@AnnieStar12 @Vparisi Thank you! We had 8 eggs extracted Monday, 6 were mature for fertilisation, 4 made it to day 3, and happy to share we got 5AA, 4AA, 4AB so far! The 4th ones is a bit lazy and the embryologist said we still have a chance with it so they'll call us tomorrow whether we can freeze the 4th one or not. We transferred the 5AA today and decided just to do the one. We originally wanted 2, but part of me was worried it would be 2 fighting for space and would reduce our chances of implantation (I know it doesn't work like that - just a mental barrier!) So we are just going to hold our breath till March 5 for home testing. It's hard not to get hopes up because theres always possibility it won't implant, but trying to balance being realistic and being positive.
@HopefulllHolly No regrets at all, everyone please do ask away! Although I didn't know anyone while I was in the prep and stims stage, mumsnet has been so helpful in improving my knowledge and learning from other peoples experiences. It's such a taxing process mentally and physically, if theres any help I can give back to the community I would be so happy to.
Adding background for us - I'm 33 turning 34 next month. Husband is 35. TTC 2 years before deciding to do IVF, we started testing AMH levels and sperm about 18 months ago (repeating roughly every 3 months) my AMH dropped from I think about 7 to 3.9 (most recent) during that time, and my husband's morphology was 1% at the best of times, but 0% mostly which is why we ended up going for the ICSI process - his other parameters were within range. Was referred to do DNA fragmentation and results were healthy sperm 72%. Checks for varicocele and came back ok too and no recommendations for further testing or how to improve morphology which was so frustrating. My husband and I gave up alcohol and caffeine for over a year, but honestly don't know how much that contributed in improving egg and sperm quality.
My husband started vitamins about 8 months ago, and they seemed to help massively improve all his parameters except morphology, wanted to share this as every bit helps. Some numbers of the change from Aug 2022 to Jan 2024 (he starting vitamins June last year so it was a gradual improvement and not straight jump)
Motility 18% to 70%
Volume 3 to 4.3 ml
Concentration 8.3 to 14.2
Sperm count 42 to 61 million/ml
I was only taking folic acid when TTC first year, then changed to the Pregnacare Max multivitamin and omega 3. My doctor also told me to take Spermadine and Melatonin during my stims phase only.
I think my most useful tip I've been using, which I found online from another user was if you're having the prontogest butt injections, the numbing cream beforehand is really helpful in taking the edge off the sting if you're like me and have a fear of needles, and definitely use alternate sides for injecting.
Last thing to add is please drink a lot of water, I thought I was drinking lots, but got told off 2 blood tests in a row that nurse could tell I wasn't drinking enough. The way she explained it is if our bodies are not hydrated enough all our organs have to work extra hard, so lets make it easier for them by drinking enough water haha
Sorry for the long post, but good luck and message me if any questions on what to expect etc. Baby dust to everyone, it sucks we have to be on this journey, but we're on it and will get there xx