FET/IVF/ICSI Part 2

[MoonlightDreamer]

As I was replying I realised the thread has reached the limit.
I thought I'd create a new thread for us all to keep in touch.
Please feel free to tag anyone I've forgot

@lauralozzle
@meliss
@thinkpink37
@luckypineapple
@ivfkinster
@babyplease23
@lolly2507
@4thcyclelucky
@marshk
@user491
@kitt86
@Hopingforno2in2023
@woaaaahnelly
@rosesinbloom19
@millie89xx

@LuckyPineapple perfume is so intense isn't it?! I feel like people are bathing in it! Sorry you're feeling sick, hopefully you get to have a quiet evening.

@User491 that's amazing news! Congratulations!

@IVFKinster You're right it's like people are bathing in it. I've turned into a blood hound! Feeling a little better this evening, thank you.
How are you getting on?

Thank you everyone, I wasn't expecting both of them to be there, but I was praying for it: We've both always wanted twins, so very happy! Just hope they both stick in there 🤞🏻🥰

@LuckyPineapple bless you, will be here very soon. Do you feel better with having the symptoms?

@Millie89xx the wait is awful, time seems to go so slow ☹️ I kept trying to keep myself busy, but it is so difficult to distract yourself isn't it!

@Hopingforno2in2023 those days with your DH sound perfect and exactly you need 🥰
A plan in place and 🤞🏻for an autumn baby ☺️

@Melisss it's such a strain on the body you don't realise how much it affects you. The break away will do you the world of good ☺️

Everything crossed for you for two sticky babies 🤞♥️@User491

Evenings are the most difficult for me currently @LuckyPineapple ! I have basically all day nausea right now but after dinner/tea, I feel horrendous. Absolutely knackered and almost like I have the flu, I can barely function and feel almost sea sick. There's a sort of desperate race to get to bed before I die 😂 No vomiting so far though.

Hi ladies. Had my scan today. It felt like quite an ordeal. I was first scanned by a nurse and she was searching for ages and then told us she couldn't find anything so went to get another nurse. We literally sat waiting for what felt like the longest 5 minutes of our lives
The second nurse intitally struggled to find a sac aswell. Apparently I have a very tilted uterus that I never knew about before. She eventually found what she thought was a sac and it was really at the back so even with transvaginal it was so tiny as it was in the far distance. She couldn't get a clear image so asked for a doctor to come scan me to confirm what she was seeing. Doctor was able to confirm he could see the sac and little baby and said its heart was flickering away. Image was super distorted though and although we got a picture it's a pretty terrible picture.
I definitely felt relieved knowing its tiny little heart is beating but I'm still feeling super anxious about all the pain I've been having. I don't know if it's related to my womb or not as they said my ovaries still look swollen

What a scary nightmare @MoonlightDreamer ! I'd have been crying my eyes out. I'm so glad they found the little bean and heartbeat in the end. Odd that nobody has mentioned a tilted uterus to you this far in. Hopefully you can breathe a sigh of relief now. Congratulations on your scan!
Did they give you any reassurance about your progesterone levels?

@MoonIightDreamer That sounded like a nightmare and I'm sure that time waiting felt like eternity. I'm so glad it went well in the end and baby was found with a lovely heartbeat ❤️ I'll remember this for my scan as I also have a tilted uterus and they often had difficulty getting a good image for lining check. Hopefully seeing your baby has given you some reassurance although I understand the pain makes it uneasy.

@IVFKinster I think the nausea is definitely worse when exhaustion is at its worst. Its mid morning and right before bed for me. I don't ever know what I want to eat anymore. Nothing in the morning is that appealing. Yet when I do want to eat, I eat like someone is going to take it from me. Odd 🙈

@User491 The symptoms give some reassurance but then I'll have days where it isn't so bad and worry. Just trying to remind myself that it's normal for symptoms to come and go and also to have some days better than others.

@MoonIightDreamer bless you, all that wait must have been awful for you, thank goodness they found the baby and a heartbeat, makes it all worthwhile ❤️
They also said one of my ovaries is large , she asked if I had pain on that side, which I don't, but I keep getting twinges on the other side just like an ovulation pain. A bit strange! I am bloated though.
The swollen ovaries is likely causing you the discomfort.
What happens for you now, will they scan you again or have you graduated from the clinic?

@LuckyPineapple I am the same with food, I don't fancy anything; then when I start to eat I'm starving... very weird 😂
The symptoms side of things is so strange, I keep getting waves of nausea, but not that bad. I don't particularly want to feel sick, but then you worry about lack of symptoms.. can't win 🙈😂

@IVFKinster poor you, hope you start to feel better soon! I've been really tired this last few days, but I do have a bad cold too. I seem to just spend the day yawning, praying for time to move quickly 😂

It wouldn't be me if there wasn't some kind of drama. I'm not sure why all my reproductive organs seem so inaccessible.
I'm sure they thought I was a right miserable git. I don't think I expressed any emotion . I was so convinced because the first nurse said she couldn't see what she's looking for that it was bad news and after they kept fetching and swapping people over I think I went into shock and didnt know what to think. I felt a few palpitations in my chest when they said there's a heartbeat in the end but it took me a good few hours to really register it all

@User491 congratulations. You must be over the moon. I'd absolutely have loved twins but I think at this stage I'm just grateful that I have one in there as I didn't even think that would possible after all these years

Gosh how scary @MoonlightDreamer bit so glad you saw a heartbeat.

Hey girls … bit of a TMI post but …. Finally back to being intimate now I feel better and not in any pain but today I’ve noticed a little clump of jelly / snot like discharge when I went the loo do we think it’s from sex ? I only really notice stuff like that around ovulation 😂😂 it’s not gooey more jelly like worried now incase it’s something else 😭 TIA

@MoonlightDreamer congrats on the scan ! My nerves are just gone for mine I feel fine .. just really sore boobs no other symptoms just heightened smells and shattered 😂😂

@MoonIightDreamer I am not surprised you didn't have an instant reaction, you must have been beside yourself!
Such lovely news though that everything was fine 🥰
I am really really happy, I just hope that both of them are ok, fingers crossed all will be fine for Thursday when we go back 🤞🏻

Not sure if it's just me but this doesn't feel real at all, keep looking at my pictures and video in disbelief 🙈😂

@Millie89xx it's mainly my boobs and really tired too. The nausea sometimes comes in waves, but it's usually I feel sickly when I'm hungry, then I stuff myself, then feel sick coz I've eaten too much. So not sure if I'm just being a pig tbh 😬😂

I'm feeling really terrible this week though, got such a bad cold ☹️ hoping another chill day today watching Christmas films cures me 🤞🏻☺️

Regarding the jelly mucus, I don't know for definite, but i suppose so much will be going on at the moment due to changes in your hormones etc. Maybe it's just from that. If you're worried though just ask your nurses maybe? Sorry I know that's not much help ☹️

Morning all, hope you are all well?

I just left an answerphone message with my clinic to get the ball rolling with a FET.

Am overtaken by waves of sadness every so often but trying to stay positive.

@Hopingforno2in2023 ah that’s great news how you feeling ?

I’m feeling hopeful for the FET @Millie89xx. How are you doing?

@Hopingforno2in2023 I hope your next round is successful 🤞

@Hopingforno2in2023 sending you positive vibes ! It will all be good for you 🤞🩷💙!

im doing ok .. worrying myself sick waiting for this scan but apart from that ok . It’s hard to concentrate on anything but tbh!

I can imagine @Millie89xx. How long to go until the scan?

Clinic just called. We have an appointment on 12th December to do all the paperwork and then will get going late Jan/early Feb

Hi ladies, we had our scan today and feel a little overwhelmed. Felt like forever to find our baby. But everything is there that should be there and we saw its beautiful little heart flickering away. I should feel some reassurance from this but they did measurements and I'm showing about a week behind. Also couldn't hear the heartbeat because baby is still very small. For any of you ladies that have had your scans ddid they do measurements and did you get the hear a heart beat as well as see it?

I'm due to go back on the 19th for another scan because my clinic likes to hear the heart rate before discharging to NHS.

Trying not to let my mind spiral! 🤯

What are you measuring?
Try not to worry yourself too much.
I had my scan at 7+2 I think i was and measured 1cm whereas it seems to suggest I should be 1.2cm at 7 weeks gestation. I'm not allowing myself to get worked up tho as those early scans aren't recommended for dating. The baby is so tiny and we're talking millimetres.
I've read countless threads on here and baby centre ect of women saying they were measuring a week behind ect and by 12 week or so scan baby was measuring on point. Everything seems to suggest go by your next scan to provide an accurate measurement and don't rely on the early scan. Hopefully your next scan will provide you with some reassurance. What are you now? I'm 8 weeks today . Just hoping all is well in there. It feels so weird knowing there's a tiny heart beating inside you .
Have you self referred yet to hospital?
We haven't done it yet and I'm not sure we'll even get a 12 week scan on time now as they told us needs to be done before week 8

@LuckyPineapple

@MoonIightDreamer I'm not sure what the actual measurement was to be honest. I was so panicked when she was looking for baby. I'm day 40 which to my clinic is 7 weeks and baby is measuring in line with 6 weeks 2 days. Although I always thought I was 7 weeks 5 days now. I'm so confused with the dating. The nurse didn't seem too concerned but I was also getting my bloods done for my thyroid too and a different nurse was giving me a different vibe which has completely thrown me.

Your reply has helped me feel less stressed though. I can't imagine that measurements at that stage can be spot on and this can jump around throughout pregnancy. Certainly doesn't help with the anxiety!

Youre right, it is so strange to think of a little heart beating in there 💓. So thankful for it 🙏🏻 I'll try not to worry and go by the next one.

I'm in the process of registering with a new GP because I've moved but they have a backlog so I'm going to try and phone the surgery I'm currently with to let them know and hopefully get that moving. I just added to my own stress not registering earlier 🙈

If you search ivf due date calculator into google you can put in your transfer date and 3/ 5 day fresh/frozen ect
And it calculates how far along you are.
It told me my due date was 16th July which clinic told me exactly same thing on Thursday so it seems to be accurate at predicting ivf dates.
Measurements can be all over the place in first weeks it seems. I've even heard of people having their next scan and baby measuring ahead and having their date changed so I really wouldn't focus on it.
I explained all this to OH before we had our scan about possible scenarios and told him to remind me of all this if measurements came back behind, to not freak myself out. I downloaded one of those pregnancy tracker apps and it helps remind me as it continues to count how many weeks / days you are taking out the effort of doing it yourself
@LuckyPineapple

@LuckyPineapple by the way worth checking you might be able to refer yourself to hospital online without having to go through your gp.
At least that's what I'm expected to do.
I have to download the form from the trust website and email or post it back to maternity