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

Thanks everyone. We are sat in the andrology waiting room now giggling about DP having to have a dry w**k shortly, he’s checked if there’s WiFi 🤣

Hope all goes well @OpalMaker! That’s made me laugh about your DP - they really have it easy compared to us but I’m not sure I’d cope with the pressure to ‘perform’ on the day!

I’m just waiting for my monitoring scan to check how things are progressing after 8 days of stims 🤞

@OneWaryCat hope your first stims injection went well 😊

Hope everything goes well @OpalMaker! Men are so funny about this, my partner gets so stressed and worked up about having to provide a sample, he can't quite get his head around how much more difficult it is for us.

I had my morning call, we have 4 eggs out of 7 fertilise so that is good news. They are very much encouraging the FET but I've been told to keep taking the cyclogest just in case there is an embryo that's ok to transfer but not freeze.

How are you doing @FrostedFlake ?

Good luck @OpalMaker and to anyone else awaiting news

Awesome news @uhhuhyeahok !

All the best today @OpalMaker hope you retrieve lots of nature eggies x

Fantastic news @uhhuhyeahok hoping for more good news over the coming days x

I'm starting stims tonight and feeling sooo anxious about the whole process but just trying to take it one day at a time and focus on what I can control x

Mature eggs*

Don’t you worry about them in their luxury leather chairs lol 😂 while we get a needle up the foof lol

good luck lovely xx

Good news @uhhuhyeahok

in so much pain still it’s doing my head in
going for Accupunture

@uhhuhyeahok thats great news and a great fertilisation rate! Go you and your little eggies! ☺️❤️
would you prefer FET or a fresh transfer? Are they thinking possible OHSS leading to FET?

have you started projesterone or is that tomorrow?

Im due to start taking Lubion twice a day. And hopefully steroids soon after all going well.

@OpalMaker how did you get on? Hope you are doing okay and taking it easy and recovering after the procedure.

I’m out and almost home, they managed to get two eggs, she did say they looked a bit small so may not be fully mature. DP has male factor, but his sample had adequate sperm in it for what they need, so that’s good.

Will get a call between 8-12 tomorrow to let us know if they fertilised.

Again, trying not to spiral, two eggs is two eggs, they could be fine, that could be two babies, who knows?!

It would have been my Grandma’s 95th birthday today, so hopefully that’s a good omen x

Hi @OpalMaker well done to you and your partner it's one step closer. Don't be disheartened yet, you still have two eggs that can go onto make beautiful things. Try and remember quality over quantity and you really do only need one. Take each step and celebrate what you know rather than worry about the what could be. So hard and all the ladies here can vouch that we are all battling with the worry every day but we are here to share and talk to.

Focus on resting up today you have been through something major physically and emotionally and I pray for some good news on your call tomorrow xx

Fingers crossed for the call lovely

are you having icsi ??

rest up and get on the sofa with hot bottle xx

@OpalMaker good job! 2 eggs is 2 eggs, better than no eggs.

@FrostedFlake I'd prefer to get on with it and do a fresh transfer. Its a new thing for my clinic to do a blood test before collection and I had a high oestrogen and progesterone reading which they don't like for a fresh transfer. I assume its also possibly linked to OHSS. That's the bit I feel got a bit sprung on me this time round, it didn't get mentioned till my last scan on Monday.

We are self funding at this point and its making me twitchy! But it will be what it will be I suppose.

Nervous today as I have my second scan to see how my follicles are getting on. They weren't pleased with the growth on Wednesday and prepared me that my cycle might get cancelled today if there's not much progress I'm assuming that would mean the £1k I spent on medications would be down the drain but I'm trying not to spiral!

Anyone else in 2ww? I'm 3dp5dt and this morning was very tearful. I convinced myself it hasn't worked. Our last transfer did work but mc at 8+3. I'm so terrified. I want to be able to test but I'm terrified of getting a negative.

@uhhuhyeahok I was warned at my second scan that if the bloods came back showing one of them going up it would have to be a freeze all. I guess they are doing all they can to make sure implantation is as successful as it can be but it’s such a pain after already waiting so long having to wait again.
We are the same, in terms of self funding and this will be our very last full IVF round.
Have you started with progesterone? Are you doing injections?
@emeraldhope Im sorry to hear that they weren’t progressing as well as they had hoped. I’m hoping they are pleasantly surprised with the growth when you go back in. What’s next for you? Do you have to go back today to get them checked again?
It’s such a pain not only emotionally but having spent so much money for it to be potentially cancelled.
Ill have you in my thoughts and I hope they had a growth spurt ❤️

How’s everyone doing today? Anyone starting/going in for scans or retrieval?

Thank you @FrostedFlake yes back in at 10am to get them measured again. Just feels like I'm falling at the first hurdle but trying to stay positive as apparently they grow 1-2mm per day and it's been 2 days since they were last checked

@IVFlife yep I had transfer on weds, so I guess I am 2dp5dt. I’m trying SO hard not to overthink everything.

@emeraldhope good luck today, fingers crossed they’ve grown!

I have one fertilised egg this morning, I haven’t yet had a proper update from Embryology, but my consultant has just emailed me, I assume he’s been to chat to them when he’s got to work this morning.

It only takes one and I am crossing my fingers we make it blastrocyst for transfer on Tuesday. My endometrium was good on my scans and I’m due to start progesterone tomorrow.

I hope Embryology aren’t going to ring and say “Yes, one fertilised egg but it doesn’t look good” - hopefully consultant has enough about him not to have emailed at all if things were looking a bit dicey with it.

Oh well, this post seems foolish now!

Had a call from Embryology, my one fertilised egg had three pro-nuclei, and they said it’s probably an egg issue since we had ICSI.

From what I’ve read the egg is meant to discharge half of my dna when it realises it’s been penetrated by a sperm, but it didn’t, so it always has too much DNA and can’t become a baby.

I’m gutted, but feeling my feelings, laid in bed intermittently weeping, going for an everything bath shortly and then going to wash and blowdry my hair and get a bit brightened up to go with DP to get his girls from school.

Ladies, I wish you all the best with the rest of your cycles and treatment. I hope you’re all holding your beautiful babies this time next year, genuinely. I’m not sure I can come back to the thread again but thank you for your company, I felt so much less alone ❤️ lots of love x

I'm so sorry @OpalMaker . Don't feel foolish at all. Hope is all we have, and you have to hang on to every last bit. I'm so sorry it didn't work out for you this time. It's so good that you are going to be kind to yourself and do some nice things, very important, and it's ok to cry it all out. Really hope it happens for you in the future. It's all a numbers game. Lots of love to you. xx

Fingers crossed for todays checks @emeraldhope

so sorry @OpalMaker totally understand if you find the thread too upsetting , all the love to you xx

I am @IVFlife in so much pain it’s a good distraction lol I normally never test so I’m not looking forward to that part at all

how you doing today @FrostedFlake @uhhuhyeahok

feeling so crampy it’s close to unbearable but clinic just say paracetamol and crack on ! I’m dreading going back to work but maybe will distract me and I’ll have to just tough it out !!

xxx