August IVF

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Had a quick look through but can't find an existing thread. Anyone due to cycle in August after a bit of moral support?

We are due to start our 2nd cycle of icsi for male azoospermia and my premature ovarian aging (full house for us!)

Confession time. I had hoped that maybe I would be one of those people you get told about- the neighbors' high school friend's auntie- that was about to start IVF when bam, miracle pregnancy. But here I am with a temp drop, bfn and period due imminently. Not surprised but mildly disappointed. To be honest, even a little relieved (maybe?) as a chemical or miscarriage at this point would really set us back. It's our wedding anniversary today as well, looking forward to finishing work and having dinner with my lovely husband. Onto the next chapter of our lives.

@CardboardCat

Confession time. I had hoped that maybe I would be one of those people you get told about- the neighbors' high school friend's auntie- that was about to start IVF when bam, miracle pregnancy. But here I am with a temp drop, bfn and period due imminently. Not surprised but mildly disappointed. To be honest, even a little relieved (maybe?) as a chemical or miscarriage at this point would really set us back. It's our wedding anniversary today as well, looking forward to finishing work and having dinner with my lovely husband. Onto the next chapter of our lives.

Have a lovely wedding anniversary with your hubby. Onwards & upwards. Let's look forward to starting the IVF journey now. Sorry it wasn't the BFP you were hoping for though. I know that feeling all too well Sending lots of hugs x

@CardboardCat I had exactly the same hopes before my cycle. I think it's just we want this so much, it's impossible not to get our hopes up. I hope you have a lovely anniversary!

I had my call with the clinic to discuss my frozen cycle. Just finished AF so I'll be taking meds to bring on a period at the start of August (hopefully!) and then looking at transfer mid August if all goes well. I just want to skip the next few weeks and be at that point! I keep looking at the calendar and trying to guess when I'll be testing - it's my 30th at the end of August, I hope OTD is a few days earlier so I have time to process any potential bad news. Can always find something to stress about!

Hope everyone is doing ok x

Hello !
Can I join? :)
I had to have an all freeze cycle and Im still pretty upset about it
@CardboardCat i was also one of those people I thought I might get pregnant the month before IVF, and now im even one of those people that think to myself ohhh what of we got pregnant this month inbetween our FET

Hi @Eggling how are you??? Ohhh I cant wait for my AF to come. I had a blood test tp check my levels and my estrogen is still over 1000 so im upset as it looks like AF is still a week away and I feel so impatient and just fed up, i keep calling the next cycle my pointless cycle haha as we have to wait for the next AF.

I understand what you mean re 30th. Im the same. Our wedding anniversary is on the 31st august and I keep trying to work out whether wel know before or not

Iv never even seen a positive pregnancy test so im so scared it just isnt happening for us

I also put some so much weight throughtout the IVF process so im now back at the gym and feeling rather large and incharge ! Haha

I'm starting my noresthisterone tomorrow.
Wondered if anyone else at same stage?

Really nervous as I've had 2 unsuccessful FET's in past 2 years.
So starting from scratch again, this will be our last ever attempt at another baby so trying not to get hopes up, trying to be realistic but positive...

Good luck to everyone x

Hi @Ails826! A familiar face 😊 I'm ok, just impatient now. Also feeling a bit out of shape, been comfort eating a bit through the last few weeks so trying to kick that habit now!

I hope you're feeling a bit better about the freeze all - it takes a bit if time to come to terms with doesn't it? Hopefully these next few weeks will pass quickly and the gap will have helped create a nice comfy environment for our little embryos 🤞🤞

Yesss! @Eggling did AF come at the usual time for you or was it early ?... i think im just wishing my time away so it hurrys up!

Me too, I was taking full advantahe of the 'high sodium diet' hahaha i must be a week.behind you

@Eggling and I am also 29 :) so i know how you feel about tue big birthday etc xxx

Thanks guys It's better than all the other negatives to be honest because this time we have a plan. Also looking forward to not having scheduled sex next cycle!

I'm also going to try and get a bit healthier. Starting today that is... Last night I ate a whole bag of Cadbury Caramel nibbles.

Still waiting to hear if I need to have a saline ultrasound next cycle before starting, it's booked for the 21st July but not got my follow up with consultant until the 15th so won't know for sure until then. He seems to be a belt and braces kind of guy so I suspect that he'll want me to go ahead with it. Can anyone tell me what to expect with it? xx

@CardboardCat hahahahaha i love my husband dearly but I was relieved to stop the scheduled sex .. we tried it all 😂😂 hahaha

Does anyone have a diagnosis. I think because we havnt and its just seen as unexplained im worried that if its not an egg or sperm issue its an issue with my body so how can we check for that or look find the reason .. i dont know haha i just dont understand why we dont have a reason :(

@Ails826 I have a diagnosis of diminished ovarian reserve, there is no reason I wouldn't fall pregnant spontaneously but I haven't in the (nearly) a year of trying since I had a 24 week loss last year. Time is of the essence for us so we've been recommended to start IVF. It's half a diagnosis, the low AMH is something they can measure but they don't know why we haven't fallen pregnant again (apart from a chemical). I'm waiting for a saline ultrasound and thrombophillia blood screen to come back so that might add more information.

A lot of people go into treatment with an "unexplained" diagnosis but learn more along the way. Sometimes the problem is never found but IVF works straight away! I would say though, if it is a structural problem then the various scans and diagnostic tests should pick that up. Have you had all of them with your clinic?

Hi everyone :)

I was also in May/June buddies thread and there are some amazing women there!

I've also had to have a freeze all cycle so will be doing a FET in June.

I had 19 eggs collected, 12 fertilized, 1 top grade embryo was frozen day 3 and 11 still going. Day 5 update today in the morning was one top grade hatching blastocyst, 4 others that were middle of expanding. Will let me know how many they froze tommorow morning!

I'm an absolute ball of nerves and have spent three hours on google researching biology on embryos. Nice to meet you all!

Hi everyone, I would love to join as well!

Our fresh cycle was cancelled in March due to Covid but thankfully we had three blastocysts frozen. I had my first FET in June which unfortunately ended in an early miscarriage. I should be doing another frozen transfer in mid August. I did a programmed transfer last time but planning to do a natural one this time- it saves me a month of waiting and I figure I can try naturally at the same time!

Nice to meet you all!

We're growing in number! @Ails826 my period was a day earlier than I expected - 13 days after egg collection. I'd normally expect it 14-16 days after ovulation but that's only best guess because I don't ovulate without clomid or other medication anyway.

As far as a diagnosis goes, I have polycystic ovaries and we were initially told DH had low morphology but his sample on egg collection day was all normal. So I don't know why the past 6 months of clomid haven't worked for us 🤷‍♀️ it's scary how much we still seem not to know about how this all works!

@Zamzam are you going straight into FET this cycle then? My clinic insist on two cycles but I'm not sure why.

@Eggling Yes I am going straight into FET. The clinic said there's no reason for me not too and I feel like I am ready too.

Which clinic are you with?

Hi. I hope you don't mind me joining in - I'm all very new to the process but it looks like I'll be getting my first egg retrieval in August with an all freeze protocol for FET.

I'm still getting used to everything so any tips, hints and things to discuss /think about would be great.

X

@carbsandcheese i think il be mid August too! Still feels ages away

@Eggling @Zamzam21 thats so exciting my clinic said I had to wait for a full cycle before starting again. When we tried to get them to do it this cycle so July they were like .. absolutely not which we found fustrating

@Zamzam21 I'm with ABC / Create. It's strange clinics seen to do things differently - I'm not sure why I need to wait tbh!

Welcome @unknownscot! A few of us have recently had a freeze all cycle so you're in good company here

Raining and miserable AGAIN here today - where is summer?! Hope everyone has a good day

@Eggling That's surprising! I'm with ABC/Create too! I'm at Wimbledon and zi was told by Lucinda and another nurse I could go straight into it!

I'm hating the weather too at the minute. Its so miserable.

@unknownscot my advice would be is be good to yourself and super kind. I found and am finding the whole process physically and emotionally draining. So do whatever makes you happy!

@Zamzam21 who knows then! Perhaps something to do with my OHSS or my usual cycle pattern? I've found them really good so tend to trust their judgment tbh. I'm at the Manchester clinic but I'd expect them to have the same policy across all of it was a blanket thing. 🤷‍♀️

@Eggling. Yes I agree ABC has been really good and I trust them. So we have 3 embryos for our freeze all cycle. 1 3AA, 1 5AB and 1 5CC. Was hoping the other early blastocysts would make it but with my age I wasn't holding out any hope.

Does anyone know what these numbers and letters mean?

The numbers are the stage of development and the letters are "ratings" for the cells that will become baby / placenta respectively (I think!). So you've got three high quality embryos there, and two that are full blastocysts. It's great news!

@Eggling thanks for the positivity! It's still so worrying right? You read stories on Google about high quality grades failing too and lower grades making it. I guess no one can tell till the embie is inside you!

@Eggling is this your first cycle?

Hi to all the new people, it's nice that we are building up a good little support network.

I'm due AF either tomorrow or the day after and then my next AF I'll start stims, second week of August-ish so long as AF behaves.

One of my best friends had her second baby yesterday, she conceived her first around the time we started trying. So to know she's manged 2 full pregnancies and we are still a million miles from even a chance at a BFP is really crap. Then one of my other good friends just text me to tell me she's pregnant too. Honestly I feel completly surrounded lately!!

As for diagnosis we have a double whammy. My husband has zero sperm from previous cancer treatment (we have some frozen but it's poor quality) and I have low AMH diminished ovarian reserve. Sometimes I do feel almost lucky in an odd way, like I 100% know I'm not going to be the miracle pregnancy pre ivf and when AF comes every month its not sad anymore.

I don't know if it's pre AF, the baby bombing or the shitty weather but I feel totally pants about it all today. I was a little excited for our cycle, but now I want to bury my head in the sand and pretent none of it is happening