IVF May/June cycle buddies #2

[elleceedee]

Starting a new thread!

Good luck tomorrow @MrsLouB and @HJF84

Thanks for the well wishes for my ET. Just hope it thaws ok and the 2ww can begin!

@ivfdreaming that's helpful to know, thank you. I saw a heartbeat at 5+6 with my DD but annoyingly I can't remember when I got 3+ on a digital with that pregnancy. I think I'll leave it then until my scan at the clinic.

@ivfdreaming I'm so thrilled for you that you have twins onboard and they are doing well at this stage. Wishing you so much luck for your next scan! I really hope both of mine progress, but I do fear I might lose one. There's one much larger sac with yolk sac and fetal pole. The other is just an empty sac at the moment. I go back to the clinic tomorrow to find out whether there's been any growth, so I'm very nervous. They are worried about my HCG too - I don't have very high levels for a twin pregnancy unfortunately. Preparing for bad news but still hoping...

Thanks to everyone wishing me luck tomorrow, I appreciate it 😘

I've contacted my clinic an all they've said is go an see your GP nothing else

@pattaz2711 So sorry to hear you've been left to wait until next Wednesday. I hope you're okay. Your hormone levels are great though - has anyone provided some reassurance for you on those? It's so hard to be left in the dark. Please go to the private scan if you feel it will help. x

@Everhopeful35 I'm just getting ny self in a state.

@pattaz2711 Take a deep breath and if you can, go for a walk and get some fresh air. Sounds silly, but it helped me earlier. I know our situations are different but I do understand those horrible feelings of despair. My bleeding and cramps are still there and every moment I'm wondering whether the worst is happening and I'm going to lose both. But there's nothing we can do. Waiting is horrible but it's the only way the experts can give us a definitive answer. If I were you, I'd do the private scan. If it is a continuing/healthy pregnancy, you don't want to be experiencing so much stress. I had that realisation earlier - I was so worried and thought 'this can't be good for the pregnancies' so I pestered my clinic until the doctor phoned and it did calm me down a bit. Please do whatever you need to do to calm yourself. Sending big hugs xx

@Everhopeful35 my clinic won't even see me.. not to check anything they've told me I need to wait until Wednesday as they don't do scanning until Wednesday an Thursday an told me if I'm in pain I need to speak to my doctor.. sorry I'm
In a tearful mood

This is horrible for you. The most important thing is that the pregnancy is in your uterus and it is not an ectopic. In the absence of bleeding a scan is not going to show anything else at this stage so I would recommend waiting for the scan on Wednesday.

This is what my consultant put to me

@pattaz2711

I think the consultant is in his own way trying to stress you out less - if you had a scan tomorrow and still didn't see anything like a heartbeat it would be even more stressful until the scan next Wednesday and you still wouldn't get a firm answer of what happening/might happen? By waiting until Wednesday at least you should get a definite answer either way

Which clinic are you with by the way? x

@ivfdreaming mine just Been talking over by care

@Everhopeful35 @ivfdreaming who are you ladies with

I'm with Create x

I'm with Create x

@ivfdreaming are yours good

@pattaz2711

I really like my clinic - I've stuck with them through 5 rounds although I was really disappointed how my final egg collection cycle went obviously it didn't impact me getting pregnant. They listen to me and the doctor, embryologist and I often have a good laugh when I go in with my latest late night google research and they patiently go through it all explaining everything 🤣. One of the nurses actually cried when I told her about my BFP. I don't feel like a walking cheque book. And I'll actually going in to see them when this is all over. After previous failed cycles the nurses often rang to see how I was doing

When I managed to fall pregnant naturally Inbetween cycles they proscribed all the medication they could think of to try and prevent another miscarriage - sadly it didn't work but not through lack of trying on their part

Last year I had no symptoms of an ectopic at all (doubling/tripling hcg etc) until one morning I just knew the pain I had was an ectopic - I rang my hospital and they said I'd have to go and sit in a&e to be triaged and might get a scan in a few days time. I knew I didn't have that long so I called Create - they scanned me within 30 mins and called an ambulance there and then and I ruptured a couple of hours later.

I can't really fault them with how they treated me

@ivfdreaming that's so good.. I've just been reading about them they do bloods an everything for you..
, mine left me from Friday to Monday in pain an said it was prob to early for eptopic pain.. I know it wasn't but they didn't know

They've told me now to go an see my gp even tho I'm paying them.. I know there's not a lot they can do but I feel like I'm paying them an they've just now it's done told me to see my gp.. I've had lots of miscarriages an chemical pregnancies but haven't tested or anything but told me this cycle I could do natural it was me that said no I want to do medicated as I couldn't track ovulation that went on for a couple of months before I said anything.

The one before this I didn't want to come back by partner said no they have the frozen ones it's easier.. but my gut I just thought no.. but I listened to him lol..

I'm just so negative about this time, I'm keeping options open..

I've got my head up my arse tonight sorry..

Since being on this thread an how other clinics are with these ladies makes you think..

How is everyone this morning? Thinking of everyone waiting for updates or with scans today.

I got 3+ on a CB digital this morning so feeling relieved - I didn't test yesterday so not sure if it would've shown yesterday! Two weeks to wait until my scan feels like a lifetime! I'm 5+2 today.

@elleceedee aw that's great news for you... I'm going out my mind waiting with every thing going on with this..

@pattaz2711 thank you. It's a difficult time for you and it can't be nice to feel like you aren't being supported by your clinic. Wednesday not far away now, keep hanging in there!

@elleceedee that’s great news! Was your official test day today? Mines not til next week!

@pattaz2711 I’m sorry you’re going through all this, I hope Wednesday comes quickly and reassures you

Xx

@Evey43 my test day was actually 4th July but I keep testing because I like to see the progression on digital tests! Have you tested yet? Sorry, can't remember if you have!

@elleceedee not yet, I’m too scared to test early, I was told to take ‘any cheap supermarket test’ on the 17th. On test day, if positive 🤞, is it supposed to be a strong positive?

Xx

@Everhopeful35

Hey how did you get on today at your scan? X

@ivfdreaming Thanks for thinking of me. Had a really tough day unfortunately. I've lost the smaller gestational sac so it's only a singular pregnancy now. And the doctor couldn't see that the fetal pole in the larger sac had grown (it's supposed to grow by 1mm a day - on Wednesday it was 1mm, SJ it should have been larger today). The doctor was a bit downbeat about it - said it could go either way. Spent all day crying, not eating, getting myself into a state and then the clinic just called with my blood result - HCG risen by about 50% in 24 hours, which they're surprised by and said it suggests the placenta is still growing and it's alive. She was worried about the distress I was in, so said they will monitor my hormone for the next few days and wait to scan again until mid next week, when they can properly see things (because she said there's a risk she just could see fetal pole clearly enough to get the measurement). All horribly stressful and now I have a long wait to see if it's healthy or another miscarriage 😔