IVF Scotland - thread 5

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Hello, made a new thread for us Scots going through IVF, thread 5. Hoping this is the best thread yet for dreams coming true ❤️

@IVFlife Wow lining check seems to have come around really fast! Keeping fingers crossed the defrost goes well this time 🤞🤞

Threw up again this evening (been doing so much more vomiting than I did with DD 😭). 12 week scan isn’t until the 2nd April so while to go yet

@IVFlife monitoring scan is 18th March. The last time they increased my dose of Progynova after the first scan and scanned again a week later so that might happen again. I’ve started on the higher dose this time so maybe not 🤷🏼‍♀️

🤞🏼 your lining scan goes well

So scan didn't go as planned. I found it a really painful scan and can feel the pain still now.

My lining is very thick. 16mm. But there is no triple layer. Does anyone know what that means? Could there have been a triple layer earlier and we missed it?

I'm so frustrated as last time we were all set and things looked great but the donor eggs didn't thaw.

Anyone know what might happen now?

Also my ovaries have some small follicles...the irony of this considering there were NO follicles when we tried to retrieve my own eggs. 😔

I'm just fed up with this. I'm so flipping angry that my body was doing the right thing last time and not now. It's all so unfair.

Oh update to say its being sent to consultant to review so will see later.

Sorry @IVFlife

I think the lack of triple layer isn’t something that’s desired for IVF as it means a low chance of implantation. Was the plan for a fresh transfer?

totally hear you about being angry with your body and it not responding the way you want. It’s really difficult but I honestly advocate trying harder to love your body. Especially during ivf. It is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. But you and your body are trying your best. Hopefully you get a plan

@IVFlife Sorry to hear you found the scan painful and the result has been a bit confusing. That’s a really really thick lining, and no experience of whether there is such a thing as lining being “too thick”. I know the triple layer look is ready what they want, but I don’t really remember what it is that the triple layer is indicative of. It must be really frustrating. Hope you can get some clarity from your consultant about what the plan is soon

@IVFlife One thing to consider if they suggest not to go ahead with this cycle, is the timing of the next cycle, since you’ve had back to back cycles. I’ve never had a clinic allow a back-to-back cycle - always been told after the withdrawal bleed from 1 cycle to have 1 full natural cycle before trying again (ie have a withdrawal bleed, then a month with no intervention and another bleed). Think sometimes your body needs a “reset”

@2mumlife yes I was thinking about that the reason for that has been though that I don't have periods because I have ovarian failure so they would have to make me have a normal hrt bleed in-between the clinic level of hrt one

@IVFlife Ahh ok. Maybe you could get a scan after withdraw bleed if they don’t advise going ahead this cycle to check everything is looking ready for next cycle?

Update...consultant reviewed scans and said we are good to go. I queried this bit the nurse that phoned me said she could see the tripple layer on the pic while on phone to me. So no idea what this morning was about - a lot of unnecessary stress. What a bloody rollercoaster.

So our fabulous donor eggs are being thawed today. Fingers crossed. This is where it all went wrong last time and I'm trying so so hard to be positive but with the acknowledgement that it's going to be a scary wait. We ideally want no updates from clinic until much much later on/end of day type time as no news is good news.

I've taken the day off work to be at home. Because we need to be contactable all day for this.

I'm crossing my fingers so hard that all our eggs survive the thaw and can have icsi performed on them.

Transfer is scheduled for Sunday.

@IVFlife That's great news you can go ahead with the transfer! Really hoping that as you've not posted any further updates that the defrost has gone well. Do you know how many eggs you have to work with? Keeping everything crossed for you for Sunday!

Thanks. No phone calls from clinic which is good news. Very much hoping all is going well. Should be an end of the day all if all goes well.

We have 14 eggs.

I'm feeling incredibly anxious trying to keep busy.

Best of luck @IVFlife

@IVFlife 14 eggs is amazing! Really hoping no news is good news and everything is going smoothly this time around

Thank you both so much. 12 have survived the thaw! So happy and hopeful. They have had ICSI done and are now in the embryoscope overnight to do their thing !

@IVFlife Congratulations! Hope you get some positive news on fertilisation tomorrow. Put your feet up tonight and send all your positive vibes to your busy eggs!

@IVFlife great Numbers 🙌 what a relief that they have survived thawing. 🤞you get some good fertilisation today. When will your transfer be scheduled?

@2mumlife @Eiremogra how are you guys getting on? Still got lots of symptoms? xx

@Ellenn I’m doing ok, very gradually easing up on some of the nausea but still completely exhausted. Feel like time is going so damn slowly to the 12 week scan as well, and some of that anxiety about whether everything’s going ti be ok or not at the scan has creeped in so I just want to get it over with. How are you doing?

@Ellenn transfer is going to be Sunday.

I've woken up feeling calmer that I have in a long time. I feel really hopeful about these wee ones. Will get a phone call at some point this morning.

Hope you are doing OK?

@IVFlife Hope you’ve had some positive news today 🤞

We did thank you. Out of our 12 eggs then 8 have fertilised. I'm pretty happy with that. They are in the embryoscope now doing their thing. Next update will be Friday...in a message!!!

I'm not loving the cyclogest pessaries! What a mess. Better get used to them though !

@Ellenn im doing ok tbh…shattered!! But luckily have had no horrible nausea. How are you? Did we have really simile dates?

@IVFlife yup those pessaries are the devil!! I’ve been on them for so long now and still have that horrible bloat and cankles with them! Awful things x

@IVFlife Congrats! Great numbers so far. Yeah the pessaries aren’t great but you do get used to them. I recommend using liners as they make a mess of your underwear

@IVFlife how exciting!! Sounds like you might get some embryos from that batch 🤞 how are you feeling? I hate those pessaries with a vengenance! They make so much mess 🙄

@2mumlife thats good to hear your nausea is becoming more bearable! Do you have a scan before 12 wks? When is your 12 wk scan it must not be too far away! Mine has ended up being almost at 14 wks 🙈

@Eiremogra great news! I know I’m feeling so tired as well right now. I seem to just crash when I get home after work!

I had another scan this morning and I didn’t find it that reassuring as measuring more behind but I think it’s due to the fact they wouldn’t complete an internal scan. My uterus is retroverted so the image wasn’t that clear and no idea how they can measure it accurately 🤷‍♀️ I asked if we could do internal but they said no we could see heartbeat etc arghh so I’ve booked a private scan for next week as I just want some reassurance. At my last scan I had there was a considerable difference (like 4mm) between abdomen vs internal so I’m hoping it’s that and actually it’s all fine! They certainly weren’t too fussed about it as growth from 11.2mm to 24.2mm in 2 wks. Never mind I think I’m just being paranoid

@Ellenn No not had any scans since the early viability scan at the clinic. My 12 week scan isn't until the 2nd April so still awhile away yet.... That growth sounds really good, and there is a heartbeat! that's the main thing. To be honest, there is nothing you can do even if you're measuring a few days behind, so I do think it probably just adds to the stress and anxiety x