Sibling round

[2mumlife]

Hi there,

Used to be part of a different thread for sibling round, but thought I'd start a new thread to see if there was anyone else considering a sibling round this year?

Great to hear you've made a plan @2mumlife I think we'll be on similar timings for next month!

@Wildflower9 I'm so pleased it's going well for you. Feeling the baby moving around must be so reassuring, especially after your worries early on.

@RitaFires I feel the same too! I have a son and struggling to put my all into this next round like I did the first time. I do feel a bit more relaxed this time though, knowing I've done it all before and knowing I've got my son so that definitely helped me.

@strawberrylaces12 I don't know if you remember me but I was with you through our last rounds! So lovely to see you here and thinking about a FET.

We've had our first egg collection of our duo stim last month - we got 16 eggs, the same as our round in 2024. Had quite a big drop off again though unfortunately so ended up with a 4BB, 4CC and 3BC frozen. We go again next month for our second round and then hopefully a fresh transfer 🤞🏻 I have a clinic follow up next week to talk about things and hopefully see if there's any changes we can make to improve things for the next round.

@2mumlife thats exciting, hope all goes well for you!

@RitaFires to be honest I haven’t given much thought to preparation other than buying some folic acid which I need to start taking more consistently. I didn’t do much else last time around either, I generally eat healthy and am physically fit so hoping that will be enough this time too. What did you do last time?

@Wildflower9 that’s wonderful that you can feel the baby now and are feeling good 😊

@strawberrylaces12 thats the same policy as my clinic, I stopped bf in March/April with a view to doing a FET in August. Didn’t really want to stop but honestly it hasn’t been too bad once the hormone crash passed. Sounds like your baby is getting ready to wean himself anyway if some days he’s barely having any milk so hopefully the transition won’t be bad whenever you decide to do it.
I understand some people carry on breastfeeding but I felt more comfortable following the clinics recommendations on it.

We are going to get in touch with our clinic soon to get the ball rolling for the FET in August when our son is 1. Got my period back last month and this month it is late which got us hopeful that maybe we’ve managed to get pregnant naturally but the test was negative unfortunately.

Yes I thought I recognised your username on this thread! How are you getting on, how old is your son? 🥰

Yeah I think by the time I stop breastfeeding and have the wait for the tests and then a transfer it could be end of the year or start of next. We're not in any huge rush but we are a same sex couple so nothing is going to happen naturally and it did take longer than expected to conceive our son through fertility treatment. So I'd quite like to start in the not too distant future and ideally not have too much of an age gap but honestly if we are blessed with another child that would be amazing.

I'd really wanted go breastfeed for longer e.g. morning and evening just for the health benefits for my son but I'll be glad to have done at least a year of it. Considering the complications at birth and being told I may not be able to breastfeed or it could be delayed (significant haemorrhage and blood transfusion) I'm very happy to have breastfed for this long 🥰

@strawberrylaces12 he's also 1 next month 🥰

Gosh it's so bittersweet isn't it! 🥹 feels like he's still a newborn but also a full on toddler already 😂