FET September Crew Thread #3

[GCS34]

Hi guys - filled up the other one, so moving us all here. Tag those I've missed!

@lowo21 @cb2805 @hopingforno2in2023 @Justkeepmoving1234 @Mrsmotts @Kirstysmbc @KG1244 @girljulian @TT82 @arm23 @Jellyfish1956 @asgirc @doughnut89 @Summerishere83 @CDiamond @73pheonix

@GCS34 I'm so pleased for you! And it goes to show no symptoms doesn't mean negative

You must be in shock! Congrats 🍾

Congratulations @GCS34 !!! Lovely lovely news - gives us all hope 🫶🏼

(I’m still here, just lurking as can’t try an FET until mid November) :)

Congratulations @GCS34, so happy for you!!

Clinic spoke to DH. It is a capacity issue as to why they aren’t going ahead as planned. As we can’t do the week they have now allocated it looks as though we will be stopping treatment and it won’t be until 2024 that we can start again. DH was very angry with them and they are escalating it up to management but they don’t think that it will be going ahead as planned. He stressed to them that it is them who have been drumming it into us that we don’t have much time left due to my AMH and worrying us and now they are doing this to us.

Amazing news, congrats @GCS34

@Hopingforno2in2023, @kirstysmbc, @girljulian, @Lolly2507, @73pheonix (hey by the way - not heard from you for ages - hope you're okay), @Jellyfish1956, @ARM23, @21C and @KG1244 - Oh my god wow, I'm honestly overwhelmed! ❤Thank you all SO SO much - this has made the tears start again! Honestly, I am really so touched by every single message. Genuinely didn't think it would ever be me sharing the news.

@Jellyfish1956 Defo hope it gives you hope for the No Symptom Club. The only thing I have is a slight dull feeling in my ovaries, which I can only describe as feeling like the day before EC and your ovaries are all swollen.

@21C I'm SO sending my love vibes out for you for Thursday, and @ARM23 I'm routing for you for Saturday too. Lets make it a hattrick! @Jellyfish1956 when is your OTD? Sending love and luck to you and your jellyfish embryo 🪼

@kirstysmbc Thank you so much what a lovely message. Honestly you've been so so supportive throughout - thankyou. I am so so hoping for you next month. how are you feeling about going again?

And @girljulian heyyyyyy!! OMG I'm you hahaha, I thought you were lying to me about the symptoms to make me feel better. But yes here's to the NSC flag flyers! How are you feeling? When is your next scan?

I have my scan date for 26th Oct, so 2 weeks on Thurs where I'll be dead on 7 weeks.

@GCS34 You see!! I was not lying! And I now feel like absolute shit, so there's that. Don't wish for symptoms because you'll have them soon enough. I am now nauseous all day every day. Next scan is Thurs 19th!

@Hopingforno2in2023 That's frustrated me even more that it's solely down to capacity! That's so frustrating that they are doing that to you - why you? Why not someone else that they're messing with? Grrrr. Is there not the option to do it with the 1 month of gel? and also, I'd be inclined to say, well it's not my problem. You're messing with peoples lives. Find time and fit us in. How fucking annoying. How are you feeling? Xx

@GCS34 congrats!!! I also had absolutely zero symptoms until week 6! It is definitely a thing! Symptoms arent an indicator of ANYTHING.
And dont wish for them, cause they SUCK!!!!!!!!!!

@GCS34 honestly it's such amazing news! Remind me what grade embryo you had transferred? (If you don't mind sharing). Let's hope you and @girljulian are the start of many positives! My OTD is a week today - thinking about it makes me very anxious.

@Hopingforno2in2023 so so so annoying thats it's down to capacity. I hope they manage to put you back on the timeframe you had originally planned.

@girljulian haha you weren't! I must say I'm super bloated today, but I dunno if that's just the jacket potato I ate at lunch time 😂Carb baby dunno about real one! How are you feeling today? Have you been sick yet or still nursing the nausea? I think Nausea is definitely worse than being sick. Oh exciting, all the Thursday scans! Were you 6 weeks at your one last week? And what are you now?

@Jellyfish1956 thanks lovely! Honestly it doesn't quite feel real. I keep looking at it to check it's still positive (which the + lines one is slowly fading but apparently Clear Blue say they do after 10 mins). Naturally bought another 2 for later in the week haha 😂

It was a Grade B. My clinic don't do the 5BB / 4AB etc. grading, everything is either A, B or C, and they only freeze day 5 blasts. They said that a Grade B for them is like a 5AB / 5BB. But tbh, I was obsessed with grades for ages but I honestly don't even think about it now. Just one persons opinion vs another I guess. But appreciate people do have reassurance in it - everyone's different. What is yours? Awwww you can be the first one for next weeks club! Who else is next week?

@ASGIRC Awwww yes I forgot you were a no symptom-er too! See there are now 4 of us in the club 🎃no idea why I chose that but it's now the NSC emoji 😂How many weeks are you now - is it 8 for you now?

@GCS34 no, Im much further along! 15 weeks tomorrow! Im well into my second tri!

And the clear blue lines DO fade! It took a few days for mine to disappear, but they did. The digital test also went blank after a while! So I threw those away. I did keep my cheapies, with the line progression of tests, as those didnt fade!

@GCS34 thanks! Need all the positive vibes I’ve totally lost all faith, found it hard to shift mindset today and deep down feel like I know it hadn’t worked. Like you I messaged clinic today asking how soon we could go again if it is negative so I can have some sort of plan. Have you had a nice day today being officially pregnant?

Clinic have yet to call us today so we are still in limbo :(

@21C Sending so much positive luck your way and hope that you get mark #2 for the weeks tally. 🤗
Honestly I feel with the added progesterone this time, and the fact you've not come straight off a fresh cycle will be a good thing. In America they only do FETs - don't do fresh at all - so that your body can reacclimatise after stims so you're in a better position to have a transfer, so with that theory, I am hoping for positive lines all round! #3 for the win 🏆

Did you hear back from the clinic? If so what did they say? And how are you feeling for tomorrow? Are you as sad as me and have your pot, your tests, and some tissues in the bathroom all lined up for the morning? 😂

Honestly it felt so weird reading that!! PAH! Ermmmm I went to asda hahaha. Rockstar life, but I must say that today (psychological perhaps) but the heave ovary / groin twinges have increased, and I'm SOO hot. @girljulian @kirstysmbc @Justkeepmoving1234 @KG1244 Did/do any of you have this?

@Hopingforno2in2023 any update and are you waiting for them to tell you if they've pulled their finger out and managed to sort it for you? Honestly I would say I don't care, we are meant to be having it this month, so bump someone else not me! Hope you're okay!

@ASGIRC I thought you weren't as far as that! Exciting. Are you feeling less symptomy now? And this your 1st?

Great news management have stepped in and we are reinstated! Egg collection will be a week later than originally planned but I can live with a week. Will mean longer stimming I assume but they are going to call tomorrow with the actual plan.

@GCS34 symptoms come and go. Food aversions are better, though not gone, blood pressure drops are still very much here, and with them, nausea.
Still burping like a trooper, and Im SOOOO fed up with it!

Yes, first pregnacy! Have a sex reveal scan next week!!!!

@Hopingforno2in2023 Amazing news! I'm so thrilled for you. Are you pleased / relieved? Glad management saw how wrong it was!

@ASGIRC wow very far along. And probs wrong audience to moan about symptoms to 😂😜

@GCS34 oh man! I hate being pregnant. And it's not even been a bad pregnancy... But the lack of appetite, food aversions, blood pressure drops, nausea, and then not being able to just say "fuck it" and go out drinking is tough!!

So I get it.

I had zero symptoms until I hit week 6. No boob pain, no nausea, nothing. Mild nausea started at 6 weeks, boob pain at 7. And that is still there and as strong as ever!

Enjoy your no symptoms! And pray you get none!!! It's so much better!!!

@21C good luck…fingers and toes crossed for you too!

@Hopingforno2in2023 such good news…glad they changed it

@GCS34 haha yes I do have everything laid out for the morning.
I know it’s silly to feel so down before I am officially out but I just cannot shake this feeling. I’m honestly so scared I think particularly this time for the reasons you said, it was an FET with no meds in system so should have better chance and also had the progesterone support. So if that doesn’t work what will! I’m spiralling already it’s terrible. I’ve been fine up until the last 2 days of total dread and worry. Sorry I know people come to these forums for positivity and I’m the furthest from that just now. Just such a cruel process.
thank you @ARM23 x

@GCS34 No help from me on the weird sensations, I had different symptoms after all the positive tests, but can't remember which ones were in which cycles. And good luck for the next couple of weeks, I always find it harder than the initial 2ww!

@Hopingforno2in2023 So pleased they've moved it back. Always worth complaining loudly if you're not happy. Hopefully the extra week will be easily managed.

@21C Good luck for tomorrow morning, keeping absolutely everything crossed that you follow in @GCS34 's footsteps!

Woohoo @Hopingforno2in2023 !

@GCS34 I didn't have either of those symptoms but my God I think I've now got every other symptom under the sun. I am feeling so bloody ill. It started off just being in the afternoons, then it became the mornings, now it's all day. I threw up twice today and three times yesterday. I literally just want to lie down at all times. I'm finally feeling okay now but this is the pattern it's fallen into, where I feel okay only for the last 2-3 hours of the evening every day, then I fall asleep and wake up at about 3am feeling nauseous, eat a cracker, fall back asleep, wake up at 7am nauseous...

Everything also smells of garlic all the time for some reason!

@GCS34 a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to you!! Such lovely news!!
I'm in full first trimester pregnancy symptoms. Nausea most of the day, I'm only eating brown bread and shreddies, as I can't stomach anything else. Very sore nipples!!
My last pregnancy I had very little symptoms, and no nausea. So this one is definitely different.
We have our 7 week scan tomorrow, very anxious about it!

@21C wishing you lots of luck for tomorrow!! Its really normal to feel so anxious about it. I hope you get some sleep.

@Hopingforno2in2023 really happy to see you can go ahead with everything

Cannot thank you all enough for keeping me going the past 10 days with your kind words and good vibes!!

I got 2 positive tests this morning 🥹 still cannot believe it. Due to go in for bloods with clinic this morning at 9.15 for HCG levels so just hoping all stays good news that side too! Sending so much love and good luck to all those still to test - you’ve got this!!