Poor response to IVF stims....

[Mrs R]

My first IVF cycle isn't looking too hot as I'm not responding very well to stimming. Lots of little follicles, a few bigger but my eostrogen levels are also lagging behind.

My scan on Monday will determine whether it's time to give up or not

Has anybody had poor response and stimmed a little longer and things worked out, or am I just kidding myself??

The clinic I attend for scans have told me if I was their patient, they would abandon the cycle. But my clinic (in England) have said they're happy at the minute and want me to keep stimming to see if I catch up.

I'm so confused

 

[Rach27]

Sorry to hear that Mrs R

Have they upped your dosage of stim drug over the weekend?

Fingers crossed the follies will have grown sufficiently by Monday. If the clinic said they're happy for now then that's a positive sign.

Best of luck to you x

 

[Mrs R]

No my stims haven't been upped since my first scan on Wednesday, that's what makes it even more confusing.

I've been told it's too late to up the dosage now anyway as this needs to be done in the first few days of injections to make any difference

 

[bek74]

No my stims haven't been upped since my first scan on Wednesday, that's what makes it even more confusing.

I've been told it's too late to up the dosage now anyway as this needs to be done in the first few days of injections to make any difference

My doc up'd my dosage 4 days before the trigger shot.

Honey anything is possible. Look at Lioness whose nurse wanted to cancel her cycle, but her FS kept going ahead, she got 6 eggs, 2 blasto's put in and is now peeing BFP waiting for bloods to confirm.

Don't give up hope.. stick to alot of fluids, high protien diet and rest.

 

[lioness168]

Hang in there MrsR . Bek has given you a good outline of what happened to me. Hang in there, if the nurse wants you to cancel at your next appointment, perhaps get her to ring your FS so they can give their opinion. If it wasn't for our FS who said to keep going ahead and take bloods (which the levels came back really good), I am pretty sure this cycle would have been cancelled. Hang in there , I understand how worrying and hard it can be.

As Bek said, "Don't give up hope.. stick to alot of fluids, high protien diet and rest" (helps your follies grow and respond to the meds)!!! Good luck

 

[maz]

Mrs R I am sorry to hear you're not responding as well as you would have hoped. There was a lovely lady from Australia that used to be here, but she's long since moved on for reasons I won't go into. Anyway, she was a poor responder during her first cycle until the last couple of days when she seemed to have a growth spurt. She made it to EC and ET. Try not to get too despondant which, I know, is easier said than done. You just never know what might happen over the next couple of days...

Just out of curiousity ... where are you going for your scans? Are you not going back and forth to Manchester?

Good luck hun

xx

 

[Mrs R]

Thanks so much for the positive stories girls.

Best wishes lioness for your official BFP, you've given me a bit of hope when I'm feeling rubbish.

Maz, I had my first and second scan in Manchester, but they want to scan me every 2-3 days at the minute so travelling to Manchster just ain't gonna happen. I had my last scan the Royal on Friday (who said they would cancel it if I was theirs) and have another scan tomorrow at the Royal to check for progress.

I'm absolutely knackered at the minute with all the running back and forward to hospital, just wish I know if it was all worth it

 

[maz]

Fingers crossed for tomorrow ... I hope your little follies have had a growth spurt since Friday.

 

[jojoD]

The weekend brings the best out in all of us and hoping your wee follies will be the same!!! Will be thinking about you tomorrow xx

 

[Mrs R]

Been doing lots of resting this weekend. DH is off walking the dog up a mountain whilst I'm lying on the sofa, think I might watch Twilight. Have been feeling a bit rough today, a bit like I'm getting the flu.

But I know it's probably just down to tiredness and stress so gonna take it easy and eat some bacon sarnies (for the protein obviously lol)

Will let you very nice ladies know how it goes tomorrow when I get in from work x

 

[MrsF]

heya hun, sorry you;re not feeling too good, and that your feeling pants about the stimming reponse i'm really annoyed with the hosp telling you that they'd cancel if you were with them....

i hope you start to feel better soon and that your next scan brings better news for you hun x x x x

be nice to yourself, it's such a stressful time, and i hear bacon butties are awesme for raising protein levels xxx

 

[Dilek]

Sorry I havnt read to the other posts. But Ive read a case where a lady was stimmed for 30 days. Half way through they switched from gonal to menapur. I dont know why they cant up your levels.

 

[glitterqueen]

Hi Mrs R
Just to let you know I am still thinking about you and wishing you all the love and luck in the world x

 

[NeyNey]

Hi Hun, any news? Remember the follicles can grow a lot in a day...I think they can grow up to 2mm a day? or approx....So there's still time

 

[bek74]

MrsR, I am just checking in to see how your doing?? NeyNey is right, they grow around 2mm a day and the trigger shot gives them that extra growth spurt before EC.
Thinking of you hun

 

[Steph63]

Hope you've got some better news today chick xx

 

[krissi]

Hi hun, I had my cycle cancelled due to poor response and loow estrogen. Fingers crossed it doesn't happen to you, some people just have late growth spurts but if you want to chat just pm me xx

 

[maz]

Hey hun

Just checking in on you ... I hope you had a better result from your scan today and you're all systems go for EC this week.

 

[Mrs R]

Not really any good news today either. I have one at 20mm and the rest seem to be stuck at 10mm. One of them even shrunk (must have been a cyst). The Royal spent all of about 20 seconds scanning me today which we were not happy with.

However my consultant at Care wants to give me one more chance and has finally upped my meds to 3 amps of Menopur for the next 2 days. I have one more scan on Wednesday to see if we can go ahead with this (I will be demanding it's done properly this time as it's my last chance).

TBH, I was sorta hoping they would just tell me it was being abandoned today and not drag it out anymore. Not knowing is almost worse than the whole cycle being cancelled. I don't know how much more I can take - I'm already a blubbering, shattered mess lol

I was expecting it to be cancelled today for the 2nd time in 3 days, but they want me to hang on as they reckon things are just starting to happen for me as the little guys grew a bit, and one of them is ready to pop.

Keep your fingers crossed for 2 more days girls - your support really means the world to me x

 

[Mrs R]

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