FET in September/October

[MyEasterEggs]

I’m preparing to start my treatment cycle in a month or so and thought it might be helpful to start up a thread for anyone heading for FET soon.

This will be my first FET so I’m nervous but also feeling hopeful having gone through a fair amount of testing and treatment. Think I’m about as prepared as I’ll ever be!

Current cycle finally got going two days ago after a bit of a delay and I’ve decided to use it to focus on eating well and getting into the right headspace.

Anyone at a similar stage and want some company?

@IVFAnon look at that! It's perfect!

@IVFAnon looks like a strong positive to me 😊

Great to see a strong positive @IVFAnon 😊

How’s everyone getting on?

I’m trying my best to stay calm but after six losses it’s hard to be anything but hyper aware of every ache and twinge. And I’m now scared to wipe when I go to the toilet after some pink spotting a few days ago 😣

Booked in for bloods on Tuesday and Thursday to compare HCG levels and the PAU have booked my 6 week scan. I’ll be 5+6 but it’s a Friday and that’s the closest they can manage before I’m due to head back to clinic in London for more intralipids on the Monday. My thinking is if it’s not good news I can just cancel that trip. But hopefully all is well 🤞🏻

Can’t fault my care. I moved to a new area recently so that's been on my mind but my GP has been incredible and so has the pharmacy. They prescribed and ordered everything which I wasn’t sure they would. So that’s taken the edge off the anxiety 😥

Love to you all!

Morning @MyEasterEggs and everyone else.

I'm doing OK thanks. I'm currently 6dp6dt and I feel physically completely normal. I had some bloating between days 4 and 5 post transfer, but that's the most obvious symptom I've had and it's completely disappeared now. I'm starting to worry that this transfer is going to be another complete fail. It's my second transfer with a euploid embryo so if it doesn't work it's going to raise a lot more questions in my mind about why it's not working.

@MyEasterEggs pregnancy after a history of loss must be so difficult to navigate. It must make you hyper aware of everything. I'll be keeping everything crossed that your blood tests on Tuesday and Thursday go well, as well as your 6 week scan. I'm glad you're in good hands with your GP, it's one less thing to worry about.

@CentaurChiron when is test day?

I suppose the main concern has been the genetic condition, so immunes, progesterone, microbiome or infection won’t have been looked at, is that right?

If it doesn’t work out this cycle, and you haven’t had further investigations, will you consider the EndomeTRIO test and look into having immunes checked? Sometimes it helps to have a plan B. I’ve been figuring mine out in case this pregnancy isn’t successful.

But of course it could be good news so hang in there 💛

Morning @MyEasterEggs !
The wait for the 6 week scan is the hardest for me due to a previous loss, I know when I hopefully see the heartbeat I'll feel much more relaxed.
I'm 10dp 5dt now so 2 weeks until we can have our first scan and still getting positives so it's keeping me going 🥰 I've got sore boobs and had back ache this weekend but it's been a busy one which has kept my going!
Hope everyone else is doing okay

@MyEasterEggs my OTD is the 18th but I'm planning to test on the 17th as I'm working on the 18th.

The main reason we're doing IVF is the genetic condition. I've not had any immune testing, but I have had Fertilysis microbiome and infection testing which was all totally normal. I've also been pregnant naturally but we decided to terminate due to the baby having the genetic condition we're trying to not pass on. I was concerned about uterine scarring after my termination procedure, but I've had two completely normal saline songrams to rule this out. I will definitely consider having the EndomeTRIO and immune testing done if this one doesn't work.

I probably do need to give this transfer more of a chance, I'm just really struggling to believe it will ever work for us, because the last 2-3 years have been full of disappointments and waiting.

Morning all. I’m on my way to London to get scanned. I have a new consultant after my last one left (not sure why) and hopefully based on the scan and the ERA results, which I think are also in, I’ll get a schedule for my many drugs. I will also tell my consultant that I want Lubion over Prontogest and discuss the necessity of the Clexane.

42 years old, I've done 2 rounds of icsi.

First round 4 x day 5 blastocysts.
First 2 single embrio transfers did not work.
Second round icsi 3 day 5 embryos, 2 tested with 1 too small untested, tested not looking great, one mosaic the other not euploid.
I've just transferred my last 2 untested embryos from my first round on the 1st October and have gotten a BFP today. 4 weeks pregnant and gosh I'm both elated and terrified given my last embryos on ice are not great and my age is against me. Hoping to gave this stick and make it to birth.

The odds are not great for a 42 year old, but I guess there is still a chance.

Sprinkling baby fairy dust for all going through this. Stay strong, I'm trying too, damm it's hard.

Hi ladies,

mind if I join you? Currently day 5 of meds for second embryo transfer. We transferred two in July but this ended up in the miscarriage from hell. We will be transferring another two. I am 41 and none of our embryos were tested ( we got 7 good quality embryos). I am hoping this time round we will get some luck. We had the products of conception tested and currently awaiting a call from the geneticist. I assume that means means they found something. I am so anxious this time round as the miscarriage took 5 weeks to resolve between the tablets and ultimately a d&c. It’s also our 5th in 14 months.

do you guys take anything to help thicken up the lining?

thanks 😊

Just saw this thread. FET on Friday and so nervous

@MyEasterEggs good luck for bloods and scan!!

im in what feels like the longest wait ever. My first scan isn’t until next Monday. The only good thing is I will be 7 weeks by then so I should definitely know one way or the other. Still getting so much bloating and cramping and nausea starting too so I’m taking that as good signs. I just can’t help but think things will end same as last round where our scan showed an empty sac. I can’t seem to let myself get excited about this.

Can I join the please? I am in the same boat @LT103, our previous IVF cycle just showed an empty gestational sac at 7 week scan. I’ve been on and off feeling terrified.

On Sunday my sore boobs weren’t as sore and I was convinced the pregnancy was over. Then on Monday sore boobs came back and I felt better. Read it can come and go as a symptom but if I don’t have glaringly obvious symptoms I start to panic. Got my wee ready to do a test to check if the line has progressed. I am hopefully 4 weeks + 5 days now and have only tested once at 4 weeks. Anyway, I poured the wee down the toilet because I just thought I can’t do this. Testing is so stress inducing.

Last time I noticed symptoms waning, I did the Clearblue 3+ test at 5 weeks. It never went up to 3+. Hence scans and blood tests every other day at EPU before the final confirmation at the viability scan. They thought it had an outside chance so I had two weeks of hell ‘waiting to see’. Hours spent at the EPU crying whilst waiting for appointments. Looking back I wish I’d never tried to do the 3+ Clearblue test. This time, I am desperately trying to not test!!!

@MyEasterEggs The best of luck for your scans and bloods! I’m sure the experience at a private clinic will be a lot less soul destroying than at the EPU, won’t have to wait 4 hours for starts!

@swimmingwithturtles good luck. It’s a horrible wait isn’t it!! My last round with empty sac my first hcg was really low at 32 and then although it rose it was slow to rise so they knew things weren’t right. This time my first hcg was 249 (I think) so they haven’t done any more which has terrified me.
just another 6 days to wait now but feeling nauseous and some boob changes so definitely different signs from last time but not sure that means anything. Ugh if only we had a crystal ball!!

@LT103 Wishing you so much luck too. 249 is an excellent HCG result

Last time we had an HCG result of 148, my clinic said anything above 100 is good and we don’t need to come back. This time we have an HCG result of 132 so similar really, waiting for that HCG result was making me so panic stricken. We thought about asking if we could go in two days later to see if it doubled but my heart couldn’t take it.

DH is away on business at the moment so it’s making the time go even slower. I’m sure the next two weeks are going to ge the slowest of my life.

Hi can I join this thread please, my wife (37 F) and I (35 F) are going through reciprocal IVF. This is our 2nd cycle of ICSI, the first resulted in only one embryo transfer which ended in a chemical pregnancy. The 2nd cycle resulted in a day 5 ,and two day 6 blastocysts. The first day 5 embryo was transferred in march and resulted in a miscarriage at 8 weeks. We have just transferred our remaining two day 6 embryos from a FET, and so far have got a positive pregnancy test which reads 2-3 weeks on clear blue digital. We are 4 weeks 3 days. Keeping everything crossed that these little ones are sticky. Good luck to everyone going through this journey, it can be so difficult.

@dlkiik what’s the backache like for you? I’ve found it’s morphed from what I thought was my period coming to a kind of kidney type ache and twinges in my hips. It’s been three years since my last pregnancy, which got to 10 weeks, and I feel like I’ve forgotten half of the things I experienced then…

@CentaurChiron I’m sorry you’ve experienced TMFR. It’s not something I’ve been through myself though a friend had to make the same tough decision. I really hope this is your time after all this heartache and waiting 💛

@OrangeBengal how did the scan go? And your results? Push for Lubion because I’m having to pay for Prontogest. Found out today that the NHS where I’m based won’t prescribe it. Obviously that’s the one for me so I’ll suck it up but thought I’d mention it!

@SL42smbc gentle congratulations on your BFP. You’re right. It’s so, so hard! Which is why I’m glad we have this group to sound off on 🥰

@Hopefull1981 sorry for your recent loss. I hope you can get some answers. I experienced three losses in six months back in 2016 so can appreciate some of what you must be feeling. For my lining I focused on Beet It - you can buy six large glass bottles of organic juice with ginger - and gentle yoga, brisk walking and reflexology. If you’re in London I can DM you the details of someone who helped me relax and who may have helped my lining! My nutritionist also recommended Solgar L-Arginine 1000mg if I found out at my scan that lining was thin so worth considering if you have a history of it. I didn’t need it. You stop it after transfer 🙂

@Conundrum12345 good luck with your FET on Friday!

@LT103 truly hope it’s good news for you on Monday. As you say those are all good signs. I’m feeling rough as hell today and it’s the strangest relief to have indigestion and fatigue among other things 😬

@swimmingwithturtles I’ve spent the last six days in testing hell. In some ways it’s been helpful to see lines progressing but there have been moments where I’ve questioned the results. So much can influence them; how much you drank the night before, your flow when you wee, the batch of tests itself. Not the best approach really is it!

Welcome @EandKDJ that’s a really good result on CB at 4+3 given the threshold. Will we have our first set of twins? I’m 4+3 today too! Good luck 💛

@MyEasterEggs it kind of feels like all my ligaments are relaxing now - i also have the hip pain and top of my legs. It's like it's moving round from my back 😂
Isn't it bizarre how quickly it affects your body! Other than that and the sore boobs I'm feeling relatively well. How about you?🥰

Thank you for the kind words @MyEasterEggs It's been a truly hellish experience. I'm hoping this is finally our time too. 🙏

How're you bearing up? I'm sorry to read you've been in testing hell. Will you have a blood test to confirm your levels?

Hey @MyEasterEggs how you feeling? Scan all good, lining ready to go, so my transfer will be on Wednesday. I haven’t got the ERA report yet but based on when my transfer is and when I’m due to start progesterone (I successfully argued Lubion over Prontogest), I reckon it said I needed support for more day then I’ve been having it. I’m away Thursday-Sunday, so it looks like I’ll be injecting and inserting things into myself in a variety of toilets for days, something to look forward to!!! (I’ve actually managed to avoid this so far.)

@Hopeful199 is today your scan? Good luck!!!!!

@MyEasterEggs the testing is horrendous. I did it last time and this time I did 2 and made myself stop as it got me so anxious! The fatigue is def a thing. And my cramps and what feels like trapped wind likes to wake me up several times a night. Any symptoms I’m happy with though as I never had all this last time, suspect my hormone levels never got high enough

Has anyone contacted their gp yet? Do I wait until I’m discharged from clinic or contact them now so I can get booked in with midwife. I’ve heard someone saying they were late calling and then struggled to get a date for 12 week scan