FET/IVF July 2023 - Thread 3

[Olivia199]

As always, huge apologies if I miss people, all welcome!

@IVFfirsttimer91
@10degreessunny
@wtawtaw
@EllieCatMom
@DauntedAF
@Lauralozzle
@Walker12
@loulamay
@beehappy19
@SH998
@ASGIRC
@orchid29
@IVFround1
@Sangels267

@ASGIRC - I didn't get that too much as it was 2021 so covid was still close enough that people stayed away. That and having f* off painted on my face!

@Olivia199 ha! Yes, that would have been a good excuse! No such luck this year!!!
I am sure I will also have that kind of face! I hate being touched at the best of times!

@Olivia199 Thats so exciting!!! Fingers crossed it all goes well for you!!

@ASGIRC its really tough isn’t it! I’m still furious about dinner 😂😂. I hope you manage to get through work tomorrow and that your scan goes perfectly!

@IVFfirsttimer91 thank you!!

While I have generally been really positive about the scan, Im having doubts today... Are things evolving as they should? Will the heartbeat be good and strong? Sure, I have this lack of appetite, but I never got a dye stealer, not a hook effect, what if my levels coasted and things didnt really evolve?

So yeah... not ideal! But I shall have answers tomorrow!

And if its good news, I shall be telling the extended family!

thanks all for the feedback, its settled me for a little while (until something else enters my mind lol).

Still unsure where everyone is in their journey, seriously struggling to keep up with the thread as so fast moving.

Good luck to all with scans today/tomorrow. Its such a magical experience and I cant wait to do mine again next week and yes I'm sure ill cry again :)

As my scan fast approaches, I have, somehow, convinced myself its going to be bad news.
Realistically, I know it is probably not, but this is where my mind is at.
I guess if it is bad news, then Im prepared. And if its not, it doesnt matter.

@ASGIRC Good luck with your scan today. Keep positive and I hope it all goes well

@ASGIRC I feel that, I was crying for a straight 2 hours before my scan last week thinking the same as you.

Good luck for later, I'm sure all will be fine :)

@ASGIRC - I did the same last time and I'm sure I'll be the same this time... it's an anxious wait! Got everything crossed that bean is happy and healthy in there.

Good luck for you scan today @ASGIRC 🍀 I too was crying my eyes out before I even got to the clinic expecting to hear bad news, I was terrified!

Thanks girls!

Its nice to know my crazy isnt an outlier!

Im not particularly emotional, so I dont think I will cry, even if it is bad news, but I am definitely nervous.

Also absolutely starving... Fortunately, while bread seems to be out, brioche doesnt, so having a ham and cheese brioche croissant as breakfast/lunch!

I will be exactly the same on tues @ASGIRC, sending lots of good vibes and hopefully you get a nice clear shot of the little bean!!
I was up at 4 today eating dry crackers in bed as I felt so sick, was thinking of you guys 😂

The croissant isnt sitting all that well, but at least Im not hungry anymore, so Im taking that as a plus!
I was definitely a little bit nauseous on the way to work today... Or at least thinking about food was making me nauseous (I was starving!)

A plus from yesterday’s dinner that I didn’t want - leftover cold sausages for lunch today. Currently very glad we didn’t switch dinner plans to chicken burgers 😂.

@IVFfirsttimer91 it's such a ridiculous rollercoaster!! 😂😂😂

@ASGIRC It is!!! I don’t think I’ll ever get used to hating the idea of something passionately one day, then thinking it’s the best thing in the world the next 😂. How are you feeling now? Not long till you see the bean xx

@IVFfirsttimer91 bored at work, trying not to think too much about it.
At least I'm not hungry, so don't have to think about food!! Unfortunately I've only gotten to the "well, this doesn't make me feel sick at the thought of eating", but haven't had actual enthusiasm for anything in days!! 😂😂
I am, however, desperate for a nap!!

3h to go seems like an eternity, if I'm honest!

@ASGIRC I would LOVE a nap right now. I squeezed in a 30 min Power Nap in my lunch break, but I’m even more tired now than I was before lol.

2hr30min to go!

Hopefully the horrible not wanting to eat phase will go away soon. I’ve been meaning to ask how you’re finding not smoking? I quit cigarettes a while ago, but I switched to the vape and I MISS it so much. My midwife wasn’t particularly bothered about vaping though when I asked her about it. Which suprised me a lot. Though I suppose it’s the carbon monoxide and tar and other chemicals which are more harmful in cigarettes than the actual nicotine itself.

@IVFfirsttimer91 - I used to Vape too. Stopped when I started treatment to have my DD then started again when I went back to work but on zero nicotine. And I STILL missed it for the first few weeks when I stopped this time. All the sick 100% helps put you off it.

I found mine more habit based. So I'd change into 5th gear on my way to work when I was alone in the car, and that almost signaled to my brain that it was vape time and I still find myself trying to reach for it between my legs.

@IVFfirsttimer91 Im doing really well actually.
I quit smoking on the 1st of July, in preparation for the transfer. But I still had 4 cigs left, so I smoked one a day for 4 days.
Then another one about a week later, on a night out.
Nothing since then and it's been fine.
I do have a 0% vape in my bag, but haven't touched it in ages.
I struggled more in those dead moments, just watching tv, but that's gone now!

I miss wine more, if I'm honest! 😂😂

@Olivia199 my problem has always been habit as well.
Hence the dead moments watching tv. It's when I smoked the most.

Hello ladies. I have had my scan on the EPU today after my little bleeding last week. I can't believe still that we were able to see the heartbeat 🙏 They didn't want to do an internal scan as I'll be doing one next week at the fertility clinic, so we don't know yet if it's just one baby or two babies. I'm just so happy but it still doesn't feel real 💕

@Sangels267 thats amazing!!! Im glad there was a heartbeat!!! Is there a chance it is twins? Did you transfer 2 embryos?

@Sangels267 - Oh what amazing news, I'm so thrilled for you! Congratulations!

@ASGIRC yes, we transferred 2 day 5 blastocysts so it's a chance of twins. I guess we just need to wait for next week to know for sure 😬