IVF with PGD # 11

j bear I'm sorry your numbers weren't higher.. I definitely know the feeling. There is always hope, keeping you in my thoughts. Let us know how you go Tuesday xx

Thinking of you today, jbear. Xx

Thanks ladies, my beta went right back down. So that's us done for the year! I was half expecting this but still hopeful, so feeling very down. We have one left so will try again in the new year. Xx

I'm sorry, I know the exact feeling and it's just horrible. You can't help but hold on to some hope, even when logic tells you otherwise. Take care. Xx

Exactly right Andie. This past year has been exhausting so will take the next couple of months to relax as much as possible. Hope you're well & thanks again for keeping me sane here xx

i'm so sorry J bear.. I was hoping for better news. In a way it's good that your numbers came back down straight away instead of giving you false hope. When I had my chemical in the cycle prior to this pregnancy I knew the numbers were bad so I just wanted the HCG to come straight back down so we could start again fresh. There is also always the fear of ectopic if they don't come down. I know it's not much consolation. Hoping you can enjoy the rest of the year and look forward to a successful 2016 xx

Thanks munchkin, no you're right. I just wanted it to be done so I could move on.

Hopefully next year we have more luck. Take care xx

Hi everyone,

I was last in this forum about 18mths ago when we were trying for no 1 who just turned 1.

Knowing that it was so hard the first time around we decided to try again sooner rather than later and I had EPU on Wednesday. We got 16 to fertilize which is more than twice what we have ever had before, but the last time out of 9 we only got one good one. I am doing a frozen cycle with biopsy at day 5. Last time I did a fresh cycle, so I'm a bit nervous about it, but was told that is how they do it now. Is that what everyone else is doing?

In the mean time I'm trying to not get too far ahead of myself or obsess about it all too much!!!

Hi Shelly Belly!

Welcome back...
Your story sounds pretty similar to ours.. I was lucky enough to fall pregnant with our DD first round of IVF (also fresh cycle) She was born April 2014. We starting trying again in January 2015 with the frozen 2 that we had left but were unsuccessful. We then did another round of IVF (stims) and were also told that they now do frozen cycles for PGD. We finally conceived on the 4th transfer. They told us that frozen and fresh cycles really don't differ much with success rates but it did make me wonder. Anyway, all the best with your upcoming transfer, I'm guessing you will be transferring in the new year?

Thanks Munchkin. May I ask, was that 4 PGD screened embryos you had transfered? Yes, looking to do a transfer mid jan as I will be away start and end of jan. To get in sync for that I have to take primolut, haven't really understood how that works yet, will call the nurses tomorrow. So many cycles and still learning! Forgot how tiring this whole thing is, having been back at work this week I'm exhausted! I think in the end it was good that we did a frozen cycle because they gave me a different trigger that minimizes hyper stimulation, made for a much quicker recovery.

They have biopsied 13, thankfully the cost maxes out after the first 10. The bit that is killing me is the wait, we may not even get the results until after Christmas. I'm hoping to get at least one, maybe two, fingers crossed.

Hi Shelly belly,

I also have been trying for baby #2 over the last year. DS1 was conceived after 3 fresh transfers & we never had any frozen. So we did our first cycle & unfortunately ended up with nothing to freeze. Our next we had a bit more luck & had 3 tested & balanced. 2 frozen that we unable to be biopsied. Sorry it's late & been a long year with lots of numbers so I can't break it down in more detail.

So of those 3 we've had 2 transferred (separately) & both were unsuccessful. Next year we will try again [emoji4] hopefully our lucky last is all that is needed.

Best of luck, the wait is so long and it is all a bit daunting. I was nervous having never done a FET but in some aspects I found it easier on my body.

Shelly Belly all of our embryo's have been screened (pgd) but for Thalassaemia only, which is a blood disorder that my husband and I both carry. Unfortunately they were unable to screen for other genetic abnormalities at the same time which means our chances weren't as good as you guys who test for chromosomal abnormalities.
I hope you get your results soon! So much waiting with IVF it can be very frustrating!

Its so nice to chat to you ladies! I remember when I first found this forum, it was such a relief. Having tried for years it really started to take its toll and no one around me "got it". I tried to open up to a dear friend who said "I know how you feel, we tried for 4 months before we fell pregnant" it was all I could do to stop myself from yelling at her that she actually didn't know how I felt at all. So it's really lovely to find people who really do get it.

It's a shame they can't test for both Munchkin. You must be over the moon to be pregnant again, well, so long as pregnancy is treating you well ;) which I hope it is.

Good luck to you J Bear. It's a cliche, but you really do only need one good one, that was all we got from the last round and its now running around leaving a wake of very cute chaos.

I'd love to know what the success rate of PGD transfers is. I think when I went researching last time it seemed to be about 50-60%.

Yep Shelly totally agree! It's a very different conversation with people who are not in our shoes. People say things like oh it just wasn't meant to be! Ugggh [emoji35]

I'm not sure about the success rate, would be interested to know.

I hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas break!

Best of luck in the new year & keep us posted Shelly. I'll be seeing my fs 19 Jan so will know where to from there!

Happy new year ladies! Wishing you all the very best of luck in whatever you are trying to achieve in the year ahead xx

Arrrrgh, that's right up there with 'maybe you are trying to hard/stressing too much' or 'go on a holiday' nope nope, just nope. I got them all. Your heart is already stretched to its breaking point, then you feel like you are all alone because no one you know gets it.

On a more positive note, thanks for the lovely wishes J bear and best wishes for the year ahead to you all. Back at work this week and really feeling like I need another holiday. With everything else that was going on at the end of the year I think the stim cycle left me very tired.

So we got our results in just a couple of days in the end and I was shocked to find out we have 5 that got the tick of approval. Having only got one on the previous cycle I'm a bit stunned, I was thinking I was optimistic hoping for 2!

Couldn't arrange a January transfer in the end as the lab was shutting down and to go somewhere else they would have to transport all of them and I didn't want to take the risk. So waiting for day 1 to come around and then tracking the cycle. So much waiting. We were rushing back because I was worried that my eggs were even worse after nearly 2 years since the last cycle, and I felt a bit like I'd have rather had a bit more of a break before trying again, now I'm all impatient to get cracking.

Good luck for the next transfer J Bear!

Happy New year girls! Wishing you much love, health and success in 2016. Xx

Thanks Munchkin! Hope everything is going along nicely for you.

Shellybelly how is the tracking going? Did you get your results?

I saw my FS today & everything is set to go when we're ready. We've decided to wait until we move in April & have the funds. Also gives me a bit of time to focus on my health & fitness.

Hi everyone! How are we all?
Well, we got 5 that passed the testing. I had a transfer last sunday. Have resisted the urge to do any testing so far but may crack tomorrow I think :rolleyes:

Sheesh, what a crazy old time I've had. So I broke and did a test on day 6 post transfer and there were two lines. Yippy! But then that night I had some strong abdo pain, but it went away after a couple of hours. Wednesday the blood test confirmed the pregnancy with a high HCG, awesome I think, no ectopic etc. Saturday night again I get the weird pain, but this time way worse, so off to the hospital I go (with husband and 14mth old now at 2am) where they decide its probably an ectopic pregnancy. They keep me awake all night, make me fast (in case I need emergency surgery) and wait until after 2pm to do an ultrasound to find out its not ectopic, but a big ovarian cyst that is leaking blood into my abdomen and the gestational sac is right in my uterus where it should be. They still wanted to keep me in because of the bleeding, but I managed to get them to let me go home. Man, for someone that has spent such a lot of time in hospitals, I really hate them. It seems odd to me, that all the fertility specialists and gynos seem to have ultrasounds that they use all the time, yet at the Royal Womens, they don't?!

Hope everyone else had a much much nicer weekend!

Oh no that sounds terrible. Congratulations on the BFP and praying for you it's a sticky one :)

I had large ovarian cysts during my last pregnancy however they were not leaking. We thought the pregnancy was ectopic too due to my past history and my level of pain. They we're going to operate at 13weeks but in the end they started reducing in size so they monitored them. At their biggest around 8weeks the 3 combined were 20cm (largest almost 9cm) apparently that is huge. My past scan was at 5months post partum and they were still there although down to 2 & 3 cm. Them miraculously with my currently pregnancy they had disappeared completely. Do they have a plan of action? Is rest enough?

Anyway sneaking out again just wanted to say congratulations and I hope the cyst settles and doesn't cause further grief,

Hi Mildez, I see you popped into the Oct chat, might see you over there. Thanks for the well wishes.

Holy smokes, that was a crazy collection of cysts you had there! Glad it all turned out ok. The plan of action is wait and hope it goes away on its own. Seems it keeps bleeding at random (it flared up again today) and that hurts a lot, but I just have to live with it and hope that it isn't a torsion of the ovary. Apparently I just have to judge my pain as best I can ..... riiiight. Given how bad Saturday night was (worse than child birth easily) I really don't know how I am supposed to do that. Anyway, my FS is pretty good and she said if I'm worried, I go back to the royal or pay for another scan if its during business hours.

Shellybelly that sounds stressful. Congratulations on the bfp, I'm so sorry that it's such a stressful time for you being in pain. It seems after everything we go through to get pregnant you can't catch a break & have an 'easy' pregnancy.

I hope this cyst settles & you can get some rest too xx

Hey J Bear, how you going?

I know what you mean. I was talking to a colleague today who said his wife is reluctant to go for no 2 because she didn't love being pregnanct, I was like, being pregnant is not that big a deal! Not for someone that has had to go through endless crap to get there.

Scan tomorrow to see what the cyst is doing. Seems to be less painful lately, unfortunately I now have gastro! Courtesy of DD and day care. Seriously :shakehead:

How was your scan?

As for me, we still plan on doing our next FET in May at this stage so just trying to focus on my health. We have so much going on with our renovations that time is flying by.

Hope everyone is well.

May will come around so quickly, we are in April already! Take care of your self.

The cyst is still there, but doesn't seem to be actively bleeding anymore, so hopefully it will just go on its own in the next 4 weeks.

Stimulation just about to begin and packing my bags for treatment abroad! Anybody else going to Dunya IVF in Cyprus?