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.

@Babydust2u oh what a shame 😔 getting that feeling is so horrible! I'm ok with needles but I do get a bit queasy and sweaty with medical things, felt like I was going to pass out after getting my tooth out the other week haha!

We're up north east Scotland and he's been driving down to beside Liverpool! Hopefully be back in an hour or so I hope, there was a lot of traffic on the way down I guess cos the holidays.

Thank you, will give it a try!! Xx

@BlueSilver23 12 eggs is fantastic!! Congratulations and well done for getting out of london! I hope it wasn't too stressful for you!

@Reefy good luck for your update today, I really hope your little embryo is fighting hard!

@Babydust2u hope you are well and enjoyed the bank holiday!

@HJen22 I'm sorry it's so traumatic, do you trust anyone else to do the injections for you? Have you got a nurse friend or something?

It is official, BFN and it couldn't be more obvious on the bloody test strip! Will ring the clinic today when I'm in work and see where we go. At least it's no surprise and I've known for days though.

@LT103 I hope it's good news for you with your blood test 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

@Coops0406 So sorry to hear that, even if you were expecting it. I hope the clinic will have a good plan for you going ahead.

@LT103 fingers crossed for good news with the HCG today 🤞

@Reefy best of luck for the embie update today! 🍀

@HJen22 Sorry to hear the injections are still traumatic, I found doing them horrible too.

good luck for everyone else with scans and updates today!

Thanks everyone. Feeling a bit better about it all this morning. Would have hoped for more mature eggs but wouldnt we all!

Hoping that 26 mature eggs (36 total collected) is still pretty good and will give me a decent chance.

Just wish I knew what the difference was; took all the vitamins etc this time round, stimed for longer and upped the dose only to end up with with a bunch of small follicles and less eggs than before. Guess it is all a bit of luck in the end.

It’s so tempting to go again isn’t it as you always think ‘just one more go’ but think I need to stop collecting eggs now and move forward with actually thinking about FET etc. Two rounds of EC has been enough for me for the moment!

How have people found the difference between EC and FET? I’ve heard some people say that FET is less physically traumatic than EC overall (but more emotionally difficult of course). I always intended for frozen transfers so it’s just thinking about when to go for it. My body feels a bit wrecked right now!

@Coops0406 I'm so sorry my lovely 😢 I really really hoped for good news today. Sending you lots of hugs. How are you? That's my OH back now and step daughter away so it should be less stressful as he can do them all now and they won't have to be hidden and done rushed. Because we was away all day yesterday we thought it was best I did them all in the lead up so I wasn't just doing them the one day he wasn't here! I'm just being a bit of a drama queen, sorry! After the trigger issue I just have quite a big fear of them going wrong!

@Reefy sending all the positivity for your update today, and I hope your embryo is fighting hard too ❤️

@LT103 I really hope it's good news for your bloods today. I hope you had a nice weekend and lots of distractions.

@Coops0406 I'm so sorry. It's so unfair!

Thank you all ladies. I've barely slept & I've never been so nervous in my whole life waiting for this call! 🤞🙏🏻 il update when I know. Thanks for all the support ❤️

Just had the call! It's survived!!!
Grading is different on day 3, they like it to be between 6-8 cells then grade it again between 1-4 with 4 being the go highest & at the moment it's a 5/4/2 I've had a 6/4/4 before so it's not the best but it's an embryo! I cried when I knew I had 1 to transfer! 4pm transfer today! 🙌🏻🙏🏻🤞

@Coops0406 so sorry to hear your news, even if you know it was coming it’s still sad and disappointing. Thinking of you 😘😘 hopefully after updating the clinic they can give you some clarity on next steps and give you something new and hopeful to focus on.

@Reefy all the best for your phone call today 😘😘 come on little embie fighter you can do this!!

@HJen22 glad your OH is back safe and sound and he can return to his usual nursing duties 😂 well done for being so brave doing them yourself, you did it gurl, be proud! I once asked mine to help me and it ended up in an argument as he hates needles and passed out at his blood test 😂😂 now he hovers in the next room asking if I am ok 😂😂. We are also planning a fresh 5 day transfer of all goes well but I guess you never know what’s going to happen! Staying optimistic for now.

@BlueSilver23 congratulations on your 12 lovely eggs and that’s an amazing amount banked and ready to use! I look forward to hearing on what you plan to do next. Hope your not too uncomfortable and have a few days to relax.

@Reefy thars amazing news!! So happy for you!! Good luck with your transfer today hope it all goes smoothly and your Embie gets nice and comfy in its new home 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

@Reefy amazing news!! That little embryo is made of strong stuff!! So happy for you! Good luck with transfer today, in a few hours you'll be PUPO ❤️ the calls are unbelievably nerve wracking, well done for getting through the weekend!!

@EmzieMurf1987 aw thank you lovely. I'm being dramatic haha I would have rather like last time he did them all for me, but i know I'm lucky he did last time as it's not easy. Oh bless him, it's not for the faint hearted is it!! Yeah that's what we'll be doing, last time there was a lot of back and forth cos it was one embryo and it was fresh then frozen then fresh but we didn't end up transferring as the little embryo sadly stopped growing. I am also trying to stay optimistic for this round 🤞🏻

@BlueSilver23 congrats on the egg collection!! So happy for you! How are you feeling? x

@Coops0406 so sorry honestly ivf is so unfair 😢 have the clinics said what's the next steps pr what they have planned? x

@Reefy that's amazing news eeek 1pm transfer how exciting!!! Keep us updated x

@LT103 fingers and toes crossed for you x

Just had my day10 scan 😔 egg collection was ment to be this Wednesday they've changed it to Friday now but the nurse was saying they are going to decide on Wednesday if they are going to cancel egg collection all together or do it on Friday I feel so heartbroken 😭😭 I think I had like 2 at 10mm and like 15 at 8mm

@Reefy Such fantastic news! Now for lots of baby dust for the next two weeks! Hope transfer goes smoothly today 🍀 Keep us all updated!

@Babydust2u Thank you! Feeling a bit bloated and sore but doing ok so far. Sorry to hear your scan didn’t have the results you wanted, it’s only Monday so there could be a lot of change between now and Friday. I got mature eggs for freezing from follicles over 13mm I think it was (and they collected eggs from smaller follicles than that but they were too little for freezing) so there is still hope! And if making youre making embryos they can use more immature eggs (or did I just imagine that)?

@EmzieMurf1987 Just realised you have joined the thread, welcome! Sorry I missed that, been in an EC bubble the last couple of days!

@Babydust2u sorry to hear that. A lot can change in 2 days! 🤞

@HJen22 glad OH is back to his duties 😂. When do you have a scan?

@EmzieMurf1987 how many days of stims have you done?

@BlueSilver23 hope you are feeling ok today & taking it easy.

@BlueSilver23 I hope so I feel so heartbroken honestly I told myself it might be delayed by a few days but I didn't think they will cancel it 😔 I just pray on Wednesday I'm okay and where they want the follicles to be x

@Reefy let's hope so x

@Babydust2u I'm so sorry your scan didn't go as well as hoped 😔 but a lot can happen in a few days, still time for the littler follicles to catch up 🤞🏻 I really hope Wednesday is better xxx

@Reefy so glad, I'm happy my nurse days are over. I've a scan Wednesday which will be after 8 days of stims and then another on Friday! I have a counselling session in between too which always helps calm me down xx

@BlueSilver23 thank you for the welcome 😘 don’t be sorry, this thread is moving so fast and you have been concentrating on EC that’s the most important thing!

@Babydust2u so sorry to hear your scan didn’t go well for you, could they not increase your meds? Or is that not an option? A lot can happen in 2 days and I’ve read follicles can grow up to 2mm a day, so please hang in there things can deffo turn around for you!

@HJen22 sorry to hear your embryo from your last round didn’t make it, it’s a heartbreaking process isn’t it. I really hope you get a good result from this round, I’m crossing everything for you!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼

@Reefy today is day 7 with my first scan and bloods tomorrow. I’m really worried I’m overstimulating as I’m uncomfortable already with discomfort either side of my hips where my ovaries are and some lower back pain. I’m a side sleeper too and couldn’t lie on either side for too long this morning. Im scared it will make the eggs lower quality? No idea if that’s even a thing but the anxiety is deffo kicking in! Tomorrow can’t come quick enough.

@Reefy oh that is wonderful news, I'm so happy for you. Almost PUPO time :)

Argh @Coops0406 I'm so sorry! At least now you know and can move forward but that's hardly much of a comfort. How many transfers have you done (apologies if you've already said, I forget to take notes)

@Babydust2u Oh no that's so surprising, like someone else said could they not increase the meds? Crossing fingers the eggs catch up! Have they said what the minimum amount of eggs they want to grow for them to go ahead with the retrieval?

@HJen22 it's funny I absolutely could not imagine wanting anyone but myself to do the shots haha! It's much easier that I just pop into the bathroom, stick the needle in, boom, no big deal. But it's so lucky you don't HAVE to do them yourself since you dislike it so much!
It usually goes super smoothly for me but I did get my first (and so far only) injection bruise a few days ago, I think I squeezed the skin while pulling the needle out, so a stream of blood kind of squirted out and now I've got a big blue bruise that I have to work around. But I had gotten a little too casual with it I think, so at least the bruise reminds me to be careful now!

@SamTTC I have a lot of respect for you ladies doing all of yours yourself! And a newfound respect for my OH haha! I'm just not chill enough, I'm totally fine when someone else is doing it but I'm just so scared of doing it wrong or dropping it. I was even panicking that it was just air in the string the other day hahaha. That is exactly what happened to me last night, the blood squirted out and I had to wipe a few times before it stopped and it's left me with a purple bruise! How are you getting on?

@EmzieMurf1987 thank you ❤️ after just the one egg I was over the moon it fertilised but sadly it just went downhill after that. Hopefully this time it goes better 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@Reefy Amazing news, your embie is made out of strong stuff, you will be PUPO in few hours 🎉

@HJen22 hope your stims are going well, glas your hubby is back to do it. I'm the same, I feel better when DH is at home. I work in the hospital, but I'm not a great patient lol.

@Babydust2u sorry to hear about your scan results, as everyone is saying, lots can happen in few days, fingers crossed for you!!

@BlueSilver23 Congratulations on your EC!!
Hope you feel better now 😘

I am doing frozen transfer this time so interested how different that will be. My last transfer was on day3 so it was quite soon after EC and because it was my 1st cycle ever, I found it a bit overwhelming.

Welcome @EmzieMurf1987 🎉

I am now on day 4 of stims, it's whole new level to my previous cycle! So far so good but ended up with a massive bruise last last, I find Menopur so hard to inject, it feels like the needle almost doesn't want to go in. Does anyone else feels like that?

@badassmum22 glad all going good with you! Yes!! I'm the same with menopur, the needle doesn't seem to glide in it seems to eventually pop. But pretty sure I'm terrible at them haha fast and dart like I think makes it go in easier! Yeah it's just nice to have the reassurance, my friend was great and assured me I'd done it fine but as you can tell I still panicked 😂😂

Thank you everyone. It's never easy and I'm sure I'll be okay soon 🥰 Stupidly went to work but came home an hour ago as it's been exhausting trying to keep a brave face in front of everyone...and I didn't want to tell them all and have everyone feel awkward around me. Cried all the way there and all the way back 😢

Spoke to the clinic and we're not allowed to do a back to back FET so have to have a withdrawal bleed. We have a review meeting on 21st June. But not sure what they will say as they said we had done everything we could. Then could possibly start again in July.

@SamTTC We've had 3 egg collections, 35 eggs in total (only 2 from first cycle), 14 fertilised, 9 embryos make it to good quality at day 5, 2 failed fresh transfers, 7 embryos tested to give us 3 euploids, womb biopsies all great, 1 failed FET. So no have 2 Frosties, one fully hatched and the other expanded blast (we think!)

@Reefy good luck for transfer!🤞🏾Remember not to overfill on water!

@Babydust2u so sorry the scan wasn't as you'd hoped. Would they not up the dose for the last few days?

@Coops0406 oh I'm so sorry 😢 I am so sad for you, you've been through so much and I really hoped this was your time. I'm glad you're taking the time away from work, it was very brave to go in. Sending you the biggest hug ❤️ let the tears out, better out than in. Sometimes they don't feel like they will ever stop; but they will 💕 take the time you need, this process is so unbelievably hard xxx

@HJen22 ❤️❤️❤️ thank you. You think you're all cried out but there's always more left!
It's so tough this journey...but if we can get through this we can get through anything!
Ps so glad your OH has resumed his injection duties!

So my update from this morning, my hcg level is low only 30 (should me minimum 55) they want me to go to do another one on Wednesday. An hour later of the call I started to bleed... my tests were getting darker over the weekend...I'm devastated.

@BlueSilver23 thats a great number of eggs!!!

@Coops0406 i know you were expecting it but doesn’t make it any easier. I’m so sorry.

@Reefy giad it was a good update!! All on track for transfer then?

@HJen22 youre doing amazing with stims!!!!! Not long now!!

I’ve had a rubbish few days. No further forward. Frer still fairly dark positive but no progression. I know it’s not going to be good news but been in a lot of pain last few days with cramps bad enough to wake me up during the night so I’m worrying about ectopic. Went for bloods this morning and burst into tears on the poor nurse who was lovely!! She doesn’t think by my numbers it will be ectopic but can’t explain the pain. So I’m just waiting on my call and so worried about everything 😢