First IVF Cycle July :)

[2021babyhope]

Anyone else staring in July? Currently on microgynon and soon to start down reg in a couple of weeks!

I am! 1st cycle. Waiting for day 1 which should hopefully be Monday to start down reg day 21. So expecting to start injections the week of the 12th (long protocol). Clinic have already pencilled in EC for Friday 13th August!

@Tinyhappypeople oh amazing! Me too ☺️ EC booked for 5th august all being well!

Hoping all the medications are okay 😅

How're you feeling about everything? X

Hi, can I join?
I am also starting in July. Currently waiting AF to start microgynon, which will hopefully be next week. Then onto a short protocol. EC should be around 1st August with ET 6th August.
This will be my first IVF and I don't know if I am more nervous or excited.

@Novavee of course you can! ☺️ eek that's exciting! We're all quite close for EC 😍

I feel the same, it's been so long now I can't quite process that we're so close! Trying to stay positive and calm!

Hey both! Great that we are all on similar timings.

I don’t think it’s quite sunk in to be honest! Was planning on starting last March, which obviously didn’t happen! Then got caught up in all the covid drama at work (nurse) and the timing didn’t feel right. After being really inpatient and feeling like it was ages to wait it’s come around really fast.

I’m doing it alone (single mother by choice is the phrase, but it’s not really by choice if I’m honest- just can’t wait any longer and didn’t want to end up in another bad relationship just because im desperate for a baby!). So not coming from a point of known infertility, but initial tests showed low AMH/AFC so it’s probably good I didn’t decide to wait. Just trying to balance being optimistic vs realistic.

@2021babyhope i completely understand. In my head it's been two years to get to this point although not much has happened in the way of ttc in that time. Had an appointment two year's ago but we decided to postpone as it didn't feel like the time was right. Then again last year and covid happened and we couldn't go ahead with treatment as our clinic became an EPU for the nhs and stopped all cycles. Managed to have a scan that revealed a polypoid endometrium, so I've spent the last year on nhs waiting lists to have a hycosy and then a hysteroscopy polypectomy.
Now it's so close i can hardly believe it but I'm just worried something else will happen that will derail our plans again.

@Tinyhappypeople I'm in a same sex relationship, so also doing this due to a lack of sperm. My AMH and AFC are good for my age but my AMH is lower than it was last year and seeing the difference in results made me realise we shouldn't keep postponing. Have you had your implications counselling yet? We had ours last year, so they said we could skip it this time around.

Hope it's ok if I join in, I started down reg 4 days ago and my egg collection is scheduled for 23rd July! I have a scan on 8th July to determine whether I need to stay on Buserelin for longer and delay EC.

Not having any side-effects from the medication so far, which is good, my only problem so far is remembering to do it at the right time - I have 2 alarms and my husband to make sure I do It!

Hi @Baddestblunder
Oh, you're slightly ahead of us, how exciting you've started already! Glad to hear you're not having any side effects.

Are you doing the injections yourself or is your OH helping?

I haven't even started and I already fear forgetting about doing the injections on time. I'm hopeless with things like that. I have to put reminders not to forget prenatal vitamins!

Hi, ladies! Hope I can join in?

Starting my first cycle in July (short, antagonist) due to secondary infertility. My meds get here on Thurs. and I'm anxious and actually excited to get started now!

@Ally0400 of course! Mine arrive next weds! All feeling very real now!

Hello! Just stumbled across this thread. Hope you don’t mind me joining in. I’m due to start IVF end of July. Just had my letter to say I have to contact the nurses on the first day of my next period. That’s all the information I’ve had so far. I’m excited to get started but I’m probably not as positive as I should be. My partner has a low sperm count and I have possible PCOS but they didn’t really go in to much detail about that they just said let’s see how the first round goes. I’m booked in for egg collection around 16th August and she said ring on my next period but does anyone know what happens next?

Hi @Ally0400
So exciting your meds are arriving soon! I'll be on a short antagonist as well. Do you know which specific meds you'll be on?

@Pippya
Hi, i'm sorry you did not get much information. As you mentioned a letter, are you having treatment with the NHS or private? NHS tend to not be great with communication but they should at least tell you what's happening next and what to expect. Did you have any appointments yet?

It really would depend on what protocol you will be on. The paperwork I got from my clinic mentioned both options: on my case, short protocol with pill, I call them on the first day of my period, start the pill on the second (i think!), they let me know for how long to take it. Have a baseline scan around day 3 or 4 (which is when i collect the meds from their pharmacy, should be early next week) and they tell me when to stop. Have another bleed and start Gonal F on day 1 of that new cycle and add cetrotide along the way. If I wasn't taking the pill, stims and scan would be all next week.

But it also mentions if I were on a long protocol with down regulation, i needed to call on day 1 of my next cycle they book a scan and then start down reg meds on day 21.

If you already have EC booked, they really should have told you more. Don't be afraid to ask questions. I had a notebook with me at my nurse's appointment with a long list of questions. Turns out she answered most before I even asked but i took some time to go over all my notes and ask the rest before we finished the appointment.
It's your treatment, your time (depending on the case, your money), so don't shy away from getting all the info you want or need.

I'm sorry you have to deal with both MFI and PCOS. could they sort of cancel each other out? Less sperm count but more eggs?

Hi @Novavee! I'll be on Bemfola, Cetrotide, and Ovitrelle (trigger). Doing mild stimulation IVF with ICSI. It'll be strange staring at them in the fridge for a couple of weeks but hoping that'll get my mind ready?

Glad for you that you're able to get started after so many frustrating starts and stops. Fingers crossed this timing is meant to be. Do you know what meds you'll be taking?

Thanks @Ally0400
I'll be on Gonal F, Cetrotide and potentially Suprecur, as the trigger. They will decide closer to the time if they think I'm at risk of OHSS.

We might also need ICSI. Another thing to be decided on the day.

How're you all getting on? I've got a week left of norethisterone and then start Gonal F - the closer it gets the more I can't wait to just get going!

Hi! @2021babyhope

How are you getting on? No news from me really. I’ve got an appointment next week to run me through everything then hopefully starting with injections a few days after that. Still pretty clueless about it all really but I kind of like it that way. I’m putting my trust in the professionals and just focusing on preparing myself for the next few weeks. I’ve found that acupuncture is really helping me. How are you doing @Novavee?

Hi ladies, hope you don't mind me joining on this thread. I'm starting IVF end of this week when period due. I'm going to be on short protocol and no birth control.
Super nervous, going to call up tomorrow to request medication.
This will be my first cycle and I've been diagnosed with mild Pcos been trying for over 3 years now with no luck.

Good luck with Ivf ladies!

Hi @S4747

We sound very similar. Possible PCOS and low sperm count. Trying for 2.5 years.
I’m also on short protocol and no birth control. Start injections at the end of this month. How are you feeling about it all?

@Pippya I'm feeling a real mixture of emotions!
Scared, nervous and excited. How about u?
My main emotion is nerves as I feel like its all very full on but im going to try and take it all in my stride and stay as calm as possible. I'm glad I've found someone to talk to about this! Did your doctor say you are going to have a fresh or frozen embryo transfer?x

@S4747 no he hasn’t given me that information yet. I’m guessing the plan is to see how the first bit goes. I’m surprisingly chilled about the whole thing at the minute. I’m pleased I’ll be doing short protocol as I’ve heard that long protocol is pretty full on. Where are you having your treatment?

@Pippya its really good that you're chilled, I need to get back to that mind frame. I was very chilled up until today for some reason but I shall get back to that way of thinking. Stressing isn't going to help the situation!
I'm having my treatment at homerton in London. How about you?

Hi All, hope you don't mind me hopping on this thread. I started my journey a few weeks ago. I am currently second week into the injections. Had my second scan today, due another one on Wednesday. One of my injections ( Meriofert) was increased today. EC would either be Sunday or Monday, depends on the outcome of the Wednesday scan.
Been trying for 6years. Nervous, sometimes but I am also positive. Xx

Hi @Pippya, not a lot happening on my end. Some of my tests were delayed and the consultant decided to leave me some more time on microgynon to see how my lining behaves and if I don't develop new polyps, so the original timeline went out the window, which is a bit frustrating. I should hear back from them this week with more concrete information on when to stop the pill.
Obviously I did not consider the possibility of this delay, so i booked annual leave for mid august, convinced it would be a nice distraction on the tww. I'll have to change it as it is likely that week will be right when i'm starting.

Good Iuck with your appointment next week. I would love to be able to relax and trust they know what they are doing but i am a bit of a control freak and it is really pushing all my buttons having absolutely no control about anything to do with this process.

@2021babyhope i bet you can't wait to get started properly! Not long now.

@S4747 @Bunmieoa welcome

@Novavee literally can't wait!

Just finished Norethisterone on Sunday so waiting for a bleed this week and starting injections (hopefully) on Saturday!

Just desperate to get to my first scan to make sure everything's going okay and start to think to egg collection.

How're you feeling?

@2021babyhope the week will fly by, you'll see. And everyone says that when you start stims it goes by in no time.

Do you know when you'll have your first scan?

If i remember correctly, you were on microgynon, right? Do you mind if I ask for how long and if you had a withdrawal bleed when you stopped? I was on it for 3 weeks, it's my 5th day without it and nothing. Sorry if TMI but it feel like my body wants to bleed but can't, for some reason. I am ridiculously bloated too. The clinic says not everyone has a bleed but do they feel they are about to explode? Because that's what I'm feeling right now. I have to restart the pill on Saturday so let's see if it makes this feeling go away.

Other than that, incredibly impatient to get started. Still no news on the timeline to start as the clinic is really busy. They can't keep me in this limbo forever, can they? I am told I'll have an update by Friday but i just hope the update won't be that they don't have an update and will be in touch next week. Sigh...