September IVF / Care fertility

[OneAmber]

I am starting IVF for the first time with care fertility.

I am due on in the next couple of days and have to contact them on day 1 of my cycle, I’m not sure if this is the same with most clinics? But I’ve worked the dates out and we would be doing stims in September as they like to batch people together.

Is anyone else starting in August/ September time or having IVF with care?

I thought I’d start a thread on the off chance anyone is/has and wants to chat about their experience!

that is very typical as most clinics usually book in baseline scans from your cycle day 1 :) don't worry, you are on the right path!!

That’s good to know, thank you! :-)

Hi, i was searching for this post. I started stimulation 21august ( day1) so early days still. I am having mild stimulation 300 units menopur injection with letrazole. How are you all getting on? My first scan tomorrow- i have low AMH and poor reserve. So if i get one embryo to transfer i would still be happy.

I don’t start actual stims till later in September because of the way my clinic use notethisterone to batch cycles together which I’m starting to take next week. So at the moment, it just feels like every day is going so slowly waiting!

Is this your first ever retrieval? I will keep my fingers tightly crossed for you! Let me know how you’re finding it as you progress

Hello, I started round 2 in August with egg collection and hopefully doing FET in September. How is everyone getting on?

Hi, same here just started and hopefully EC next week ( if there’s any)..

is it your first go?

We have just been referred to them, can I ask if you are NHS or Private. I am slightly confused as we have been set up on the app but there is noting on there. Just wondering how long it takes from being referred/having app set up to actually having first appointment

It probably depends which care clinic you are with? As I think different care clinics approach it differently.

We are NHS with the Manchester clinic. I think it took a few days for them to schedule an appointment after we initially spoke to them maybe up to a week max. But they are very responsive which is good so if you’re unsure, just give them a message on the salve app or give them a call and they will get back to you with information on next steps.

Though other care clinics may take longer to get back to you.

the 2026 evidence on rescue IVM and rescue ICSI, including the possibility of maturing immature eggs in the laboratory.

patients should ask their fertility team about their approach to immature and unfertilised eggs.

has anyone done this? Getting your immature eggs to mature then rescue icsi?

I haven’t heard of this before but I’m replying so maybe someone else will see the question

I asked my dr this morning- she said yes they do wait on an egg to mature overnight if it wasnt mature then attempt ICSI if it does. So thats reassuring.

That’s good information to know, hope your egg retrieval went okay!

Thanks hun. Nothing retrieved unfortunately.

Oh I’m so sorry to hear this!

Was this your first try? Hopefully they could adjust the protocol for next time, I’ve heard people say the first go is a bit of an experiment to find what works .

hey! had my FET on 07/09 at Care in Leeds :) they’re amazing and the cycle batching is correct.

Aw that’s lovely to hear! What was the timeline after retrieval for your frozen transfer? They haven’t really explained the transfer process to me yet. I think they just want me to focus on my retrieval this month.

I had a FET. With frozen, if you get OHSS or there’s a reason a freeze has been decided. They leave a month or more for your body to recover before going ahead with a transfer.

I'm due to start my cycle at care fertility in London in September - likely end of September/beginning of October.

I have to do a freeze all cycle as I'm high risk for OHSS.

I don't know yet when I will be able to do my FET. I've been told I will need another meeting with the doctor following the EC to discuss and agree next steps.

Has anyone had any experience with a similar protocol? How long did it take your next cycle to arrive? I've been told I can't use my October cycle as this will be considered a withdrawal bleed.

I did a freeze all cycle, had to have the bleed after egg collection (mine came around the time my period would have been expected as normal, but I think this can depend on what type of trigger shot they use) and then after my next period after that I can do an FET

Thank you - that's helpful.

I’m on day 7 of stims now with care, they’ve told me that it’s likely to be a freeze all.

They said for a FET that they want 2 bleeds. The first being the withdrawal one that happens 5-14 days after retrieval. Then for you to have a natural cycle, sometimes this cycle can be a bit longer than your usual cycle. We will get there eventually!

Thanks for your message. How are you finding the injections?

They are fine, at first it took a little getting used to and making I’m sure doing them right. I found that more stressful than the actual injection but you get used to them fairly quickly.

Do you know what your protocol is?

I've watched the videos so many times already!

I will be on merifort and a blood thinner and then I introduce Fyremadel on day 5.

What is your protocol?

I was on the same, minus the blood thinners.

If you have the pre filled fyremadel syringes, there was a few tips I found useful to know.

Meriofert needles goes in super easy, the fyremadel needles are slightly blunter which makes them a tiny bit harder to go in. But what helped:

• Ice the area before hand, wipe with an alcohol wipe then inject
• use a 45 degree angle, instead of the 90 degree on these so slightly down facing
• I found them easier in my stomach than my thigh - maybe depends where your fatter area is
• if you look very closely at the needle end, it’s slanted with a sharper point. I tried it with the sharper point at the top, and at the bottom and I definitely found holding it at the top went in easier.