Starting IVF and a ball of nerves!

[Danidandan]

Hey, I'm new to all of this so I don't even know if anyone will read this! I'm 24, and start my IVF journey tomorrow with ABC IVF in Harley street. The reasoning for IVF at 24, I had Peritoneal Mesothelioma last year. (Cancer caused by asbestos) and was thrown a card of total sh*tness that year. But lucky enough to be here and in full remission. I can conceive on my own but nothing's happened in 10 months. I know it's lot a long time, but I could go into menopause in as little as 2 years from my treatments received for the cancer. I am entitled to NHS funding but it takes a lot longer and I don't really have time on my side. So my journey down the private route starts tomorrow for my first scan and going through the treatments. Does anyone have any advice for me and my partner Jack? He's immensely calm and excited and I'm a ball of nerves! Thank you for reading. :)

All the luck in the world for all of you TTC.

Dani xxx

@AnnieGee13 so what they did with mine, took the eggs and as soon as I was awake told me the number and how mature they looked. I had ICSI but even if normal IVF they start to fertilise them that day. They called me on day 3 and 5 to let me know how they get on. They grow them until they've split between 6 and 10 times. (Sometimes this can take to day six, a couple of mine did) an. Or it can happen as little as day 3, and they then freeze them. So when they thaw them they're ready for transfer. :) they don't need to grow them anymore. I'm only having one put in at a time. I don't think my huge scar from cancer op will cope with twins! So yeah :) good luck! IVF is stressful and it's never an easy ride, but we all got this! Good luck with trigger shot. Mine stung a bit so maybe do it a bit slower than the others that's what I found helped. I felt absolutely nothing in egg collection. I wasn't totally put under but was heavily sedated in a deep sleep. It was lovely! A bit of spotting afterwards and a couple of cramps and bloat but was back to normal within a few days!

@AnnieGee13 That's the same with me! They told me as soon as I woke up how many eggs were collected then called me later that day to let me know how many of the eggs were viable. The following morning they let me know how many fertilised. Then day 3 they gave me an update, and day 5 I went in for embryo transfer. From there they froze the one embryo we had left. (One implanted, one frozen).

So I assume they'll freeze them after day 3 or day 5.

Don't worry, I only had 7 follicles and was left with 2 embroys. So long as you get a good quality embryo that's what matters :-) X

@danidandan that's amazing news! You'll be pregnant before you know it :-) x

Thank you both for info and comforting messages. I feel a lot more positive today than I was on Friday as today’s scan was a little more promising. Wish there were more follicles to start with just to give us a bit more of a good start but you’re totally right @Statpositivegirls - we only need that one embryo! Hopefully we’ll get it...

Thank you and good luck!

Mistake with tagging... Sorry
@Staypositivegirls

Hi!
I had my egg collection yesterday. We managed to retrieve 9 eggs and today I got a call telling me that 6 have fertilised. The embryologist told me that on Friday I’ll get my 3 day update with the quality and what’s still there and hopefully we can get to the 5 day blastocyst and then freeze.
I’m meant to be batching as originally the number was quite low so am supposed to be put through another cycle before we can think about ET.
I just hope that we end up with at least one surviving embryo from this cycle.

Any news anyone?

That's fantastic news, well done! Well I only had 4 fertilised eggs and ended up with 2 5 day embroys and I think they do say expect half.

I remember calling my clinic worrying that I'd be left with none as we only had 4 and they said it was be highly unusual to have none at the end when you have 4 to play with. So you'll be absolutely fine :-)

Hi all,

Not sure if this thread is still going but unfortunately my pregnancy ended in MC which is so sad but I'm working through it.

Hoping to do my original ivf cycle in January next year but the clinic has said they like to wait 3 months but don't really want to wait that long so they said they will see what they can do.

Hope everyone's else cycle is going to plan

Hi,
I hope it is still going as I like checking in with you girls every now again.
I’m really sorry to hear you sad news, @Kay2705

Last time I posted I believe was after my EC.
Been meaning to update but life just got in the way. Everything has just been so busy...

So I had 9 eggs retrieved, 6 fertilised and we managed to freeze 2 embryos. Apparently 1 of is of very good quality and the other is pretty good too.

Tomorrow I have a pre-op assessment appointment as need to go in for hysteroscopy, this time under heavy sedation to make sure that the polyp gets successfully removed as last time they didn’t totally remove it.
The plan is that in January I will go through another cycle and hopefully have some embryos out of that. If that’s the case, I will then have a fresh embryo transferred. If not, we’ve got the 2 to thaw and transfer.

Looks like quite a few of us are having to wait till January to either start again or proceed with our treatments.

Any updates from anyone else?

Good luck everyone. We’ll get there... xxx

Hey everyone! @Kay2705 I am so so sorry for your loss :( I really hope you can do your IVF cycle sooner. Life's a b@&)h sometimes to the people who deserve it the least.

How's everyone else doing? I still haven't had a frozen embryo put in, my AF hasn't shown up and I had to wait for a full cycle. The egg retrieval has messed up my usually clockwork cycle. So now I think we need to wait until after the wedding (next November 15th) because I'm pushing it for time to give birth and get better in time for the wedding!

We will all get there, we can all do this. IVF isn't easy. Hugs to everyone xxx

Oh no @Danidandan are you sure you don't want to push on for the transfer? I can't imagine waiting an extra year . If you got pregnant this month your due date would be around August next year. Gives you a few months before the wedding

@Kay2705 I'm so torn on what to do. I so desperately want to have a transfer this month. (I still haven't come on!!) and no idea when I will.. but I'm just concerned I'll be pushing it with time for the wedding, I've got a court case coming up (due to be asbestos that caused my cancer) do you think 2/3 months would be enough time to get back on my feet for the wedding? There's quite a bit chance I'll have a C section due to my huge scar already. I'm going to call ABC and have a chat with them tomorrow and see what they advice. I'm so torn :((((

For what it's worth, and you completely don't have to listen to me! But for me anyway, having a newborn is a massive handful. It's wonderful but it's also extremely tiring and needs your 24/7 attention. Planning the final details of a wedding and the wedding day itself would be a lot to manage. However, completely possible! I'm not sure if you plan to breastfeed but if so just be ready to feed frequently/ pump throughout the day. However if you bottle feed you can hand them over to someone to look after for the day :-) would you consider being pregnant for the big day? I personally didn't show until I was about 20 weeks. Although you can't drink then.

Completely appreciate your dilemma :-( hope you come on soon!! Always the way, the time you want to, it doesn't. Xx

I think 2-3 months should be ok depending on the sort of person you are and the amount of support you have. When I got married last year I planned really far in advance as I had last minute stuff. If you also have good friends/bridesmaid at hand then they can ultimately help with a lot of the planning. Majority of my planning was all done in advance and the last little run around bits I'd say few weeks before the big day.

Recovery wise my sister had a c section and was back steadily on her feet(back to normal) in a few weeks but I guess everyone is different

Ultimately the decision is up to you if you feel you'll be ready but I vote YES lol. Hope you come on soon and can have a summer baby!

Hi all,

Is there anyone still left on here doing ivf?

Hi @Kay2705 yes me, I'm just having my second scan on my second IVF cycle after my fresh transfer failed in Nov. How's things with you?

Hi there ladies.
I have literally just started my second cycle too. Had my baseline test yesterday and started Menapur injections last night.
We’re batching as the number of follicles in my ovaries wasn’t great and also I had polyps that needed to be removed before I could progress to ET.
We have 2 frozen embryos from the first cycle and hopefully will get some more from this one. This time I’m meant to be going through a fresh cycle.

How are you getting on?

Hi ladies!

Sorry to hear your first transfer failed @FingersXssd83 Hopefully this cycle is the one!

Glad to hear it's going good for you @AnnieGee13 And you got two embryos already. Hopefully this cycle is the numbers of follicles increased

I just started a bleed today so I should start stimming tomorrow on day 2. I'm on short protocol so I think I start with bemfola. I do have a fibroids that's distorting my uterine cavity a bit which lowers my chances of implantation but still going ahead and having faith in God's will,

Hopefully the meds don't make me crazy I've had them in my fridge a while as I didn't get to use it first time before falling naturally

@Danidandan I know this thread is so old but wanted to know how many babies were made at the end from the abc clinic ? Any updates ?

[quote Blessing786]@Danidandan I know this thread is so old but wanted to know how many babies were made at the end from the abc clinic ? Any updates ?[/quote]
I had 7 to freeze, DD implanted Friday 13th March 2020, gave birth to a healthy girl in November 2020 via semi elective section at 37 weeks.

We have 6 left and plan to do another FET October 2023.

Sorry I didn't update I've only just seen this so it may be a bit pointless now! We waited until after the wedding.
What a journey and I've loved reading back on this thread!