FET/IVF - January 2023

[countrypunk]

Hello everyone, I thought I'd start a new thread because we filled the last one and lots of people are still in their TWW or waiting for transfers.

@acaciabluebell
@AnnaPr1992
@Autumbreeze
@BertLiv
@Claireabella05
@Frosty91
@Jane1284
@JuliaIVF83
@Laura23FE
@Lauralozzle
@laurapop
@Lucy5yearsttc
@NaomiNatNat
@whomoon

I've tried to tag everyone still active but I'm sure I've missed people. Please tag anyone you think would like to be included 🙂💛

@AnnaPr1992 Massive congratulations. That was really wonderful to read xxx

@THISISIT23 I think that sounds completely normal. I've been through every possible emotion during IVF. Go easy on yourself x

@AnnaPr1992 7 weeks amazing 😍 I'm so happy for you I know you have wanted this for a long. Such brilliant news. How much did you pay for private scan. My Clinic are doing me a early scan 6 weeks +1 on Friday. I had my phonecall from midwife. On the 20th the midwife is doing bloods. I'm excited but nervous. I just want the week to go fast already lol

@AnnaPr1992 I will update you on Friday how I get along. I'm thinking of booking a private scan at 8 weeks after my early scan on Friday if eveything goes well heard they are worth it x

@countrypunk thank you so much love 🥰

@Frosty91 I paid 80£ for 10minutes scan and they printed for us a 3D picture of the baby.
They were really good any professionals, great atmosphere 🤍
To be honest having IVF as NHS patient those 80£ is the only thing I had to pay so far 🙏 so grateful 🙏

I wish you all the best luck with your scan and please keep us posted 🦋🤍 the time will fly 🥰

@AnnaPr1992 yes mine was nhs funded too and its my first ivf. Yess I'm happy to pay the £80 too and would love to do a 3d scan they look amazing I think at 12 weeks the 3d scans will look amazing too. I bet this has made your weekend❤ so chuffed for you. If all feels real now❤

@Frosty91 definitely worth the money , I will for sure go back there for more scans especially for the gender reveal 🤰
NHS offers around 3scans in total - please correct me if I'm wrong- so I am planning to do a few scans in between of the NHS scans just for my own reassurance 🥺

Pfff it made my whole day, year and decade 😂 we are both so happy and emotional 🥹 I have prayed so much for everything to go well with this baby 🙏

@AnnaPr1992 you deserve it❤ enjoy your pregnancy now I hope you feel alot more relax. Yes nhs offer 3 scans. And I'm with you there I will be doing the same in between nhs doing some scans. I think I would do one before the nhs one. Then defo the gender reveal one. Excited for you x

I’ve tested this morning, 9dp3dt and there is a faint line! I’m trying not to get my hopes up as my test date isn’t until 17th. I’m hoping it just gets stronger as the days go by!

@LR94 that's amazing news congratulations!

So after my negative test yesterday (9DP5DT) I did another test this morning just so I could ring the clinic and see if I can stop my medication. Anyway I got a very faint line this morning on a super sensitive clear blue. But still negative on a normal stick one 🙈. I'm so confused - I don't want to get my hopes up but equally a faint line must mean something? But shouldn't it be way darker by now?? I'm now obviously 10DPT

Any advice welcome 😬

@LR94 Oh congratulations! This sounds extremely promising! 💛🙂

@laurapop When you say a normal stick one, do you mean a cheap one? Hm. You might have implanted late. I think the only thing you can do is test again tomorrow morning with a sensitive one. It's such a torturous waiting game. I've got everything crossed for you ♥️♥️♥️

@LR94 Congratulations!

@laurapop I think it’s a good sign! I’d test again in 2 days and see if it’s any darker. When is your OTD?

@countrypunk yes a cheapy one. Also actually it has the same sensitivity as a clear blue digital apparently!! Not sure if that's true.

It really is so torturous. I've kind of got a bad feeling even if it is positive as I just feel like it should be so much darker now 🤦🏼‍♀️

@Purrrrr I'm waiting to hear back from the clinic as they didn't actually put a date on my app - but I think they will say Thursday which will be 13DPT

I guess theres a reason they put the test date so late, if it is positive I've put me and my husband through lots of upset yesterday 😩. Such a hard process isn't it

@laurapop i never had a particularly dark line on any test. Within the test time frame (3mins or whatever it is) it would be a real squinter! Got a bit darker as it dried but was never an obvious ‘you are pregnant’!
And that didn’t change as the days went on for me. But apparently that can happen 🤷🏽‍♀️

@rurunningismytherapy thanks that's reassuring. I'm just worrying it's a false positive 🤷🏼‍♀️. But all I can do is wait I guess.

My last pregnancy was so dark at this point so it's hard not to compare but I guess it could have implanted later

Congratulations @LR94 amazing!

Oh @laurapop its such a mindfuck isn’t it. I can imagine the emotions you’ve been through in the last 24hours. A faint line is still a line, maybe it did implant later?

I’ve been quietly watching the group the last few days. Now 9dp5dt and haven’t tested yet. I am starting to drive myself mad. My gut feeling is that it hasn’t worked.

@Laur0606 ah so we are only a day apart! When are you planning to test? My advice after all this going on is to wait as long as you can 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️. Best of luck! You just never know

@laurapop I’m thinking tomorrow, my embryo was a hatching blastocyst so I think it could have implanted earlier than those that weren’t hatching (if it was going to implant). I might be talking nonsense 😂

Thank you and good luck for your next test. I hope you see a darker line 🤞🏻

A faint positive sounds like a good sign @laurapop . Those cheapies are meant to be sensitive but I don't think they are. I did one the day before my period was due and it was stark white. Then I did one 1 day after my period was due and it had the lightest line ever- thought I was imagining it. Then I used the sensitive clear blue and it was an obvious line. The cheapies are pretty crap!
Good luck for your next test. I hope you are just a late implanter (like me). I was technically 7+1 at my early scan but baby was only 6+2 so looks like a late implanter xx

@Jane1284 thank you that's a positive story!! So how many days where you when you had a definite positive? My transfer was only at 2pm as well so I guess if I'm testing at 7am it's not a full day.

I've spoken to the clinic and they said to test again tomorrow but if it's still really faint that's it's probably not good news 😩. Maybe a chemical. Trying not to get hopes up at all.

Congratulations @laurapop mines the same, if i use a cheap one its negative but if i use a better quality one it shows up really faint. But only for my first wee! If i try and do a test later in the day its negative again and now i’m worried again incase its a false positive.
I did a test yesterday and it was a real faint line, but today’s test seems even lighter than yesterdays.
i think i’m going to get some clear blue tests.
does anyone know of any other good brands? Xxx

@LR94 ahh sounds like we are in the same position!!! Its agonising isn't it.

First response are supposed to be the best.. I couldnt find any in the shop but they do them on Amazon.

I'm going to do another clear blue today, the same as the one I did yesterday and then I'll ask for a blood test if it's the same. I've got a feeling it's going to have disappeared again by tomorrow 😥.

Fingers crossed for both of us xx

This was my test this morning. This is once it had dried but it looked like this within the time frame too, but couldn't see that on the camera (if that makes sense!)

Zoomed in. Very very faint but don't think I'm imagining it 😅

@laurapop i can see the line! Fingers crossed for you xxx