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FET March/April

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PT8998 · 04/03/2021 19:51

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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BambiOnIce80 · 24/03/2021 09:19

@elsaesmeralda I know what you mean about not wanting to take anything - it's a mine field! 💊🤯 I get horrible hay-fever, so I'm hoping spring doesn't show up with a bang before transfer because antihistamines are a definite no-no 🤧😰 I'm feeling alright, thanks. Still tired, but I'm wondering if it's anxiety cranking up as we get closer to the unknown result of the lining scans and embryo thaw 🔮 I'm hoping your extra oestrogen let's loose some happy hormones for you! 😁

@willithappen, I think they'd respect your wishes if you didn't want to know the grading, to be honest. All you really need to know is how many you have. The fact that they've been put in the freezer means they've been graded as viable, so why drive ourselves nuts over morphological grading that has no baring on whether they're chromosomally normal or not?! 🤯

@Gensola that's how I felt after my last FET - I needed a break and to not have to think about it for a couple of months. I really felt like I was losing myself to it and needed to remember I enjoy my child free life, so it's not the end of the world if the worst case scenario happens. I can cope with the physical/medical side of IVF, but the emotional toll is crazy hard 😔

willithappen · 24/03/2021 09:50

@BambiOnIce80 I think I'm going to say to them at the start that I don't want to know the grade of them until after. I'd be curious to know after the fact but I think considering how much I work myself up over things (I literally thought this call was to tell me that they made a mistake and gave me someone else's results and actually I had none in the freezer - that's how intense my mind gets lol) it's safer for me mentally not to know

Call is at 2.30 today!

BambiOnIce80 · 24/03/2021 10:03

Oooh, good luck with the call @willithappen! 🍀🍀🍀 Please give us an update when you can 🙂

Gensola · 24/03/2021 11:22

I’ve been obsessively googling success stories with low/average embryos. Grin

elsaesmeralda · 24/03/2021 11:48

@BambiOnIce80 are they not allowed at all then? That's crap if so, have you asked the clinic ? I'm sure I've got a sinus infection and that's what the migraines have been about! Always something isn't there 🤣
I'm starting to worry a little about my lining not responding again and thinking what if!
Has your lining always been okay on previous fets? I've only got the one to go off and obviously didn't respond but convinced myself my uterus is faulty and that's why it hasn't happened naturally (I do have a ds, he's 6) but since then nothing

BambiOnIce80 · 24/03/2021 12:31

@elsaesmeralda, nope no antihistamines allowed at all 🤧 Histamine is apparently very important for implantation to take place, so my beloved loratidine is a definite no-no (and was drummed home by my clinic too 💊🚫😕). Sorry to hear about the sinus infection 💐

I've only done one previous FET and I didn't do anything special diet wise for that - just took the 6mg of progynova each day and got a lining of 8.1mm at the lining scan. I knew I'd set myself up for crazy-making for future cycles if I religiously ate pineapple cores, Brazil nuts and drank pomegranate juice during the first one 🤪 I'm still worrying about my lining though because I definitely don't feel like my oestrogen can be that high after 7 days of 6mg... definitely no za za zoom feelings here! 😕 Hopefully you'll feel different when you start your extra oestrogen and you'll have nothing to worry about on the lining scan 🤞🍀🤞🍀

BambiOnIce80 · 24/03/2021 12:33

Oh, and this popped up on my phone not long ago... it's like my flo app is taunting me!! 😒

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lucymills1234 · 24/03/2021 12:52

@Gensola I've seen lots of good things about acupuncture but it's so hard to know with any certainty what works and what doesn't, isn't it... I can understand why you want a break from it all, I think I'd be there with you if I didn't have the age constraint looming over me... Hopefully your lining will be ok this time, too - sounds like it was good last time!

@CLP20 I think you've got a good clinic there! Mine haven't done anything wrong, I guess I was just hoping for more discussion and guidance. Perhaps I need to be more demanding!

@elsaesmeralda I see your point about not worrying on the embryo grades. I'm quite a 'data' person so I want to know, but at the same time do realise that blast quality is only one element of a really complex picture. I get migraines too and was told I'm not allowed to take my usual zolmitriptan during IVF, so when I've had migraines lately it's been horrible :( hope you feel better.

@BambiOnIce80 it sounds like you're in a strong position with your reserves in the freezer! But I know the torture with IVF is that you are always hoping for the best and yet braced for the worst, and so constantly thinking 'what next'. Even though there are currently 6 sat in the freezer for me, 1 for transfer soon, my mind skips to what I'll do if none work... I try to tell myself to stay optimistic but it's tricky!

On the prepping for FET, I'm not following any special diet but am eating healthily, for the most part, and haven't had any alcohol since my EC. I've not consciously avoided drinking, just haven't fancied it so think what's the point of pouring a glass of whatever if I'm not even bothered? I may change my tune any time though!

I'm taking the prenatal supplement I'd started before IVF (Proceive) and Zita West Vital DHA. No longer taking the Co-Q10 as I figured that was for egg production and not relevant now. If you listen to the experts, they say pineapple core and pomegranate juice are myths anyway and a balanced Med diet is the way to go.

@willithappen good luck for your 2.30 call!

Gensola · 24/03/2021 13:11

I’m taking CoQ10, vitamin D and E, a pregnancy multivitamin with natural folate and two anti oxidants. My plan is to stop all these except the multi vitamin the day before transfer then start them again on OTD if BFN, as I’ll then be going for a fresh cycle so my thought was they’ll be improving my eggs in the meantime.
My acupuncture lady says she is currently focussing on building lining and circulation, I can see how it would help circulation as I can really feel the needles tingling where they go in.
@lucymills1234 that’s so great to have 6! I know what you mean though, I’ve already started worrying about what to do if this FET fails and then the next fresh cycle fails!! Need to worry about one thing at a time.

willithappen · 24/03/2021 14:19

Sooo slight panic. My letter does say about consent forms and that they need done electronically before the appointment. It says a link will be sent with the details but any text I have had from them has been cut off - I thought it was just with the link to do the appointment but looks like the consent link is cut off also.
I had called the clinic last week, as I only got the letter a week ago about the appointment and they didn't mention it then either
Letter says if I hadn't done the forms 7 days prior (not sure how I could have anyway as didnt get the appointment until 7 days before) then it's cancelled. Will soon find out if it is when I log in but now worried about that. Fingers crossed this doesn't affect me being able to start this appointment

willithappen · 24/03/2021 14:55

Phew, panic over
That was a rollercoaster haha. So there was nothing in my notes about me being booked in. The doctor was saying how it would be 2 cycles away as 4-5 week wait etc and I panicked because I was told already to do it and I already have the tablets ready and was told to take them day 1 of next cycle.
She went to check and luckily I was booked in! But that was a bit of up and down emotions (that I was trying to hide from the doctor)
I also didn't need to do consent forms as I have already done them and signed the FET one after egg collection. So technically my partner didn't need to be there 🙈

All done now, phew.

Gensola · 24/03/2021 15:04

@willithappen oh wow you poor thing! Really glad it’s all worked out.

BambiOnIce80 · 24/03/2021 15:52

Oh crikey @willithappen, that sounds like a very stressy appointment! 😰 Very relieved for you that it all got sorted out 😪 Did you need the appointment at all then?!

elsaesmeralda · 24/03/2021 15:53

@willithappen nightmare ! At least nothing to worry about now and you can look forward to day 1
I've been sent forms twice before and I've thought I've already done these haven't I?? Sometimes the clinic mess up

willithappen · 24/03/2021 17:04

I do feel a bit deflated after it, won't lie. I'm kind of wondering if I have just been pushed into a waiting system/on the wrong thing. Seems that way as the appointment was to go over everything and she was like 'oh, you already have the tablets too it says' then started going on about how I'd need to go on waiting list which was 4-5 weeks and I freaked because I had been told all along dates and to call when I got my bleed last time, then start on this one so all conflicting. She was a very lovely doctor though, not one I had seen before.
I guess that's just what we go through with NHS maybe?

At least I'm booked in though thankfully. Just have to hope that if my period is late that doesn't knock me out for April and make me have to wait again.

Yeah, I don't think I needed the appointment at all :/ was good to chat to someone though I guess!

elsaesmeralda · 24/03/2021 17:41

@BambiOnIce80 oh I didn't realise antihistamines could cause issues ! It's mad isn't it, how delicate it all really is ! When you're younger at school you're lead to believe sex = pregnancy and for some people yes it does but for the unfortunate few it just doesn't work like that. I have learnt so much these last few years about our bodies and conception!

See mine never got above 6mm so I'm so hoping it works this time ! I would presume if you had no issues before on the 6mg then it should be fine this time 🤞🏻🤞🏻 I don't go mad either on all these things but I do have some raspberry leaf tea which is mingin' 🤣 and have some pomegranate juice which i haven't even opened yet
Due to start the extra dose of tablets from tonight 👍🏻 finding the patches annoying actually too

CLP20 · 24/03/2021 21:31

@lucymills1234 I would say give it a go! From previous experience, we didn’t get anywhere until we started being a bit more demanding!

@willithappen how stressful! Hopefully now you have had that appointment and made sure it’s going to happen as you expected, things will go more smoothly

BambiOnIce80 · 25/03/2021 10:55

You can wash your extra tablets down with pomegranate juice @elsaesmeralda! 🤣 Are the patches a bit like nicotine replacement things that get slapped on your arm?

Well, I still don't feel like I'm crammed full of happy hormones but I've had a couple of symptoms that are hopefully a good sign that my lining might be building up. CM started kicking in yesterday and I had a really random sex dream involving that Richard Osman guy from Pointless... I don't even watch it or have a thing for him, so no idea why he was lurking in my psyche?! 🤷🏻‍♀️😳 It's going to be a loooooong week until lining scan day! 🙄

Sellandtravel · 25/03/2021 14:53

Top one last night (although I didn’t line until this morning in better light). Second one I’ve just done now. Do you see the second line? I’ve never had even a hint of a line on one of these. Never had an evap either. What do you think? I’m 7dp3dt today.

Sellandtravel · 25/03/2021 15:06

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elsaesmeralda · 25/03/2021 15:33

@BambiOnIce80 I'd guess so but I'm not sure what the nicotine patches look like 😆 they're transparent, putting them on the inside of my thigh but they're a nightmare as if you wrinkle it putting it on then it's stuck there
Well I'd say the oestrogen is doing something then lol! I've had quite abit of cm but I did last time and nothing happened so I'm not getting my hopes up

@Sellandtravel I do see a second line!! 🤞🏻
How many dpo would that equate too? I get confused with the transfer dates

Sellandtravel · 25/03/2021 15:35

@elsaesmeralda I think 10dpo? X

willithappen · 25/03/2021 16:11

@PT8998 depending on my period coming on time I am pencilled in for transfer on 17th April

IloveHaroldBishop · 25/03/2021 16:23

Hi ladies,

Just been reading the thread and you all sound AMAZING!

Today I had a 5 day double transfer!!! I’m hoping one little embryo will stick!! Fingers crossed x

elsaesmeralda · 25/03/2021 16:37

So still quite early @Sellandtravel give it a couple more days and then use a frer? But I can see something deffo! Exciting 💕🤞🏻