FET / IVF August 2023

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I’m due to start my second round of FET in August so thought I would set up this group for some treatment buddies ❤️

Thanks @Ellenn and @Steph186 !

how long until your OTD Ellen? Everything crossed for a BFP for you!

@IVF23 im 10dp5dt today, so far no period arrived and started feeling nauseous this morning (no idea if my brain has made that up or if it’s actually a symptom but my last transfer I started feeling sick at 4 wks 🤷‍♀️)

my OTD is 15th (Tuesday) so still a few days away yet although I sent a sneaky medichecks beta hcg yesterday morning so may get that result before then!

@Ellenn gosh that’s quite a long wait to test isn’t it! Hope you get a wonderful result from your blood test 🤞🏻

@Ellenn thats sounding hopeful, fingers crossed, I think you might be the first in the group 🤞 the thought of going into the 2ww and going through it all again makes me feel sick 😫 it's definitely the hardest part of the journey!

We’ve just had our day 5 afternoon update unfortunately our 4BB didn’t “survive” the biopsy but the 4CC and 4BC did.

I googled probably the worst thing has anybody had a 4CC transferred or would you assume that it wouldn’t progress even if transferred?

@Chickencrazy3356 has the 4cc came back genetically normal? If so, the grading top trumps as it doesn't matter the grade if it's gentically normal, that's what's more important :)
An AA BB etc looks good, but doesn't mean its genetically normal.

@GCS34 oh 100%. I’ve never had a positive pregnancy test so I quite often have feelings that it’s never going to happen. Just need to be extra kind to yourself on those days ❤️

@Ellenn sending all the love for a positive outcome ❤️

@Chickencrazy3356 I’ve been there with you. I’m due to transfer my 4BC later this month so been a google maniac. People do have success with lower grade embryos so definitely don’t discount them!

Doing my first test tomorrow 9dp5dt....so nervous 🫣🫣🫣

@DauntedAF Good luck! Will be keeping an eye out for your results tomorrow, everything crossed for you 🤞🤞

@DauntedAF good luck! 🤞🏻🤞🏻

tw- test results

Can i get your eyes ladies? 9dp5dt today and tested for first time. There's a line but I had thought perhaps it would be darker than it is. What do ye think? Including a b and w pic as it's much harder to see with no filter

@DauntedAF I can see a line…how exciting! ❤️❤️❤️

@DauntedAF there is a definite line 🥰🥰🎉🎉🥰 !!!! But in my honest opinion and you will hate me for it .... I think you need to wait I know it's hard but as your body adjusts to its new addition your HCG levels rise and the line would get thicker. Ladies??

Right there with you 😔

@GCS34 sorry late to the game just catching up on all the messages !!
Hope today is a better day for you. Let me know what TFP say about timelines. Re the grading thing, they didn't tell me and I didn't ask. However I had exactly the same convo with my OH yesterday in that if the first two don't stick then we will get the others genetically tested. At the moment re grading I am trying to tell myself I have hope at the moment and I need that so I'm not going to ask for fear of taking it away ... better the devil you know and all that. Feeling pretty fed up with the whole thing at the moment. The world around me seems to be popping babies out like there's a shortage !!! 😂🤣

Hope all you lovely ladies have a wonderful weekend !

@DauntedAF I can def see a line!! Congrats!!!I've not used those tests, so not sure what the lines normally look like. It is still fairly early so unfortunately the best way to know that things are going in the right direction is to wait a couple of days and test again.

@DauntedAF - so pleased for you!! Looks like you're our first??? OTDs for those in the Aug group will start now.. everything crossed for all of you..

@ARM23 thank you!!!
@Lowo21 and @kirstysmbc yeah I think you're right. Would prefer to use pink dye tests but none near me. Will test again tomorrow which will be 10dp5dt then have my beta test on monday

@scaredynoob yeah my transfer was aug3rd so I'm kinda inbetween July and August group. Best of luck to everyone approaching OTD. @Ellenn is my transfer date twin so hoping this brings you positive luck

Hi everyone. Just read some posts about grading. I had 5 x 4AAs. We got pregnant twice and each time have miscarried.

im really down at the moment. About to finish a week of medroxyprogesterone to then hopefully bleed so I can begin patches to thicken womb lining. All the loss just makes me think why would this be any different.

we go again anyway :(

I can see a line Daunted :) I hope it thickens up nicely over the next few days.

48 hours since I did my last injection so just waiting for the withdrawl bleed. Trying to stay positive. Keep wondering if this was the cycle that was going to work and the two I eventually do won’t. I know that is irrational though.

@DauntedAF i can definitely see a line 🥳🥰 Good luck with your beta on Monday

@LittleAm so sorry to hear the difficult journey you’ve had and that you are feeling down . Be kind to yourself and I so hope this is your time 🤞🏻

@LittleAm I'm sorry it's been such a tough journey for you so far. Fingers crossed this is your lucky cycle. Have you had any additional testing done to see if anything might be causing the miscarriages?

@LittleAm, and to everyone who needs to hear this. I was having one of those days and I asked my best friend, "What's the difference between being negative, being hopeful, and being positive. Because I don't know what to feel, and I'm unable to control what I'm feeling"

She said, "being negative - well you know that. Being hopeful means looking forward to something, but not being consumed by it (that's in fact delusion). Hope is a motivator that makes you believe that there is good worth working for - maybe once, maybe twice, maybe a number of times. So you shouldn't lose it. Being positive is a mindset, that whatever happens, it will work in YOUR favour, and you will make the best of it."

For some reason it's stuck with me and helps me orient myself, when I'm lost.

So ladies, what are you feeling today? 🥲🙂 Happy weekend!