I started IVF when I was 39 (your current age?) and on my first fresh cycle had a chemical pregnancy (we had two embryos put back in).
On my second fresh IVF cycle we also had two embryos put back and we had a BFP, with my son now being 16months old.
I have just had a BFP (yesterday) from my last transfer, (frozen) and we now have no embryos left. My HCG levels are on the low end (though in the normal range) and I have to have another BT in 3days to check if they are rising.
Although you conceived easily with your first babies, just remember that you are now 39 and that fertility declines a LOT after 35 (thats the main reason I was on IVF... no other issues at all). This doesnt meant you wont fall PG with IVF, just that it might take time.
Thank you for your story, I see that there is still hope out there.
We had to do IVF ICSI cause of DH sperm (DNA Fragmentation and lets just say his little swimmers aren't doing to well) and my pcos.
I just had another FET cycle fail, good old AF arrive this morning. So I have decided to take a month off. I am going to see Dr Sacks about immunology issues. As I am not getting any answers from my current FS. Once I get my results from Dr Sacks, good or bad, I will again do another Fresh IVF cycle.
Congratulations on your BFP and good luck with your upcoming blood test.
May you have a happy and healthy pregnancy.
♥
Danyelle
A chemical pregnancy is still a pregnancy - it's just too early for the heart (not yet developed) to be picked up on U/S, only in the chemicals (hormones) in your blood. I hate the term, myself. It makes it sound 'pretend' almost.
a break sounds really good. I am sure you wil get your BFP in time, but I really think its a numbers game.
we all 'know' that a young, fertile couple DTD regularly still has only approximately a 20% chance of getting pregnant (ie implanting) in each cycle. Its in every book, and we remind ourselves of this continuously. And thats in couples who do actually achieve fertislisation each cycle too!
when we are on IVF of course we know that there is an embryo 'up' and while a BFN is bad enough, a 'chemical' pregnancy (shocking word) feels worse b/c it feels like we have lost our baby.
But when you look at the numbers with my two fresh cycles. In total I had 8 eggs fertilise to become embryos. Of those 8, one stopped developing a day or two in, leaving 7/8.
One did not survive the thaw, leaving 6/8. One survived the thaw but did not continue to develop, leaving 5/8.
Ok so we have 5/8 embryos that are 'semi good' (ie good enough to survive a thaw, or to continue developing). Of 5/8 that have been transferred (two lts of two, and one single), we have had three implantations (the chemical, plus my son, plus current burrowing bean). Of these, two have been strong enough to get past the TWW test.
SO that is 2/8 or 1/4 or very very close to the 20% in 'natural' pregnancy. Of course there is no guarantee that my current BB will continue, but I pray to the universe every night....
So I guess what I am trying to (clumsily) say, is that you WILL get there, although it will take time. You have a proven track record of carrying babies, so any issues with lack of implantation are the individual embryos, and no reflection on FUTURE embryos. It only takes ONE!
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