Waiting to start IVF in January anyone else?

[Morana]

Thanks, Mrs W and I'm not going to take offence for what I assume to be autocorrect of my name, lol. Good luck in your journey! It's different every time and you might be able to succeed right away

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

Morana, words can't express how I feel hearing your news. I hope to see you around BnB again in near future. Sending you a massive virtual .

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

Mrs W, welcome. Hopefully your IVF journey is nice and short

 

[star25]

Welcome mrs w hope all goes well, take it 1 step at w time and you will be fine

Morana, I'm so sorry, Hope your been looked after well xxx

 

[Comfycushions]

Morana so sorry to see your news. All of this is just so difficult and unfair. Hope you're treating yourself, and being treated, extra kindly.

Welcome Mrs w

I've been having a fortifying nap before getting ready to go out. Struggling to muster enthusiasm

 

[Jaybo]

So sorry Morana, I hope you're doing okay and being looked after. Big hugs

Hi Mrs W. Welcome :wave: This is my first go so I'm fairly new to all of this too! I've been stimming for a week now and hoping for EC next week. I'm not really sure how amh works, but I think it can change over time differently for everyone. Personally I don't think preventing ovulating for a realively short period of time would make too much of a difference, my understanding is we loose hundreds of eggs each month regardless of whether we're ovulating. But I'm certainly not an expert!! I suspect my low reserves are probably due to immune issues, but a lot of it is bad luck unfortunately.

Best of luck with your journey I hope you don't have to wait too long for your BFP.

Hope you enjoy you party Comfy - I'm sure it will be fun when you get there and take your mind off all this IVF business!

 

[Mrs W 11]

Oops, sorry Morana, it was indeed an autocorrect! Thank you for your best wishes xx

Congratulations Ilovetomatoes! How many weeks are you? Was it your first ivf?

Thank you star. That's good advice, I need to try harder on that! I keep thinking about if the ivf fails and all the money we've spent, what we do next, I really just need to focus on today.

Enjoy your night out comfy!

Thanks jaybo. I only have one ovary since i was 21 so I think that is probably the reason for me. I didn't realise we lost all those eggs every month regardless of ovulation, oh my goodness! That's scary! It does explain how I easily got pregnant in the past but am unable to now. It must happen very quickly. Feeling pretty devastated about it all to be honest.

Anyway thanks for all the welcomes ladies x

 

[FirstTry]

Big hugs, Morana

 

[beneathmywing]

Morana -- I'm so sorry AF showed, hun!!!

MrsW -- Welcome! We spoke on the other thread!!

 

[Jaybo]

Sorry I didn't mean for it to sound scary Mrs W! I think it's non viable eggs that we all loose each month, I just meant that ovulation is only a small part of what's going on, so don't worry too much about preventing it. I know how you feel though, I was devastated when I found out too. It was a complete shock as I thought we were only dealing with MFI. Fingers crossed from some good eggs!

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

Mrs W, I just had transfer 7 days ago. So pretty new still and yes...this is our first try. . I think I'll be entering my 5th week on Monday.

 

[Mrs W 11]

Ilt - wow that was quick! I guess I assumed after transfer you waited for 14 days like a usual tww but it makes sense that it would be shorter as the egg doesn't have to travel! Does anyone know how long you wait to be tested by the clinic?

Jaybo thanks Hun. I wasn't really thinking of preventing ovulation, more that if I get pregnant I know I won't ovulate and I bf my dd for 14 months and had no af until after I stopped so I just wondered if I'd save eggs if that happened. It's just sad as I wanted 3 children and now I just need to pray for a 2nd and know I would be very lucky to get one.
It's a big shock, hugs to you.

Hi BMW!! X

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

Mrs W, I had a 5 day transfer instead of 3. Because of that, the blood test seems shorter (8 days after transfer). I personally think quality is more important than quantity. It doesn't matter if they retrieved 40 eggs if none fertilized or moved to day 3. . So I wouldn't worry too much about how many eggs you have available. A lady from the same clinic has low ovarian syndrome and she got 8 eggs and transferred 1 blasty...so you never know

 

[Aurora CHK]

Arora, sounds like we're dealing with similar issues. My amh was 2.6 pmol when they tested. We were also initially referred for MFI, all DH test came back less than 5% motility so told ICSI are only option. This is our first try, hoping we get lucky!

So similar! What's your AFC? We got six eggs retrieved last time, and I got a grade B blast and a BFP so we're hoping for the same 'haul' or maybe even better as I'm on more drugs this time (and obvs we're hoping for a sticky one this time!) Like you we thought we only had MFI at first, wasn't until we started ICSI that they discovered my rather meagre egg store. It is gutting, Mrs W, but there's still lots of hope so good luck to all of us with egg challenges! (Sounds like a sports day race )

 

[Aurora CHK]

Morana, hope you got through last night okay (I know dreams can sometimes cruelly add to the pain at a time like this). Hopefully you're getting lots of support, love and rest. Thinking of you.

 

[Mrs W 11]

Absolutely aurora, it's great to hear stories like yours and goes to show that you only need a few eggs to get one good quality one.

Ilt my clinic will go to day 5 if they can but I guess as I'm likely to have less eggs my chances aren't as great for that. But we will see, if they can they will.

Repeating our bloods for pre ivf screening on Tuesday, we see the nurse for injection lessons etc the week after and then it's just a waiting game for af to show up!

 

[star25]

I'm in the waiting game for af too Mrs w, it's always a no show and playing tricks on me, if not here by Saturday I'll start provera

 

[Jaybo]

Arora my AFC was 6 and had 7 measurable follicles after 7 day of stims, I'd be delighted with 6 eggs! Sorry for your loss on your previous cycle that must have been heartbreaking. But reassuring that you can get pregnant, hope you get your sticky bean this time. Where are you at in your cycle? Sorry if I've missed it, this thread moves so quickly!

I have a bit of a TMI question for ladies that have been through this before. Is loads of EWCM normal during stims? I've had a ton of it the last few days, but completely gone today. Now I'm worrying I've O'd before EC!! Is that even possible?!

Star, Mrs W hope you don't have to wait too much longer for AF.

Morana hope you're okay. Thinking of you x

 

[star25]

I didnt have the ewcm but anything is possible with all the medication we take

 

[Aurora CHK]

Hi Jaybo, sorry I don't remember re CM during stims I should pay more attention to such things!

I had AFC of 7 but it later turned out there were more but very tiny ones so effectively 7 (they've said 10 this time but I'll believe that when I see it! AFC can't go up, only down, so that will include the 'decorative' tiddlers that didn't produce an egg last time.

It was heartbreaking - I had 3 chemicals in a 12 month period, ouch! Just hope I get as far this time as I know I was lucky to even get a BFP, even if it didn't stay long.

I'm currently in my second week of down-regulating and very annoyed that for the first time in my life, AF is 4days late! I can't bear a third week of DR waiting for her to show her ugly mug! But my DR scan is Thurs so she needs to get here pronto. I'm waiting for DH to wake up so I can try the BD method of inducing AF which was mentioned earlier (TMI soz ) & might even try some raspberry leaf tea in a bit :shrug :