FET / IVF August 2023 - thread 2

[KG1244]

We filled up the first thread fast!!

@GCS34 Good to hear you’re back on Tuesday. Sounds like they are taking care of you. Thanks lovely - it’s one week today 😬

@KG1244 i hope so and that I follow yours @Doughnut89 and @Summerishere83 foot steps with some positive Lines!

oh that’s a nice day for a scan I always think. You have the weekend to digest it all and celebrate privately before having to face work and being normal! sending my positive reinforcements your way.

@ARM23 oh nice. What is prontogest? Have they given a timescale?

@GCS34 thats such brilliant news on your lining, I’m so pleased for you 😊 I’m doing alright but starting to really be sick now which I know is supposed to be positive because it means the baby is okay but I was late to a work call the other day and it’s so awkward not being able to explain why 🙈 I was booked in for a midwife appointment next week but I’m going to be in Italy so I’ve had to cancel it. Hopefully I can be re booked in the following week.

@IVFAlone your lines look great! Congratulations!!! I’m assuming from your name that you’re doing this alone with a sperm donor like me? How have you found the process? If I’m way off the mark please feel free to correct me haha.

@CB2805 welcome and good luck with the 2WW. It’s so tough. I can’t remember who it was but I was saying to someone the other day not to worry too much about symptoms. I was told pregnancy symptoms won’t technically start until 8/10 days post transfer as you’d hcg levels aren’t high enough yet so you’re definitely too early. Plus I’m 8 weeks today and the only symptom I have is morning sickness which has only really just started kicking in. Sending baby dust your way 💕

@Doughnut89 thank you for kind words🩵
that’s exactly what I’m trying to convince myself but mind is playing tricky games especially when you impatiently wait lol
on both of my previous transfers I literally knew that it didn’t work out like 2dpt as AF cramps were kicking in and I knew was game over
this time tho nothing nada zero except slight cramps the 2 first days post transfer which literally makes me half day feel prego and half day planing for next transfer🤣
did you had any symptoms before your BFP or just as usual?
wishing you a smooth and easy 9 months and try to enjoy it as much as you can🩵

@GCS34 progesterone injections
I think transfer will be the end of the month 🙏🤞

@ARM23 ah same as me hopefully. So we can be driving ourselves mad in the TWW together. Are you an early tester or not?

Awww thank you @Doughnut89 i know to most people it sounds silly to worry about lining but I’ve had SUCH bad history with it and they planned for it to be really rubbish responding (hence the high dose) so it was a bit of a relief but the real result is Tuesday as I know it could just stop growing (like someone here I recall).
Oh gosh bless you. Sorry you’re sick but I guess the silver lining is the fact you know it’s a good cause. Do you work in an office or remote? Were you going in Italy too?

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Great news about your lining @GCS34!

This is the planner I have, have just been filling some of it out :)

https://positivityplanners.com/

Thanks, just ordered via Etsy now 😊 (slightly cheaper postage!)

Yay planner buddies @kirstysmbc :)

@GCS34 I am not sure about testing, I will try and hold out as long as possible but I’m very impatient

This tww think is bloody hard ! I'm the same zero symptoms just super tired. My OTD is a week on Sunday is yours ? How are you doing today?

@CB2805 *thing !!!

@Lowo21 hi:)
I think we’re transfer buddies if I’ve seen right on one of your previous posts, 12th of sep?🩵
is it your first transfer?
I’ve had couple before both unsuccessful and had millions of symptoms on both, sore boobs, cramps, pullings, aversion to foods etc you name it I had it lol but with both I just had the feeling that I was out by the second day, just my gut telling me
with this one tho I’m so confused, literally zero symptoms like nothing happen if not feeling better than ever, just random twinges first couple of days but that could be my mind.
just torturing my self half of the day convincing myself im prego and half of the day planning next fet 🤣
how u been doing?
OTD Friday but with beta (how we get same transfer and different dates?!)

@Hopingforno2in2023 thanks hun! It’s different to the one I have but looks good. I will have a look.

has anyone used the mindful ivf app about manifestations etc to help with visualisation?

@GCS34 I used the mindful IVF app on my first cycles, and really liked it. I love the guy's voice that does it. But they've changed the pricing structure now and it's so expensive that I've not been convinced to go back.

So as predicted all negative today - pessaries stopped and just waiting for AF!
I’ve done a rough calculation of dates (clinic want me to have a period and then go again in the next cycle) and all being well, next collection/transfer will be around mid - December. So maybe a nice christmas present if all goes well!

Hope you’re all ok xx

@MrsMotts - so sorry to hear that. I hope you’re having a nice glass of wine and looking after yourself right now.

I’ve gone into the rabbit hole of testing again & worried that my lines just aren’t progressing. I’ve attached some but marked them as sensitive as don’t want to offend anyone. Are the lines ok for 18dp5dt? I took the strip on its own at 8pm today. I should be around 5w3d pregnant and I do not feel it at all, I have 0 symptoms now!!! I get a little queasy every now and then but that’s it. So worried that this is my last frostie and I’m out. Anyone else the same stage and feeling the same?

@CB2805 that's weird did you have a FET 5dt ? My hopes are starting to fade a bit as I literally feel no difference except for tired and the occasional hot flush but it could very easily be the progesterone. I'm the same and I'm holding out until 24 sept for OTD. I won't have beta from the clinic just a standard test.
How are you feeling today? This has to be the hardest part of the whole ivf thing so far !

@MrsMotts I'm so sorry to hear you are out, but glad to hear your positive mindset it's a good way to look at things and hope it's a welcome Christmas present for you! Sending you a bucket load of fairy dust!! Xx

@IVFAlone Your lines will not be progressing any more, because the tests have a limit on how dark they get! And dye stealers are not a guarantee! I never got one.
Also, you might start getting hook effect, and your lines might start fading.
Put the tests away!!!

I had zero symptoms of any kind until I hit 6 weeks. And then, like clockwork, I started having a little bit of nausea.
At exactly 7 weeks, it was boob soreness and food aversions.

But really, symptoms mean nothing.
No symptoms can be great news, horrible symptoms might not mean good news.

I understand worrying! Im still worrying, after 4 good scans!! But dont be consumed by the tests!

Good luck on everyone on the 2ww!

@IVFAlone those lines look great! I think todays actually looks darker than the control line. I know it’s hard, but like @ASGIRC I’d try and step away from the tests now! You’re definitely pregnant, and have had great line progression. I know the wait is agonising but more tests will just drive you mad ❤️ I hope the wait for scan flies by and all goes well ❤️

Thanks for the well wishes guys - will be focussing on getting my dental work finished, having a glass of wine or two, having facial treatments that aren’t allowed in pregnancy and getting ready to go into the next cycle glowing 🤣❤️ Hope you don’t mind if I stick around as I’d love to follow you all along in your journeys xx

@Lowo21 yes 5dt i just guess every clinic has a different way🤷🏻‍♀️
no symptoms is so good I’ve read so many stories that ended well with zero symptoms, so hang in there and wish for the best. On side note hot flashes and fatigue it’s a good sign🩵
I had my first meltdown today, the first cramps and pinches in the womb started so not very optimistic at all. Want so badly to start testing😭
those 2WW can be mentally draining

@IVFAlone those lines look fab, not long left for a first scan so your mind will be at ease🩵