggs collected! I’m on a FET this time so no stims on this cycle. Scan tomorrow to see if ready to start oestrogen.

@Happyhedgehog- how did scan go?

@cannonball- how are the stims going, have you had your first scan yet?

@viletta & @ginandtonicformeplease- hope 2WW isn’t too stressful, fingers crossed for OTD!

@tikha- good luck with your embryos!!! Will you be hearing from them tomorrow or Weds. x

Sorry if I missed anyone out.

I have first scan tomorrow, feel like it’s taken forever to get to this point. Taking Buserelin feels like a normal daily routine now- like brushing teeth! Feel super lucky to not get hot flushes in this hot weather. Apart from a few vivid dreams I’ve not really had much side effects. Feeling very nervous about tomorrow, hope I can move to stage 2 x

@tigerlily99 good luck with scan tomorrow

For those of you in the TWW I am thinking of you, that’s the bit I found hardest.

I had a disappointing day 6 scan today. Last cycle I took accidentally only took 150ml Bemfola, when I was meant to take 300ml but on first scan had 11 follicles up to 15mm. This time I’ve taken the full 300ml and my lining is thicker but I only have 7 follicles total and they are all small, biggest is 7mm but most 4mm. I think because I am taking more meds I was hoping for a better response. So @HJ82 I definitely have slow growers this time!!

I’m guessing this might mean egg collection moves later into next week rather than mon which is tricky work wise but as long as we don’t have to cancel the cycle altogether I’m happy.

I’ve been swimming lots and running a bit. I’m going to stop now and rest and stay warm (not hard at the moment!) to try and grow!!

Thanks for asking. Big hugs for @ginandtonicformeplease infertility sucks.

@HappyHedgehog247 the dr at CRGH told me that it's good to exercise as much as possible (swimming in particular) not weights etc... as it increases blood flow and is good for the follies. So I thought no I'll keep going with that.

Had my egg collection on fri so doing 5 day transfer on weds. 4 good quality embies to play with. Have been sooooo Ill from sat though it's been awful, only starting to come round tonight. Clinic said it's totally normal to feel under the weather. Just some people worse than others.. thank god no transfer today as not sure I could of coped earlier 🤦🏻‍♀️😩

@gavinmaxine1 sorry you have suffered so much. Will keep fingers crossed for you and it’s great you have good embies.

@Gavinmaxine1 congratulations on your embryos! Have lots of rest now:)

@happyhedgehog- I hope you follies have grown nicely by next scan, fingers crossed for you!

@gavinmaxine- 4 5 day blasts is amazing! Good luck for embryo transfer weds.

I’ve just had my baseline scan and all is good!! Was really worried would still have cysts on left ovary but all quiet and nice thin lining so I start oestrogen today. Next scan is next week Fri and if lining is good, ET 1 week later! Starting to feel real now! 😊

@Gavinmaxine1 that's fab news. Best of luck with the transfer!!

@Tigerlily99 sorry. I forgot it was FET. Great news on everything looking good! :)

@HappyHedgehog247 I hope our teeny follies grow nice and big. I am starting to feel a few twinges today. Have another scan and bloods tomorrow. Every 2nd day. meh. I'm on 225 Bemfola. They said that's the highest dose, anything more than that it doesn't make a difference. :/

@Viletta orgasms on the cards every day now. hahaha. I'll try anything. even a heat pad. Don't know where I read that!

@cannonball how is going? any further outbursts with DH. I had a go at him for not picking up phone.. ;)

@ginandtonicformeplease likewise hope you are hanging in there.. and hugs all around.

@gavinmaxine congrats on the 4 embies. I am super washed out from the ER but getting there as well.

@HappyHedgehog247 @HJ82 I had slow growers and fast growers and messed up with the injection but managed to get there i guess in the end with my limited experience. They seem to even out a bit between trigger and retrieval.

@viletta my best wishes to you as well and hope all good so far..
@LopeyLopez hope things are well with you as well.
@tigerlily congrats on the scan and the road forward. Are you doing FET in your first cycle after IVF? or did you wait in between?

As for me, I have 3 embies at 5 days which look ok and we agreed to PGS as just turned 39. My RE was suggested that I could do a 5 chromosome bob test instead of a 23 one as some can autocorrect but didn't push us either way so we can went for the full PGS. Hope I haven't jinxed it now.. So onwards to possible FET if it does work out.. But its all a waiting game..

@Tigerlily99 getting the tags wrong..

@tikha this will be my second ET as I had one transfer after fresh cycle. How long will your PGS take for results, do you know when you might be able to do FET? X

@Tigerlily99 RE mentioned that it should be within 5 days or so. Will just wait to hear back from them. They suggested that I can start preparing as soon as my periods start with transfer at 21 days since my cycles are regular but not sure if the IVF hormones messed up my cycle or not. In fact I dont even when my period should arrive now..

Hello everyone

Is anyone else having vivid dreams? I’m sleeping lots but assuming body needs it as feeling really tired. Didn’t have any of these side effects last cycle so don’t know if it’s the increase in drugs or if I have a small cold/infection as have some symptoms but assumed it was hay fever.

@Tigerlily99 are you having FET because they extended stims? they told me it's possible for me to stim longer if my follies don't grow big enough but because of the extension my lining wont be suitable for ET so they would freeze my embies. hmm

@HappyHedgehog247 I'm taking Melatonin so my sleep is pretty good. Lots of dreams though. Really strange ones with people from my 20's including my ex a lot. Doesn't help that he was in the country last week for a visit (terrible timing) I'd like to not be dreaming about him during this though!! haha. Slightly weird.

@HJ82- my stims were only extended by a few days. I had lots of follies and at one point a very high oestrogen but they just weren’t hitting target size until the very end. My fresh transfer was nearly cancelled due to risk of OHSS but it did go ahead. I then had OHSS straight after transfer but thankfully it was only mild. So this is my first FET after one failed fresh transfer. We are very lucky as we had a good number of frosties & have been recommended to use them all before considering a second fresh cycle.

@Happyhedgehog- I was having very vivid dreams too. My acupuncturist said it was a rare side effect of buserelin.

@tika- good luck for PGS results and hope your cycles get back to normal soon so you can crack on with FET!

@HappyHedgehog247 I heard somewhere that pregnant ladies have vivid dreams. Good luck!! I did have very vivid dreams first week after ET.. I think perhaps the stress subconsciously got me. My test is on Sunday fx it’s a good sign!

@Viletta not long now!!!! 🤞🤞🤞
Just chilling after 2 top quality 5 day embies transferred. Back Clinic on 20th for blood test 😬😬😬😬🤞🤞🤞🤞🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@Gavinmaxine1 Glad the transfer went well!
Just the 2WW to get through now.

I'm trying to symptom spot but I don't seem to have any new ones - boobs are still sore from all the hormones and I'm starving all the time, but apart from that nothing new. I'm not sure I can hang on until Friday - would it be so bad if I tested tomorrow?

Hey ladies! Been pretty busy with work over past few days. I'm day 6 of stims today and my doses of Fostimon and Meriofert have been doubled in past couple of days. Felt fine until today - feeling shattered! Not sure if I've just been working too hard or if it's the drugs. I've also been in to the clinic every day this week - thankfully don't gave to go back until Friday!

Thank you so much for your kind words after my outburst on Sunday.

@viletta hope you're feeling okay! Have you finished unpacking? Sunday is pretty close now!

@ginandtonicformeplease I'm sorry you felt pretty shit after you read the thread on epilepsy. It's not fair. My friend has epilepsy and has a little one. Touch wood, it's been pretty well controlled and there have been no issues. I hope you're feeling better about things. You mentioned test day on Friday would be without DH - will he be there if you test tomorrow?

@gavinmaxine1 well done on the embryo transfer! How are you feeling? Have you taken some time off after?

@tikha fingers crossed for PGS! Five days is quite quick.

@lopeylopez thank you for your kind words on the MFI. You are right. I'm feeling better about things! And no more crazy outbursts yet... how are you feeling and when is your test day?

@Tigerlily99 great news on baseline scan! FET sounds like such a prolonged process. I naively thought it would be a bit easier and quicker but was clearly wrong!

@HJ82 and @happyhedgehog how are you feeling on stims? I'm cycling at CRGH too, @HJ82! They seem really good so far.