IVF buddies April/May

[ChristmasJumpers]

Sorry if there's already an April/May thread, I can't find it!

All of our tests have been completed (last August) and we were advised to call the clinic on day one of my cycle in April. AF arrived early for the first time in forever so I chanced ringing yesterday and we're good to go!!

Just waiting on a call back from the clinic with official dates and protocol but I know I'll be taking Norethisterone pills first so won't be dealing with injections for a good few weeks yet.

Is anyone else about to get started? It would be great to have some buddies along the way

I'm 30, DH 27. TTC over 3 years and delayed getting tests due to Covid.
We're at Care Fertility Chester and this is out first ever round (we only get one NHS funded - thanks postcode lottery)

@ChristmasJumpers well after egg collection they said it was going to be Monday but when I had the call today they said there looking good and transfer may be Saturday there going to check them again first thing Saturday and give me a call and if so the transfer will go ahead Saturday morning but if they need another day to be looked at then it will be Monday!

I’m just so excited then I’m nervous I just don’t know how I should be feeling!

It’s just always hoping for the best at the time being
How’s things with you? X

Our follicles hadn't grown since last scan. So they went for 3 biggest leaving 4/5 smaller ones.

Of those 3 collected 1was not mature. They advised 2 mature eggs, of which one fertilised.

I'm praying with all my heart it's a strong one. My head tells me we naturally created two babies that would have carried on growing if they hadn't been ectopics. So I'm hopeful 3rd time lucky with the help of science and unlimited prayers! Inside I'm a bit of a nervous wreck. Feeling hope but a huge amount of fear. We couldn't have a second try so it is now or never.

I wanted 3 day transfer but clinic advised against it so if we are lucky enough to get there, Monday will be our transfer date.

I know it only takes one, I also know there's than 20 - 50% chance of getting to day 5. The clinic no longer check for progress so our next update will be monday. I just have to continue to hope and think positive.

Well done to all other recent ECs, keeping my fingers crossed for you all.

@LouiseD2018 just catching up, oh I'm crossing my fingers for you. How is it going?

Also feeling incredible despondent and like I want to just go to bed and wake up with a baby growing inside me. Is anyone else tired of this while slog? I see others around me get pregnant so easily and I feel incredibly sorry for myself like why me? Sorry for the downer. Words of encouragement and wisdom welcome here. Happy Easter all x

@IE00 think there must be something in the air as I feel exactly the same. Babies seem to be all around at the moment, more so than normal! I keep toying with the idea of giving up and learning to live child free, I'm just not sure that's a realistic option :( it's such a hard thing to have to deal with, it affects every aspect of your life doesn't it :( where are you at currently? I'm only on the pill atm, and that's making me super hungry and majorly depressed :( can't wait to get onto the 'real' IVF! X

@ExhaustedPigeon1988 sorry to hear you're feeling that way too. I actually think it happens around family celebrations. Don't give up! I don't know why it's so stressful. It's actually a lot of waiting around, there's not really a lot of doing, but yet it feels so exhausting. The pill is awful, poor you. Hope you feel better tomorrow. X x

@ExhaustedPigeon1988 is it the norethisterone pill you're on? I had an actual emotional breakdown yesterday over trying to work out what time will be best to do the injections when it comes to it. The logistics of picking a time around work and the drive to scans is proving difficult. Not difficult enough for an hour of crying though I think it must be the hormones from the pill...

Another one here seeing pregnancy announcements all over the place at the minute!!!

@IE00 I felt exactly the same for ages until I realised that very few people say the troubles they are going through to get pregnant and I now have changed my mindset that they may have a back story that they are not saying and it may not have been as easy as we think. I'm nearly 3 years in and everything seems to take forever, but we will get there ❤️

@LouiseD2018 my clinic also only seem to do day 5 transfers...whatever makes it to day 5 are typically better quality so have a better chance, apparently! Although I hear of many successful day 3 transfers 🤷🏾‍♀️

@ks94 did you get an update yesterday? 5 fertilised is a good number. Good luck for your transfer

@ChristmasJumpers how are you feeling about everything? When do you start your stims? I'm guessing that due to your very high AMH they don't deem it necessary to do a baseline scan as they presume there will be lots of follicles maybe?

I hope everyone is having a lovely Easter weekend 😊

@Coops0406

Hey!! Yessss they did ring me and say out of the 5 that have fertilised 3 of them are at a really good stage and the stage they want them to be so they don’t want to pick which one out the 3 to transfer so that’s why I didn’t have my transfer yesterday’
My transfer is now booked for tomorrow!!

So excited but nerves are kicking in!

The bloated belly is real lol!

It’s such a long but quick process once you get going!

Fingers crossed for every one of you!!
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Thank you @IE00 you too! Yes, family holidays are hard. You are right, IVF is a lot of waiting, hoping and generally emotional stress, which I think is what causes the tiredness.

@ChristmasJumpers no I start those Friday, I remember how bad they were last time, I'm currently on microgynon, which also screw my head up, they make me very irrational, and miserable. I had a right argument with the clinic a few weeks back, as they had booked me scans at times I couldn't make, 1 was 8.30 in the morning, right then I need to be injecting, and also I live an hour away, and want to be able to bath and get ready, without needing to be up at 5am- they are so inconsiderate. I hope you manage to work everything out. I have to work 9am-8pm most of the treatment, so will actually have to do most injections at work :-/ life sucks right now x

@Coops0406 the only word I can think of is strange. I'm happy we're finally starting but so scared that in a few weeks we'll know if it's worked or not! Stims start on 2nd May, just 2 weeks away 😨😨

@exhaustedpigeon1988 I am 90 mins away from the clinic and have scans booked in at 9am and 10am. Strict instructions to do the injections at the same time every day which means 7am just because of those appointments 🙄 so annoying, I'm going to try and ask for the 9am to be moved back but not holding out much hope

@ChristmasJumpers that's exactly what I did, managed to get them moved to 10am and 11am, as mine were 8.30 and 9, I get someone has to have these appointments, but it's silly they don't consider travelling isn't it. I'm praying egg collection isn't going to be too early either, as I need time to mentally prepare for it x

Hi all, our little one has made it to blastocyst! Got a call at 8am this morning awaiting transfer!

@LouiseD2018 yesss! What a fighter your little baby is 😁 good luck with the transfer

@ks94 and @Suki2020 is it your embryo transfers today too? Good luck!

@ChristmasJumpers thank you!
I had a phone call this morning 2 of them have made it to blastocyst transfer is half 1! I feel quite nervous!!

Thank you ❤️

Hi, I hope you don't mind me joining, I am about to start my first IVF cycle. Currently taking Northisteron and start stims on the 28th 😬 I'm doing a privately funded cycle with Care liverpool due to my husband already having children and not being entitled to NHS funding. We have been trying for just over 4 years, I have low amh for my age of 7.1 but apart from that everything else seems fine. It's starting to feel very real and scary now but it's nice hearing other peoples positive stories and that it really does only take one.

Hi all,

I have a bit of a weird question.

I really don’t want to offend or upset anyone, but I don’t know anyone who’s had IVF in real life. I donated eggs last Thursday (4 days ago).
I had ovaleap and Fyremadel injections and Buserelin trigger. The actual donation was fine, they got 15 eggs, I had pain that day, but was fine the next day, I was literally perfectly fine. I went to work Friday and Saturday and was still fine. I was fine yesterday too but lazy day. I’ve just been to the toilet and I’m bleeding. Fresh pink blood, not like period blood, and not like the very minimal spotting I had after donation. M
Basically, that was a very long winded way of asking if it’s normal and if I need to be worried/calling the clinic in the morning?

@Ks94 I hope it went well🤞 how are you feeling now?

@Rolls97 you'll be starting stims just before me, I'm on norethisterone now and starting stims on 2nd May 😊 when is your egg collection pencilled in for?

@ChristmasJumpers
It went well thank you! They said it’s already started hatching which is a good sign!

I really didn’t know what to expect today!
It’s so emotional!
Just the 2 week wait now! Xxx

@ChristmasJumpers Iv just had a look back we seem to be on same meds too, I'm penciled in for collection on 9th May at Chester, I'm not having a baseline scan and at the moment only in for one scan on the 6th May which surprised me as I feel like other people seem to go for alot more scans than that.
When are you in for collection?

@ks94 glad today went well 😊

@Rolls87 thank you so much!!
Good luck for you!
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Hey! I posted on here a few weeks ago. I was due to have a scratch last week but had a scan a few days before as I tend to get cysts so wanted to check before I did the scratch and wasted money if there was one. Anyways of course there was one so I didn't go ahead with the scratch and they booked me in for a scan on day 2 of my cycle just in case it was gone. I've had it before where I have had to wait up to 3 months for it to go. So had my scan this morning and it's collapsed and a lot smaller so they happy with me to start injections tomorrow. We have decided to just start without the scratch as I can't risk waiting again incase another 3 month cysts decides to return. So yeah all good to start tomorrow! How is everyone else getting on?

@AlexM06 that's great news, so exciting to be getting started. Please keep us updated on how the injections go, I'm so nervous wbiyt the needles ☹️