BFPs after IVF in September

[teampacey]

Hi all!

Thought I would start a new thread for the next stage of our journey.

@Daniki @Lucymorris @Natasha90 @PurpleRayne89 @xMrsxHx87x @YellowTack

If I've missed anyone I'm really sorry and please join us!

@YellowTack seems to have stopped. Jesus the anxiety will never end! I'm going to try and hold off getting scanned until my app next week, unless of course I get a significant or red bleeding 🙈

And it's back, I am living in hell 😭 I had a stringy bit of grey/brown discharge earlier and when I wiped there it was like a pinky brown. I just wish if it was over it would happen quick and drag out 😭 would progesterone stop it happening?

@Daniki thats horrible. So sorry it keeps happening to you. Did you contact the epu? Might be worth bringing the scan forward to give you peace of mind. Are you off all progesterone? You could definitely ask the question. I was told that by 8 weeks you are producing enough progesterone to sustain the pregnancy and that you wee out the excess.

@Wildflower9 no I'm still on it, the clinic said I can stay on it up to 12 weeks. The consultant seen before for the miscarriages has me on steroids and aspirin aswell. I mean like would progesterone be delaying the bleeding and that's why I'm spotting? It's so hard to know! Il ring them in the morning and see if they can get me in, it's awkward as I work in a school and Friday is the last day before holidays so rather have it next week but sure anyway!

I am so sorry @Daniki, this must be so stressful! I hope the early pregnancy unit will be able to give you some reassurance before your scan next week.

I’m honestly not sure, definitely give the epu a ring and see what they say 💖

Yea I'm going to ring in the morning and see if they can bring me in, my sons rearranged speech and language app was tomorrow but I'm have to reschedule it again, the lady will kill me! 🙈 it's turning pink now so trying to brace for the worst.

Thinking of you @Daniki , admittedly I found myself googling something similar recently (would my body recognise a miscarriage if I’m still on all the FET meds). I couldn’t find the answer, probably for the best as I’m just torturing myself.

I’ve had more of the orangey stuff today, will ask about it at my midwife appt tomorrow.

@Sierra26 yes I'm googling the same! Also can't find an answer but I think if it's a progesterone issue it should help but if chromosomal issue then being on meds wouldn't stop bleeding. Best of luck at your appointment Tom!

Have an app at 10.45 in epu will let you know how I get on ❤️

Had scan and everything ok still a heartbeat 💓 still measuring behind but what I should be at if you get me, so processing as it should. My husband said my son was the same was measuring behind the whole time and he is so tall now 😂 no indication for spotting so hopefully just pessaries. ( this will reassure me for like a day prob 😂)

That’s great news @Daniki !! 🥰

@Daniki fantastic news hopefully you can relax a little now!

Quick update. My 7 week scan today went well. I’m measuring 6+5 which is two days out and there are no concerns.

@Daniki I hope your appointment goes well x the constant anxiety and preoccupation must be horrible and not doing you any favours. Hopefully you’re doing something to relieve the tension and trying to relax a little. Easier said than done.

@Daniki this all sounds so stressful. Glad that your scan has shown everything is OK - did they offer any explanation for why you're experiencing the spotting?

@xMrsxHx87x no they said they could see no reason for it, so hopefully it's just the pessaries. I'm on edge a bit still because my my other losses I went in for spotting and seen a heartbeat and still lost it, but I'm hoping because I wasn't on meds then and I am now that it will help. It's so stressful! Will try and take it easy and I'm off work next week 🙌 xx

@Daniki I’m glad to hear your scan went well. Hope you’re able to relax a bit more, must have been nice seeing baby again on screen.

@PurpleRayne89 good news for you too! I’d that you discharged from ivf clinic?

I had my booking appt today with two lovely midwives. Felt nice walking out of there with my maternity notes folder! Only point of confusion is that the IVF clinic (in the same hospital) told me the antenatal midwives would wean me off my meds. The midwives hit the roof when I asked them 😂 apparently they don’t have a clue and the ivf clinic needs to handle it. I believe them - when they were recording my meds on my booking form they didn’t know what anything was and tried to argue my progynova was progesterone not estrogen. So I’ll be making a call to the ivf nurses tomorrow.

@Sierra26 that's exciting! How far along are you? Sorry if you've already said and I've missed it - I was away over the weekend so missed a big chunk of conversation!

I've got my viability scan in the morning, finally. Everyone talks about the stress of the TWW after transfer, but I think I've found this wait much worse. With the wait to test, I had no expectations. But now I've had the BFP (about 20 of them - my husband thinks I have an "obsession with peeing on sticks"!) my hopes are obviously now very high. I did a ClearBlue this afternoon which is still saying 3+ so I'm keeping everything crossed that it's a good sign.

Good luck@xMrsxHx87x, let us know how you get on! I felt the same leading up to my viability scan, I’d actually gone as far as agreeing a plan with my DH for what our next steps would be if it had gone wrong. He thought I was bonkers but I was so scared of it all just slipping away from me.

I hadn’t expected a BFP at all, and actually I tested positive 5dp5dt so my 2WW was only a 5 day wait 😂. I tested every day until 5+3ish and then did one or two in the week that followed. Have since managed to stop!

I’m 9 weeks today :)

@Sierra26 Thank you. It would make sense for the IVF clinic to wean you.

@Sierra26 yes it would need to be the ivf clinic, this is why some docs etc get annoyed similar happened me in asking the gp to renew my script from private consultant(as their secretary asked me to do) and he went mad too 😂
Had heavier spotting last night and this morn but brown so trying to relax, as it settles and comes back and I think it's not long after inserting the pessaries. Have awful migraine tho today so have rang in sick 🙈

Good Luck @xMrsxHx87x! I agree the wait for the scan is even worse than the TWW!

@Daniki good for you to take time for yourself and be off work today! I hope you will feel better.

I have the worst food aversions at the moment, it’s really annoying. I do food prep at the weekend as I have no time to cook during the week but then I just can’t eat what I have prepared, it makes me gag even if it’s nice food that in theory I would enjoy. All I want to eat is pasta and cakes 😂.

All good at today's viability scan! Strong heartbeat and baby is measuring at 6w6d which seems to track as expected as the ET took place this time 7 weeks ago. Feeling so relieved now. That's me officially discharged from the clinic and registered with antenatal care in my local area - just waiting to hear back about a booking appointment now.

I'm off work this week anyway and I'm tempted to celebrate by going back to bed for an hour!

Hope you feel better after a day of rest. Health always has to come first over work.

@xMrsxHx87x that's great! 🥰 defo treat yourself to wee a celebration! I'm also off next week for midterm, tempted to take tomorrow off aswell but we'll see how I get on!