Ivf, icis January 2025

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Anyone starting next month? I'll be on my 4th cycle. I've just bought 2 cycles with manchester fertility and it will be me done. I'm 36, have a low amh of 5.2 and afc 10. I'm doing the estrogen priming protocol so will take estrogen tablets for 7 days starting from day 21. I then take 450 meriofert. I'm not sure whether I am excited or nervous. It has been a year since my last cycle and I'm going to struggle with another loss but wanted to get started again also. No children yet and over 3 years trying. Have blocked tubes and endo xx

That's amazing @Rebekah77 I'm so happy for you after all your waiting 😊hope you are feeling ok.

@jenk91 I have been very constipated, causing me a lot of pain so have been taking fibrogel to help, I think I would prefer loose bowels at this point lol.

Today is the day 5 update for my one surviving embryo that was a 4 cell on Saturday, really have no hope at this point and already thinking about the next round. Also was reading through my bloods and I had extremely high oestridol levels before trigger so I am wondering if I was over-stimmed....will discuss with doc.

Sending everyone all the love and baby dust, your successes give me hope xxxx

@Chickenqueen its horrible isn’t it! I’ve been taking fibrogel too but I hate that stuff, the bits make me gag.

keeping everything crossed for your embryo, you never know.

Yep, I think I am also trying to think that since this is the first round, this is a bit of a stab in the dark and at least we will get some answers to make the next round better.

Waiting for embryologist to call me and give day 3 update 😬

We are just on our way to my fourth (and probably final) monitoring scan. Tonight will be my 13th day of stims.

Bit scared we’ll get there and my four follicles will have disappeared over the weekend. Hopefully not though, and we’ll have an egg collection booked for Wednesday!

I don’t really have much pain or swelling, in fact if anything I’ve lost weight the last week or two, nearly 3-4kg - but I wonder if that’s because my body is loving all this extra Oestrogen after my levels have been dwindling with Peri and DOR.

Good luck and happy thoughts for everyone today, will update later x

Keeping fingers crossed for you @Chickenqueen it’s so hard isn’t it . I’m just trying not to think about anything lol 😂

only colouring and zoning out

honestly flaxseed in your yoghurt everyday , solves everything! I use a blend with co10 to give things a boost

fingers crossed @jenk91 for your call today

blimey @OpalMaker that is such a long time hun ! You must be so uncomfortable- fingers crossed for your scan . fingers crossed go go follicles !

managed a shower now in a lot of pain so back to colouring and sofa !

Good luck to everyone getting their scans/calls today 🤞❤️

@Rebekah77 i had some porridge for breakfast with a load of seeds on it and the good news is…it did the trick 😂 thank god!

they called not long ago, all 6 are growing, 4 of them are where they would expect them to be at this point and 2 are a bit behind. So still sticking to the plan of weds transfer, fingers crossed.

@FrostedFlake how are you getting on?

That’s wonderful news @jenk91!!! delighted for you that all is on track! ☺️

Ive the last ultrasound appointment this morning to see how the follicles have grown since Friday. Hopefully they’ll give me a date for retrieval as needed my husband to be able to take it off

Good luck @FrostedFlake for your scan I'm sure everything is going to be okay

Well done @jenk91 such good news ! Don't count the 2 out yet but having 4 at this stage is very strong

Just had my call. 2 are still developing , 1 is at 8 cells and 1 at 6. The other one is still lagging behind at 5 cell and a poorer grade.

Just want the one to survive on Wednesday but we heard day 3-5 is when the male kicks in and where we might have another big drop off so fingers crossed for everyone. Such a rollercoaster!

All four follicles still present this morning, and very big and beautiful, collection will be Wednesday.

Have to wait for a call this afternoon when they’ve had the lunchtime meeting to give me instructions re trigger, etc.

I’m so feckin relieved! I can’t stop smiling!

I know there’s still so far to go, but I think this is the first time I’ve felt genuine unreserved happiness during any of this x

Yay so pleased. Take it step by step and celebrate the small wins !

Awh, delighted for you! such great news! ❤️

Good news lovely xx

Happy Monday All! Hope everyone has a great week- trying to catch up on all the messages over the weekend!
@jenk91 6 still growing sounds a fantastic result- hopefully the slower two catch up!
@FrostedFlake hope today goes well!
@Anniekent1 keeping my fingers crossed for your 2!
@OpalMaker wonderful news on the 4 follicles staying strong!
I had my day 5 scan today- turns out my right ovary is being lazy this cycle so folicles just aren’t growing (and sounds like the probably won’t) but I have 3 plus 10mm folicles on my left. The Dr talked about cancelling this cycle, but on his recommendation we started cetrotide and will wait till Wednesday to review again. I never have that many follicles as my AMH is low so I think as long as those 3 stick around I’ll be happy to keep going but it’s another little blip on the rollercoaster that is IVF, keep reminding myself we just need one egg/one embryo for transfer but equally don’t want to go through another week to get to collection and there be nothing knowing the cost of it all. Anyone got any success stories of 3 follicles?

Had my last scan this morning, got a good number of over 22mm follicles so being sent on for egg collection on Wednesday. This time round I'm doing a dual trigger, so now have a lot of meds to get my head around this evening.

The nurse mentioned watching out for OHSS possibly because I'm pretty bloated and comfortable so we'll see how it goes. I feel the same as my first round but that time we didn't get anything to freeze so the situation didn't come up. She mentioned that the consultant may suggest freezing any embryos that we get instead of moving to transfer, but we'll see on Wednesday.

The progesterone is by far my least favourite part.

Hi all, Not good news for me today unfortunately I am out of the hunger games for now. Thanks for all the support on here so far, I really really wish you all the best on your journeys. This is such a fantastic space for all of us going through such a difficult time. Hopefully I will see you round these parts soon! 💐 xxxxx

Hi @Chickenqueen I am so sorry to hear that it's so brutal and heartbreaking.

We were/ are in a similar position with the poor attrition for our first go and we spoke to the embryologist today who suggested that the protocol could be changed to maybe help the numbers. Once you have had time to process maybe you can have a chat with your clinic to see what you could do in another round if you wanted to do that. First rounds unfortunately are brutal as they don't know how we are going to react but they can then give information going into further rounds so please don't lose hope. I read a lot of greater success in second rounds once they have this Info under their belt

Take some time for you and your partner but all is not lost. Thinking of you xx

Thank you @Anniekent1 for your lovely words, I will be going again for sure, I should have an appointment with my consultant soon to go through what happened and plan for our next round and we have some counselling to do. All the best to you xx

All the love to you @Chickenqueen xx deffo take some time to rest & hopefully a new protocol can assist

this journey is so beyond challenging xx

im really sorry @Chickenqueen sending positive thoughts your way and best of luck xxx

So sorry @Chickenqueen, tough news- hope you take some Time and then get some good guidance on the way forward! ❤️

I’m so sorry to hear that @Chickenqueen. it’s such a tough and at times very unfair process. Please look after yourself x

@Chickenqueen so sorry to hear that, hope you can take some time for yourself to rest. This journey is so awful, sending you all the positive thoughts xx

How’s everyone doing? Anyone having scans/waiting on calls today?

I just got a missed call from the clinic and I think it means my estrogen is up and it will be a freeze all (if we are lucky to get to that stage 🤞) cycle. Ugh hate that they don’t leave voicemails as now I’m stressing about it

Hey @FrostedFlake how do you feel about a feeeze all? Hopefully you get through to them soon and they can put your kind at ease. I get genuine panic attacks each time they call now as it's the fear of the bad news 😅

I have a scan later today to check my recovery and for any OHSS symptoms. Also have a counselling session today as well which is really good of them to put on. Not done one before so not sure what to expect

We will get our final day 5 call tomorrow to advise if any made it for the freezer

@Anniekent1 hopefully no sign of OHSS 🤞how are you feeling? it’s great that they do counselling sessions! I’ve never done one before either.

The first clinic we went with and after I had a chemical pregnancy had invited me to weekly group counselling sessions online but I didn’t feel like it.

I find the waiting after collection the hardest and I dread their calls so much. I mean if they had great news like oh your fertilisation rate is 50/60/70% maybe I’d feel differently 😅 My stomach drops every time I see their number pop up on my phone.

They just rang me back and the blood results are t back yet. They were returning my call from yesterday 🫣

If we have to do a freeze all then it’s ok but I’m just too impatient to have to wait again 😭