February IVF Buddies!! 2nd Cycle. FET

[3chords]

Out of the 11 retrieved, 10 were mature and 7 fertilized so we have 7 cooking right now. Will get another update tomorrow about day 3 vs day 5. Hopefully they are all still with us tomorrow and Monday morning so we can push to a day 5!

 

[MiracleAngel]

barbi- Glad you were able to find info about u/s that early so you go in with good expectations! Keep us updated this weekend

pisces- So sorry to see you got a bfn this time. I hope you get some insight at your wtf appointment and that this next cycle is the one that works! Are you planning on transferring both remaining embies? Also, I can relate regarding your sister. My sister is also 4 years younger than me and is due in July. It definitely makes an already hard journey even harder.

3chords- 11 eggs! Excellent! Glad to hear your ER went well. Keep us updated on fert reports.

MiracleAngel- 8 is great! That's so funny that you felt less full on ER day - that was the first day I actually felt full (and they collected 24 eggs- I must have a lot of spare room in there?!) Glad they were able to get all your eggies and you hadn't ovulated them on your own. Keep us updated!

eveclo- Hooray for 7 embies!!! That's a great number. I hope you get a good fert report tomorrow! I can't wait to hear. That's good news that you are bleeding less this time too. Scary on the fainting!! Make sure your hubs is taking good care of you as you recover.

Hello ladies… First report and I am not very happy about… From the 8 Eggs, only 6 fertilized. 5 Are developing good and 1 is not good at all. So now, I am with same numbers as my first IVF and I am frisking out…

3chords and eveclo… Great numbers for you!!! Hope we have all this little embies growing healthy!!!!!

 

[eveclo]

barbi- Glad you were able to find info about u/s that early so you go in with good expectations! Keep us updated this weekend

pisces- So sorry to see you got a bfn this time. I hope you get some insight at your wtf appointment and that this next cycle is the one that works! Are you planning on transferring both remaining embies? Also, I can relate regarding your sister. My sister is also 4 years younger than me and is due in July. It definitely makes an already hard journey even harder.

3chords- 11 eggs! Excellent! Glad to hear your ER went well. Keep us updated on fert reports.

MiracleAngel- 8 is great! That's so funny that you felt less full on ER day - that was the first day I actually felt full (and they collected 24 eggs- I must have a lot of spare room in there?!) Glad they were able to get all your eggies and you hadn't ovulated them on your own. Keep us updated!

eveclo- Hooray for 7 embies!!! That's a great number. I hope you get a good fert report tomorrow! I can't wait to hear. That's good news that you are bleeding less this time too. Scary on the fainting!! Make sure your hubs is taking good care of you as you recover.

Hello ladies… First report and I am not very happy about… From the 8 Eggs, only 6 fertilized. 5 Are developing good and 1 is not good at all. So now, I am with same numbers as my first IVF and I am frisking out…

3chords and eveclo… Great numbers for you!!! Hope we have all this little embies growing healthy!!!!!

I am hoping so hard for those 5 embryos to become strong little bubs! Each cycle is different regardless of numbers though so try to remember that I know it's hard.. I even feel scared knowing I have 5 embryos.. Not much room for error but I know that the stronger ones will have to make it. Something's gotta give

Out of the 11 retrieved, 10 were mature and 7 fertilized so we have 7 cooking right now. Will get another update tomorrow about day 3 vs day 5. Hopefully they are all still with us tomorrow and Monday morning so we can push to a day 5!

Wonderful numbers!!! 7 embies! Let us know how you go.

I'm nervous to hear tomorrow whether it will be a 3 day or 5 day. My guess is a 3 day. So tomorrow may just be transfer day eep! Good luck

 

[Cjohnson13]

Ladies all your embie numbers sound great!!!praying for you all!

 

[3chords]

Miracle, 6/8 is a very good fertilization rate...don't worry!

eveclo - keep us posted. So nice to have a couple of ladies on the same schedule as me.

I will get an update tomorrow...grow my little embabies!

 

[eveclo]

Ahh, getting SO nervous to hear how our embies are going... I'm so scared to be told they have all not made it or only one has. I wish I had an update today! I'm about to go to bed, so I'm guessing ill get an update in the morning & know whether its a 3 day or 5 day transfer eep! Hope you ladies are going well!

 

[3chords]

eveclo - any news yet?

We just heard that all 7 of our fertilized embryos are alive and well on day 2. So hoping that day 5 will still be it for our ET.

 

[Hatethewait85]

Eveclo- 100% fertilization rate is amazing!! Any updates to share about ET??? I am pretty sure it's Monday where you are and I'm anxiously awaiting news from you!! Update us when you can Herbs are treating me OK I guess. I'm not sure I notice too much. They are supposed to help with my sweaty palms/feet and feeling hot in the middle of the night (apparently I am yin deficient and have qi stagnation ). It's also to help with blood flow and my cramping when AF comes around. I'd love it if they help with that as my cramping is usually pretty brutal. I guess we'll see!!

3chords- 7 embryos is great at this stage of the game. Will you get an update each day? Right now I'm taking a supplement called Stasis in the mansion of blood. Sounds creepy doesn't it? I also take this other modified herb but forget what the base formula is called. My acupuncturist wanted to get me on herbs initially but because I was already set to do IVF she couldn't. I'm hoping a few cycles of herbs is exactly what my body needs and maybe I'll just conceive on my own.

Hope all of you other ladies are hanging in there!

 

[eveclo]

Hello lovely ladies, it is 9.16am here and I am awaiting a call from my doctor! She said she would call me to inform me whether it would be a transfer today or Wednesday... If I haven't heard from her by 11, I'm going to call the embryology lab direct and ask how my embryos are going because I am desperate to know! Please just be two good ones there to use!!!

I will definitely update as soon as I get the call though I'm starting to think if she hasn't already called , it may be a Wednesday transfer OR they have all died and she is just putting off telling me hahaha. We'll see.

That would be amazing if the herbs helped with AF! I've noticed since going to accupuncture my period is heavier but only goes for 2 or 3 days instead of 5, like I used to have!

@3chords AMAZING! So happy to hear that they are all still thriving at day 2. I'm interested to hear if ours are 8 cell (apparently that is what they should be on day 3) so I will hopefully get some info soon. Nervous wait... Hehe

 

[eveclo]

Ok, still haven't got a call from my doctor but I did ring the embryology lab to check our embies progress. Out of our 5 fertilized eggs, we have 2 x 9 cell, 1 x 8 cell, 1 x 10 cell and 1 x 4 cell. Guessing the 4 cell will die soon as it just isn't progressing very quickly but hopefully those other embryos become stronger and better! The 9/8 cells were given a grading of 3 (On a scale of 1-5, 5 being the best) and the 10 cell was 2 as it is more fragmented. Just hoping they keep progressing and become little blasts!

 

[eveclo]

Annnnnd another little update because I'm home all day doing nothing but cooking! ET is booked for Wednesday at 9.45am. So fingers crossed they keep going ok & become good blasts. I'm thinking we probably won't have any to freeze which is disappointing.. Hope everyone's having a great day!

 

[MiracleAngel]

Annnnnd another little update because I'm home all day doing nothing but cooking! ET is booked for Wednesday at 9.45am. So fingers crossed they keep going ok & become good blasts. I'm thinking we probably won't have any to freeze which is disappointing.. Hope everyone's having a great day!

Hi Eveclo...
I don't have much good news... Although all 5 are still alive, I have 2 with 8 cells, 2 with 6 cells and 1 with 4 cells. I am praying at least the 2 8 cells are good enough to implant on Wednesday. I will keep you all posted!

 

[3chords]

Good luck you guys!

I unfortunately don't have great news. We had to do a 3-day transfer with 2 5-cell embryos which is pretty bad. They should be at 6-8 cells. The two we transferred looked very good (minimal or no fragmentation) but they are obviously slow growers with lower odds. There are three others we have which are 4-cell and they will watch them over the next day or so to see if they progress to freeze. Looks like we have an egg quality issue so I have very little faith in this cycle. We did the best we could...nothing really to do but sit and wait.

 

[Cjohnson13]

Praying for all you ladies !!!

 

[eveclo]

Annnnnd another little update because I'm home all day doing nothing but cooking! ET is booked for Wednesday at 9.45am. So fingers crossed they keep going ok & become good blasts. I'm thinking we probably won't have any to freeze which is disappointing.. Hope everyone's having a great day!

Hi Eveclo...
I don't have much good news... Although all 5 are still alive, I have 2 with 8 cells, 2 with 6 cells and 1 with 4 cells. I am praying at least the 2 8 cells are good enough to implant on Wednesday. I will keep you all posted!

So sorry to hear this... Those 2 with 8 cells are on track though & hopefully they keep progressing. Also those 2 with 6 cells might catch up! On my first cycle I had a 3 day transfer and freeze of all my good embryos, and they let the crappy ones keep going to day 6 and I got a 6AB blast. Although it didn't implant, I don't think it's an embryo problem, rather just my stupid body. good luck! I will be hoping for those little ones to keep pushing through.

Good luck you guys!

I unfortunately don't have great news. We had to do a 3-day transfer with 2 5-cell embryos which is pretty bad. They should be at 6-8 cells. The two we transferred looked very good (minimal or no fragmentation) but they are obviously slow growers with lower odds. There are three others we have which are 4-cell and they will watch them over the next day or so to see if they progress to freeze. Looks like we have an egg quality issue so I have very little faith in this cycle. We did the best we could...nothing really to do but sit and wait.

Maybe all those embies need is to be back with their mumma. That's great that they had barely any fragmentation, and I hope the thrive in your belly! It's a much more natural environment so hopefully, that's what they need! Hopefully they start to progress and they can freeze some of your other embryos! It really is a waiting game isn't it? I'm so sick of waiting and also SO nervous for tomorrow.

I am going to ring today and ask how the embryos are going, and I am actually so nervous about this. I just want them to be ok.. I have kind of come to grips with the fact we probably won't have any to freeze. I believe that on day 4 embryos should be Morelas or something; so I guess that's what I'll be hoping for.

Good luck ladies & 3chords rest up now you're PUPO

 

[Hatethewait85]

eveclo- Great that your embies are looking good enough to wait until Wed to transfer. Grow, embies, grow!! Can't wait to hear how they're doing today. That's interesting about AF being shorter for you since starting acupuncture. I would LOVE a shorter AF. Mine was 7+ days last time I blame the progesterone on that one, but it's typically 5-6 days when I'm not on meds.

Miracle- Good to hear your embies are growing!! Hope they keep on growing. In the end, remember it just takes 1 good embryo to make a baby!! Can't wait to hear how things go on Wed!

3chords- Sorry to hear things didn't go as planned. But you have two lil embies on board and I hope they snuggle in soon. They may just be late bloomers. I agree with eveclo- they may just thrive in you!! When is your OTD? Hope the 2ww flies by.

CJ- did you have another u/s today? I hope things are still growing as they should!

Barbi- I read your blog update. I am so happy to hear you saw a hb!!! That's fantastic. It sounds like you and hubs had to make a difficult decision but you did what was best for you and baby. That's the important part! No judgement here. I hope the next 7.5 months go as smooth as possible for you!

 

[eveclo]

eveclo- Great that your embies are looking good enough to wait until Wed to transfer. Grow, embies, grow!! Can't wait to hear how they're doing today. That's interesting about AF being shorter for you since starting acupuncture. I would LOVE a shorter AF. Mine was 7+ days last time I blame the progesterone on that one, but it's typically 5-6 days when I'm not on meds.

Miracle- Good to hear your embies are growing!! Hope they keep on growing. In the end, remember it just takes 1 good embryo to make a baby!! Can't wait to hear how things go on Wed!

3chords- Sorry to hear things didn't go as planned. But you have two lil embies on board and I hope they snuggle in soon. They may just be late bloomers. I agree with eveclo- they may just thrive in you!! When is your OTD? Hope the 2ww flies by.

CJ- did you have another u/s today? I hope things are still growing as they should!

Barbi- I read your blog update. I am so happy to hear you saw a hb!!! That's fantastic. It sounds like you and hubs had to make a difficult decision but you did what was best for you and baby. That's the important part! No judgement here. I hope the next 7.5 months go as smooth as possible for you!

I am super nervous to call today! I hate that anxious wait while they get me to say my date of birth / full name and then they go 'ok, so...' Argh! My little heart beats out of my chest. Fingers crossed its good news. Just want tomorrow to be here already!

Wow 7 days long + ! I hope it does the same thing for you! AF is such a pain... I think we both need a 40 week break from it

@barbi, just checked your blog too. Congratulations on a heartbeat, and yes... Not an ideal situation for both you & your husband. You have to do what's right for you and your little family & your own health + the babies health. I'm glad your doctors are giving you good information and support, that's really important. Good luck with everything! I hope you are feeling ok today

HTW- I am excited to hear about your appointment in a few months. I am really curious to hear what your RI has to say. I don't think we'll have any frosties this time / if this doesn't work I have no idea what is wrong with us. Either our embryos just don't gel well or my uterus rejects them. So much unknown. Ill update after I call in about an hour Eeep

 

[eveclo]

Ok embryo update...

We have 1 embryo at a morela stage (which is where they should by today). It is graded 3 still. We have an 18 cell & a compacting 12 cell, and an 11 cell. She thinks if they keep progressing the way they are, we will transfer the morela (hopefully early blast by tomorrow) and the 18 cell (also, hopefully blast). Since its only 9 am here, they still have another 24 hours to get their act together and become something great! It didn't really settle my mind. But I guess we just have to go with it. At least one is doing what it is supposed to be doing.

As for the 5th, that was a 4 cell yesterday... I didn't ask. But she didn't mention it, so I assume it hasn't made it.

 

[Cjohnson13]

Eve - that sounds great! Hopefully you Willa e 2 blasts tomorrow!!!
Barb- now I have to go check your blog iv been waiting for an update!
Htw- I did have a 8 week ultrasound and little bob is measuring perfect and a hb of 160!! He has grown so much since last week! Hurry up 12 weeks so I can relax a little!

 

[eveclo]

Eve - that sounds great! Hopefully you Willa e 2 blasts tomorrow!!!
Barb- now I have to go check your blog iv been waiting for an update!
Htw- I did have a 8 week ultrasound and little bob is measuring perfect and a hb of 160!! He has grown so much since last week! Hurry up 12 weeks so I can relax a little!

Thanks! I hope so. At least one maybe haha!

That's wonderful news- do you already know the sex?! (Just noticed you called bubs a 'he') glad to hear.