IVF march 2026

[sunflower1906]

Is anyone planning a fresh cycle in March? It would be lovely to have some cycle buddies to share all the highs and lows of this whole process as we have been pretty private and not told any friends or family. I have been down regulating most of February and finally got the green light to start stims on the 28th with egg retrieval provisionally booked for Friday 13th March. Thankfully I’m not superstitious 😂😂 then planning for a fresh transfer if all goes to plan and we have an embryo 🤞🏼🤞🏼

Can I join. If all goes to plan then this should be my group. I have just started on the pill and will start stims in about 11 days and possible transfer if all goes well is around 30th march. For me getting embryos is a gamble. I have low amh and my husband has low sperm . We have been trying for a year to add another child to our family. We started trying in November of 2024. We had 1 last embryo left from our 2021 cycle which gave us 2 children but the last embryo from that cycle ended in a chemical pregnancy. We then did another full stim round in april that ended up having 0 fertilisation of eggs, then we had a few cancelled cycles due to bleeding or poor response on meds and then finally another egg retrieval in end of july which gave us 2 embryos. First embryo didnt work and then transferred the second embryo in October which gave us an exciting positive test but unfortunately it wasnt meant to be and we mc at 7 weeks.. so we had a break and now hoping this time is the one.

Yes @Miraclemuma03 please join! I really hope this is the group for you an that things go to plan for you this time 🤞🏼 it sounds like you have had a really difficult year with lots of set backs so hopefully this will be your lucky round. We have also been trying for over a year for a sibling now, we had a successful fresh transfer in 2022 and then last year had 3 FETs with our remaining embryos all of which were unsuccessful with zero implantation so technically in the RIF category now, seems mad considering we had a successful live birth! We had some further testing done which showed some immune issues so now also on an immune protocol so hoping this helps 🤞🏼

Just done my first stim this evening and now have to wait till 9th March for my fist monitoring scan, just praying we have some follicles that are growing well. Trying to lower my expectations compared to my last round as I’m older so no idea how I will respond.

I hope you are feeling ok? I’m really hoping the stims even out my mood as I’ve been a hormonal mess since my down regulation injection 😂

Hi everyone! Jumping in here as waiting for FET this month. First round of IVF (ICSI) and first transfer at end of last year resulted in miscarriage at 6 weeks :(
Feeling a lot more apprehensive about going again, plus this is our only remaining embryo in the freezer so feel there's even more resting on this one.

How is everyone else getting on?

Hi @BellaTink647 welcome to the group, so sorry to hear about your miscarriage last year it’s so hard when that hope is just taken away. I completely understand that apprehension and the feeling like everything is riding on that one embryo it’s so much pressure to feel like your doing everything u can to make it work it’s a really tough place to be in. I was in a similar position last year with my final embryo and unfortunately mine did not implant 😥 I always said I would leave it at that but here we are going for another collection! I was not at peace with not continuing this journey and neither was my DH so instead of griefing threw myself into prepping for a new round (not sure if this is healthy or not but I just need to feel like I’m doing something if that makes sense).

are you planning a medicated FET? Any idea on your timeline?

Im now day 5 of stims which have been making me more tired than usual and sleep better so hoping that means something is happening 😂 not looking forward to starting my steroids tomorrow as I’m sure they will counteract that! Then just waiting till my monitoring scan on Monday to see how many follicles we have growing.

Can I still join I'm doing a FET?
My fresh cycle (late December) failed to implant. I then naturally got pregnant on the January cycle, and lost the pregnancy at around 6 weeks mid Feb.

Straight off the back of that bleed I began my FET drugs, and am due to transfer on 11th March.

It feels a bit never ending at the moment.

Im on day 6 taking the pill eleanor ..so far my face and back have broken out in a couple pimples and on my 8th day of period.. I finish the pill on the 9th and wait for a bleed which is anywhere usually between 3 to 5 days after stopping . I should be starting my meds on the 15th but I still havnt heard from the chemist to pay for my meds and have them ready at the clinic for pick up plus bloods on the 13th. Im a bit worried about my cycle plan. My meds have been increased but im on quite a short protocol. Im worried im going to have another cycle of immature eggs and nothing to fertilise using icsi.

Hi @BellaTink647 & @MocktailMe im so sorry also for your losses. Its never easy matter how many times you go through it and continuing on the journey is so brave.

I'm hoping to be doing my very last FET in March.

Same sex couple using doner sperm. On paper no fertility issues / normal AMH etc for age, but 4 unsuccessful medicated IUIs in 2020/21. Moved to IVF. First egg collection 2021 was abysmal - poor response to stims only 2 mature eggs collected (far less than expected) - failed fresh transfer, chemical FET.

Second egg collection later 2021 totally different protocol. 6 mature eggs and 3 suitable to freeze (freeze all cycle). First FET is my 3yr old, second FET is my 1 yr old. 1 embryo left frozen so we're going to transfer it and see what happens.

I had a period in Decmber but nothing since. Meds ordered including Norethisterone, so plan is if I don't have a period before meds arrive I'll go in for a blood test to check I can start taking Norethisterone to induce a bleed and then we'd start medicated FET from that bleed.

@sunflower1906 love hearing that you've said you'd leave it if your last embryo didn't take but you're doing a fresh transfer now 😂 we've very much said this is last roll of the dice, but I'm still processing that by transferring it I'll need to face up to there being no more babies if it doesn't stick

@2mumlife i really hope your last embryo is a sticky jelly bean. I also said after my mc I wasnt going again but yet here we are. I feel silly even doing this again as im 40, with low amh and im in perimenopaus and my husband has low sperm count . What are we thinking.

@Miraclemuma03 Its not rational, but I completely get it 😆. My last pregnancy I tried to tell myself it was likely the last, but I just kept thinking '....what if that last little emrbyo...' and I imagine its the same trying to a fresh collection too. I think its really hard to process the idea that you wont be pregnant and do all the newborn thing again, no matter age etc. At least I'm finding that challenging, as I really enjoyed being pregnant and my last birth felt really empowering, and I feel like its all gone by so quickly. I've been trying to see all the things I've been holding off doing the past 4 years though whilst I've been in the baby/toddler phase, and I can see there ARE opportunities of not going back to having a newborn. My wife is 41 this year and is at the stage if this one doesn't take she would feel done because of age. I'm 37 though this year, and my AFC was good when I went for an anatomical scan to check everything looked good post-birth for doing a FET attempt, so it makes it harder as theoretically I know another egg collection would have reasonable odds, but I also always struggled to get a good response to stims, and I don't want embryos remaining to be honest, as one thing I do know from the journey we've had about what to do with the last embryo is I don't feel particualrly comfortable destroying it for research or donating an embryo that could be a full genetic sibling to my children to another family. So with my realistic hat on, it'll be time to call it a day if this one doesn't stick

@Miraclemuma03 i don’t think you are silly at all, there is always a chance and with that a bit of hope, even if the odds are not stacked in your favour stranger things have happened! I think you are brave for continuing on and striving for what may come so easily to others.

@2mumlife can totally relate to the what ifs if there are any embryos remaining, I think I would be the same and just give it chance to see, couldn’t bear destroying or donating to science especially as it takes so much of us to create those little embryos.

we have committed to 2 cycles with access fertility then plan to call it a day if we are not successful, I say this now but I just don’t know how il feel if it comes to that. I had a pretty horrendous experience first time round, very painful egg collection and severe OHSS that was completely debilitating fo the first 3 months of my pregnancy, of-course I wouldn’t change it as I got my beautiful son but I’m terrified something similar will happen again and not sure il cope but tbh I’m not expecting it to work anyway (probably a coping mechanism) so hopefully not a bridge il have to cross. Anyway on lower stims this time and the nurses have reassured me I will be able to have more sedation this time round so hoping for a slightly better experience 😬

@MocktailMe welcome to the group and so sorry to hear of your loss, sounds like u have been through a lot in such a short space of time and I can only imagine it does feel never ending! Hopefully this transfer is the one for you 🤞🏼

Can I also join 😊 I’m due to start stims in the next few days after an abandoned cycle in October due to poor response (lots of follicles, but very asynchronous growth). Hoping for a better outcome this time 🤞

I'm also on an access plan - for four cycles, but we had an excellent response and got lots of blasts in the freezer from the retrieval, so I do remain hopeful we won't ever be having all four egg collections.

I've had several pregnancies before IVF but no living children.

So far the prep for the FET has been much better than stims etc, but I start progesterone tomorrow and think that will be a tipping point!

@sunflower1906 seems we are on the same timeline. I started stims on Saturday and my first monitoring scan is booked for Monday. They did bloods yesterday and asked me to increase my menopur to 450! I was on 300. So a little nervous that the follicles aren’t growing as fast as they should.

we had a successful round three years ago that gave us our daughter, which was the last Frosty we had. We have tried to give her a sibling for over a year and failed. We had a fresh cycle in October last year which produced two blasts, both of which were transferred but none implanted. So after having a lot of thought, we have decided to try again. We didn’t buy a multicycle package so I don’t know if this would be our last go or not.

hope everyone’s enjoy the sun today a little bit.

@Tinkerbell098 we are timeline buddies for sure! It’s good yr clinic have done bloods and are adjusting accordingly, mine don’t do that just a scan on Monday to await further instructions. We are also on the same stims too! Also menopur 300! I am sure they just want the best outcome for you but we do have to put so much trust in them, sometimes a little blindly I feel! Do you have any symptoms? I had to contact the clinic today as I’ve lower pelvic discomfort on both sides and lower back pain/heaviness and just felt so anxious as I can’t remember how I felt last time and I’m so worried about being over stimulated, I would rather quality over quantity any day! But they said all normal and to rest and take paracetamol if required . Did anyone else feel similar during stims? Xx

Yes @sunflower1906 during my stims in December I was in almost permanent discomfort from probably day 4 onwards. I felt any symptoms were a good sign stuff was working - and we got 9 embryos total at day 5 so I take it as worth the pain. I didn't have OHSS either so I think some pain is normal to a point without being a red flag x

@MocktailMe thanks so much for the reassurance and such a great number of embryos too! Yes deffo feel like the stims are doing something so as you said it’s a good sign and hoping it will all be worth it in the end 🤞🏼

I completely get what your saying. Its hard to give up the idea that it will never happen again and I dont know if the done feeling ever comes. If I have left over embryos which hasnt happened in my last 2 cycles, I also dont know what il do with them. Hubby says no more if we are fortunate enough to have another but destroying embryos seems wrong also.

@sunflower1906 yes some cramping and the heaviness feeling can be normal and depending how many follicles are growing the more weight on the ovaries so sometimes it can get a little uncomfortable. Definitely take some panadole if need be but if it get too painful then call your clinic.

Thanks all for the welcome :) hope everyone is doing ok.

@sunflower1906 yes doing a medicated cycle. Have a scan booked for 13th so will hopefully transfer around 20th March.

Hi can I join? First timer here.

Egg retrieval booked in provisionally for 16 Mar. We haven’t told anyone, apart from a manager at work. Trying to keep the pressure off. And putting a lot of trust in the professionals.
I started injections a few days ago and so far no symptoms.

Our Clinic gave us a 44% chance of success. Felt too high not to give it a go.
We have 1 DD age 8 who we conceived naturally but since discovered after years of trying my husband has a low count so we are doing ICSI.

Good luck everyone- until you’re in it, you don’t realise how all consuming the journey is, emotionally and physically! Xx

Welcome @Greentiles67
We told close and friends and family dates for our first round but keeping it to ourselves this time, so I know where you're coming from.
Glad you've had no side effects from injections yet, hopefully it stays that way. I didn't get any from mine.

Welcome @Greentiles67 we havnt told many people either, Maybe only 3 people know we are starting but they dont know all the details as I dont talk about it. I hope your time line for egg retrieval stays on track. My egg retrieval is suppose to be around the 25th but again like you I have to see how I respond.

Welcome @Greentiles67 we also have not told anyone this time round which is why I think this group is so important ❤️ for that moral support and just acknowledgement that this is all so bloody tough and sometimes all consuming. I had really tough experiences last year as I told my friends about my FETs and they knew the exact dates and on my first FET one friend announced her second pregnancy 3 days post transfer and then after my second FET failed my other friend told me she was pregnant with her third and I just felt so upset angry and then guilty for feeling like that but I just felt their timing and delivery was so poor considering they knew exactly what I was going through. But I guess they will never know the pain we carry with infertility which I am so glad they never have too and now I am happy for both of them but they still make hurtful comments like I bet yr so glad u only have one and one is the magic number etc if only they knew my true feelings and the hurt and pain of not being able to expand our family and give my son a sibling especially as he’s now becoming more aware and currently has a teddy he calls his little brother …. It all makes me so sad