I am new to Belly Belly and in need of a little advice.
Did my 1st IUI cycle in January/February 2009 with no success.
Advised to do more tests on both me and DH. They did a new test on DH called Tunel Assay and found out that Sperm DNA is Fragmented over 20%. Was advised to do IVF, I asked my FS what are my chances of falling pregnant from going from IUI to IVF ICSI, I was told it would triple my chances.
I have just been through my first IVF ICSI cycle and on Friday found out that I had a Bio-Chemical Pregnancy, very upsetting.
I have never heard of this before and was wondering, does anyone know anything about it. Has anyone had a Bio-chemical pregnancy then later on done a FET with a happy ending.
I asked my FS is there any reason why it didn?t work, did I do something wrong ???
They said that I did nothing wrong its just something that happens.
Have now booked on for my FET, so fingers crossed for me.
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Me 39 (Pcos) DH 40 (Sperm DNA Fragmented over 20%)
IUI Dec 2003 1st Try - DD Born Sept 2004
IUI May 2006 3rd Try - DS Born Feb 2007
IVF March 2009 Fresh Cycle - No Good - Bio-Chemical Pregnancy
FET May 2009 ?????
Welcome to BB. I'm sorry this happened to you, I posted to you in your original thread. Not sure if it will help much but sure that there are many other ladies on here that can give you advice.
I have my fingers crossed for your FET. good luck x
Thank you for your response, I am new to forums and It took me a while to find everything, I thought my first reply was lost as I couldn't find it this morning.
I was using asprin for this cycle as FS advises all clients that are doing IVF fresh cycle to take asprin. Do you think that I need to do more tests ???
I was very upset about the Bio Chemical pregnancy when 1st told by FS as I was given little or no answers regarding it but was advised my levels where quite high, not that that makes any sense to me. I going on Thursday to find out what my bloods results were and I'm going to write them down.
Thanks again for your help
Last edited by JustOneMore; April 28th, 2009 at 10:24 AM.
Just want to say I am sorry for the pain you are going through. I know it all too well. I wanted to give you some hope too. I had a chem pregnancy (on an FET though - I have had two fresh transfers without any success) and then the very next transfer I got a positive! I am now 24 weeks. To help cope with the chemical pregnancy I kept reminding myself that a chemical pregnancy meant at least now I knew I could actually get pregnant. I found this helped a lot.
The chem preg cycle was the one I started taking half an aspirin a day if that helps. I kept taking it until the next cycle when we got the positive. I had done a range of implantation tests prior to doing this which showed me to be ever so slightly positive for Anti-Cardiolipin Antibodies, which is why the FS put me on aspirin.
Firstly congratulations on your pregnancy. I am so happy for you
Thank you so much for writing to me! You have made my day today.
I was really not coping very well with all of this, but now I have a little hope.
I had high expectation with doing IVF, which was my fault.
I?ll explain: I first started using FS back in Nov 2003, which is how I discovered I had PCOS and FS suggested that IUI was the best method for my situation. I fell pregnant 1st trying and I just couldn?t believe it, I honestly thought it would take about 4-6 tries.
In January 2006 we decided to try again for another baby, this time I wasn?t as lucky, I was just about to give up and head down the IVF when I fell pregnant on the 3rd IUI.
After having my son within two days I wanted another baby but it took 2 years to convince my husband, so in January 2009 and after asking my husband every day for 2 years (except on his birthday) he finally gave in. We headed back to FS to try our lucky, I requested we do IUI again, against my FS advice, but while doing IUI we were also doing all the test. That?s when I found out DH had a problem.
My chances of falling pregnant with IUI was very, very slim but hey it was worth a try : )
I sat down and had a chat with FS, asked what was my chances switching from IUI to IVF, she said that I would tripled my chances with IVF. So that?s where the High expectations come into it.
When I found out that I had a biochemical pregnancy I got really depressed, I was starting to think that I was wasting my time continuing on with the FET. I thought that because this one didn?t work then they all wouldn?t work. Silly I now know.
(Note: I don?t handle disappointment very well).
I went to the FS today and had a long chat with the nurses and Lab Techs. I had lots of question, especially about the embryos and also about my age and how it effects everything. I told them that I was thinking about quitting. They convinced me otherwise after hearing the stories of what happen to other ladies that had been through their doors.
May I please ask what was the implantation tests that you did and what is involved ???.
I asked today if I was required to do any other test and they said no. Unless I keep have biochemical pregnancy then they would look into doing bloods test. Apparently they are very expensive.
You mentioned that you did two fresh cycles that didn?t work !
I?m sorry I am a little confused. So you did 2 full IVF cycles with no success or did you do 1 IVF cycles with 2 fresh embryos transfer which wasn?t successful then you did a FET which you had a biochemical pregnancy then you did another FET with success and you are now 24 weeks pregnant is that correct. ????
Thanks again and I will keep you posted on the outcomes of my FET.
Kind regards
Danyelle
Hi Danyelle,
I have just read your story, sorry to hear that your last cycle was a chemical pregnancy, it is hard to lose a pregnancy, not matter at what stage.
In my humble opinion, I would say that it is far too early for you to worry about implantation issues. If I read right you have had two previous pregnancies correct. Since then how many embryo transfers with IVF? Did you do a fresh transfer before this FET? Normally FSs don't start doing implantation tests until after 4 unsuccessful embryo transfers, some wait until up to 8 unsuccessful embryo transfers. I would think with your history it seems it is just a matter of timing and getting the right embryo. From what I have seen of other women, most seem to get their BFP within about 3 IVF transfers.
When I had these done, the upfront cost was about $480, but medicare paid for all but 2 or 3 of the tests, so out of pocket was something like $60 or $80. If you really are concerned you can get your FS to write these up for you.
IVF ICSI - Bio-Chemical Pregnancy
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