IVF - Anyone else on the 2 week wait as at 18/05/22

[Lisabrown88]

Just checking if anyone else is on the two week wait right now? I am! and wanted to just see how everyone is feeling :) I started my two week wait today!

I will join you on Saturday 😬 Hope you’re doing ok

Uhhh wish you a safe transfer! :)

Just mild cramping but for some strange reason, my progesterone injection was alot more painful today! That could just be me haha. I know its a myth but bedrest but im so paranoid so im still on bedrest for the next couple of days haha

@LT103

Yup, transfer on 17/05. On Tuesday I felt a bit crampy and horrible but I went shopping yesterday morning in the sunshine and I’m just trying to carry on as normal and not obsess to much.

Trying to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables.

Also, sorry that you have to take progesterone injections. I was so glad that they gave me the ovals. They said if my levels were too low I’d have to do injections instead, but so far they seem to be working.

@Iliada ahh thats good its gentle symptoms. Thats great you have been able to move around and do stuff, im tempted to stay home all of today and go back to business as usual.

Soo lucky you dont have to take the injections, soo painful haha! I have the injection and pessaries.

How was the transfer for you? Mine literally took 5mins hahaha

I was amazed at how quick and painless the transfer was, to be honest.

I had IUI a few times a couple of years ago and it was always awful, the doctor would crank the speculum open which pinched and then she would fiddle about for ages. It was horrible!

But this time I braced for all that and couldn’t even feel it. New doctor, new world of pain free gynaecology!

Transfer this week but no symptoms :(

My ivf transfer was 12 May, so I'm now 8dp5dt. It's my second cycle after the first one failing and I'm getting anxious. I've had some mild symptoms (fairly consistent breast tenderness, occasional nausea and tiny cramps that could definitely be nothing). Test day is 25 May. Won't it be great if this is our month!!!!!! Ugh the wait is horrible. Stay strong!

@Iliada yes its crazy how quick and painfree it is! After a 3yr Fertility journey it comes down to a 5mins transfer! :)

@Fertilityjourney what day post embryo transfer are you at? I dont know if everyone gets symptoms or maybe you are and not realising as you think its standard? Ive been obsessed watching youtube videos about symptoms but all ive had minor cramps and hunger but im always hungry so not sure its due to an embryo! Haha. Dont panic, you might just be one of the lucky few with no symptoms! :)

@hopefloats2022 oh gosh yours is almost here! Everyday feels like 20yrs though, is anyone else being as silly as me and testing everyday? I even tested straight after the transfer hahahaa, not sure what I was expecting!

The wait is really stressful and just wish it could be much sooner. How is everyone coping with work alongside this? Im going back to work in a week and im so panicked il have anxiety all over again :(

I'm 5dp5dt and obsessing over every slight twinge! I was knackered on oestrodiol alone but strangely feel like I have more energy since the transfer... Annoying because fatigue seems to be a big sign for a positive test, but maybe it's the hope and better weather.

@Iliada I am I guess day 3 of transfer or day 4 if you count day of transfer as day 1. Bit tired and hungry but that’s nothing new! Slightly short tempted but this came after taking the oestrogen!

Apart from that no other symptoms. I have obsessed over websites and what you should be feeling but today I’m keeping myself busy.
@hollyhd well hoping the twinges are a good sign, few days to go !!
As soon as as write twinges I’m convincing myself I’m having them 😂 the mind is a powerful tool.

Transfer today so I’m officially in the 2ww!!!! Bloods on 31st!

Im 3 days post transfer and have symptoms like cramping, severe hunger (im always hungry though lol but this time i woke up hungry), and dizzyness. One weird symptom i have that i havent seen online is that i woke up feeling like i was having a period ie wet area down there but think might just be the progesterone? No idea!

Yea the waiting is really stressful, every say feels like a year!

No testing here!!!! I’m terrified to get a BFN and have to deal with that sadness while continuing to take these wretched hormones on the off chance it might still turn positive before OTD. I think I’ll test just once in the morning before the nurse calls me so I know which way the wind is blowing. I’m feeling actually less sick than my last (failed) IVF cycle, but breasts are more consistently sore and feel similar to how they did when I was pregnant last year (missed miscarriage at 10 weeks 💔). So I’m staying as hopeful as possible but obviously also going insane. So close but so far!!!

Yes, testing like a loon although this morning was only 4.5dp6dt. Totally negative, of course.

I have serious doubts about it working with it being a 6 day embryo when I have a 5 day stored (so that means the other one must look worse somehow, although we really didn’t want to know any of the grading), but some people say it doesn’t matter.

As I have done medicated cycles for IUI, one of which was BFN and one BFP (with great numbers although it went wrong later), I know for a fact that the progesterone gives all the symptoms of pregnancy, up to and including some low level nausea. I had all the same symptoms both times, pregnant or not, so at least for me there’s no point symptom spotting. Which makes the wait even more rubbish!

@hopefloats2022 oh gosh so sorry to hear about your 10 weeks miscarriage, I had a 6 weeks miscarriage and I have such a severe traumatising time so i can only imagine at 10 weeks. People tell you how bad it makes you feel but actually being in the shoes just feels so much worse. I understand why you are scared of testing, you shouldnt even till the OTD so just keep feeling positive. Those hormones are the worst, im currently off work so im able to deal with the stress of just the hormones but i start work next week and dreading having th combine both, already feel the anxiety building up. Nevertheless im excited for us all and hoping we all get a BFP.

@Iliada haha testing non stop isnt helping us hahaha. Im doing the same as well. Im 4dpt and today I decided to not test, im hoping I can resist not testing till atleast 7dpt. Ive been having very vivid dreams as well and no idea if its the progesterone or the implantation going on. Its just so random.

How many IVF/IUI rounds have you guys done and do you guys go via NHS?

@Lisabrown88 first IVF round, 12 eggs, 2 fertilised, 1 to blastocyst stage. Small embryo. Not offered NHS help so we took out a loan!

@Fertilityjourney oh woww fingers crossed, all it takes is one! Regarding the costs, it must be highly frustrating to spend all that money if things dont work out!

I’m in my TWW after a FET. This is my third FET, the first 2 failed. I’m currently 3dp5dt. I dont have any symptoms.

this month I’m doing daily tests. Last month I waited until OTD and it was so bad mentally for me. I’m hoping this way I will be upset a little bit each day instead of a huge disappointment n 2 weeks.

XjustagirlX That’s exactly how I feel as well, I do better with time to process how I am feeling about something little by little, rather than great anticipation and a big shock. Even if it were good news, I would rather not have it launched at me over the phone and feel overwhelmed. With bad news, I need time so that I can react better.

That’s something that missed miscarriage really teaches you - when they told me last time I almost started laughing with shock even though I was totally devastated and crushed, because I just couldn’t believe that I had been right for weeks that nothing was working, while everyone around me we telling me it would be fine and I should be so happy. It confused the doctor and made her pretty unsympathetic and she gave me some terrible advice which had to be corrected later by all the kinder doctors I saw. If I had had time to process the news, I could have explained how I was really feeling.

Lisabrown88 This is the first round of private IVF I have done, as mentioned there were a few rounds of IUI that didn’t result in a baby and then the first COVID lockdown happened the month I was recovering from a miscarriage which was terrible as I had never needed people around me so much. So we left it until things had settled down as I couldn’t face more fertility treatments without being sure that I could have friends and family around me no matter the outcome.

I think taking care of your mental health and doing everything you can to make sure you are supported and feeling strong in yourself has got to be the best way to approach all possible changes in life, including this one.

so I’m now 2dp5dt and trying my hardest not to google. I had a natural FET so no meds before or after just an injection of ovitrelle at time of transfer to boost natural progesterone but that’s obv hcg so I can’t test early as I’d get a false positive so I’m waiting and I’ll do a urine test on morning of bloods. Only 8 days to wait 😬😬
had a little spotting this morning which I think has just been from the procedure. Lots of twinges and bubbly feelings in my tummy but they did say to expect some cramps for first couple days so I don’t think I can be crazy and look into anything yet.
its going to be a long week

LT103 Although* *it must be so frustrating, in a way not being able to test is probably a really good thing!

I’ve tested every for the last three days now at 5.5dp6dt (all starkly negative) which is frankly crazy behaviour and made worse since the progesterone and hot weather (37 degrees on Saturday) makes it impossible to test properly as frankly what I am testing is just like fresh water! I am so thirsty all the time, I don’t know how many litres I’ve been drinking, at least 3 or 4 a day and about a litre before going to sleep so I don’t wake up with a mouth like a desert.

Just cracked and bought an air conditioner, which I always swore I didn’t need, but it’s May now in the 30s already and everyone is absolutely terrified about what July is going to be like.

Actually, just worked it out and I’ve been drinking well over 6 litres of water at least. It really has been boiling.

Hi @Lisabrown88 mine started on 16th 🥲 the first week seemed to go quickly but since then it's DRAGGING. I'm constantly symptom spotting and can't help the worrying "what if there's something wrong" etc.
Cramps on 5dpo, tender boobs yesterday, but do I always get that?! I don't know...
I also gave in and did a pregnancy test today, couldn't resist 😅 hope the wait isn't too long for you and hope you get a positive!! Xx