Ivf, icis January 2025

[Nobodyknowsitall5]

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

@Chickenqueen exciting that your egg collection is weds, it’s coming so soon! did they say how many follicles are looking good?

@Rebekah77 i totally get being nervous that it will be cancelled or something, but you are so close, its looking good, got everything crossed for you!

my scan went ok, they said its still a bit early but they can see there a decent number responding. They took bloods too nd will let me know later if they want me to change my dose. But have another scan on weds and she said maybe egg collection on Friday! I dont know why but was expecting it to be next week, it all moves so quickly doesn’t it

I’ve got a general booked for Friday
just feel so worried … and uncomfortable lol 😂 laying on the sofa as I’m so swollen uncomfortable trying to sit at my desk

fingers crossed @jenk91

just wish I knew what was going on they don’t seem to be telling me anything nor have I seen my consultant … paying a bomb for this so is a little bit annoying it’s just messages and emails etc

I don't start my stims until the end of January. Estrogen priming from 18th though.
I hope everyone is doing good!
I cannot wait to get started! @Chickenqueen what is your follicle count looking like? I'm on the highesr dose of stims this time so hoping it does the trick for me xxx

@Nobodyknowsitall5 @jenk91 He said he could see 11 maybe 12 if I am lucky which is average for my age. The only thing I am slightly worried about is I am doing this for genetic reasons so we could loose a large chunk of my embryos (if I am lucky enough to get any!) to the PGD & PGS testing. But got to be in it to win it I guess.
That's great r.e collection on Friday @jenk91 they must be happy.

Just been for my first monitoring scan.

My AMH is 0.6 so I was never expecting vast swathes of follicles, but today I had five. Four on my RT ovary, one on my left. My left is always a bit of a dickhead because it’s stuck behind my uterus.

My consultant said it’s a good start with my AMH.

Next scan is Weds morning.

Sounds positive lovely @OpalMaker

my left is the same stuck with endo so I’m having a general so they can reach it

go go follicles xx

now waiting impatiently

My consultant said that he may need to go through my uterus and out the other side for the egg collection with the one that’s stuck, but if that happens then I’ll need to have a freeze-all cycle to let my uterus recover because I can have anything put back.

Nobody has mentioned a GA, but I don’t have any formal diagnosis explaining why my ovary is where it is, like Endo or anything.

I’m cautiously optimistic, and really just glad it’s all finally happening - 18th Jan 2023 was when I first found out about my low AMH and so much has happened in that time!

Hi all, I am new to the thread.

It’s nice to hear from all of you and to share our journey together. I really wish that we will all get our babies in 2025!

I am having IVF due to low AMH, a blocked tube and MFI. We did our first round last September, which worked but sadly ended in a MMC at 10 weeks. We still have 2 embryos from that first round, but decided to do a full cycle again due to my low AMH.
I should hopefully start stims next week, but I am not sure yet as my cycle is a bit all over the place after my MMC.

I am at the same time exited to start stims because it means that I could potentially be pregnant in a month, but I still feel numb from the MMC so I don’t feel as optimistic as for my first round.

One of my friends just announced her pregnancy (second child) and I am really happy for her but at the same time it makes me feel sad about my situation. It gets harder and harder for me to be around babies and sometimes I can feel tears in my eyes when spending time with babies and kids, as I really wish I would have my own by now.

@YellowTack

I’ve found friends pregnancies increasingly difficulty, at the start I was all like “well that doesn’t really bother me because I don’t want their baby, I want my own” - but then my two best friends fell pregnant in the same cycle and subsequently delivered their babies two weeks apart and I felt so lonely and stuck with my life in comparison.

I had my girly friends round for food/drinks over Xmas and one of the above friends turned up in her maternity dungarees and a bit of a tummy and I genuinely died inside thinking she was heavily pregnant again so soon, but had decided to keep it a secret from me because I’m the mentally unstable sad sack infertile one (this is a lot of projecting on my part - but it’s how I’ve come to view my self in comparison to seemingly every other woman on the planet).

Anyway, it turns out she’s not pregnant!! Phew, for now. I don’t know why it matters to me, but my closest friends beginning to produce second and third babies, before I’ve even got a first baby upsets me.

Was some discussion if they should collect early or not … bit worried incase the huge ones are gone by end of week

come in and had my galinerix

can’t wait to be done , be able to eat something yummy 😋

welcome @YellowTack xx

@OpalMaker my right ovary is suck behind my uterus due to a fibroid and was also told they may not be able to get to it during egg collection but in the end they were able to access it just fine due to how large it had gotten from the stims. Hopefully it's the same for you

Welcome @YellowTack I'm so sorry to hear about your MMC I really hope you get your rainbow soon x

That’s great news @Rebekah77 ❤️ is it possible to do it early, know you have a pre-booked date?
Welcome @YellowTack so sorry to hear about what you’ve been going through, you are in the right place here with lovely people who 100% understand xx

Pre booked 6 weeks ago as I’m having a general . They would of called and seen it moving it was possible but after they called the consultant they decided to keep to the plan

just hope the huge ones don’t vanish in the meantime !!

still in discomfort after the rooting around to find my stuck side but mostly feel better tonight just relaxing

It’s good that you are feeling better! The bloat will be gone in no time hopefully 😊

did they tell you how big the leading follicle was? Maybe there are more of the smaller ones that they would rather matured to sacrifice one or two bigger ones? Do you know how many they could see?

how are you feeling about Friday? I’m due to have my first scan then. Hoping the number of follicles has gone up since our last round 🙏

I’m sorry to hear about your MMC I had an early loss on the back of a previous IVF and I still tear up talking about it to the consultants. I think this is such a tough process to go through and then the roll coaster of finally being pregnant and losing it all again.
im hoping this time around you will get a few more embryos. Would you do afresh transfer or are you planning on freezing?

Eeek triggered this evening (all fine ofc) booked in for weds 9am. Never had any kind of sedation at all so feeling a bit nervous about that..any tips?

Urgh, a friend just text me asking for 'an update'. Feel a bit like I wish I had kept it all entirely to myself. My mum and step-dad also know and regularly check in on me. I know people are just showing they care. I'm usually a really open person which is why I have shared with a close friend or two (one who has had successful before) but feeling quite sensitive at the moment and really don't want to feel like I need to give people the low down of where I'm at all the time.

How does everyone else manage this? I'm dreading my mum asking for updates post embryo transfer (if we get that far).

@OpalMaker @YellowTack I feel you both so much. My sister in law announced a second pregnancy recently and I was completely blindsided and can’t help but feel upset that they’re already onto their second when we’ve still never been pregnant.

@OneWaryCat I’ve said to everyone I’ve told that it’s happening in January but I’m not going to be giving day by day updates because I feel like there’s so many milestones where things could go wrong. Maybe just kindly let them know that you’ll be in touch when you want to be and appreciate them thinking of you.

I have my first scan on Wednesday to check down regulation has worked and then will hopefully be starting stims on Thursday. So excited/nervous!

@Geordienewbie Yes I might do the same. I have led a few people to believe that we are a bit further behind than we are. Added a few extra scans here and there.

The hardest is my mum, she really wants to be there for me. She had breast cancer 2 years ago and I took care of her and I think she sees this as her turn to take care of me. I tried to tell her recently that I might not be so forthcoming with updates and she pushed back a little. I just don't know how we will feel yet if and when pregnancy test day comes around and the last thing I need are people asking me for details.

You are almost same timeline as me. My scan is also on Wed to check if downreg has worked. Not sure when we start stims but we have all the meds.

@OneWaryCat Oh that’s really tough, I’m close with my mum and can’t imagine what a worry it must have been. I guess you’ll just have to be as honest as possible with her and hope she understands. I’m sure she will! My mum lives at the opposite end of the country so we’re constantly texting and I know it’s going to be hard not telling her everything straight away.

What down regulation have you been on? I’ve been on synarel nasal sprays since mid December and my period came completely on time so I was worried they weren’t working but I took an ovulation test today and I’ve never had one so negative so I guess it’s a good sign. Fingers crossed for Wednesday for both of us 🤞

Hi all, happy near year 2025 to all. I hope we all get what we've desperately been waiting for this year 🤍

We have been ttc for almost 4 years. Always hoping that this year is the one but the year passes and we do not have a baby in our arms. We started our fertility journey with the NHS around July/August time. We have unexplained infertility.

We are due to plan our IVF cycle this month (end of Jan) and will be starting our ivf cycle Feb/march. I am young, and never imagined to experience this journey for children. I've always loved children, and I am scared for what is to come. I really hope this works for us all. 🤍

@lovelivelaugh63 welcome :)

I feel exactly the same, we started trying when I was pretty young too, don't feel as young now lol. I never imagined it would take this long or this would be the journey we'd be taking to grow our family.

Take it one day at a time, we will get there x

@OpalMaker @FrostedFlake @Geordienewbie it’s reassuring to hear that other people are going through the same struggles, especially because I don’t know anyone going through IVF in real life!

@FrostedFlake I am doing a fresh transfer again. At first I wanted to do a freeze all with PGT-A, but I have decided against it for now, I might do it at a later stage if I have to do another round.

@Chickenqueen I was also very nervous for the sedation during my first round, it is totally understandable. I hated having the cannula put it, that was honestly the worst part. However once this was done the sedation was okay, once they inject the product you go to sleep really quickly so you don’t really have time to realise what is happening, which for me really helped. I then was woken up by a nurse, and felt as if I had woken up from a night of sleep.

I would recommend bringing comfy closes, and something to distract you before the procedure, like a book or something to watch on your phone, because the wait is the worst part.

I would also recommend planning something nice for the rest of the day, for example ordering takeaway or watching a nice film.

@OneWaryCat I am in the same situation and regret having told some people because I don’t have the strength in me to give updates.

What really helps is that most people don’t now anything about IVF, so I now stay as vague as possible on where I am in the process.

For example, one of my friend knows I have started IVF in September and she has been asking for updates, so I just told her that it’s a long process and that I am still taking hormones to prepare for it. I haven’t told her my IVF worked but ended in a MMC which is why I am doing another cycle in January.

For my January cycle I have decided I won’t tell anyone any details. They know I need to go to the clinic for scans and I need to take hormones, but if they ask more questions I will be very vague and say that we don’t know about the timelines as it depends on my cycle. If it is positive I won’t say anything before the first trimester is over because I can’t stand the look of pity I now have from the only person I told about my MMC.

I honestly would not feel bad if at one point I just need to say that it is too stressful for me to give regular updates and that I will share when/if I am ready. Most people want updates for their own reassurance but we are the ones that need to be reassured and we don’t owe updates to anyone.