IVF/ICSI/FET OCTOBER "4 LEAF CLOVER" CYCLE-Anyone joining me?*** UPDATES ON PAGE 1***

Hi all...... I've been catching up on threads. I am now dreading everything about these next few weeks to come. Me and oh have made a pact to not test till OTD so I'm dreading the 2 week wait, I'm also dreading the the fact that I might not even get that far. Oh I'm so scared!!!!
 
Hi girls!

Hows everyone doing? Too many posts since my last post for me to keep up!!

Feebee... How did you get on today? I'm not going to lie, I had a really bad experience and couldn't leave for over four hours after EC! Hey ho, resting now.

Also, they only got 6 eggs and I'm a bit gutted to be honest. They are doing 50/50 split IVF/ICSI so 3 for each. Will know more in the morning. As my DH said, we are in the hands of the Gods now...

Hope everyone is well x x

Oh Leanne I am really sorry to hear that you had a bad experience. I hope your OH is being very lovely and taking very good care of you :hugs:

We only got 5 eggs (9 last time) so I am pretty gutted as well. I've got absolutely everything crossed for our fertilisation reports tomorrow! good luck!!! One doctor today reckoned 5-7 eggs were his optimum amount for quality purposes - very sweet of him to pop in and say so if nothing else!

I have spent most of the evening in tears as I had fluid in my uterus today again. Happened at EC last time and they aspirated it (it was just mucus when it was tested thankfully) but transferred 2 blasts and BFN. No one knows for definite this time whether we should freeze any embies we might get or go for transfer and just hope :shrug:

Any words of wisdom would be much appreciated girls...
 
Oh Feebee... We are wrecks together then!

I'm even more miserable today as the clinic called to say of the 6 eggs collected, only 3 were ripe and only 2 have fertilised - 1 x ICSI and 1 x standard IVF. The clinic I am with has an online forum and many of the girls on there said it's quality, not quantity and I so want to believe them.

I feel very negative, which I know is not good, however I am just now sick of getting my hopes up for what feels like nothing. I want to be positive but I have this nagging feeling at the back of my head that they might not make it to Monday, when they have scheduled for me to go in for ET... Said they couldn't risk leaving in to go to blast... What does that mean?

Thinking of you, keep me posted.

Hello to everyone else on here, hope you are all ok x x
 
Oh Leanne :hugs: It is definitely going to be a case of quality over quantity for us :thumbup:

Of our 5 bizarrely we only had 3 mature ones too. Having some immature eggs just happens as far as I can see, nothing the embryologist can do with them. You have had a very normal fertilisation rate as well.

Clinics don't tend to take embies to blast if they have fewer than approximately 5 still going strong at Day 3 cause they say only about 40% make it to Day 5. Our embryologist said with a smaller number he will be able to pick out the best one by day 3 and they are always better inside where they should be than in an incubator!!

I am very confident that your little embies will be growing really strong right now so try not to worry (again, much easier said than done!!) and just be kind to yourself ready for being PUPO on Monday :happydance:

We are freezing any of ours that are still going on Day 3 and hopefully putting them back next month (and keeping everything crossed for no fluid build up!) I am much happier with that decision than I would be with putting them back this month into a possibly toxic environment.

How is everyone else doing? xxx
 
:cry:

having a really hard time. feel like i'm having breakdown, i just can't stop crying. :cry:

bfn. they put my test date for sunday as that's the 12dpt, and the last possible chance of a positive. so that makes today 9dpt and there should be enough hcg to detect by now :cry:

i feel like my whole world has collapsed. i still have to take the shitty meds to be on the safe side and they are just making it worse as they're serving no purpose at all. the progesterone is really not helping the depression. and because i'm on the prog i won't start bleeding.

i don't know which way to turn or how to deal with this.





Mrs F-I totally understand what you are going through. I am 8dp3dt and though I have not tested I am so scared as I have no symptoms. I am 100% sure that its not worked. I can feel it in my heart. I have been crying since yesterday:cry: My OTD is 29th which is actually 16 day post transfer and it is so unfair that I will have to continue the meds even though nothing will come out of it. Has ur cramping stopped btw? I had major cramping till 5 day post transfer but now its all gone. Am totally symptomless. And in the one short pregnancy that I have had I knew I was pregnant even before testing. All this is so heartbreaking :cry::cry:

Miss Monty - Congrats on being PUPO!!!!!!!!!! (will do updates tomorrow)

MrsF - Sorry you are feeling like this hun, its a nightmare i know. I had a BFP 2 days later than AF was due and amounted in nothing so i know what disappointment is like. Its not over until AF though so hang in there x

Glitterqueen - I understand what you are going through i was driving myself crazy about testing when i had all my cycles so i just did. I tested out the progesterone of 10,000 IU within 4 days (suppositories) but the injections take a lot longer and never really left my system until after OTD!

Feebee - Your very welcome hun.... yes i am hoping for a textbook thaw as well! It would be nice to have a bit of a break for a change! x

Doodar - I cannot believe your work colleagues... no actually yes i can because when i went back to work after my BFP the first time my stomach was still bloated and one girls said "have you seen the size of Sammy's GUT?" and the other said something similar. I was fuming! AT about 9 weeks i told them cos i couldnt stand the comments!!! :(

Britt - How you feeling hun? Apart from shocked, amazed and happy!!! ha ha x

Megg33 - Oooh all systems go hun, will update you on the first page shortly.... not long until your jabbing away now! Good luck hun x

Tory - I had to laugh about you taking your first injection in a Spanish petrol station... ha ha. Good luck hun x

Looknomore - Dont worry about the symptoms, i think that most are meds related anyway and there have been loads of people on here that have had symptoms and BFN and no symptoms and BFP.... there doesnt seem to be much consistancy! I had the same symptoms with both IVF's, one BFP and one BFN! Good luck hun x

ICI - Not long till EC now... bet you will be glad when thats over eh? I am always glad when i get to that stage as ET is pretty relaxing. I hate EC though but thats because I have always been kept awake, this time i will be sedated (probably so i dont knock the doctor out lol) x

DillyC - Nice to hear from you again! Same as ICI... good luck and not long now. A cycle buddy too! Great stuff!!!! x

MySillyGirls - Nice to see you are moving on and starting a new protocol next month... all the very best with the next cycle hun. We are all still here for you... x

Leanne - Welcome to the thread hun and good luck for EC tomorrow... i always dread it as well but really its all over in about 20 mins (thank god) Good luck for lots of eggies! x

Maxxi - Yes i do hun... hee hee....How you doing? x

AFM - Well the scan is tomorrow but im dreading it because OH started this new job about a month ago and has already said he cannot take me to the hospital Tues or Weds next week. The last FET was 6 days after the scan but i dont know if this will be the same this time or not? I dont know how i will get there if not... i dare not drive into the centre of Rotterdam cos the TomTom never works there and I have no idea where it is and there are no trains to that part of the city and no buses directly there. My apt is at 11.20am tomorrow. I will try and update after but it wont be easy as i am going straight back to work so it might be later in the day. I'm worried now about what day it will be on...I guess we will just have to see.

Good luck to anyone i have missed..... all those PUPO ladies and pregnant ladies and everyone in general. I promise to update the main page tomorrow!!!! xxx

Sammy- thanks for ur words of encouragement. I am seriously on the verge of giving up. Its just that in my last pregnancy which happened on an IUI, I had symptoms from day 5 post ovulation- majorly sore boobs and nipples, I was feeling super horny (which i still am but that must be because of the stupid viagra. ANyway its not as if I need this right now), Frequent urination- but I have it this time also because of the stupid meds. So- the only major symptom which I had was sore boobs and that it totally absent this time. Am so tempted to test but know there is no point as the meds will continue anyway and I will only feel more trapped in the situation

I know what you mean about the sore boobs... with my DD they were really sore and since we were not TTC it was 6 weeks before i tested. With my first IVF they were the same and was BFP and then with the second IVF they were again and i tested BFP. Then the next day I woke up and they were not sore and i panicked. The test got lighter and by the next day was BFN. I believe it was a chemical. BUT no pregnancy is the same and some people dont get any symptoms and thats what i keep in mind. I think the meds confuse people as well. I had the same symptoms with both IVF's and one was BFP and the other BFN. I hope you are feeling better today hun :hugs:
 
ok so I am 12 days past insemination or is it 13? don't know if i count the day of iui or not? it was 11th oct anyway work up this morning and canmot walk with lower back pains. i get cramps in back with af and with my previous pg my back was really crampy but nothing like this i can't move. i googled it and aparently it is common in early pg yeah except it is caused by progesterone so i figure mine is just caused by the progesterone i m taking? trying not to get excited mind you it is difficult as it is bloody sore!! anyone else have this??
 
morning ladies :flower:

i do believe when i posted last i stated that should, by some huge rare miracle, i get a bfp today, i shall apologise profusely.......

I'M APOLOGISING PROFUSELY :happydance::happydance::happydance::happydance::happydance::happydance:

I'm in total and utter shock, i'm shaking like a leaf.

but, i wouldn't say it;s the strongest line in the world, but it's most definitely a line. I did an IC test as well as the one the clinic gave me, and that was a really really faint line. So, i'm waiting for the supermarket to open to get me one of those tests that spells it out for you, and a spare one for tomorrow (and most probably a few more...).

i don't believe it. i'm concerned that with it being faint, maybe it was really short lived, and all the stress i've put myself under has ruined it. Jeez, there's nothing like the rollercoaster that is IVF.

I've kept my sample to retest, i'll keep you posted
 
OMG Mrs F..... Thats fantastic news...... WOOHOO!!!!
 
I have to ring the clinic in the morning to see if the embryo's are still going, and fingers crossed they will be :thumbup:, then I have ET at 3pm tomorrow all being well. I just want that phone call in the morning to be a good phone call! Until then I just have to switch off, relax :coffee: and get through the day without mithering!

xx
 
4 positive test results ladies....... :cloud9:
:wohoo:

and in all seriousness thank you for allowing me to be so depressed in the past few days. i am apologising profusely as promised
:cloud9:

be back shortly, i have some phonecalls to make ;) x x x
 
Congratulations Mrs F.

I am totally and utterly scared and miserable today. Cramps and back and how. Have had very bad PMS since last night. Backache,headache, bodyache..feel like AF is on its way. Dont think its worked. Am feeling so devastated thinking about how I will feel once it fails.
Sorry Mrs F for feeling so unhappy right now. But I am very happy for u.
 
:hugs: looknomore x x x Please please please don't apologise cherub x x x i can empathise with how you are feeling. I understand that there is nothing i can say to help you feel better sweetheart. I can hear your pain and frustration.

when is your test day hun?
:hugs: and again, please don't apologise x x x
 
there is no doubt about it, the 2ww sucks. it's shit. and should be banned. Maybe between us all, especially with our experience and knowledge, we can invent something to help. big :hugs: looknomore, thinking of you hun x x x
 
Wow congratulations Mrsf!!! Told you that you wasn't out! I was dancing around for you when I saw your post!!! I did the same test Friday and mine was really faint so don't worry!!! Well done xxxx
 
lol, thanks yomo :hugs: i'm in a state of shock. i was 10 million % sure it hadn't worked. I've been feeling ropey for a few days, but just put it down to stress and depression. Yesterday, I even wrote a list of reasons why dh and i shouldn't have kids and all the things we'd do in our new-direction life...

when you rang the clinic, did they give you a scan date on phone? is it 2 weeks? i need some more progesterone, i think i've only got a week or so left. how are you feeling? x x
 
I have made a list or things to do in Life without kids too. Travel, shop, move to a new country, try a new job, get a dog..

My Immediate list after BFN

1. Sob for 2 days and get it out of my system. Hopefully periods will come by then. God only knows how awful they will be and going by the cramping I think I will have a period from hell. Which is something i am getting used to with my MC and period after Lap which were pretty bad too.
2. take off for a 10 day long holiday to the beach
3. Go to visit a friend in Hongkong for 2 weeks in Dec
4. get a dog- pug puppy
5. Severe all ties will pregnant ppl- no offense to pregnant ladies- for atleast 6 months
6. Get a new job

The list is ready. Still hoping I never get around to using it. Cramping is a bit better now.
Thanks for hearing me out ladies
 

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