FET March/April

[PT8998]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have any dates pencilled in for an FET during March/April? I have been given the dates of 30/03 for baseline scan and transfer the week of 12/04.

It would be great to see if there are many others on similar timelines?!

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@PT8998 well obviously I'd be lying if I said they thought hadn't crossed my mind but I think it's most likely abit of irritation from the pessaries? Haven't had nothing by since 🤷🏼‍♀️
How're you feeling ?
I've no idea what my clinic class as day 1, I'd have thought it's the next day so I'm thinking I'm 3dpt but maybe I'm wrong !

Progesterone can irritate the cervix and cause a bit of bleeding @elsaesmeralda but, like @PT8998 says, it could equally be implantation! 🤞🤞🤞 Is it 3dp5dt for you today? Could definitely tie in with the implantation time line if you are 🍀🤩🍀🤩

@PT8998 my clinic class the day after transfer as 1d(ay)p(ost) whatever d(ay)t(ransfer), which makes sense, I guess? It wouldn't make sense to me that you could be 1day post on the same day as transfer 🤔

@elsaesmeralda I haven't been doing them via the front, I have been going up the back... so I haven't got any experience with irritation, but it certainly does fit in with the right time for it to be implantation.

I'm okay - thanks! I am just struggling a little bit as both last night and this evening I have been having this overwhelming dread feeling! I have had list as long as your arm of "symptoms" but I know that they're not as it is nowhere near the right time for them to be symptoms. I then felt nothing, which I know you can't rule out as anything but I'm just worried. Got myself in a bit of a dip. I think it's because I'm left with too much time to think; I am a huge over thinker and have never been good at resting/doing nothing. It doesn't help that I am hugely impatient too. Thank god I am back to work tomorrow.

@BambiOnIce80 yep - makes huge amounts of sense. I work in the NHS, all procedures are always classed as day 0 for the procedure and then the following as day post. I just wasn't sure that there was some other reason for it to be classed as day two as this is not my speciality. So there I was thinking I was about 4dpt, but actually I should be considering myself as 3dpt.

I'm an NHS worker too @PT8998 😁 It'll be my first day back at work tomorrow after 6 weeks of working from home (to shield for the cycle) and then 2 weeks annual leave for transfer/TWW... I think its going to be more than a bit of a shock to my system! 🙈 Looking forward to getting back amongst it and having something all consuming to focus on though 👍 I was exactly like you and feeling amazing and hopeful one minute and pessimistic and low the next - it's such an emotional roller coaster 😞 I think I'm going to be exactly the same for the next 3 weeks before the scan, so I don't think it ever bloody ends! 🎢😏 I was delighted yesterday because I had very tender boobs all day as well as tightening and mild cramping, but then today there's absolutely nothing 🤷🏻‍♀️ Going back to work might save both of us from ourselves! 😉

@BambiOnIce80 oh yay! Hello fellow NHSer! Wow! It'll be good for you to get back, but also nerve wracking I guess?! Are you clinical or non clinical in your role? It really is, I just hate waiting, it's such an awful trait of mine to have no patience! I think it's because I've waited so long for this, and to then be at that final hurdle my patience is all gone haha! You're absolutely right, I don't think it will ever end, it would just be nice to be able to know you can get on to the next part of the journey.

I only took off the week after egg collection (ovaries were swollen and I was at risk of torsion) and then day of/day after transfer then the weekend... Back tomorrow and can't wait to occupy my mind.

Thanks everyone!

@willithappen Nice to have someone else on the same timeline. Good luck for Tuesday!

@elsaesmeralda fingers crossed that’s implantation!

@PT8998 Not that I’m at that stage yet, but I’ve been told transfer day is day 0.

@BambiOnIce80 yes 3dpt today! It does fit in with the timeline but could be purely coincidence it's actually the pessaries and just happened today 😆😩 doesn't stop that little voice in your head though does it !
How're you feeling ? So buzzing for you 🥳

@PT8998 I relate 100%, I catch myself feeling positive but don't want to allow it as I know I'll just be even more disappointed if it's negative. Are we 8dpo today? Is that how it works? This is all so new to me and I feel stupid even asking that question !

@CLP20 it’s so strange that my clinic says that’s it’s day 1. I almost feel like I’ve lost a day. I feel that I was moving along nicely and then I feel now like I’ve stepped back. Dammit.

@elsaesmeralda yeah, it’s tough isn’t it? I’ve just ironed three uniforms for the week so that on Wednesday I have something to do for the evening to keep me busy 😂😂. Remind me, are you a 5 day transfer? If so, then yes 🙂 equivalent of 8 DPO today. Your DPO is made up of the embryo age (5 day) and the amount of days post transfer. I think they essentially count a 6 day embryo the same as a 5 day embryo. So I’d be the same as you, despite it being a 6 day embryo that was transferred for me.

@PT8998 ahh, thank you! Always being educated during this process lol. Hope work helps to distract you some more this week. All my dreams are baby/pregnancy test themed !! There really is no escaping the thoughts is there 😆

@Gensola hope you're okay 💕

@PT8998 I'm in lab science, so mostly non-patient facing. How about you? I'm usually pretty patient, but that goes out the window after an ET! 🤯 This process is just one hurdle after another, but getting past OTD is definitely one of the biggest. I hope you have a nice (and distracting! 😉) day at work.

Happy ET day @CLP20! 🥳🎉🍀

It's absolutely impossible to shut that little voice up @elsaesmeralda and it does your nut in from about 4dp5dt onwards! 🤪 I'm doing OK thanks - still acclimatising to the news that the test was positive. I think I'm just going to try and enjoy it for what it is and try not to get ahead of myself 🔮

@elsaesmeralda I’m ok thanks - I will use the official clinic test tomorrow and if it’s BFN as expected then at least I can have a glass of wine and a hot bath! We are having two months off for me to take DHEA to improve egg quality - my eggs were ok but not amazing and the consultant said after FET 1 failed that if this one did too it would be worth doing the supplements for 8 weeks to maximise embryo quality. So we will do that, and tbh a couple of months off sounds good to me right now. I’m a teacher so if we stim again in July at least I’ll be off work, managing IVF and work has been horrendous.

Oh yes the embryologist told me the other day that a 5 and 6 day embryo are both counted as 5 day. I have no idea why!!!

I am trying myself in knots because my boobs aren’t even a little bit sore. Last time they were but that was from even before transfer so maybe it’s because of different drugs for the fresh cycle. I’ve got no idea, but it’s really making me worry.

It sounds like you've got a rock solid plan moving forward if you need it @Gensola (I'm still keeping everything crossed for tomorrow though 🤞🤞🤞).

I completely understand @louloulemons ❤️ I kept looking for the things that I was sure were BFP symptoms from my fresh cycle and I've had none of them 🤷🏻‍♀️ My boobs have only started being front sided tender and getting 'solid' from 9dp5dt, and even then it's not all the time (which obviously freaks me out!). Hang on in there - I know from last weeks experience that no symptoms doesn't mean anything.x

Just had the call from the clinic to confirm that they're happy to scan me at 6+5 on the 6th of May, which is a relief 😌 I'm 7+0 on a Saturday and they don't do viability scans at the weekend, so I was angling to have it before the weekend rather than dreading a no heartbeat result until the Monday. Really grateful that they've been accommodating of my cray-cray! 😊

Booked in for 12.30 tomorrow for transfer. I haven't had my call to say this yet though. I emailed clinic as it's 3.15pm and still hadn't heard so was getting a bit panicky. Not sure if I'd have gotten a call but I'm feeling a bit deflated now

@BambiOnIce80 I bet it was a shock for you, but what a lovely one 😊 just try and enjoy the moment without focusing too on the future 💕

@Gensola it seems like you've got the right way of thinking there and I hope I can too have the same attitude 👍🏻 I will also have a little break if this fails, I have a uk break the end of may to look forward to and I agree about the hot baths, I miss them bad 😆

@louloulemons im a little anxious today aswell. Had a tiny amount of spotting again earlier the same time of day as yesterday, i think it's the pessaries. My boobs don't hurt, yesterday a little prickly but not sore in the slightest. Try not to stress it's still so early !

@willithappen good luck for tomorrow 💕

@elsaesmeralda - No probs! I am always looking stuff up, probably shouldn’t but I can’t help myself! That is some crazy dreams! I had a dream about pessaries and I have forgotten the other now, but they were really vivid!

@BambiOnIce80 - oh nice! I am a physio, so very much patient facing! I have been able to bide my time well considering lack of patience when it’s come to the treatment as I get it with my job. But now, I am just wanting to know!

@Gensola - I hope you’re okay! I have been thinking of you!

@louloulemons - my boobs have been the same, but they’re not too bad today!? I have had very little go on today that I have noticed over the past few days. Although I am shattered!

@willithappen - good luck for tomorrow!

Glad I had work today, certainly kept me distracted, very little in the way of symptoms today. Making me nervous a little! :(

Hope everyone has had a goo Monday so far?!

@PT8998 try not to worry, I've had nothing all day and felt completely normal after a few things the weekend, maybe it was our bodies settling down after transfer ?
Only things I can report today is some brown discharge (cringe) and felt suddenly sick for a couple of hours this afternoon. But again, I'm blaming the pessaries.

@elsaesmeralda thank you sweet. Trying my hardest to not overthink anything. I’m knackered and just want to nap! Brown discharge could still be spotting! So 🤞🏼! I am literally feeling normal. A bit full down in the uterus area, felt a bit nauseous before work first thing this morning and been feeling shattered all day. Boobs are nowhere near as sore, but the dog cuddled me earlier and his arm was leaning on my boobs and I definitely felt it then! So maybe I’m just getting used to it? 🤷🏻‍♀️

We’ll see what tomorrow brings, eh? 🤞🏼

I was thinking of you today @PT8998 and wondering if you were getting on OK at work - glad to hear it has kept you distracted 🙂

I hate how early pregnancy symptoms and progesterone symptoms are pretty much identical @elsaesmeralda - could they not just help a girl out for once and be flipping different?! 🙈 Brown discharge sounds hopeful 🤞🍀🤞🍀

Exciting stuff that you're good to go tomorrow @willithappen! 🤞🍀🤞🍀

I'm surprised to say this, but I have lurvvvved being back at work today! 😍🙈😍🙈 I had no idea how much I've missed social interaction and being totally absorbed in tasks to the point that I'm not thinking about twinges or lack there of! 🤯 I'm feeling quite blissed out right now 🧘‍♀️ let's see how long it lasts!

Transfer done!
Sadly our 5AA embryo did not survive the thaw, but our 3AA looked good so that is our one!!
Now having stupid, ridiculous panics about doing something that forces it back out even though I know it can’t! 🤦🏼‍♀️
OTD is 28th.

So 12.30 was wrong 🙈 lab called just after 4.30pm and let me know it's actually 11am so a bit earlier. Kind of glad as means I won't spend longer tomorrow waiting for it to come!

@CLP20 congratulations on being PUPO!

@willithappen good luck for tomorrow!

I’ve had a very unproductive day - looking forward to OTD tomorrow so I can test and then put it out of my mind. I’m going for dinner with a friend tomorrow after work so if it’s a BFN I’ll have some wine and then come home for a bath!

@PT8998 we shall see! I'm telling myself it's the pessaries and I'm sticking to that 😆 I'm shattered today too! Yawning my head off all afternoon. Tender boobs could be a good sign for you, mine feel normal. They were prickly yesterday over the chest area but not sensitive or sore at all. Yes tomorrow's another day !

@BambiOnIce80 I know!! I wish my hair would turn green or something 🤣

Great you've enjoyed work! It's so cool you're a scientist !

@CLP20 yay glad you're all done and on the tww with us ! How did you find the transfer ?

I've just ate my sons Easter egg (one of them not his only one lol) I've been ravenous but purely for crap!