IVF/FET May/June 2022

[Coops0406]

Hi,

I'm just starting this thread as i've kept joining previous ones in hope that I would be at the same time but got left behind with the ups and downs of ivf.
After 3 cycles, 2 failed fresh transfers, PGT-A testing to give us 3 euploid embryos and just now getting our results from the ALICE/EMMA/ERA tests, I am now finally in a position to hopefully start FET on my next cycle with a transfer likely to be end of May or early June!! 😍. Would love to have people to chat to who are following a similar timeline.

@Dobcaty massive congratulations!!!! How do you feel? How long now til otd? Do you get bloods then too?

My spotting has stopped but still getting a lot of cramping so I’m still a bit concerned. Spent ages examining Frer but it looks a bit darker again this morning so just waiting on call back about todays bloods. Will have better idea what is going on then. I’m still worried about the constant period cramps I’ve had for days now.

@hjen @Reefy I have meds until tomorrow morning… so just enough left to trigger either today or tomorrow 🤷‍♀️

@LT103 fingers crossed for today’s bloods

Thank you, honestly I still can't believe it. I know its early and still a long road ahead but this is my first ever two lines.

@LT103 my OTD with blood is on Monday. I feel a little bit of cramping and my skin is dry, all my af symptoms... 🤦🏻‍♀️
Let us know when you had todays result.

@BlueSilver23 did you hear from your clinic yet?

@Dobcaty Yes, they want me to continue for another day so EC will be Sunday. Bit disappointed that the follicles are struggling so much this time that I need to do an extra day. But at least I have a plan now. Hotel booked!

not great news. Hcg up from 32 to 56 in 2 days which sounds ok to me but they have said it’s a suboptimal rise and likely going to end in chemical so back again Monday for more bloods. Still have cramps but spotting stopped at least
yet another waiting game!

Oh I'm sorry @LT103 - that is nearly double but I guess they know best. Hope it's just a Slow rise?

Congratulations @Dobcaty - must be such a sight to see those two lines after so long and so much turmoil. X

@BlueSilver23 so does it mean that today is the last injection and trigger is tomorrow? My clinic never adjust EC they do only on Fridays and Wednesdays so thats good that you are able to give more time those follicles.

@LT103 I thought that HCG need to doubling every 48-72 hours. Try to keep calm and positive, you know this little was a late implantor. Look the good signs you stopped spotting! I have everything crossed for you.

@Dobcaty this is what I thought which is why I’m so confused. I was so upset I didn’t even ask her anything. I mean it went up 75% in 2 days so it prob would have doubled by tomorrow. I’m holding on to that hope.
she said to check on Monday to make sure it’s coming back down. But what if it’s going up?? I’m so confused and emotional and just everything! i wish I had asked more but I guess they’re not going to give me false hope. They’ll always want to prepare you for worst
She told me to stop testing at home as hcg can take a week to fall. But I think my tests are getting darker?? So surely they wouldn’t do that unless hcg rising? Plus I still have major cramps ugh have been there since just before my first positive test! Ugh 4 days is a long time

am I just being hopeful with my tests????? What would you say?

@LT103 it's clearly getting stronger! I'm so sorry that you are in this limbo,

@LT103 Sorry posted before I finished...

it's going to be hard in the next few days, but try to relax and be positive. 🙏 I'm praying for you

@BlueSilver23 glad you've a plan and hotel booked. Not long now til EC! I don't think it's uncommon for stims to vary from person to person, hopefully that extra day will give them all a boost.

@LT103 gosh not more waiting and limbo. As if all the waiting before this wasn't enough. I'm so sorry you're not any more clear with what is going on. Those tests are getting darker, I really hope that the nurse is telling you worst case and you had late implantation and all these tests are just a little too early. I am praying for you too 🙏🏻 I'm so sorry you've got to wait over the weekend too, that's so tough.

I cried today after stims. I don't do them as well as my OH and have bruised, and i find the process can just be so overwhelming. This happened a few days in last time too! Nothing wrong just the "how is this happening" thoughts creeping in.

@LT103 I'm sorry they have left you thinking about it all weekend. I definitely looks stronger each day 🤞🙏🏻❤️.

@BlueSilver23 I'm glad they have let you know & you got the hotel booked. It's so hard not to compare to previous cycles isn't it as I feel that's what I've been like this time.

@HJen22 @Dobcaty thanks. I am trying my hardest to switch off and forget about it until Monday but it’s impossible so I’ll spend the weekend forcing myself away from google I’m sure.
@HJen22 sorry your injections aren’t going more easily. I didn’t love it but thankfully mine were all relatively small amounts so I didn’t get much bruising. Just focus on the end goal! It will be over in a week or so!

@LT103 yeah as hard as it is try and stay off google if you can and keep yourself busy. So much easier said than done though I know!

Ach they are going ok really, I am just so nervous doing them. I have a new found respect for my OH doing them all last time much calmer than me. I just get so worried I'm not doing it right or I'll spill it, even though he's there with me. If he'd not been driving down to England Sunday I'd have just had him do them all again but as it is it's best I have plenty practice before I've to do them without him! I had no bruising last time I don't have a very steady hand I don't think! I'd not make a very good nurse 😂

@Dobcaty I have a cetrotide injection tomorrow morning then the trigger in the evening. So another day of jabs 😬

@HJen22 The stims are awful. I hate them too. The entire side of my stomach has broken out in angry red sore welts from the cetrotide as well. Glad tomorrow is the final one of those!

I was a bit worried that waiting an extra day might mean I lose the few large 20mm follicles though. But Im just choosing to trust they know what they are doing.

@LT103 Sorry you’re still in limbo, at least there has been a doubling so fingers cautiously crossed for Monday for you. Those tests certainly look positive.

@Reefy Hope tomorrow goes smoothly for you!

@BlueSilver23 thank you.

@HJen22 sorry you feel like that. You are doing an amazing thing by even doing them yourself. I always check mine & panic like have it done it right did it all go in did I get the measurements right. Keep going you've got this!

Hi all sorry I have been AWOL, just super nervous as this is our last go and I have been trying to not think about it. Transfer on the 9th.

@LT103 so sorry you are in this weird not knowing stage, it's so hard. I hope it all goes well.

@Coops0406 really good luck this 2ww xx do they test your progesterone? They don't test mine :/

@Reefy good thoughts for tomorrow.

Everyone else also good vibes being sent out to you all 🤗

@BlueSilver23 that's great tomorrow is your last day, trigger then a day break! Ouch your stomach sounds painful you poor thing! It's easy to worry but trust in the clinic and their decision and I really hope you get a good number of high quality eggs 🤞🏻

@Reefy thank you, how kind of you ❤️ I'm just such an overthinker. I'm the exact same, did I mix it right, did I measure right, did it all go in!! Too many things to worry about. Maybe when my OH is back he can do the rest next week for me and then we've halved the job 😂 good luck for tomorrow, what time is EC? How are you feeling? Xx

@HJen22 it's good to share the jobs right 😂😂. I have to be there for 8.30am which I'm happy about as I'm not good with nothing to eat or drink 😂 just had a cuppa as not had one since this 7.30am! I feel fine about it as I've done all I can now so as my OH says it's down the the science which I guess it is really!

@Courtjobby thank you! That's not long now! It's so hard & you feel pressured when you know it's the last one. I've got everything crossed for you 🤞🙏🏻❤️

Hi everyone I will try again to join this thread -I felt so embarrassed after posting last time, because I basically had written off my May FET in advance because my lining needed to thicken 3mm overnight, and I was sure that was impossible. But it actually thickened 5mm (???), so I did end up having my transfer. Another BFN, which I was fully expecting… It was my 3rd and last embryo from my first retrieval, a day-6 fully hatched, so the odds were already lower than for the other two.

Started bemfola today, 225 units. Last time I was on 150 and only 5 eggs were retrieved, so hoping for a few more this time!

Hi all, hope everyone is well. I've missed a lot on here!! Thanks for all the well wishes...2WW is pretty rubbish to be honest.

@HJen22 sorry the injections have been tough. You are doing so well, just keep going.

@Reefy good luck for EC today!

@BlueSilver23 one saving grace is not having the hassle of getting across london today with all the hoards of people! Fingers crossed for Sunday!

@Dobcaty huge congratulations!! That's amazing!!

@Courtjobby not long to go now! Yes they've been checked it the day before and made me drive back down to get lubion and do one immediately because it was so low! Then 4 days after ET and it was ridiculously high! I think the only reason AF isn't here is because of the progesterone in me!

@SamTTC do you mind me asking, were your embryos PGT-A tested? I've just had a fully hatched euploid put in that was a very good expanded one before the testing! Did they tell you that the fully hatched ones aren't that successful or is it your own research? Everything I read is terrible!

@LT103 definitely getting so much stronger as the days pass, my OTD is 11dp and they don't do blood tests, so if that was the only day you tested there would be no doubt. The difference in clinics and processes is ludicrous! I really feel for you, it all just sounds so stressful!

I have continued testing and still BFN at 8dp5dt. I'm quite certain it's not worked again! And if i miraculously get a positive on Monday then it won't end well especially with what they are saying to you @LT103 and you have had positives for a few days now!
But this time I originally had no logical reason for it...it was a euploid and my womb is good! I'm half annoyed now at paying so much money for PGT-A when 2 out of the 3 embryos we have are fully hatched! They literally made out before that they were all very good quality, expanded blastocyst euploids, which isn't the case! And I half wonder if those ones hadn't been tested if they would have stayed as expanded blasts. It basically gives us only one hope! So, I think I'm going to get the worst one put in next and keep the one good one frozen as we've paid for a multi cycle...so will be cheaper in the long run if next one is the worst one and doesn't work, then we do a full cycle again that's already paid for!

@Coops0406 thank you 😊
2WW are crap! Sorry to hear it's negative but you never know miracles do happen 🙏🏻🤞.

@Coops0406 sorry to hear youre still testing negative.

i tested again this morning (despite nurse saying not to test at home) and it is much lighter today so I assume it’s a chemical and they were right with their expectations. Gutted! I know we have other chances but I let myself get my hopes up and I wish I hadn’t.

@Reefy at this stage I'm pretty certain of the outcome unfortunately, just a shame I still have to take so much medication!

@LT103 I'm so sorry. It's just crap this journey, and who can blame you for giving yourself hope. It does make the fall harder but if we didn't have any hope we wouldn't be here doing this. Sending you big hugs