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FET December 2022

293 replies

Nat4819 · 14/11/2022 13:57

Hello!

Is anyone else scheduled to have a FET in Dec? I had my egg collection at the end of October and as we did PGT-A testing we're doing a FET in my next cycle. I've been given an estimated transfer date of 5 December.

Would love to speak with others who will be going through this at the same time!

OP posts:
Happyface82 · 31/12/2022 18:35

@SPR40 1st beta was at 9dp5dp and it was 395 and 2nd was at 11dp5dp at 1290.

SPR40 · 31/12/2022 18:54

@Happyface82 oooh they are great betas xxxx

Yoga817 · 01/01/2023 08:36

Happy new year everyone.

Ooo la la. The nausea and food aversions have ramped up today. I'm 6 weeks tomorrow so I guess this is when the hcg levels start to peak. 🤢

Happyface82 · 01/01/2023 09:00

@Yoga817 Happy New Year!! Aaaahhh sounds exciting though as everything seems to be progressing!! Hopefully it won't last long!!

I'm just super tired but then I'm still early. Had some exciting news last night. My cousin, who I'm very close with is pregnant and is due a couple of weeks before me. How cool for the little ones to be so close!! I never had that with my first two as I was young and the 1st one to have a baby out of my friends and family.

SPR40 · 01/01/2023 12:05

Happy New Year Everyone! What an exciting time ahead for us. 🥰

@Yoga817 it's such a weird sensation my hubbi opened popcorn last night and I was so queasy I had to leave the room lol.

@Happyface82 that's great news so brilliant to have someone so close on the same journey.

Rtmhwales · 01/01/2023 18:22

@RoseLlo I got mine back, they only do them a week apart which is annoying.

9DP5DT was 233
16DP5DT was 3666

So they're doubling every 42h which is good. But all my previous losses have had high HCG and excellent doubling until mid 7 weeks so I'm still on edge for the next few weeks.

Ultrasound is on Thursday so it's a slow slog until then.

Happy new year everyone!

@Happyface82 those are wonderful numbers!

SPR40 · 02/01/2023 03:17

@Rtmhwales those numbers look fab. Sending you all the positivity ✨️ Thursday will be here in no time only 3 more sleeps to go. 😊

Happyface82 · 02/01/2023 07:35

@Rtmhwales good numbers!! Thursday will be here before you know it. The waiting is so difficult but I think we need to take it one day at a time!

SPR40 · 04/01/2023 08:41

@Yoga817 @RoseLlo hope everything went well yesterday. All fine my end, very surreal.

@Rtmhwales hope you are doing well. One more sleep for you now.

Sending you all lots of love 🥰

And everyone else in the group, hope you are all doing well and having a lovely 2023 xxxx

RoseLlo · 04/01/2023 17:57

Thank you @SPR40 I am so pleased all is well with you. All fine with me too :)
Hope you got some good news Yoga817 and wishing you luck for tomorrow @Rtmhwales xx

Rtmhwales · 05/01/2023 18:50

So had the ultrasound today and there's one baby in the right place measuring 6+1 with a heartbeat "around 100". I'd thought that was an okay heart rate but doctor said it's on the low range of normal so could go either way. Back for another ultrasound next week to check progress.

So good news albeit slightly disappointing. And was really hoping there were two little babies hiding in there!

How's everybody else doing?

Happyface82 · 05/01/2023 20:29

@Rtmhwales I'm sure all be fine! It's so stressful those few first weeks!! Sending you big hugs.

I also had a scan today at 4+6 and they saw a sac. Going back in 2 weeks. We were also hoping for 2, especially with those high betas. But as long as it's healthy I'll be over the moon. Feeling like I'm too old to keep trying.

Rtmhwales · 05/01/2023 23:57

@Happyface82 wow such an early scan!

It feels greedy being mildly disappointed with one (potentially) healthy embryo snuggled in but after 3 miscarriages, an ectopic, and a failed FET I was kind of hoping for double for my money and time Grin

SPR40 · 06/01/2023 06:03

@RoseLlo 🥰 So pleased to hear all well.

@Rtmhwales completely understandable greed lol. Pleased to hear all well, 100 for 6 + 1 sounds great to me. 🥳

@Happyface82 yay pleased to hear sac has been seen so early.😊

And now it's another 2 week countdownl. I am back in on 14th and I cannot believe how slow time is moving haha!

I hope everyone is well and thinking of you all xxx

Yoga817 · 06/01/2023 16:20

Hi everyone. Sorry I've been quiet, it's been a bit of an uncertain few days, but seems to have ended well today, I'll try to be as brief as possible :)

I had some heavy bleeding Sunday and ended up in A&E, they couldn't do much, but I was already booked in at the EPU for an appointment on Tuesday. They did an hcg blood test and it was still rising

Went to EPU for scan Tuesday and had a horrendous experience, the sonographer was awful and very abrupt, scanned me and said we are pregnant with twins, however there was no fetal pole and the gestational sacs were measuring over a week behind, and so it was unlikely viable pregnancy. It was so traumatic and she was so cold and clinical when delivering the news. She would not answer any of my questions and kept snapping at me. We were obviously devastated, but I called our ivf clinic and they told me not to worry it's still early so come in for a scan on Friday.

So we go to our wonderful ivf clinic today and the clinician that did the transfer scanned me. We saw a heartbeat! Twin A's Fetal pole was measuring 5 days behind but she didn't seem concerned about that at all and said the heartbeat is very strong (didn't measure it as she didn't want to disturb fetus) but said from what she could see it was strong. Twin B was a little hard to find as it was further from probe but she saw yolk sac. Not sure what the cause of the bleeding was but much better news than a few days ago. I have another scan Thursday so not too long to wait.

What a 🎢 rollercoaster!

Happyface82 · 06/01/2023 16:50

@Yoga817 OMG so stressful and that horrible witch to be so nasty making things even worse.

Such good news today though!!! So excited for you. Twins! Eeeeeeek

RoseLlo · 06/01/2023 17:01

@Yoga817 it's good to hear from you. You have been through so much these last few days!! I am sorry you had that horrible experience at EPU, it really does sound traumatic :( Thank goodness your lovely clinic have been able to give you such positive news! Twins too and one already playing hide and seek ;) Roll on next Thursday. I hope you have a nice restful weekend ahead to relax and enjoy your news😊

@Rtmhwales and @Happyface82 so pleased your scans went well!x

@SPR40 that's great you have a scan in a couple weeks so you can check how things are progressing 😊

SPR40 · 06/01/2023 17:38

@Yoga817 you have been on my mind every day. so pleased to hear from you.

What a crazy few days the EPU sound absolutely awful, worth a complaint? Agree with @Happyface82 sounds like a witch!

SO pleased to hear your great news, two little ones 🥰 YAY!

Thursday will be here in no time at all ✨️

@RoseLlo love your comment on playing hide and seek lol

Happyface82 · 07/01/2023 11:49

Got my betas back. 11743 so now just to wait for the scan.

SPR40 · 07/01/2023 15:04

@Happyface82 fab beta again was that your day 18? You must be so excited for your next scan 😊 I know I am, 7 more days to go for me x

Happyface82 · 07/01/2023 15:29

@SPR40 yes 18. Can't wait!!

SPR40 · 09/01/2023 06:42

Hey Nat hope your scan goes well today and you are keeping well in general. I have not tagged you as I know you were having a forum break but wanted you to know thinking about you xxx

Rtmhwales · 13/01/2023 01:41

Everything about this is a roller coaster.

Had a massive bleed Sunday night/Monday morning. Huge bleed, it sounded like I was weeing. Large clots. Labour pains.

Spoke to the clinic and they said to continue on with my meds and come to my regularly scheduled ultrasound as nothing they could really do. Long wait until Thursday obviously.

Was expecting the worse, so imagine my utter relief when they put the probe in and baby is there and heartbeat clearly identifiable - 131. Doctor can't find where the bleeding (still!) is coming from.

Does a thorough check to look for blood and then slows back to baby. And oh look, there's two heartbeats.

So we put in two embryos. Only one implanted and developed. And now that's split and there's identical twins.

I'm a bit mindblown. Unfortunately he thinks they'd MCMA or MOMO twins right now, which is the rarest and most complicated with the lowest survival rates. I've spent the day reading posts where women went back at the 12 week scan and they found a division in the membrane and were actually having MCDA twins so I'm praying for that right now, and that they both stick. I have a bad history of losing babies between weeks 7 and 8 and I'm measuring 7W2D.

Back on Wednesday for a follow up scan. Trying to process this is hard. At first I was so excited - there's still a baby! It's twins! ..except it's the really complicated kind. I guess I'm lucky both original embryos didn't stick as I'd now be pregnant with triples (or quads!!).

Seriously, pregnancy and IVF is such a rollercoaster and a giant bag of mixed emotions.

Hope everyone else is getting good news!

Rtmhwales · 13/01/2023 01:43

@Yoga817 how did your scan go today? Are they fraternal twins? Sounds like you and I are in the trauma boat with all the bleeding and scans lately! Sending warmth and light your way.

Happyface82 · 13/01/2023 07:05

OMG @Rtmhwales what a rollercoaster. What a nightmare of a week. I'm so so glad that everything is ok for now. When are you going back now? Sending you big big hugs.