IVF

[Colourfulliving]

Anyone out there currently going through IVF, start my stims in a couple of days. Had my down reg scan today and I have 4 follicles on my left and 5 on my right, wasn't sure if this was good or not, I've just turned 40 as this is my first cycle.

Unexplained infertility, many thanks ☺️

@Colourfulliving keeping everything crossed for you. Please keep us updated xx

@Colourfulliving fingers crossed for you hope everything is good, I had an update from my Dr and they want to do a sperm defrag test anyone had that?

Thanks for your thoughts girls 💖

The bleeding never got heavy and stopped yesterday after 3 days. I've also had some nausea, gone off my food and can randomly smell vinegar 🤔, so I'm remaining hopeful, two days until test 🤞💖, longest week of my life 😅.

@flowersinmay I hope you are keeping busy being back at work, when's your test date 😊

@Luluspies I've read a lot about fragmentation testing but not something we were offered so can't really help sorry but hope you get back the results you want 🤞

I was curious to know if you are in all in the UK, I'm down in Somerset 😊

@Colourfulliving smelling vinegar haha that would make me want to eat chips! yes the 2ww is so strange although I can wait until Im back in it!
Yes the sperm defrag was offered due to the way my eggs fertilised last time and my other half works with toxic chemicals. The doctor said as they all fertilised well but slowed down around day three they look at the sperm and are hopeful its not the egg. Slightly annoying because if someone could of made us aware of the test why couldn't we just do it at the beginning.

We are in Liverpool and the Womens Hospital are great but they are a bit slow calling you back, I called them yesterday to book in and its oh someone will call you back when we pull your notes, well you dont need my notes im telling you what I need to book in for just book the appointment! lol and guess what no call back!

@Colourfulliving aww I'm so glad to hear this update! You're almost there! Well done - really glad you're keeping positive. 😊 time is going so slowly isn't it?

I am 4tp5dt so it's early days, the clinic said I could test Saturday 4th June but I don't know if I'll hold out that long, it's so so hard! Might do a sneaky test on Friday or Thursday. I don't feel anything or any symptoms yet- just feeling tired and a bit constipated (sorry tmi!) but I know that's from the medication as I had these symptoms before transfer! Gaaah! I am based in Norfolk! I keep wanting to go swimming or for a cycle ride but my partner keeps telling me not to risk anything and play it safe. I hope it's worth it in the end.🤞

@Luluspies sorry we've never done a defrag test but let us know how it goes and what it's all about!

@flowersinmay awww good luck, I was desperate to go swimming last time, the doctor told me just gentle walks. Are you still working? So sperm defrag is a more in-depth sperm test. They said due to the way are embryos developed last time slowing down around day three sometimes means the sperm DNA is damaged caused in our case maybe environmental factors due to my other half working with toxic chemicals. If it is that then there are treatments and ways around it so would be helpful to know I just keep thinking maybe this is the reason as I know they said unexplained infertility, in the back of my mind I know there is something and it could improve our chances for next time 😁

@Luluspies thank you! Yes I'm still working but trying to work mostly from home, just a few days in the office. Best of luck with the defrag test, sounds like it could be a good way of knowing more - keep us updated!

@Colourfulliving how are you doing?

I'm now 7dp5dt and I just have this gut feeling it hasn't worked - although I know you can't always tell at this stage. It's really hard not to overthink everything! I don't really have any symptoms apart from tiredness still but I know that's from the medication. This waiting is just driving me a bit insane! Trying to focus on next steps and a plan if it hasn't worked.

Sending love to all on here xox

@flowersinmay hello, sorry I did write a reply yesterday but it didn't seem to post, my test was negative so we are just thinking about the next steps of our journey.

When is your test date? Try and stay positive until you get round to testing as I've seen many many people have a positive result after zero symptoms, I've got everything crossed for you 🤞 X

We can now look forward into trying to use supplements to improve the sperm morphology issue as we were just 1% under the norm so hopefully we can try and conceive naturally.

@Colourfulliving thanks for the update, I'm so sorry to hear that☹️. How are you feeling? Do you plan to have any more rounds of ivf or is your plan to try normally for a while?

Im pretty certain my round has also failed. I've been testing all this week, official test day is tomorrow, but I've had bfn every time. Not even a hint of a line. Felt very sad this whole week but actually im glad I started testing so I didn't get my hopes up for tomorrow and have been able to mentally prepare myself a bit more.
Im just trying to focus on my next steps and a plan because it's the only thing which keeps me going. Im really lucky that I have a few more frozen embryos so im hoping I can do another transfer in the next few weeks. Need to talk to my clinic next week. Then if these fail I will do another round of ivf and egg collection in October. Might change clinics too just to try a different approach.

Sending love to you, keep us updated xox

@Colourfulliving @flowersinmay hope your both ok, all I did after my negative was pick apart my cycle what could I have done better or different next time I'm going to try this or that but also we got to accept alot of what happens is out of our control it really does help just get a battle plan in place ready for the next round it got me through it, nothing worth while comes easy we just got to keep trying ☺️

@flowersinmay sorry it's been a while, just needed to get my head around things etc, please let me know how you are, it must be test date soon xx

@Colourfulliving so lovely to hear from you. I'm ok thanks, I had my test day last Saturday and it was sadly still negative (didn't come as a huge surprise because I had started testing earlier in the week and it had been negative). Had a few wobbly days where I was in tears quite often and felt quite low, then my period came which made me feel a bit better (I think the hormones and everything were building up and having a bleed just felt like a good release). I've emailed the clinic to let them know it's negative (they prefer that to phone calls) I'm now planning another transfer at the end of June, around 27th. Feeling very fortunate that I still have something to transfer, but also feeling hugely doubtful that it will work. I just need to keep planning and looking forwards as it's the only thing that keeps me going. How are you? How is everything going? Have you thought about next steps? Sending big virtual hugs your way! This process is bloody tough! Xox

@flowersinmay hey how are you, and how is your journey coming along? We decided on having no further treatment and then out of the blue I became preg naturally for the first ever time in Sept, after over 4 years, sadly we miscarried but it has given me hope that we may be able to conceive naturally again soon 💕, I'm 41 soon mind but still staying positive ☺️ x

@Colourfulliving lovely to see another message from you! I have just looked back at some of the messages from this year on this feed and it seems like a lifetime ago! It's bringing back all the feelings and all the memories of what we all were going through/ still going through. It's reminding me of how hard ivf is and what a rollercoaster life can be (it's good to be reminded of these things and realize how far we've come).
Congratulations on your natural pregnancy, that's wonderful that you got a positive - and also I'm so sorry about your miscarriage, but I'm so so glad it's given you hope. I'm really happy you're staying so positive 💜 really hope you get a positive again soon 🤞 do update this feed if you can!
I had a second transfer in July and I'm pleased to say that this time it stuck and I'm now 25 weeks pregnant, expecting a baby boy in March 2023. It didn't feel real for such a long time but now i can feel the baby kicking it's getting more real! Im amazed and thankful that ivf worked for us as I thought it wasn't going to be possible xox