I feel as this is premature maybe, I was going to wait until we saw a heartbeat, but since I saw a few BUMPS and ppl cycling, I thought I'll go ahead and post, hopefully this will remain a success story...as of now i'm a ball of anxiety and nerves waiting for the first ultrasound, but here we go
Name: Sarah
Age: 30
How long TTC: 3 years
Diagnosis or any known issues: PCOS and DH has ASA's
Treatments you tried before IVF: 3 tries with clomid, 3 tries with IUI, laparoscopy
How many IVF did you do before success: 2 fresh 3rd cycle was to be fresh but they froze all due to fear of developing OHSS, 1 FET which worked
Are you using donor eggs or sperm: No
Protocol (meds taken): This FET baby aspirin, medrol, doxcycline, estradiol, progesterone supp, vivelle patches
How many follicles at ER: unsure
How many eggs retrieved: 21
How many eggs fertilized: 15 mature, 11 fertilized
How many days between ER and ET: few months, had 6 blasts make it to day 5 (previous 2 cycles only had 1 and 2) sent for genetic testing
How many and quality/rating of embryos/blasts transferred: 2 (3AA and 3BB) First failed cycles had a day 6 hatching blast and second cycle 2 day 5 good quality blasts
How many days bed rest: day of transfer, and all of next day, laid on back or side, and only sat up to 45% angle at most
Symptoms or issues during 2WW: Vomiting 2dp5dt and 5dp5dt but I think it was unrelated, after 5dp5dt i had NO symptoms except maybe aching legs and was SO sure AF was going to start
What day you got your BFP: 9dp5dt
HPT before blood test: NO!
Number of first beta: 627 9dp5dt
Number of babies: TWINS!!
Anything else you would have wanted to know before you started this process: I was to the point where I thought I would never get pregnant, I could not even imagine it anymore or try to think positive because I was crushed so many times. I cried all the night before BETA, i cried at the clinic while beta was drawn, i cried till they called me at 445 to give me the good news. I was in complete SHOCK. It is still hard to believe now at 13dp5dt. Hopefully it sticks though, wont find out till 10/15 or 10/16.
Things I did different - the complete bedrest...i had NO caffeine or even chocolate for the last three months, i did accupuncture on the table for transfer before and after, i watched funny shows (modern family) the entire time on bedrest, even after bedrest i still was very chill and didnt walk around too much let DH pamper me, i wrote down positive thoughts even if I wasnt feeling them, i had valium on transfer day (btw this third try was at a diff clinic then the previous cycles)
I am so nervous to even post here now and would have waited but I wanted to give some ppl hope if possible, I stayed away from these boards for awhile as all my "cycle buddies" slowly became pregnant and i just figured I am the unlucky one. when i first joined i was full of hope each cycle and i lost that and was in a dark place just going through the movements...good luck to all of you!
on first FET
can bring. I think we put all our hopes and dreams on the one cycle without being cautious with our emotions and being realistic in the fact that it may have taken more than one cycle. I also wish that we hadn't wasted so much time doing IUIs. I now tell anyone that if you do one or two and you don't get a positive result consider the cost and consider putting the money towards IVF where the success rates are much higher.
