In June I had my first IVF cycle. Due to severe endometriosis, it is unlikely I can conceive naturally. Despite a low-key AMH, I got a decent number of eggs but unfortunately only 2 made it to Day 5. One was transferred back and the other frozen. Sadly, I started bleeding just 5 days after transfer. I was given extra progesterone and oestrogen, which stopped the bleeding but still got a BFN.
Today, I spoke to the consultant about the plan going forward for the frozen transfer. I am on Zoladex (28 day implant) currently to manage my endometriosis and hoped to transfer after this but he wants me to take another injection in 2 weeks. Then wait for it to wear off and have a natural bleed before doing the transfer. He thinks this will be some point in September. This seems like such a long time to wait. And assumes my body plays ball and has a bleed. Some women take 3 months to bleed after Zoladex.
He went on to go through medication. We agreed to leave off the clexane injections in case they caused bleeding following my last transfer (and because there's no evidence I need it). He was very dismissive of the intramuscular progesterone and said there's no evidence they help. I insisted on keeping them though because they stopped my bleeding and it makes sense to me that the embryo stands a better chance if I'm not bleeding.
Finally he said that whilst they collected a good amount of eggs from me, there was a disappointing drop off between Days 3 and 5 and there could be an egg quality issue.
He says we still have a good chance but the whole conversation has made me wonder if we are wasting our time. Having to wait so long between attempts will surely just deteriorate my eggs further. And if they are bad quality, surely we are just wasting our time thinking IVF could work.
Would the clinic be honest with me if I an just wasting my time here?