Jan/Feb IVF/ICSI/FET here we go...

[sometimesalways]

Hello, starting a new thread for those of us starting a new cycle after the holidays.

My background: one successful round of ivf a few years back resulted in my lovely DS and now trying for a second. We are about to go for round 3, following 1 bfn and 1 mc.

At the moment I am waiting for af to appear. Seem to be about to ovulate according to opk. So guessing should expect af in about 2 weeks time.

Going for natural FET with progesterone support. The question for me is whether to add steroids too. A little scared of long terms risks so we will see...

@Russkispy @itwasalovelydreamwhileitlasted @Christabelle89
I remember from previous threads you were doing, or thinking of doing another round in Jan?

Everybody welcome to join, wherever you are on your journey. It's a tough business, keeping company helps. Good luck!

Hey @BettySwoll0cks that's exactly the meds I was on during this fet.
I had fyremadel injections, progynova and lubion injections. And dalacin cream. The total amount from the beginning of the cycle to the end of the 2 week wait was £550.19. I will attach a pic of the invoice for further info for you. I got mine via the clinic at Healthnet Home care.

Also @BettySwoll0cks if it helps guide you further, I have just paid just over £400 for further lubion injections and progynova until 8 weeks. And then I presume it will be another £400 or so until 12 weeks.

Lubion is more expensive, in fact it's double the price but I prefer injections over pessary.

@BettySwoll0cks I have lubion and cyclogest pessaries, as well as inhixa injections. Lubion is def the most expensive and Asda has it as half price compared to other places for sure

How are you doing @sometimesalways

Thanks for the info. God it's all just so expensive isn't it, I'm at the point i just go with whatever the consultant recommends, otherwise I feel like I'm wasting everybody's time 🤷‍♀️ oh well only money eh? Great tip re ASDA.

@Hufflepuff1 I am at a point where I actually, weirdly, now feel kinda pregnant. Which is terrible as it's equally possible that i may not be! I have almost no cramping and had no symptoms really till yesterday - now I have a weirdly tingling vagina (sorry TMI!!) and very sensitive nipples. It makes me really hope it's worked which is v dangerous... I haven't dared test yet. 9dp5dt now.

Did you manage to get your blood test?

Oh @BettySwoll0cks the ££ we've spent on meds! Especially on the first round when we hadn't yet realised we could get them from Asda and bought them directly from the clinic - SO expensive. The things we do...

@sometimesalways that sounds really positive. Fingers crossed 🤞 for you 💜

2nd beta just came through and it's 3512. More than double from Wednesday! Please please little bean, stick all the way this time!!

@sometimesalways I'm crossing everything for you!!

@Russkispy that's so awesome!! ❤️

Everything crossed for you @sometimesalways that sounds positive 🤞🤞🤞

Thank you @BettySwoll0cks @Russkispy @Hufflepuff1 aaaaaargh last few days of waiting. I think I will actually test over the weekend to put myself out of my misery 

@Russkispy that's lovely news! Woohoo 🎉 🤞🤞🤞 it's all sounding great

Great news @Russkispy I'm going to the gp on Monday for bloods.

I have something that's worried me since yesterday and I just can't stop thinking about it now.

So we first got referred for fet back in August and a scan was done which showed I had fluid in one of my tubes so I had surgery in September to drain the fluid. There was a risk of the tube being removed which I was aware of but when I woke up the doctor said they managed to drain it so all was still intact and I could continue with my fet.

Yesterday when I called the clinic to tell them of my bfp the nurse asked me - even though she should really know - if I had ever had any issues with my tubes. I said no but I did have an op and explained what happened. She then said ok so we would like you to come for a scan at 6 weeks then to make sure it's not an ectopic pregnancy. This of course has raised alarm bells, I asked if there was a chance and she said she was just erring on the side of caution but obviously now I can't stop thinking about it and I'm convinced something is going to go wrong.

What do you guys think? Am I just being paranoid? I just wish she said come in at 6 weeks and left it at that rather than say oh it might be ectopic. So scared now I can't relax at all 😔

Good luck if you test early @sometimesalways 💜

@Hufflepuff1 I had an ectopic scare last cycle and it was pretty stressful, but my situation was very different as I had a pregnancy of unknown location (which I don't wish on anyone).
I think just cause tube operations might put you in a slightly higher risk for ectopic they want to make sure you are scanned as early as possible to ensure it is in the right place. It sounds to me like a precaution more than anything, not a real worry, so try not to think about it too much... the problem (which led to my PUL last time) is that this early they cannot see the embryo anyway so they need to wait for week 6 to do so and confirm, they probably cannot do anything much before that.. but try not to worry too much till then, it really is a very small chance of this happening. And try not to google too much either! I googled like crazy during my scare and it made me worry more

@Hufflepuff1
I've unfortunately had two ruptured live ectopics and ultimately lost both tubes - any interference/operations etc on the tubes does put you at higher risk of ectopics as does IVF actually (I was pretty naive about that as I didn't realise it increased the chance of having an ectopic and my second one was an IVF transfer baby)

@Hufflepuff1
But the chances of it being an ectopic pregnancy is still really really unlikely so try not to worry too much x

Oh my goodness @sometimesalways I've never even heard of that. What happened if you don't mind me asking? I have been googling but to be honest I'm neither here or there with what I'm reading. I think I need to go back to just shutting my emotions down like I have learned to do.

@itwasalovelydreamwhileitlasted oh my gosh so sorry to hear what you have gone through, that must have been awful especially twice. 💔

@Hufflepuff1 ah yes it was all in a previous thread so you probably wouldn't have seen it. So I had an FET last autumn, got a bfp but not a very strong line and my bloods were on the low side (around 62 I think?) and not going up fast enough so it was deemed a non viable pregnancy but when I stopped the meds I didn't bleed and miscarry right away so they were worried it was an ectopic which was too small to see in the scan (they can cause weird Hcg numbers). I was monitored with bloods and scans for over a month and in the end they had to do a biopsy with uterine tissue to confirm the pregnancy had been in the right place and I was 'just' having a frustratingly slow mc. It took nearly two months for the thing to reach this conclusion and the final mc bleed... it was exhausting to say the least. when they cannot determine where the pregnancy is they call it a 'pregnancy of unknown location'. I didn't even know that was a thing back then...

Oh my how awful @sometimesalways I have never heard of that. This whole process is just totally unfair, so sorry to hear what you've gone through 😔

Also I did read that using embryo glue reduces your chances of ectopic so I'm hoping that cancels out the increased risk I have due to previous surgery 😭🤞🤞

Oh dear. I tested today at 10dp5dt and it's bfn. I feel weirdly calm. This must be another level of grief or I have just gone into some weird denial/shut down. Hmm I still have 4 days of meds which I will follow just in case but I am sure it's pretty much game over at this point.

Oh no @sometimesalways I was just wondering if you were going to test. I think it would have come up by now however others have had results later on too. Try and get yourself out and about and busy today, focus on your dc and look after yourself. Test again on your OTD as you can't rule it out completely yet but if it is still negative then focus on the next part of the journey and look into changing things around. Sorry if that all sounds ridiculous, sending you hugs x

@Hufflepuff1 thank you. I will hover around here and the other thread just to see how everyone is doing. Let us know your test results next week!

As for us, I think we might just stop trying and move on. I feel I have spent an awful lot of time, money, energy and emotion and it might be best to just move on and enjoy our life with DS instead of subjecting ourselves to more heartache. DH and I haven't even had the chance to discuss properly as it's been a busy morning. But we will be ok. On the bright side, I will hopefully get rid of that rush fairly promptly now.

*rash, I I meant