IVF August/September cycle buddies

[foodiefil]

Starting this thread early!

We've just booked for our second round to start August 2nd with egg collection September 8th.

I was on the Jan/Feb thread earlier this year.

Come join me :)

Thinking of you @Hansoo

Had my scan earlier today, don't think it went as well as i wanted it to!
I have around 10 or 11 follicles? (I can't remember how many numbers i wrote down... bit strange as i had to write the numbers down on the pad for her whilst she was scanning me).

At the moment they are ranging from 4mm - 12mm. She's happy that i am getting follicles but they are on the small side, so Monday EC is very unlikely!

I am on Ovaleap 150units at the moment, it's looking most likely they will call me later on the afternoon to up the dosage. I have another check up on Friday, i hope they catch up so i can EC on Wednesday!

@ngy21 10-11 follicles is good though isn't it? Hopefully the clinic will up your dosage and they will have the necessary growth spurt 😊 fingers crossed you can have your EC on Wednesday! I have my scan on Friday to see how mine are getting on x

Hi guys just to report that our result was positive.

@2mumsandason i thought there would have been a few more as when i had my assessment pre-IVF i had 8 on each side. But i think 10-11 is good just the size was a lot smaller than i hoped!

And thanks! Hopefully can EC on Weds, was hoping to drop the injections over the weekend! I have a second scan on Friday too, now that my stim dosage has been increased i am hoping we can get better results on Friday. Good luck for your scan as well! Is it your day 8?

@Hansoo congratulations!

@Hansoo congratulations, so happy for you! Did you ever have any symptoms?

Congratulations @Hansoo so pleased for you? What cycle were you on? Hope you've got something nice planned to celebrate for overcoming this hurdle x

@ngy21 I have everything crossed that they grow nice and quickly for you! I'm starting to realise a lot can happen in a couple of days!!
My scan is my first scan after starting stims...did you mean day 8 after that? Mine would be day 7.

Congratulations @Hansoo - that's wonderful news! I bet you are over the moon x

Congratulations @Hansoo - how wonderful!

Congratulations @Hansoo! That's wonderful- for you and also for the hope it brings others x

Thanks again everyone for your kind words today- they helped

Lots of love to you too @MollyVanDer 🤞our time will come x

Is anyone on here going through NHS for their treatments?

Just thought I'd mention that we get two free goes on the NHS in our area, some areas are none others can be three.

Anyway, we have been planning today what we would do if we need a third cycle. We've called a couple of private clinics and there are huge backlogs. The one we want to use their next theatre appointment is February!

So we have decided to start the private route whilst we do the second free NHS cycle so we have a theatre slot ready for round three if we need to rather than a long wait. Just thought I'd share if anyone was interested.

We are also using sperm donor as I have a DW not DH and the sperm donor wait times are around 12 weeks from order to deliver NHS or private so looks slim chance of us having our second cycle this side of Christmas but everything crossed.

I hope those who have their ECs and scans this week are doing well x

It sure will @KatRee keep positive x

Congratulations @Hansoo lovely lovely news. Enjoy this special time xxx

@2mumsandason thanks!! Yea after starting stims :) Ahh so you're day 7. Fingers crossed for you too! We are probably even closer in days for EC and ET! Are you doing a fresh cycle?

@ngy21 yeah, I think I'm prob day 7 as it's falls over the weekend with my next scan on Monday. We do seem to be even closer now...as long as mine goes to plan! I'm doing a fresh cycle. How about you? Is this your first go as well?

@Goldilocks2528 how are your stims going?

Hi @MollyVanDer - we are NHS. This is our first full cycle. It's a real lottery depending on where you are, but we have been so grateful for it.

@Hansoo huge congratulations to you - that's amazing news and I'm so pleased for you!! You must be so happy :)

@ngy21 that's a good number and they do tend to shoot up quite quickly towards the end so, especially since they upped your dose, I'm sure you'll get a good number growing by EC time :)

Fingers crossed and best of luck to you and @2mumsandason for your scans on Friday, and I think @Lotusflower1990000 as well? xx

@MollyVanDer yes, we're on the NHS and very lucky to have 3 rounds covered. That's such a long wait for private treatment for you! What area are you more or less? We're still on round 2 so a while away from potentially needing private treatment, but thanks for sharing. I had already booked a private urology appointment for my partner in case we need it after this round, because of the waiting list, so similar thinking. I hope you manage to get the donor sperm asap - is it always the same donor? xx

We had some great news this morning: 2 blasts have been frozen! I didn't think we'd get any frosties and it's a massive surprise and big relief!!

Lots of love and strength to all xx

@KatRee I'm glad we could help a tiny bit... I know how shitty a BFN is after all the effort it takes, so take your time to work through it but I have absolutely everything crossed that your time, and everyone's will come xx big hug

@SerendipitySunshine I know and the staff have been wonderful!

@beachbum85 that's great you are in an area that has 3! We are West Wales. Unfortunately the donor we had the first time has run out and may or may not come back in mid October the sperm bank said. So today we have identified a different donor. The only criteria we have is Caucasian as that's what me and DW are. There are only 4 donors in the bank that meet NHS criteria to select from because there are massive shortages due to clinics being closed over Covid periods and sperm banks losing their loyal donors. Our Sperm Bank is in USA so by the time the selection and paperwork and delivery happens is a 12 week wait unfortunately.

Congratulations on your Frosties that's amazing news. So pleased to read good stories today x

Hi lovelies,

I’m so glad I found this thread. We are keeping our IVF a secret to reduce pressure on ourselves but I’m such a sharer and it’s driving me crazy 😂 did my 1st injection today and I’m so relieved it’s done. I thought it would be this big thing but it was so simple and quick and hardly hurt thankfully. Not to detract from anyone that it isn’t like that for but I’m so proud of myself and I have absolutely nowhere to shout it lol.

Egg collection all being well on 20th sept. I have pcos and male factor infertility but my amh is 82.6! So I’m high risk for OHSS. But scared about that but a group I follow on Facebook said drink lots of electrolytes to avoid it so started on the lucozade sport and smart water.

Best of luck ladies.
Would love a buddy…I think. I’ve told myself the less we tell people, the less pressure there is but I dunno if sharing feels better. At least with you lovelies.

@Hansoo that’s huge!!! Congratulations, you must be so excited!

@ngy21 sounds like a solid number of follicles and I’m sure they’ll grow - i hope you’re not finding the scanning stage too stressful, it’s easy to get obsessed over numbers.

@beachbum85 huge congratulations on two frosties !! That’s great to know that you’ll have a couple in the freezer for the future :o)

Feeling the countdown to testing on Saturday a bit now - getting a piano tomorrow to provide some distraction (!).

Hi @HopefulRomantic welcome to the thread. We did the same pretty much for our first round, didn’t tell anyone. Told a few more for the second round 😆

The first injection is definitely easy going. Do you move onto menopur next?

They’ll scan you a week after you start stims (usually) to see if you’re getting close to OHSS and move things around if they need to.

Good luck and ask anything if you need to xxx

A little update for you all…

(Hope John is doing better Lisa!)

After being positive for the first time on this whole ‘journey’ on Monday after we managed to get 17 eggs yesterday was a huge punch in the face when the clinic told us only 2 of them were mature enough and were the only 2 to fertilise.

Most of the other had only just matured so the casing protecting them was to hard too remove. Even ICSI wouldn’t of worked.

Doctor said that they would prefer to have more as we are a freeze all cycle and some embryos don’t survive the process so he would of liked more 😔

We were absolutely devastated, my eyes still sting from crying.

We are waiting for a day 3 call tomorrow to see how they are getting on but all my positivity has just gone.

I really didn’t want to do that whole process again.

I feel so sad about it all.

I know we still have 2 and should be grateful for that but I just have this feeling in the pit of my stomach that they may not make it.

Sorry for the rambling but its the only place I know where people will just get it.
My family have been amazing and so supportive but the general consensus is its ok we can do it again. If only it was that easy.

@foodiefil thank you. I’m agnostic protocol so I’ve had baseline scan today and started gonal f. Will have another scan Monday and Friday next week and hopefully start cetrotide on the Monday. I’m reassured they’re keeping a close eye but still a bit nervous seeing all sorts of stories. Just trying to go through the process without overthinking it but you do don’t you. Like the last 6 years ttc. It becomes a science eh.

So sorry @smarty14 honestly I can’t wait to one day share how it’s so not that simple. Even down to having the GP give me the serious chat of the implications if our HIV test came back positive. It was never likely to. Peeps that just fall pregnant have zero clue how madly intense this is. Crossing everything for you. I know they say it only takes one. 😘😘😘🤞🏻

I cant remember who asked. I just felt period pains but in my pelvis area over the last couple of days and I kept thinking that I was going to come on period anytime.
A couple of old injuries hurt when I laughed like my old broken collar bone.
Now my stomach muscles are quite sore.
I'm a martial artist so used to being quite supple. At the minute I feel like I dare not risk anything