IVF/FET May and June

[rebecca822]

Hi ladies!

How are we all doing?

I'm stopping the provera tonight which will start my period soon.
Then I go in Thursday to meet with the nurse and finalize paper work and order medications.
In the meantime, they also want me to come in day 2, 3, or 4 for a saline sonogram.

 

[froggyfrog]

Hey! I just finished af straight from my fet, and it was hell! I had to have my nurse call me in pain meds. I have my planning appointment in monday the 28th

 

[Unlucky41]

Hi Rebecca,

Is that mean you will be transferring in April? Very exciting!

Froggy my AF after FET wasn't too bad but after a failed fresh cycle is hell. Such a bad prize after such a roller coaster.

Afm had bleeding while on the active pill. Never really happened to me before but nurses said it can happen!

Wishing everyone a happy Easter!

 

[rebecca822]

Froggy, AF was physically painful? I'm sure it was painful on an emaiotional level too.
Unlucky- it will probably be the last week in April or first week in May, depending on when AF shows.

 

[froggyfrog]

Yes, I was having to concentrate on my breathing just to get through the cramps.

 

[BronteForever]

Hey ladies, I'm just stopping in to say that I'm following your journeys. Hope you don't mind. I wish you all lots of luck and hope you get your BFPs.

I'm completely new to assisted conception but recently found out IVF is likely my only option due to having no open tubes. I don't have my first RE appointment until Tuesday so I don't know much yet.

But I will also need to lose weight likely like a few of you. I had not heard excessive exercise hurts eggs reserve. So now I'm extra worried but I'm so glad to have found that out now.

Anyway good luck ladies and I'm going to follow along to get some good tips and I'll hope to be joining you soon!

 

[rebecca822]

Hey ladies, I'm just stopping in to say that I'm following your journeys. Hope you don't mind. I wish you all lots of luck and hope you get your BFPs.

I'm completely new to assisted conception but recently found out IVF is likely my only option due to having no open tubes. I don't have my first RE appointment until Tuesday so I don't know much yet.

But I will also need to lose weight likely like a few of you. I had not heard excessive exercise hurts eggs reserve. So now I'm extra worried but I'm so glad to have found that out now.

Anyway good luck ladies and I'm going to follow along to get some good tips and I'll hope to be joining you soon!

Good luck on Tuesday! Hope you don't have to join us, but if you do you're welcome to

 

[rebecca822]

Here's my update. After stopping provera Wednesday night AF showed up today. Pretty quick, much sooner than I expected.
Since I need to come between cd1-4 for monitoring I'll have to go Monday. I guess this cycle has officially started

 

[beneathmywing]

Bronteforever -- good luck Hun!

Rebecca -- yayy!


AFM -- I had my consult with my RE last week. Looks like things are starting sooner than expected. I am starting down reg on day 21 of this cycle, which will April 6th and then starting stims with af!!

 

[BronteForever]

Thanks for the welcome. Looks like it's good new for both of you. Wonderful!!

 

[Timetotry]

Hi ladies!
Can I join?
I just had my first ivf, which failed.
I have to wait 3 periods before I can start again (can start on the 3rd). So that should put me at the end of may/beginning of June, depending on how long these 2 cycles are!
For those that have done more then one ivf, how long was your first full cycle after the failed ivf?

Is there anything you are doing differently between attempts?
I started reading It starts with the egg. So I might add some more supplements.
(I have pcos, ttc 32 months, never had a bfp)

 

[rebecca822]

Hi ladies!
Can I join?
I just had my first ivf, which failed.
I have to wait 3 periods before I can start again (can start on the 3rd). So that should put me at the end of may/beginning of June, depending on how long these 2 cycles are!
For those that have done more then one ivf, how long was your first full cycle after the failed ivf?

Is there anything you are doing differently between attempts?
I started reading It starts with the egg. So I might add some more supplements.
(I have pcos, ttc 32 months, never had a bfp)

Hey! Welcome aboard!
Sorry to hear about your failed cycle. What a bummer.
Do you have any frozen embryos, or will you be starting with a new fresh cycle?
I did 1 IVF and got pregnant but miscarried so I can't really answer your questions.
Here's hoping you have short cycles so you can move on to IVF.

 

[Unlucky41]

Welcome timetotry. My cycles after a fail ivf is between 30 to 35 days. My cycles are usually long though.

Every ivf we tried something different. We had five ivf and two fet to date.

2nd ivf increase the dosage but only got one embyro and it resulted in a fail cycle.
3rd ivf added saizen increased matured eggs but two embyros both transferred bfn
Before 4 ivf had a lap and changeddoctors. Bfn 5th added saizen resulted in two good quality blblastocyst. One is my baby today.

I think the idea is make sure the doctors are trying something different all the time. My issue is dor and endometriosis

Good luck

 

[Timetotry]

My last cycle went so well for stimulation and retrieval. Everything went down hill between day 3 and 5.
I had 14 follicles, they retrieved 14 eggs. 13 were mature and we're icsi'd. 9 fertilized and all were developing well on day 2/3. But after that 4 stopped growing before day 5 and 4 slowed down. We transferred the best one on day 5, the one that was still growing and met all of its milestones. And the lab was going to watch the rest to see if any made it to freeze. None of the left over 8 made it.
So nothing frozen and we have to start all over again.
We will have a follow up with my doctor. Right now I'm just so confused why none of the other 8 made it to freeze and why the best one didn't survive either.
So frustrating.
Next cycle we have to pay for, so that's even more stressful!

 

[rebecca822]

My last cycle went so well for stimulation and retrieval. Everything went down hill between day 3 and 5.
I had 14 follicles, they retrieved 14 eggs. 13 were mature and we're icsi'd. 9 fertilized and all were developing well on day 2/3. But after that 4 stopped growing before day 5 and 4 slowed down. We transferred the best one on day 5, the one that was still growing and met all of its milestones. And the lab was going to watch the rest to see if any made it to freeze. None of the left over 8 made it.
So nothing frozen and we have to start all over again.
We will have a follow up with my doctor. Right now I'm just so confused why none of the other 8 made it to freeze and why the best one didn't survive either.
So frustrating.
Next cycle we have to pay for, so that's even more stressful!

Wow, after all that and none left over
That's so horrible. I keep telling myself, even though I miscarried at least we have 9 frozen embryos. It's half the battle of IVF.
Ughh so sorry for you honey!

 

[Fern81]

Hi everyone, I would love to join.

Timetotry I remember you from the Clomid thread, so sorry to see you are still struggling... I really hope you have a successful pregnancy soon.
That goes for everyone on here - we have obviously all had a haaaarrrrdddd journey so far.

My main problem is endo and adhesions which keep growing back and causing distorted anatomy. I've also recently tested positive for 1 clotting factor and am now taking baby asprin. Other than that I ovulate, hormone levels are good, DH's swimmers are great, etc.
I've just had a 3rd lap to remove endo and un-fuse my fallopian tubes from my ovaries and everything else. I'm currently 5dpo but I don't have high hopes for a bfp for this cycle after having had surgery not even 3 weeks ago. Doctors keep removing my endo and then tell me "now you can get pregnant!!" ..... which obviously hadn't happened yet.... so I'm a bit worried about my egg cell quality.

IVF plans: I expect AF around 5 April. Then I will be on Qlaira during April and start short protocol IVF (fresh cycle) in the beginning of May. I've never had IVF done before and am so scared, excited, nervous, and feeling clueless all at the same time!

Rebecca - can you please add me as fresh cycle beginning of May? Thanks hun!

My prep for IVF has been weight loss, lots of supplements for myself and DH and moderate exercise since January. BTW if anyone is looking for a weight loss support group specifically while ttc, you are welcome to join another thread I'm part of called "Getting fit before baby" (in the ttc groups and discussions forum). Really nice ladies and great weight loss/exercise tips.

I wish all of you the very best xxx

 

[want2bmum11]

Hi ladies can I join? I had my first IVF end of last year after being diagnosed with unexplained secondary fertility. Got a BFP but at the viability scan got told it was a missed miscarriage. This was followed by medical management, an incomplete miscarriage and basically two months of not fun stuff. Have a meeting with our consultant on the 13th April to talk through what happened and hopefully start our 2nd cycle mid-may for a transfer early June. We didn't get anything to freeze (even though we had 13 eggs) so back to the beginning.

Hopefully this will be a lucky thread. Sorry to the other ladies who had bad news too. It's not nice. Fingers crossed this time.

 

[rebecca822]

I'm so happy to see that more people have decided to join!
I updated the first post with the newcomers info.

Fern- sorry about your struggles, endo can be really frustrating from what I've read/heard.
A fresh IVF is daunting and can be scary but I just told myself to take it one day at a time. Have you ever done injections before? I think that's one of the harder aspects to deal with, once you get past the injections I think it gets easier.
I was also just tested for a clotting disorder. I have had 2 losses so my Re suggested a full loss workup. I'll get the results in 1-2 weeks.

Want2bmum- sorry for your loss. It's hard for anyone to go through a loss, especially us!
I think I've become very pessimistic throughout this journey. I am having a hard time feeling happiness with any good news because of all the disappointments that we have been through. Unexplained must be especially difficult because you wish you knew what to try next! We have Severe MF so at least we have a diagnosis to work with.

 

[beneathmywing]

Welcome to the new ladies!

 

[Fern81]

Thanks for the welcome xx

So sorry to read about all the losses. Some days I get a bit overwhelmed and have to keep a gratitude journal to help remind myself of the other good things I have :/
At the moment I'm taking anti-anxiety meds just because I'm so scared of the procedures& possible bad outcomes of IVF (I am a total baby when it comes to medical and dental procedures lol!!)

Sending you all rainbows and joy today