IVF November 2022 - thread 2

[countrypunk]

Hello everyone, shiny new thread for us IVF warriors.

@Crystal88
@Jx3303
@LF82
@Hopewishprayer
@Foreverhoping33
@Cat89

@LF82 happy holidays lovely! And to you @Crystal88 ☀️ 🍸 I hope you both are enjoying some time away. Yeah it's nice to get away and try to reset isn't it. Have a nice relaxing time x

All good here, OH and pup arrived Saturday and we went to another airbnb. I had a scan Saturday AM and again this morning, we're triggering tonight for collection Wednesday. I cried tears of relief after my scan today as they are just so daunting and so much depends on them. 3 more injections to go today then I'll enjoy a jab free day tomorrow! Xx

@Jx3303 so glad it’s all going well! Enjoy your injection free day tomorrow & keep us updated as to how you get on. I have everything crossed for you! My side effects from the injection kicked in last night- hot flushes but I guess there’s worst places to have them than on holiday x

@LF82 Thank you so much 🩷 trigger went fine, and I did every injection myself this cycle which I've never done before so that's a sense of achievement. Collection at 9.30am tomorrow! We move to a different airbnb today so it's handy we don't have a scan. Oh no sorry to hear about your hot flushes! Hopefully they pass very quickly! How is your holiday - are you in a hotel, all inclusive etc or an apartment? Xx

@Jx3303 Good luck for tomorrow, enjoy the lovely egg collection sleep xxx

Hello all yes I am in sunny Rhodes 32 degree today so nice and warm limiting myself to one cocktail a day lol 😂

@Jx3303 good luck for egg collection hope all goes well xx

@countrypunk hope everything ok with you xx

@LF82 hope your holiday is as relaxing had mine xx

Enjoying myself

@Jx3303 how did it go today? We are at a hotel, weather has been good to us so far which is nice!

@Crystal88 fab pic! Hope you are having a fab time. I am def more relaxed than I have been in a long time and am having a few glasses of wine!

@countrypunk hope you are doing well

@Crystal88 Love it! Hope you're having a fabulous time. You've got excellent willpower to be sticking to one cocktail a day. Xx

@LF82 All OK here so far. Got to go and have my cervix checked next week because I had a LLETZ 10 years ago. Bit nervous about it but also very glad they're checking it. Hope you're also having a wonderful holiday. Hot flushes aren't fun but I'm guessing you've got a pool you can dunk yourself in! Xx

@Jx3303 Thought of you this morning, hope all went OK. Xx

@Crystal88 fab photo! Glad to hear you are enjoying your holiday and def more willpower than me with the cocktails!

Collection went good today, they took very good care of me as usual and we got three eggs! So a few days of calls and plans for PGT-A testing. Very nerve wracking as always!

@LF82 ah amazing, glad you're getting good weather and hope you're enjoying the vinos 🍷

@countrypunk thank you lovely ☺️ I very much hope this is my last egg collection, including nhs that's 5 now so I'm put in a good shift 😂 hope your check goes ok! Always something isn't there. I had a smear recently as I had abnormal cells 2 years ago so I get checked yearly now, still awaiting the results. How have you been feeling? Xx

@Jx3303 That's brilliant! You must be so pleased! And now you're DONE. Lots of luck for the update calls. Agree, it's so nerve racking. Absolutely everything crossed that you get a good result ❤️❤️❤️🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🍀🍀🍀

The LLETZ was pretty unpleasant but it's fantastic that they can do it. It's frightening when you get an abnormal result isn't it, but bloody brilliant that they can catch these things so early.

I'm OK, moments of feeling very excited and moments of feeling very anxious! Partner is away this week which I'm finding quite hard. Possibly some sort of primal need for protection kicking in! Or I'm just soppy. Xx

@Jx3303 thats brilliant news how many is that in total now

this week gone so quick for me enjoying last few days and fly back Saturday afternoon back to cold Birmingham xx

@Jx3303 sorry I am late but wanted to wish you luck for your update calls- been thinking of you x

Thanks ladies. It wasn't the best of updates on Day 1 which left me super disappointed - our other cycles with create we've always had a good update so after getting three eggs it was a hard blow to take. All were mature and fine for ICSI but only one had fertilised correctly by day 1. Finally got the day 3 update at 12 today and it's still going so I'm praying it makes it to day 5.

The whole process of PGT-A gave us lots of questions as I wasn't aware of all the science and the criteria that each embryo had to be at for it to be biopsied. The embryologist was amazing and answered them all and I feel better. It's one of those things the more you read the more it makes you go round in circles. I hate the decision making that comes into all of this! I've also felt the worst after egg collection this time - I had more bleeding afterwards than usual, and I feel so bloated and uncomfortable.

@Crystal88 safe flight home today I hope you've had an amazing holiday!

@LF82 how is your holiday? And when are you home?

@countrypunk aw I hope your partner is back and you've a nice weekend planned. I hope the the excitement is more than the feelings of anxiousness, totally get that it must be hard. I intend to stay in my dressing gown the whole day. Xxx

@Jx3303 I'm sorry it wasn't the update you hoped for but I hope very much that this embryo is a strong one and keeps going for you. Waiting for those calls is horrible. You've nearly made it through now.

I felt the same about PGT-A - the going round in circles. I think that's why we didn't do it in the end, that and numbers. It's such a difficult decision. It's great to have an expert on hand but it's one of those things that no one can decide for you. There's no properly clear cut answer, which is frustrating and hard.

Sending you lots of love. Xx

@Jx3303 Oh and enjoy your dressing gown day, you deserve it! I'm on the sofa being cooked for 😀

@countrypunk thanks lovely ☺️ was just disheartening after feeling so happy about the 3 eggs but no two cycles are the same and I know we were lucky in the numbers for the last two cycles. I absolutely hate the calls, I'm such a bag of nerves and can't think of anything else when I'm waiting for them.

So true, and there is so much that they need to do before biopsy, when thawed they all need to be reassessed and at a certain stage. I was reassured though at least that if there are any not at the stage for biopsy when they need to be, we can refreeze and not test - but again they have to be at a certain quality to be frozen. There's just a hell of a lot more to it. The more I read the more I realise it's not just simply "test the frozen embyros". But I do think it's the right thing for us to do. I am absolutely dreading those updates though and results! It will take a while and they haven't confirmed exactly when they'll thaw but I'm ok with that - I need a break from the anxiousness.

Oh lovely what's on the menu? My OH is waiting on me hand and foot too and off to get supplies whilst I catch up on some trashy tv xx

@Jx3303 it's so hard. But it sounds like you've made your decision which is great - now you can crack on with it. Waiting for the calls is awful. I cried after every one! It's so stressful.

That's great that you can refreeze any that aren't at the necessary stage for testing. Do you know how long the testing takes to come back? Some clinics seem to do it really quickly and others not.

I'm at my mum's and she's making ratatouille. It's amazing, she puts cream and Gruyère cheese in it. And yesterday I made dauphinoise potatoes so we're having that with it. And a steamed sponge for pudding!

@countrypunk yeah we've done the consents and I just want to try and not question it now, we spent a lot of time on the car journey home discussing it again and writing down questions to ask. Yeah hypothetically, as long as they are a good enough quality to refreeze. There's a lot to the process and I'm glad I asked so now I know, but sometimes it's also easier not knowing and trusting the experts and having faith in our embyros. At the end of the day it's out of our hands. They do let you transfer mosaics too so that's also reassuring.

The plan is to fresh biopsy the current embryo if it makes it that far and then thaw the others sometime next week. They've told me 4 weeks for results and then a follow up with the consultant. So I just need to try and heal and I'm keen to try and get back into some exercise and treat my body better. 5 cycles of IVF in 18 months has not been kind to my weight and that's putting it lightly! All my clothes are too tight and the bloating certainly isn't helping so I'm determined to try to focus on that.

Oh wow that sounds amazing! Steamed pudding reminds me of my childhood, my mum used to make an amazing syrup sponge one!! Is OH back or is that tomorrow? Xx

@Jx3303 That's what she's made - syrup sponge! OH not back till Monday, I'm going home tomorrow. He's just told me he thinks he left a pint of milk (???) in our bedroom before he left a week ago so our house will be smelling lush when I get in.

Good that they let you transfer mosaics. But hopefully you won't need to and you'll have some lovely euploids to choose from. It sounds like it's a good thing you've got a bit of a wait - hopefully you can put it out of your mind and just focus on you and healing. It's hard on everything - mental and physical health. All-consuming.Xx

@countrypunk that will be delicious! Glad you're at your Mums whilst OH is away, you'll be glad to have him back Monday I'm sure. Haha a pint of milk, not ideal!

Yeah there's genetic counselling and all sorts involved with mosaics I think, but my head is so fried I keep getting confused with what day it is and all sorts. I am definitely glad of the break, the embryologist maybe meant the week after next for the frozen thaw, I'm not too sure, she said the following week so maybe meant the week after next, I'd already asked so many questions by this point ha. I have a counselling call on Wednesday so they always help too. Xx

@Jx3303 Ahh so sorry your first day update wasn’t what you were expecting. I have everything crossed for you though that your embryo is a strong one and gets to day 5 🤞 The PGT- A testing sounds very complicated & much more involved than when they just say we will test the embryo. It’s good you were able to ask the embryologist lots of questions.

holiday has been good bar the hot flushes that have kicked in every night but at least I am in an air con room!

i have a FET treatment consultation with the nurse when we are back. Though no guarantee until the next scan that we will start but it’s definitely making me feel nervous

xx

@Jx3303 sorry your update wasn’t had expected but I’m sure that one is a strong one.xx

@countrypunk glad i you are being looked after xx

@LF82 when are you back from holiday xx

I flew back last night so lots of washing and unpacking today. Back to work tomorrow and then treatment consultation on Tuesday. I also have weigh in on Friday I have not seen how much weight I have put on yet waiting to tomorrow to do that lol xx

@LF82 thank you 😊 I'm glad that there is no call today! But hoping that tomorrow is positive 🙏🏻 yeah the embryologist was absolutely lovely and so so helpful so I'm glad I was able to chat to her in depth.

Sorry you're still experiencing the hot flushes, hope the air con is helping! How much longer of your holiday do you have left? Great you've got a consultation when you get back, sure they will put you at ease a little but easier said than done I know! Xx

@Crystal88 thank you - just have to remain hopeful that it makes it to day 5. Welcome home, hope you had a fab holiday and have come back nice and relaxed and refreshed. The washing is always a bump back to reality after a holiday isn't it. Hope your treatment consultation goes well on Tuesday and I'm sure your weigh in will too xx

@Crystal88 got back yesterday…. To lovely rain! Not back in work today though. Have the joys of washing! And then like you my treatment consultation for the possible FET. Good luck for yours today! X

@Jx3303 wishing you lots of luck for the call today. The wait part of this whole process is so stressful. Yeah I think knowing a little more as to how the FET process might go will help me. X

@LF82 thank you! Day 5 yesterday update had the embryo at an early blastocyst so another call coming today ahh. I had a feeling that was going to happen. I'm hoping it a fighter and just a little slower. Is it today you have your nurse consultation? If so - hope it goes well xxx