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Hi, I'm currently 3dp5dt (round #2) TTC child #2 at 39yrs

Already feel like it's been 3 weeks not 3 days!

OTD 21st December

Anyone with me?!

Thanks ladies. Lots of Christmas prep today so plenty distraction
I'm 5dp5dt today, I know still really early but I got a strong positive at 6dp5dt last time so expect if I had tested earlier if have got it at 5 days also
I also just feel and know it hasn't worked so expected. I'll see if I can go again in jan but they might make me wait until February

@pinksheetss mine couldn't have been more negative on 5dp5dt! Really hoping you get a positive.
@CakePigeon30 I actually did that this morning! I have no idea what I'm doing lol but aware it's Christmas and there may be delays etc. I think they need to see you before 10 weeks? So plenty of time.
How are you feeling? I'm not really having a lot of symptoms but today I feel almost as if my period is coming. It's such a difficult feeling. I haven't had a blood test either so all I have to go on is the urine tests. I'm terrified of something going wrong.

I feel terrible today, really queezy and sore head think from meds

@pinksheetss which test have you been using? Have you checked how sensitive it is?

@Magix86 I also don't know what I am doing lol. Did you just ring the maternity unit in the hospital? I've tried to Google and can't find anything to say how to refer in my area.
I also have that period feeling. Just cramps that come and go. I've had a bad mouth ulcer as well which google says could be because of hormones.

@CakePigeon30 first response with FMU so should pick up something if there is. Maybe get a Christmas miracle tomorrow

Hope you all have a lovely Christmas tomorrow ❤️

@pinksheetss you too, every hope that you get a good result tomorrow xx

@CakePigeon30 I have lots of little crampy feelings too, nothing painful so I'm taking them as a good sign. I've read lots of women having that period feeling as round the time of their BFPs so I really think the hormones are just completely doing a number on our usual sense of what's going on.

Happy Christmas everyone ❤️

Merry Christmas ladies.
Another negative today but it's not dampened the day so that's good. Have another two embryos so will go again when the clinic says we can. Going to keep taking the progesterone for another few days and test 10dp5dt in the event it's a super late implantation but I know the outcome. I think testing early has helped actually.
Will go again next month :)

Good luck ladies with all your BFP's

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas.
@CakePigeon30 I googled referral to Midwife in my area I think? There was just a webform to fill in so was quite straight forward but it did take me a while to find the right page! I think GPs can also refer you.
Good to know others have had that period feeling, it really puts me off when I feel it!
Does anyone here have a child already? From what I remember, we might all be pregnant with our first?

Sorry to see this @pinksheetss but really glad to hear it didn't upset your day yesterday xx

Referred to midwife this morning, exciting!!

Hello ladies, hope you had good Christmasses and are enjoying the weird inbetween bit right now.

Can I get your opinions on my line progressions? My hcg was a little low at 120 on 11dp5dt and I can’t stop feeling incredibly anxious that it’s all going wrong again.

I've been testing on cheap tests every 48 hours, the lines are getting darker but I don’t know if they are getting dark enough? Would you be worried by this? I feel like I’m going a bit insane 😵‍💫

@Triselly I can definitely see the progression, and the top one looks really clear! I'd personally feel reassured by the darkness of the most recent one but I completely understand the anxiety. Could you get another blood test maybe just to check? Do you have your early scan booked in?

@Magix86 Thank you so much for the reassurance! I just can't calm down about it. I have messaged my Dr and the hospital IVF clinic, they each say to contact the other 😵‍💫

I am very worried as well as I am hypothyroid and I should be getting monitored as soon as I get a positive but am struggling to get any referrals for a blood test. Just trying not to panic, and keep bugging people until I get a response.

How are you feeling? ❤️

Oh gosh @Triselly I'm sorry to hear that. I hate being passed between different people/services! Hopefully someone will have some clarity for you - just keep pestering them until you have an answer lol.
I'm feeling good, thank you ❤️ I got a 3+ on the clearblue digital this morning so that's eased my anxiety for now! I don't think I'll be able to relax fully until our scan on 8th though, it seems so far away! Going to try not to test any more now

@Triselly I can see the progression. I think day 16 looks much stronger.

My bloods were taking at 14dp5dt and were only 341. They said that anything over the 200 mark at that point was good. So thinking about the same timeline yours will have doubled to over 200.

I haven't tested since the beta as I am enjoying living in a little pregnancy bubble. I know I would obsess over the lines.

@Magix86 Thank you v much for the reassurance, you're right and I am just gonna keep pestering! I think you've got the right idea and your 3 week on a digital sounds like it's progressing v nicely!

@CakePigeon30 thank you also for the reassurance, getting a different set of eyes on them was v helpful! I think I would be at about the same place as you then, I will take a leaf from your book and put the tests away I think ❤️ Glad to hear you are enjoying the pregnancy bubble!

@Triselly your lines are looking great. I can definitely see the progression. I think it's time to put the tests away now you've had + bloods.

My tests aren't getting any darker now they've really stalled at the same level so it's looking like it's another chemical for me. I knew it on boxing day when I woke up. I don't know how I just felt it. The first pic is 7,8,9,10dp5dt and the single is today at 11dp5dt. Absolutely gutted, third chemical in 5 transfer.

We've already done so many tests i don't even know what's next for us.

@pinksheetss I'm sorry that it was another negative for you. It's the worst disappointment, but great that it's not ruined the day for you this year xx

Oh @charja100 I’m so so sorry to hear that, I know that tests are not a reliable indicator of progression but I completely agree that when you know you know. I hope you are able to take a few days for yourself xxx Do you have any other frozen embryos?

Just realised the pics didn't upload before. So attached.

Thank you @Triselly. We have two more euploid embryos in the freezer luckily. But were getting towards the end of the package we paid for and I don't know if we'll squeeze in another transfer before it expires. To be honest we're out of money too.... 35k in so far and nothing to show for it . We did so many tests before this last round I'm not sure what else to do either to try to understand why it hasn't worked. I feel like to have had three chemicals there must be something else wrong.

Tests to show chemical

I don’t mean to be over optimistic but those tests do look like they are getting stronger @charja100 - mine are from several days after yours, but your 11dp looks like my 12dp. I really wouldn’t be giving up hope just yet - I understand you feel like it’s failed but like you said a few days ago (which really helped me stop panicking) it could be our brains telling us this to protect us from what we have experienced before. Is it worth leaving it a couple of days before testing again so that any differences will be easier to see?

Thanks @Triselly trying to not give up hope but I am pretty sure that the easy at home tests are more sensitive than yours. They pick up from 10ml so my lines are more like likely at least half dark as yours from the same time. It's my OTD on NYE so will see what the tests say then. Clinic are likely doing to want me to continue meds for more days as they don't do blood tests.

I understand - it’s such a complete mindfuck, especially at this time of year when there’s a lot of holidays, so lots of spare time to mull over everything, and a lot of hopes for specific days.

It is very early at 11dpt so it is unlikely that tests would be very strong yet but I’m thinking of you and crossing everything that they get stronger for your OTD.

Does your clinic offer estrogen support as well as progesterone for the 2ww? It was the first time I’d been given it but that might be something to consider? Xxx

I appreciate that thank you. This is playing out exactly as my chemical did at this time last year so I'm dining it hard to see any other outcome at the moment.

Yes I'm on a fully medicated frozen transfer cycle. Oestrogen pills, cyclogest x 3 pessaries and 1ml of PIO (prontogest) every other day. I'm also on steroids and blood thinners daily and have had intra lipids ahead of my cycle and transfer.

We did ENDEMETRIO, so have done ERA and EMMA AND ALICE. And they all came back normal. We did what my clinic called level 1 and level 2 bloods and found I had raised TH1 cytokines. Hence the immune protocol. I just don't know what's left. I haven't had a HSG or hysteroscopy

I do see the slight progression but I really thought at 11dp5dt it would be much darker now on such a sensitive test. I'll do a boots pink dye at 7pm tonight and compare it to 2 days ago and see x

@charja100 Please do update us tomorrow if you’re up to it, thinking of you xx