Ivf nov/dec cycle buddies

[ivfhope3]

Hi.. I'm starting my third round of ivf First didn't stick second did an ended with a miscarriage.. I'm about to have my third round so throught is start a thread if anyone would like to share there journey or is awaiting ivf. Etc. Let do it together. I was on a thread before an really helped.
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@MF1981

Hey guys. I start taking progynova tonight - eeekk! That might be what you’re having *@lucymills1234*.

Sorry to hear about the covid test @81Poppy.

Mystery solved - it was Norethisterone - has anyone had that? This is probably a question that has been asked before, but for anyone taking Buserelin, how long did you take it before side effects kicked in? Thank you.

@Birdladybird can’t believe she didn’t compliment h your legs 😂

If my follicles haven’t changed tomorrow I might ask if I should inject my thigh cos I am quite fat & im really worried the drugs aren’t getting through!

@Ofpalestsilver she said it when we were walking back to reception and kind of whispered it maybe avoid your stomach as fat doesn’t absorb the same as muscle 🙈

I’ve just given myself my first injection. Took me 5 minutes to work up the courage but it didn’t hurt at all. I’ve got quite a needle phobia so can’t believe I did it

Well done @Birdladybird. Hopefully AF will come today and I’ll be injecting with you tomorrow. What were you injecting? I’m on gonal-f to start with.

@Birdladybird well done!

@Ofpalestsilver @EasterBunny7 are you both having another scan today? I have mine this morning 🤞. Let us know how you get on if you have one x

@MF1981 Thank you. It was quite scary and my DH didn’t want to do it for me. it’s Bemfola 300. I’m going back on Monday for bloods, a scan and to see the anethesist.

Thanks @dragonfly1978

@Birdladybird well done on first injections. An I can not believe she didn't notice your legs I would of said something 🤣🤣🤣..

@dragonfly1978 @Ofpalestsilver @EasterBunny7 good luck with scans today xxx

@dragonfly1978 good luck with your scan xx

Glad the first one went well @Birdladybird I will be joining you tomorrow, @MF1981 we could be cycle buddies.

Best of luck to everyone who has a scan today x

@ivfhope3 @dragonfly1978 thank you & yes another scan this PM. I’m gonna mention injecting my thigh is nothing much happens cos the medication is probably swimming around my fat belly and hasn’t made it to the ovaries :P

Thankfully have a day off today, take dog to vet, walk with friend in the park and then scan. Work had been so stressful that I need to relax a bit.

Hope everyone else is able to get some relaxing time today?

No sign of AF yet 🤷‍♀️

@Kitttycatt good luck with your first jab!

@MF1981i was 6 days late this month, that never happens to me!! Its almost like its taunting us!

Hi Everyone,
I introduced myself a week ago and went missing. Sorry!!! Thank you ladies for the warm welcome.

I love all of this talk about fat stomaches. I'm crying with laughter. I've been trying to lose weight myself this time around. Have lost almost 4 kgs so far. Had a blip yesterday and ate oreo's though... I need to get off of caffeine... Could I wait to give up coffee until I start injections?

I will be starting the short protocol on day 2 of my cycle. Hopefully, that will be around the 17 or 18th of November. Good Luck everyone!

@Sweets208 hello again. Looks like we will both be starting short protocol around the same time. This is my first round of IVF. Is it yours? Now we just have to wait...

Only news here is that we got the results back of our second sperm test and everything is good still apart from morphology which is the same at 3%. I am a bit down about this as we have been eating healthy and started supplements but no change since last time. The clinic said they weren't concerned about 3% morphology and not to worry. It's a small thing to care about but i feel like we've been trying so hard the last few months to do all the right things and it makes no difference. Oh well.

Hope everyone else is getting along well and looking after themselves. All the talk of shaving legs inspired me to shave mine today. Exciting times.

@Jane1284 Hello! No this isn't my first round. This will be my second round. I did my first round in January of this year, got pregnant and then miscarried at the end of February. I wanted to do the 2nd cycle in April but of course covid happened and everything was stopped. To be honest, I had to really talk myself into doing this second IVF cycle. We paid for 3 IVF cycles up front but even then, I did not know if I wanted to put myself through it again... But I decided to give it another go. I'm old so not very realistic about the outcome but I will try again... I seem to be able to get pregnant have done so naturally, but cannot stay pregnant... Old Eggs... Fingers Crossed!

The first IVF cycle was exciting and scary for me. How are you holding up?

@Sweets208 I am sorry to hear about your loss. That must have been incredibly hard to go through. I can imagine it has been a really hard decision to put yourself through this again. It is very positive that you can get pregnant naturally so i really hope that this round you get a perfect egg and go full term. Did you find the drugs and medical process hard last time around or is it the emotional stress that made you weary of giving it another go? Will definitely keep everything crossed for you!

I have low AMH and AFC so I am worried I won't even get to the point of getting any eggs. Just keep telling myself that I won't know until I try and to stope being so negative! At the moment I am quite excited and looking forward to getting started. I think underneath that is a lot of stress and worry though so trying to distract myself with yoga, walks and lots of netflix! x

@ivfhope3

Thanks for asking: I've actually been feeling better the last couple of days. But, that got me worried about whether that means the injections aren't as effective .

@dragonfly1978
Yes, had my scan and my follicles don't seem to want to grow! Making very slow progress and egg collection seems unlikely anytime soon.

I asked to see my chart today so I finally have some numbers to obsess about .

How did yours go?

@Ofpalestsilver
Would be interested to hear back about your scan too, as we seem to be at similar stages .

@EasterBunny7 sorry yours aren't growing that quickly 😥. I had my scan and have 15 follicles and some are over 20mm already so they think they bring my collection forward from Weds to Monday - am waiting to hear! Do you have a low AMH?? Just wondering if that makes a difference?

@dragonfly1978

I don't actually know my AMH level. It has never been flagged up to me. If anything, it should be quite the opposite considering I have PCOS. Saying that, I don't have outrageous number of follicles this cycle, which I'm glad for.

I'm not worried as such about the slow growth. I'd rather it grow slowly than be at risk for OHSS. It's just that I'm impatient to be where you are .

Great news, by the way. Fingers crossed for a Monday egg collection. You could potentially have the transfer by Saturday too and begin the tww!

My uterus lining did catch up to your previous measurement though which was cool as it had doubled. I was worried about that one.

@EasterBunny7 yes thinks it's better to stim for a bit longer rather than get OHSS, completely agree!

The clinic just called and I am booked for egg collection on Monday morning so trigger shot and extra stim doses tomorrow! Getting scary now

@Ofpalestsilver how did you get on today??

@dragonfly1978

Amazing! It's getting exciting is what it is! You're half way through the process now. Hope it all goes well.

Thank you @Jane1284 . It's a bit of a long story why I feel so weary but to make a long story short, basically in the past 3 years I have had 3 miscarriages, so it's hard to go through it again.

Last september 2019, my husband and i decided to do our 1st IVF cycle but the morning that I was scheduled to go to the clinic to pic up my fertility meds, I decided to take a pregnancy test and it was positive. You can imagine how shocked and relieved we were that we got pregnant naturally and wouldn't have to do IVF which I was so nervous about. Anyway, I got as far as 11 weeks (I even had a vaginal scan at 6 weeks where a heartbeat was detected, etc) and then one morning I saw blood. Went to the early pregnancy unit to investigate and apparently I had had a missed miscarriage in November. The pregnancy must have ended around 8 week but my body did not notice and continue to feel pregnant until 11 weeks... I was devastated. It was my first miscarriage ever.

January 2020we did 1st round of IVF, became pregnant and miscarried in Feb.

August 2020 I was late for my period, took a test and got a positive test. Natural pregnancy. 1 week later, it was negative so basically a chemical pregnancy I think...

So it's been a long hard year. To never having a miscarriage before to 3 in a year.... Crazy! But I'm a good place now. It will be what it will be.

So the first IVF cycle was difficult for a few reasons, because I was coming off of a miscarriage, I was overweight, the hormones really affected me, I felt bloated, I am usually quite low in January as the darkness of winter gets to me, so starting IVF that month probably wasnt' a good idea but waiting wasn't an option....

I don't think that I made the long story very short.

Please stay positive. You only need one egg. I had very little eggs but they manage to collect 3 and put 2 back in... You have a chance... I hear you about stress though. I too am doing my morning jogs, eating healthy as my stress go to is sugar but over the years I realise that sugar really negatively affects my moods and makes me feel sick (it tastes so good though) and connecting with friends...

We will get through this!