Will add mine...Wishing you girls going through cycles at the moment lots of sticky dust and luck
Name:
Janene and Matt
Age:
Me: 31 and DH 30 (this was during the cycle we did)
How long TTC:
Almsot 5 years
Diagnosis or any known issues:
I have PCOS and Blocked Tubes
Treatments you tried before IVF:
We tried lots of natural remedies (too many to list) and Clomid and Metformin
How many IVF did you do before success:
We were lucky to have our BFP on the first ICSI round.
Are you using donor eggs or sperm:
No, all ours.
Protocol (meds taken):
Lucrin, and Purogen (sp?)
How many follicles at ER:
I am not sure of exact numbers, but I believe it was around 20
How many eggs retrieved:
11 Eggs
How many eggs fertilized:
9 were successfully fertilised
How many days between ER and ET:
We did a 5 day transfer. By day 5 we had 3 successful Embryo's made it to Blastie stage
How many and quality/rating of embryos/blasts transferred:
1 A grade Emby was transferred
How many days bed rest:
None, I flew home hours after the transfer and was back at work the next day
Symptoms or issues during 2WW:
I had some cramping, which turned into massive bloating as I had OHSS and needed to be hospitalised after 2 weeks.
What day you got your BFP:
The day I was rushed to hospital with severe OHSS lol I believe it was 18 DPT
HPT before blood test:
Yes, I was testing daily, went from positive to negative and back to positive.
Number of first beta:
Not overly sure, I think it was 60 odd?
Number of babies:
1
Anything else you would have wanted to know before you started this process:
How bad OHSS is and ways to try to prevent it....I almost lost my baby due to it and my stomach swelled to looking 9+ months pregnant, even though I was 4 weeks....I wish I'd read more up on it so I was aware of what was happening, it was very frightening to hear Dr's talking about possible terminations!