August FET 2025

[magpie234]

Hi everyone. Thought I would make this thread for anyone hoping to have a FET in August!

I am waiting for my period to start hopefully any day now before embarking on a natural/natural modified attempt.

I have had one failed fresh transfer and have 3 frozen embryos.

Good luck everyone!

@magpie234 my doctor called me yesterday and said that the hcg was pregant and he wasnt concerened as there was no bleeding etc but i said because im om progesterone i wont bleed but he said i was just being overly worried. Anyway i stopped my progesterone last night because my periods not gonna come if im on it. I feel like this is just dragging it out...

@magpie234 hi, glad to hear line is getting darker!! When is OTD? Is it blood or urine?

I am just back from the dr and baby is still there!!! Good measurements 6w1d, dr thinks she saw the heartbeat but said we will measure it properly in 2w time. Said huge clot was just accumulated blood, but she was so stressed and then relieved, said it is a miracle as what I described she didn’t expect it

After this week stress and as I wrote it off, I feel numb, first hapy but then again very anxious, scared…They will monitor very closely as I had premature kids and after the surgery they hope this time we will go longer

@FlatWhiteAnyone Oh this is such great news! So relieved for you. Relief is the best emotion - especially when the odds seem so not in your favour. I relate to how you are feeling though… I feel very weird atm and I know it is my brain and heart being too scared from past experiences to trust that everything might actually be OK with this. It sucks! Great that they will monitor you closely though. I am going to look into getting some regular counselling as I have a lot of trauma from my dad being very ill in my 20s (then obviously our infertility experience on top) so anything to do with health outcomes and awaiting scans etc triggers me unfortunately.

But yes line is loads darker this morning so a milestone to celebrate. It is just a urine test on my OTD on Sunday (they request a digital one) then they get me in at around 6 weeks I think. So in a couple of weeks if all stills seems OK by then. I might be wrong though… maybe a blood test first. Shall find out on Monday when someone rings!

@magpie234 sorry to hear you went through trauma, counselling is a great idea!!! I am having it for fertility struggles, donor conception, older parents etc for the last few months and wouldn’t be here without my therapist support. Wishing all the best on Sunday and then Monday xx

Hi everyone

@magpie234 great news hope the line keeps getting darker

we had a little bad news today but again not a clue what to think another 2 tests taken this morning again both positive and darker lines

however my partner had to go to the dr for something and they asked to do a pregnancy test and there test this afternoon came back negative we have done about 15 home test all positive since day 6 but I dunno you just never know what’s going on and was a big set back when the dr said that but just gotta keep going until Tuesday when the clinic ask us to test

@Hope19888 hi, oh you have an emotional rollercoaster too :( When you say they did a test - blood or urine? If urine can be that they use not sensitive and that was afternoon urine. As would be strange that in the morning dark tests and then nothing in the afternoon.
Hope OTD brings clarity and good news 🍀

@FlatWhiteAnyone yeah it was urine she asked us to take a sample with us which we did and she went away with it . She was back within about 1 minute and then proceeded to be very patronising as if we were deluded as to the information we were giving her . Not the best experience but will still try to keep positive about it all .

@Hope19888 oh that ridiculous! My line appears straight but I am 6w! At the beginning especially with cheap tests you need some time, within frame but still more than 1m and in the afternoon 🙄 Try not to stress and forget this episode, I know easier said than done 😕

Hi everyone, hope you don't mind me joining you all.
I'm currently 4dp5dt. This is our 4th transfer. Our first fresh transfer back in 2016 was a fail, as was our first fet. Our 2nd fet was successful and we have our little girl. Trying for our 2nd child and a sibling for our girl :)
Done a test this afternoon, no idea why. Obviously a bfn 😬
Can't believe at my ripe old age of 35 I'm back on this crazy journey!

@Hope19888 Ditto what @FlatWhiteAnyone has said. My tests have been taking a good few minutes to show clear positives and our transfer date was the same. So I also reckon this nurse was a bit of a dud tbh and you should ignore!

@Cosmos03 Of course! I hope your tests turn positive soon. I am 35 too - nearly 36. Trying for my first. 35 is pretty young in the ivf game no? I also have a good few friends who are yet to have babies or have only just had their first. Best of luck!

@magpie234 oh for sure! I know so many people my age and a little older just having there 1st now. My clinic actually said that the age range of 35 - 40 now has the best success rates!

@Cosmos03 Ooh we love to hear it!

Good morning, I’m 12dp5dt today with our first FET and these were my tests this morning. This is my first ever positive test and I’m trying to keep my overthinking to a minimum, are these lines strong enough?

Yes of course they are. Test again in a couple of days and hopefully you will see they have gone darker

Hey everyone! I've been given a transfer date of the 27th... is anyone else here looking at similar timing?

@CloudyIvy55 Hey! Great to see your name pop up again. Glad your transfer date is now so soon. Sending you the best of luck!

I've caved and tested. I'm 5dp5dt today and got this 😁 can't believe it tbh. Had nothing but problems with our clinic, they've messed my meds up and got dates wrong and all sorts

@Cosmos03 Congrats! Hope it progresses well. Clinic sounds a nightmare so go little embryo in spite of all that!

Girls… can I have a quick rant?! My husband has attended a party tonight (featuring wine tasting so for obvious reasons I made up an excuse!). He has just messaged me saying that two of our friends who have also been going through ivf (and keeping it very private) have announced their pregnancy at said party. Now… these friends know about our ivf struggles as my husband opened up to him a bit (unlike him and I was proud of him for doing this) a couple of months ago. It was only then that this friend said oh… funny you should say that because same. Fast forward to them getting through their 3-month scan and that same supposed friend has not considered that giving my husband the heads up before springing this on him in a face-to-face group setting might have been a nice thing to do?! He has no idea that we have just had our first bfp. It has icked me out. Especially as I count the wife as a pretty good friend and now know that she would not have given me the heads up either as they presumably expected me to be there too. This is why my list of people I consider actual friends has diminished somewhat in recent years… but hey maybe I am just sooooooo sensitiiiiive.

@magpie234 can totally understand your frustration! I think friendships are so difficult to navigate through infertility - I've had my fair share of insensitive comments but a close friend publicy announcing their pregnancy like that would be very difficult to handle!

My friendship group has changed over my infertility, but I'm also much more cut throat with what I will accept and be around - as nothing is more important to me than being a Mum. If your friendship doesn't make me feel good, I don't want to be around it. I need to surround myself with positivity.

As much as this annocuement hurts, I would try and focus on your own little positive bubble and your amazing bfp x

Also, just a rant from me. I'm only on day 3 of progesterone pessaries and they suck!! I was not prepared for how messy and inconvenient they would be... three times a day so the time will come when I'm out and about and will have to do them somewhere other than my own home...yuck 🤦‍♀️😂

@CloudyIvy55 Thanks. I think the hormones are kicking in as I have woken up feeling very overwhelmed and teary! But obviously so thankful. I think regardless of our news I just find insensitivity upsetting (if not us it will be someone else ugh) but excellent advice about letting it go (deeeeep breath) and focusing on us right now.

Oh I know ewwww. If you are on Cyclogest you can also use them up the bum! Much less messy especially if out and about and finding it tricky to lie down for a bit afterwards.

@magpie234 I'm so sorry that happened - it's so much worse that it came from people that should understand!!! I think this journey just drives people crazy but I would like to think that, if I ever had a positive, I wouldn't lose my head to the point of being insensitive like that! Thank goodness you have your own bfp to hold on to.

@CloudyIvy55 I will literally never get over having to 'backdoor' mine in the filthy Marwell Zoo loos. Must have used about half a tree's worth of bog roll trying not to touch ANYTHING 😩

9dpt for me today - boobs a normal amount of sore for pre-AF, still got period cramps (although not all day anymore thank f*ck) and constant low-level acid reflux. Also have forgotten how to sleep so I'm sure my husband is finding me an utter delight to be around 🤪

Anyone else still waiting or has everyone caved and tested already? I'm too chicken to!

@Bunnymum93 Thanks. Exactly… from people who have been where we are/were! Not a cell of me gets it thankfully. It is as if some people finally get their good news and just forget everything that has happened and how they (presumably… maybe not?!) have felt before and just become so selfish! There was another friend who also conceived via ivf and really struggled with it all. Got preg… posted a pic of her holding that Greggs Preggs mug on Instagram… absolutely no context or support or thought for anyone else who might still be in the trenches and see. I would imagine seeing such posts had upset her before but now it was her turn… meh! I even feel iffy sharing positive news on here as have been on the other side of it… and this is a forum where we know to expect a mix of results and all support each other. Oh well…

That pessaries anecdote did make me laugh! Poor you… 😫. Oh the things we go through! So impressed at the waiting to test. I think a good idea if you can as my result was much more obvious on my official test day (today) than earlier. Those symptoms sound promising though so am keeping all fingers and toes crossed for you.

How’s everyone doing? Those that have tested positive when’s your first scan? How are you feeling?

We are 5 weeks today and my back is at me and I still feel quite crampy. We have a toddler and it’s as if he knows I’m pregnant and is constantly looking at me to carry him which makes me stressed as I feel lifting him is going to put this pregnancy at a risk.

good luck to everyone going for FET this week❤️