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 och so sorry to hear about yet another delay. It's reassuring that the surgeon isn't taking chances, but sounds good that they agree it's probably meds. Did they say how long a wait for biopsy results? Very good that you were checking them! Hope it's not playing too much on your mind.

Wondering if anyone can help me…do I just stop all meds at 12 weeks or wait until my scan? I haven’t had a date for that yet. Very mixed feelings about stopping them!

Hope everyone is doing ok.

@ivf24 Just stop at 12 weeks. If you have spare meds and want to wait until after scan you can it won’t do any harm just not necessary

@ivf24 honestly it will be totally fine 🙂

Thanks @2mumlife ☺️. How far along are you now?

Hi I’ve been referred to a fertility clinic with I think the idea being some scans to check my fallopian tubes are looking ok, how long should I expect to wait for this app?

I’ve read about people waiting 1+ years but is this just for IVF etc or does all testing take this long?

thanks

Hi @jmx3 this can vary clinic to clinic but I waited a while, approx 8 months I think.
I got pregnant before this, and they gave me other treatment meantime.

Happy Bank Holiday Monday. How are we all?

@ivf24 I’m 21 weeks this week. I have our 20 week/anomaly scan tomorrow so just focussing on getting over that hurdle today.

@jmx3 Soery I went private so can’t help with timings. If it’s a long wait, you could look at getting a HyCoSy which is what I think you’re referring to done privately if you think that might be the issue you’re experiencing / want the information faster.

@IVFlife We’ve been up Ben A’an today. Got up and down before the rain started and was a lovely day and even though just a small hill made me feel good, as I haven’t done a hill in ages and been missing it. What have you been up to?

Good luck for tomorrow @2mumlife .

@jmx3 I think we waited 3 months between initial consultation and appointment for HyCosy. It’s a bit of a blur but I’m sure we had our consultation in September and had the HyCosy in December.

Fab, thanks. I’m happy to go private so was wondering if it was worth doing that. I actually don’t know where I’ve been referred to or I would call and see what waiting times are like!

@ivf24 Thank you. A little bit mixed today - baby looks totally fine, and they’ve said I have an anterior placenta this time, which explains why I haven’t been feeling movements really yet which was worrying me a bit. Downside is my cervix is shortening a bit. My consultant only does Thursdays, so they want me to come in again next Thursday for another scan to check cervix length and get him to review things as a precaution. Im hoping it’s nothing to worry about - my cervix is now about the length it was with my DD, it’s just last time it was short and stayed short and this time it started off longer and is shortening which has set off a bit of an orange flag. Trying not to worry about it until next week.

@2mumlife hope all goes ok on Thursday, that sounds a worry. Glad they are on top of it though and hopefully give some reassurance.

@jmx3 be good to find out what hosp youve been referred to and then you could call and ask their waiting times.

I have my breast clinic appointment at 9am today - currently drinking tea and about to go and get ready. Feeling apprehensive - I just want to OK to go ahead with IVF. I was saying to my counsellor on Monday that with all the set backs I honestly just feel like I can't see like it will ever happen. My experience is we get so close and then it gets cancelled. It seems like getting to transfer is just something that happens to other people. so in a way it feels to me like we are "role playing" (for want of a better word) preparing for this transfer cos in my mind it isn't real and will be cancelled again. Like we are just going through the motions.

@IVFlife Its not ideal. But its a bit of a strange one, as my cervix is now measuring what it was with DD and that was absolutely fine. I think its just that the trend of shortening isn't great, rather than it being dangerously short yet if that makes sense? I guess this is WHY they are doing the cervix checks.

Hope your appointment goes well today. You've had a really tough journey so far x

@2mumlife aw Ben A'an! We went up that as teenage sisters and got rained on so heavily we were miserable, but it's strangely a happy memory. My sister lost her shoe in some mud. We went up goat fell, it had been too long for me too!

@IVFlife some nurse in our told me to imagine I was on a train and that although some stations were passing me by, there would be a stop for me eventually. I dunno if it was helpful but I've been thinking now in terms of travelling and being stationary ever since. Having no agency in something so important is so so difficult. But it's great that you'll get some results today and find out what's next.

Found out that they opened earlier than the date I was given for long protocol, and am a little floored that we got booked in first time. It's like a little (huge!) win after so.many.delays. I have low amh low hopes of success, but feel v positive nonetheless to give it a try and find out what's what.

@Nosejug that's great news about getting in earlier. What's the plan now?

Out the hospital. Was all very efficient and fast only read a couple of chapters of book. I had brought 2 books and a phone with a power bank to entertain me.

Had a mammogram (which btw if you haven't had one I didn't find too bad but maybe that's cos I've had so much other medical stuff done my threshold is different) and results straight away which was normal.

As consultant could still feel the area of change he still wanted to biopsy so he took 3 different ones under a local anesthetic. So I currently have a numb boob which is v odd. The click of the needle gun (whatever it is called) for biopsy was the strangest part as I kept expecting it to be sore but obviously couldn't feel a thing.

Results in a week but we are expecting them to be OK and more for completeness before ivf.

@Nosejug The rainy ones are the memorable ones! I've not been up Goatfell in a really long time! Love the train/journey analogy. What's your current plan then? Have you started stims?

@IVFlife Glad everything sounded really positive and results from the biopsy should be back quickly. Hopefully you get the all clear and can move on with your journey :)

@IVFlife @2mumlife It's long protocol for me, so prostrap appointment towards the end of this cycle. Also a mid cycle catheter test to check my cervix is still open enough (post lletz) for potential embryos being inserted.

Then next cycle stims. My cycles are shortish, 22-25 days. What a relief for things to be happening.

@IVFlife that sounds v positive news with mammogram. Maybe it's just my nice more week wait till you get going again.x

@2mumlife glad that everything is fine with baby and hopefully your appointment next week goes well. Good that they are doing checks.

How do you all stay sane til OTD?

Results are back- biopsy normal!!!!!! Went to the beach last night to celebrate.

Let clinic know. Just waiting for them to come back now. I'm on my progesterone part of hrt now and then should be off it towards the end of next week then after a bleed I think we can start FET meds.

I know this sounds so pessimistic but my experience is that we don't get to FET. Something goes wrong before then. So I'm finding it hard to accept that's actually what's happening!!

How long have you got? Are you working at the moment?

I have no answers. I haven't been there yet as we've never got to FET. But I will be a riot!

Fantastic news @IVFlife. Just take a day at a time.

says me, struggling to stay sane with OTD. I’m at work but I think that’s making me worse because it’s so stressful. It’s ok. I’ll just need to hold on

@StuffLoriThangs You don’t stay sane 😂 sorry. I just tried to keep busy, and avoided testing early to stop myself getting sucked into the POAS saga. Testing early NEVER helps, because even if it is positive early, you’ll then be paranoid if it’ll still be positive on OTD. Treat yourself as much as you can - see friends, go to the movies, go for a walk, whatever makes you feel happy and relaxed. I also liked the mindful IVF app for the TWW. When is OTD?

@IVFlife Yay! Glad everything came back clear. Hope you can (finally!) get your FET!