September/October IVF

[WineWinner]

Hey,

I've had my appointment through finally to start my first round of IVF. Our consultation is September and hoping if we start on CD21 (no idea if we will, just what I'm presuming from research) then we will be good to start just after the middle of the month. Anyone else the tentatively waiting for a September start?

Such a good point about a normal cycle - you'd never think an orgasm would make you ovulate.

I guess I just feel like my ovaries are fit to burst and terrified the rush of hormones could trigger something.

Monday morning scan can not come soon enough 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

Tryingtobemum I think there are a number of people who think that too, bottom line is we need Oestrogen and Lutenizing hormone to ovulate, orgasm prolactin and oxcytocin.
Hope everyone is doing ok.

Morning everyone,

News from the clinic today is that I have 1 more blast to freeze. It's not as good quality as the other two from yesterday, but they think it's worth a shot.

The other 4 embryos finally stopped developing which is sad, but I didn't expect to have 7 in the first place so I guess I have to be philosophical about that.

So now I'm going to book a holiday, and hope that those 3 little clusters of cells want to come out and play in a few months!

Not sure how I will be able to update you all by then, as this thread will be long gone - but I hope some of you might still be here!

As I've not been able to tell anyone about this journey, it's been wonderful having you all around.

xx

Thank you for keeping me sane @AniSL !!

Great news @ParksAndRecreation - all the very best with your fet xx

@Parksandrecreation - great news that you have 3 Frosties in storage! Now you can focus on enjoying your holiday and getting 100% healthy again ready to transfer - it’ll be here before you know it!

Have a wonderful holiday and good luck with your transfer 😁

Good luck for OTD tomorrow @Dia12 - thinking of you 🤞

Yes good luck @Dia12 fingers crossed 🤞

Good luck for today @dia12 xxx

Good luck yoday Dia12

Just had first bout of full on morning vomiting 🤮 - lovely way to start the day 😄

Lovely @crittertamer. Hope you’re feeling a bit better now. I had the worst night of nightmares last night. Kept waking up in cold sweats 😩😩😩

I dreamt I had a miscarriage 😢 the vomiting is at least a little bit reassuring!

@crittertamer I had that dream the other night. It’s awful how our dreams taunt us 🙈

Thank you for all the lovely well wishes everyone - I have been really hesitant in updating everyone as part of me just didn’t want to break the the lucky trend in this group.
I ended up doing my test yesterday morning and got a stark white negative. Absolutely soul crushing devastation. Test was a standard hcg cassette provided by my clinic.
I ended up buying a clear blue digital this morning just to go through the motions of testing on OTD before calling the clinic.
I nearly fell over when I saw the 1-2 week result.

I’m super confused. I just dare not believe this is a viable pregnancy. I’m 13dp5dt and I think the low hcg could very well be the tail end of a chemical.

I’ll be going in for a blood test tomorrow to see what’s going on but for now I’m left hanging in the dark misery that is infertility.

I wish I had happier news to share.

@dia12 that’s amazing news. I understand how you’re feeling as I felt the same awaiting my blood tests especially when I was called to go in for a second one. Try and think PUPO (pregnant until proven otherwise). I think we just tend to think the worst on this journey but you’ve got a positive 😁👍🏼😁👍🏼😘😘😘

@Dia12 - fantastic news! Surely if it was a chemical then yesterday’s test would have been positive not today’s? CBD are generally one of the least sensitive too I think!

Keeping everything crossed for your blood test tomorrow 🤞

Fingers crossed dia, I'd be getting excited if I were you xx

Ah bless you both for being so positive.

Good point @crittertamer about yesterday’s hcg. However I was under the impression that the CDG is perhaps more sensitive than the hcg cassette from the clinic?! Argh 🤯 but who knows!!! DH keeps sayings it’s a chemical preg - I think this is his coping strategy.

You’re both right, I’m going to try to be a bit more positive, made it this far, can hang on a few more days.

I’ll find out on Wednesday the results of blood test. 🤞

Thank you @trying2bemum. I shouldn’t have tested early yesterday - very silly of me.

@Dia12 my clinic gave me a one step test that measured above 10iu. I think CBD are 25iu.

I know what you mean about not wanting to get your hopes up too much - to be honest I still check for bleeding every time I go to the loo and can’t really believe it’s going to stick, but I do find that the time to my scan goes quicker and happier if I allow myself to think positive thoughts - when I let the worry take over every minute drags so I’m trying to make a concerted effort to believe that I deserve a good outcome 😊

I hope you can allow yourself a little hope and excitement between now and Wednesday - as the lovely Irish man on the mindful ivf app says - if the result is negative you’re going to be devastated whether or not you allow yourself to feel hopeful and positive now, so you might as well try to feel as good as you can about it until you know for sure. That thought really helps me when I’m down and stressing 😊

@Dia12 that's really good news!

Also remember blood tests are much more sensitive than urine tests and urine tests sometimes take a few days to catch up. My home test line looked quite faint on OTD but the nurse said my beta was really high so there's obviously a discrepancy there.

Thank you guys, you have really made me feel calmer and hopeful again. Really don’t know what I’d do without this thread.

I’ve had a bit of brown spotting - i think this is because with the bfn yesterday I didn’t take the morning pessary. Did then take the remaining 2 pessaries of the day. Hope that hasn’t caused too much damage.

Hope everyone else is doing well with a lot less drama.

@Dia12 that's amazing news! Why would it not be a true positive?! Negative yesterday but positive today sounds absolutely fine and normal to me. Best of luck for the next few weeks and, indeed, months xxx

@CritterTamer lol at "the lovely Irish man" from the Mindful IVF app! I have that too! And he is lovely....! 😍😂

@Lopeylopez - isn’t he just! I could listen to him all day 😊 My DH is Irish and I keep asking him to talk like that man - he seems to get upset though lol 😁