Anyone doing IVF at 40+ pt 2

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@Pinklady81honestly collection is ok I promise. I drifted off to sleep and woke up with a coffee and chocolate biscuits on their way! Have you tried any of the mindfulness apps? I found they really helped me to breathe and stay a bit calmer. I know it’s hard but you have to trust the process. Lots of scans is exhausting but also means they know exactly what is going on and must feel confident in the eggs they see x

Egg collection Sunday 3 follicles ready eeekk! What do I take ? Excited but nervous all at the same time

@pinklady81 take some snacks for after the procedure. That’s my top tip.

Gréât News @Pinklady81 !! Yes, I agree with the snacks... make a really nice plan for after... I went for a big dirty burger for late lunch, followed by a nice long alcoholic apéro that evening... granted it's not the romance of a classic conception, but it's the day you (hopefully!) make a baby, so definitely think of something nice and gentle to do to celebrate !!

Thanks @LuckyNovember @Bryterlayter1 snacks will be packed how long did you wait after the procedure to go home?

I think it depends on the anesthetic... I was knocked out, and after I came around had to wait on a recovery ward for maybe an hour to wake up fully. Then I got dressed and waited in a comfy chair in the observation area for another 2 hours - they gave me coffee and sandwiches and came around a couple of times to check my blood pressure. Late lunch and by the time we got home it was pretty much the whole day gone 🤷🏻‍♀️

My EC was at 9:30 I was leaving the clinic at 11:30.

Trigger shot done double dose !! Let's pray everything works 🤞

@pinklady81 good luck for today!

@Bryterlayter1 thank you I'm so so nervous about it

Good luck @Pinklady81 Let us know how you get on 😊🤞🏻

SET BACK we started our second round of IVF stims yesterday- short protocol this time. Within the hour my OH tested positive for covid. I wept. Realistically I could test positive any day and all the clinical trials indicate covid affects sperm quality short term (this is our main problem anyway and oh the fact we are geriatric) and also affects the quality of embryos overall. Could not make this up. Clinic has no out of hours so will speak to them tomorrow I guess. Not sure how much fight I have in me. I always thought I was resilient but this journey has taken me to another place. 😢

@LuckyNovember @Bryterlayter1 all done on journey home nowhere near as bad as I thought! 3 eggs collected not sure if that's bad or good? Thank you for all you support and advice over the last few weeks x

Oh crap @Lulu106 😢 does he have symptoms? My first cycle I had a close contact just after starting stimms, and I played this one out a million times...
first, try not to get sick yourself, you're already growing the eggs, so stay as healthy as you can - sleep in another room, wear masks in the house, do whatever you can. This doesn't have to cancel your cycle: you can freeze the eggs if your husband isn't well at EC.
Tbh, when faced with this, my mind went very quickly to "don't tell anyone and just go for it anyway", I know it's probably not "good practice", but if he's asymptomatic or a mild case, I'd still be pretty tempted to try this one....
I know what you mean... I had a pretty charmed life until TTC and now it feels like one hit after another, but even this is temporary and you're more resilient that it sometime feels! Try - impossible I know!! - to not stress about it, take a nice bath and stay hydrated, control what you can, and see how it all develops in the next couple of days 💜

@LuckyNovember thanks for the support. He's feeling rotten with it and he's rarely ill. I'm mindful that overheating is not good. I've contacted the out of hours clinic and am waiting for a doctor to call back. Even though I may remain positive it feels like a gamble and an expensive one at that.
I know you said your husband was positive close to EC and you still managed to get some embryos. I'm still getting over the fact that in our first round none of our embryos made it to blastocyst even though they collected 18 eggs. I feel that the virus lurking isn't going to help us make quality embryos. Feeling thoroughly sorry for myself. Need to give myself a slap.

Brilliant @Pinklady81 🤩 you've done what you can for now, relax, have a glass of wine, it's quite nice knowing that it's out of your hands for now and you can just take it easy and look after yourself 😊
I don't think there's good or bad, it's three solid chances that you didn't have before this, and it only take one lucky one 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Thanks@LuckyNovember feel a bit crampy and spaced out surely I can have a glass of wine right? Did you all return to normal next week eg work etc x

@Lulu106 if this doesn't entitle you to feel sorry for yourself, then what??! It's horrid luck on top of already horrid luck that you're even in this position! But you will get through it... sorry to hear he's not well, indeed it's a bit of a gamble. Just remember that if you're not sick, it might still be worth freezing, especially with bumper numbers like your last round... all you can do now is take care of yourself and wait to see what the clinic advise. I really hope they give you some good choices so that you can still feel you're moving forward ☘️

I was pretty spaced out the day of EC, and yes as far as I know you can and should have a glass of wine, hopefully the last window of opportunity for 9 months 😉 Mine was a Friday so I took it easy all weekend then back to normal on the Monday. I wasn't that sore, just a little crampy the evening of and the following day, but barely; like an easy PMS level cramp. Hope it will be easy on you, and that you get good new tomorrow 😊🤞🏻☘️

@LuckyNovember I start another cycle soon I'm banking all the embryos first before transfer so not sure if it's advisable but I feel I've got to another milestone !

@lulu106 bloody Covid! How stressful for you. I really hope the clinic get back to you soon. This must be a frequent occurrence and they will have a protocol.

@pinklady81 well done! With mild ivf you aren't going to get loads of eggs but theoretically the one you do get will be good quality mature eggs. And now you get to wait for the update tomorrow. Hopefully you have a nice relaxing evening.

Hello got the call from embryologist 1 has fertilised out the 3 feeling very downbeat and don't feel great after yesterday 🥲🥲

Sorry to hear that @Pinklady81 it would have been nice if the other two had made it. I've seen loads - and probably you have too - of good stories coming out of one lucky egg. It doesn't help when you're not feeling great, go easy on yourself and doute not out yet 💜🤞🏻

@LuckyNovember thank you I'm trying to hold out but after egg collection yesterday I feel rough coupled with the not so great news I just want to stay in bed and not come out for a while

@pinklady81 I'm sure you've heard this before, but the first cycle is often a test run, as nobody knows how you will respond to medication. Did the clinic give you any indication of why they didn't fertlise? Were they mature? If not that will be a helpful piece of information for the next cycle. Really hope you are able to get some answers that will help you for the next cycle. Take care of yourself.