Continued chat of all things IVF, FET & to feel sane...cycle buddies August/September -

[Bluemeadowbaby]

Hey ladies ☺️

A new thread to continue the one we've maxed out from the FET cycle buddies May/June. Anyone wishing to join no matter what stage you're at we're here to support you along the way.

A little background around me - I have a little boy who's 16mo from my second IVF round in 2019. I'm just embarking (restarting after covid setback) on my first FET cycle with the embryos I have in storage in the hope for baby #2 🤞🏼
I have severe endometriosis, hydrosalpinx tubes which have been removed so my only hope is for IVF to work again. It's been a long old journey but if I can give any hope, faith and a tonne of support to anyone who needs it I'm happy to share my story, updates on my cycle and be there to have a general chin wag ☺️

We've got this! ✨ x

@Verbena87 I feel exactly the same as you now about testing after my early testing experience driving me mad when it was a chemical.

I'm finally getting my second covid vaccine tomorrow (I've been delayed getting the first and now the second due to cycles).

@Verbena87 hope lining scan goes well and there are no hold ups, and Covid stays away...:
@Mamaemmeline wait... if you can hold out- we did and I did my test at 5.30am on day 12- nice strong wee!

The wait, I must admit is doing my head in. Praying it's ok. It's waiting and unknown stuff that can really drag us down. Just had a really nice chippy tea - that cheered me right up. Not the best diet for a growing baby but ... it's not very often!!!
I have got tomorrow off so taking my mum to Ikea for a mooch tomorrow. We know how to have a good time!

@2mumlife wahay for double jabbery! Hope it’s relatively side effect free for you. I feel so much better going into this round with both mine done.

@Pingupp chippy tea and an IKEA mooch sound like heaven to me. Alas I am married to someone who thinks IKEA should have divorce lawyers at the checkouts so it’s rare I get to wander round, but I love it.

@Pingupp You've just made me realise that it is probably worth testing at 4.30 when I seem to wake up in the night for a wee rather than at 7. Dash!

Hi ladies, just catching up had a busy couple of days. Welcome @TheDutchess3 to our thread 🥰 you sound like you've had quite the journey! Keeping my fingers tightly crossed for you that things start to go your way - was your test day today? x

@2mumlife Amazing news on the eggs! 😍 absolutely thrilled for you!...keep going embabys! X

@Millie029 that makes perfect sense - thank you 💕 how are you feeling? X

@Pingupp Glad to hear the clinic said all is on track, seems baby is being cheeky and hiding. Hopefully next week they'll shift for you and you can see that lovely heartbeat. How are you feeling from the scan? X

Hoping everyone else is keeping well? X

@Verbena87 I'm looking forward to getting it done. I didn't want to do it during cycle so scheduled it for right after egg collection so I can get it done before we do FET. I'm same as you, I do feel better knowing I'll finally be double jabbed going into next round.

@Bluemeadowbaby Thank you :) Day 3 update later today so fingers crossed everyone is developing well. How are you getting on?

@2mumlife keeping my fingers crossed for you but I have all the faith 😍 though I know how daunting yet exciting it is all at the same time. I'm going okay thanks, almost there with the norethisterone the night sweats are delightful 🙈 then it's zoladex injection on Thursday and I can finally have a break...for a week 😂 x

I went for my day 8 scan today and unfortunately only 3-4 seems to be growing. The consultant asked me if I want to cancel or continue. I really don't know what to do. I know it only takes one but last cycle I had 10 follicles and all of them were immature. So this time I am not sure about what to do. Has any of you been in the same situation? What did you do?

@Bluemeadowbaby Still waiting for call and entered the 'crazy person chekcing phone every 5 minutes' stage . Glad things are finally progressing for you after such a pain with the clinic!

@Francesmalin Personally I'd keep going - you might have a few mature eggs and be in a much better position than multiple immature ones. What is your estradiol level? That should give an indication how many follicules might contain mature eggs

@2mumlife I don't know yet. I am waiting for the consultant to let me know later today. On day 6 it was at 1000 which I think it's good. Last time I ended up with estradiol at 15000 😱. My fear is I won't be able to cope with the disappointment this time. What is a good estradiol level from your experience?

Doctor just called me and said the oestradiol is 3700. They recommend for me to go ahead with the cycle but it is going to be a freeze all. So difficult to make a decision...

@Bluemeadowbaby I am ok. Just need to get Weds out of the way and see the flicker of a heartbeat - hope all is ok in there and the sonography was right 🤞🏻 xx

@2mumlife - you poor thing, hope they have called xx

@Francesmalin - if you go for freeze all - when can you get started? Xx

@Francesmalin I would definitely go ahead, that's more than my E2 was at day 8 and I got 6 mature eggs. You've done so much work I'd go for it!

Finally got to speak to embryologist. We have 4 x 8 cell embryos, 1 x 10 cell, and 1 that's a speedy little thing and in the word of the embryologist is "showing off" as it's already compacting

We what know what's frozen now until Monday so a long weekend but glad they're all doing really well do far

I decided to cancel my cycle. I don't really feel confident I will succeed at this point. My odds are too low and I am not ready to get a negative news now. I'll leave it for a few months and I am going to get ready for my free round with NHS early next year.

@2mumlife wow wow wow!! This is amazing news 🤩 and the speedy Gonzales one sounds fabulous! Hold tight little embies! Here's to a quick weekend for you, have you anything nice planned? X

@Francesmalin bless you, that sounds like a really tough call to of made. If you feel cancelling is the right thing for you remember you've done the right thing and trusted your gut. I don't think anyone quite feels 100% confident going through a cycle and sadly the outcome is out of our control but you're right by saying you need to feel at least a little bit confident. I remember my first cycle I was way too confident and it failed which really set me back. My second cycle I had written it off before it even started and that cycle resulted in my little boy which I still can't get my head around and he's 17 months now 🥴 what I'm trying to say is to trust your gut but also trust the process when you're good and ready 💕 x

@2mumlife that’s great news! Go embryos go!

@Francesmalin that’s gutting for you but I think if nothing else makes sense in this ridiculous process, it always makes sense to be honest with yourself about what you can tolerate. Hope you’re able to have a chilled out weekend and just come to terms with your change of plans.

Looking for any info here- on day 8 of my cycle, clinic called me at the end of the day saying blood tests showed my hormone levels are too high and I’m at risk of ovulating so I had to go and take an extra fyremadel injection immediately. Now I just have to wait for my scan until Monday and I’m so concerned I’ll ovulate before then and loose my two little follicles. 😬 I had no idea this could even be a concern.

@Francesmalin It's great to hear you've got your NHS cycle coming soon. I've taken several breaks during this process, and it's always been helpful. Best of luck for next round x

@Bluemeadowbaby @Verbena87 Hoping they keep going strong now. Been reading on on early compacting embryos and sounds like the implantation rate is a lot higher with them so I'm hoping we've got at least 1 really strong one. It feels so frustrating again now not to be able to transfer any this cycle! Going to go walking tomorrow, and then Sunday I've got an assessment for a CPD microcreditonal course I've been doing to finish because I've not concentrated on things today!

@PinkRose100 That must be worrying. Are you going to contain to take extra fyremadel over the weekend too? Fingers crossed 🤞 the extra ones done the trick

Yes once in the morning and once in the evening. I’m not sure if I should be preparing myself for bad news on Monday or not. Felt like such a bombshell to drop on me last thing on a Friday.

@PinkRose100b Hopefully they are just being cautious. Will they do the egg collection Monday or are they trying to leave your follicules to grow more?

@2mumlife love it! You have a show off. Keeping everything crossed for you honey. Hope you can relax a little this weekend and enjoy some sugary treats!! Xx
@Francesmalin sorry to hear your news - it's disappointing but use this time to clear your head and get a bit of space. Hopefully everything will go smoother next time and excellent you have a free NHS one too xx
@Verbena87 how are you doing? Xx
@Bluemeadowbaby how are you feeling? Have night sweats stopped? Xx
@PinkRose100 hopefully this extra drug will
do the trick. It's amazing what they can do isn't it. Fingers crossed all ok xx

Girls, thanks for your support last night. You all have been very supportive. ❤️ Inspired by @2mumlife life story and having talked to both my consultants and my partner late last night I've decide to continue with the cycle. I want to be positive and hopefully those 4 follicles will be good ones! I am still scared but I'll go ahead. These hormones are making me a little crazy. Hopefully until Wednesday a couple of more follicles will catch up! Send me luck!

@Francesmalin Hormones made me an absolute RIOT the first time I did IVF. You've got nothing to lose lovely by continuing. Have you tried the Mindful IVF app? I used that from my FET, and one thing that's said on one of the meditations that really hit home for me after our first disappointing cycle was about self-protection. Essentially, even if we try to remain cautious and not get hopes it, it's not going to hurt any less than of we hope with all our might. Self protection isn't going to stop it hurting, so we might as well embrace hope, and try to believe that hoping makes a difference. Statistics in IVF also don't help - you're not a statistics , you're a person, and your body is going to react in its own wonderful and unique way, and you've got to work with what you've got. And those 4 follicles might be the best ones in the world I'm crossing absolutely everything for you.