I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas with their loved ones.
Minnie - About 50% were not suitable due to my chromosome abnormality and the rest either were not suitable to from an embryology point of view. Big drop off rate for me and I think my FS was surprised too.
J Bear -How far along are you now? When is your next scan?
AFM - Well af started on Christmas day (thanks universe!) unfortunately even though that makes boxing day cd1 it was pretty much all done by lunchtime! Not really the af I was hoping for but what can I do ! On the upside the sun is now back and I can float in the pool with my wine which was my Christmas plan . I hope everyone else is having a lovely break.
Hey Sunbeam wow that's a short AF but like u said now u can enjoy that pool & nice weather that's come ur way. I'm 17 weeks now, had the amnio almost 2 weeks ago & just waiting on our results. By everything is going well so far.
Hey Minnie, yeah 17 weeks now...eeek! Amnio was ok the time leading up to it was worse than the procedure itself. I had no problems during or after it and the results should be in on Monday, we are trying to remain positive so only two more days and we will know once and for all.
I am so sorry it has been so long since I popped in. Things have been insane.
Jbear and BF - congratulations, I am so happy to see some fabulous news inherent.
Congrats also to the ladies with fabulous numbers in collection. I hope Chrissy has treated you all well.
I'm 29 weeks now with PGD baby number one. It's a boy and most likely to be named J ames L uke. A lot of stuff has been happening personally with my more in law diagnosed with terminal cancer and general work life being in sane but enough about the bad news.
I hope to be in more regularly with things settling down. I hope everyone is getting a little time off work at this time of year and hope this is also helping with current cycles. Sorry I have not read more detail, I am very far behind. Sending healthy warm vibes to you all.
Hi guys, sorry have been AWOL camping sans technology
Jbear: all my fingers and toes crossed for you for tomorrow's results!
Sunbeam: so does that af count? Can you cycle on now? Hope you're enjoying the pool btw.
I am just over a week into the dreaded 3 week wait (the one to find out our pcr and cgh results). At least the effects of the hormones are all gone now and I had a normal af. Next cycle we should be implanting (viable emby permitting) on a natural cycle with just a bit of progesterone support for good measure.
Hope everyone is having a lovely break and was spoiled for Christmas personally, I am using the time to take lots of blood flow enhancing walks and yoga classes
hi ladies, sorry ive been mia for a while. i have been reading & keeping up with you all though. thankyou to those asking about me. : )
my 9 week scan went well friday, saw an upside down blob, nice heartbeat & good growth - so we are relived to say the least.
i hope everyone has a great new years, and im looking fwd to hearing about everyone's new cycles in the new year - minnie, sunbeam, elle & babymama - anyone else?!
Andie that's great news it's always very reassuring to see ur lil one in there! Sounds like everything is moving along nicely.
Our results came back yesterday which meant I could relax last night. Our little boy has the same balanced translocation as I do. Which means he can be healthy but he may have the same problems conceiving children as I do (long way away, I know). I would have liked it of I didn't pass this translocation on but we are happy that he is healthy & can otherwise live a normal life.
Wow 2013 ladies I feel is going to be a great year for this thread, lots of cycles going on & I am crossing everything I can & praying for lots of BFP's!
Hi Girls, can I join in please? I have been TTC #2 for 18 months, 12 months of fertility support, ovulation tracking and luteal phase support for a luteal phase defect, I have 3 chemicals (one which has just occurred this week on our last natural cycle) and 2 8 week miscarriages under my belt in that time. We are off to the FS for our follow up appointment tomorrow to discuss IVF with the pre genetic testing option as I also have a low egg count. I am so scared, I am 40 this year so if this doesn't work my dream of having another bub is gone. The specialist told us at our last appointment a couple of months ago that IVF wasn't the greatest option for someone with my egg reserve as generally we don't respond so well to the drugs and the chances are we'll only get 2 or 3 eggs and they may all be of no use. I'm so scared so am hoping to hear some success stories in here. Wishing everyone all the best on their TTC journey, I personally am so exhausted from all the bad luck I want something good to happen for once!
jbear: that's good you can relax, can i ask why it didn't show up in the pgd testing though ? (obviously thats the reason for the amnio because it can still happen ?) yay for finding out you are having a little boy
alison: welcome to our thread you have had a rough ride. I am also 40 this year, what level is your AMH ? we decided to go to ivf with pgd because we are fast running out of time and i think it gives us our best chance of success and it is literally the end of the line as far as ivf treatment goes at the moment so we can know we did all we could.
So are you going to push your FS to do ivf ?
our success rate in here has been pretty good since i have been in here
joespratt: we have never had anything mentioned to us about using the kids to test for anything but we are doing pgd for multiple losses probably due to chromosome problems rather than a known genetic problem
Hi Minniemouse, love your name! Thank you for the welcome, yes it's been a crappy rough ride alright, to think it only took 4 months to fall with my daughter! My AMH was first tested at my original clinic in November 2011 at 1.3, I switched clinics after going in circles and 2 more failed pregnancies and had them re-checked in August 2012 and they were up to 2.6. So pretty darn low. My FS told us at our last appointment IVF wasn't a great option but like you said it's the end of the road and it's all we've got left to try. Getting pregnant isn't the problem, it's staying pregnant and/or catching a good egg! Have you done a cycle with the pgd yet? I'm scared to spend the extra but I think it's worth it do you? We are off to the specialist tomorrow and yes I will be telling him not asking him to do IVF!!!!! I have been through enough I will not take any more crap from anyone ha ha. It sounds like you and I have the same issue with our eggs. xx
alison: i did a pgd cycle in september, only got 7 eggs & 4 were tested with pgd and unfortunately there were all abnormal so while it was devastating we had nothing to transfer they all looked perfect so for us it was worth doing because the fs said just to look at them he would have put 1 in and frozen 2 but they all would have ended in loss.
so our current plan is doing multiple ivf cycles to hopefully increase the amount we have to pgd test to hopefully get that one good one, i did my first cycle for that in november and have 11 day 1 embryos frozen and i have just started my next cycle for epu at the end of the month, my fresh ones will be put with the ones from the freezer and all tested together
sunbeam who is in here has also done the same and she is gearing up for a FET in a few weeks
Hi ladies. We may be doing IVF with PGD this year. Do you mind if I ask some questions of those who have been there, done that? We have an appointment with a new FS next week and will be asking her advice as well. The main choice for us is whether or not to try IVF with my own eggs first or go straight to donor eggs. Either way, we'll be doing PGD, as we've had enough late losses for our lifetimes. Our current FS advised us not to waste money on PGD and just have an amnio, which is one reason for changing FS. We're going through Monash IVF.
DS1 had ARPKD, which usually has a 1 in 4 chance of occurrence, but his version was a bit strange. It may be they cannot test for that either, or if they do, they wouldn't be able to give us a definite answer as to whether or not an embryo was affected. If they can develop a test, I understand they'd have to do a feasibility study first, then develop a specific probe, which could take months. Any idea how much that costs? We'll need to discuss that with a genetic counsellor at Monash IVF. Unfortunately for us, we cannot test for DS2's condition as we don't know what it was. Therefore, we don't know if it could occur again.
My AMH was tested in July and was 1. I will have it tested again this month. It may be the result determines whether or not we try with my eggs. If we're only likely to get 2 or 3 eggs from a cycle, then the drop off using PGD would be high. That's a decision we'll make based on what the new FS advises. Is it right that with such a low AMH, that IVF may not work for us?
My understanding is that with Monash IVF, assuming eggs are collected and fertilised, they grow them to 5 days, take a cell to test and freeze the embies. The cells are sent to the USA for SNP testing, which looks at all 24 chromosomes and a bunch of other stuff. This can take 3+ weeks. If there is an unaffected emby, then it is tansferred in an FET cycle and fingers crossed. I assume my early losses are due to chromosome abnormalities, probably relating to my age. I'd like to rule that out if possible. I have some VARTA data, and it looks like Monash has a higher success with FETs than stim cycles. Is this generally true?
We have friends who recently got pregnant on a ED cycle in Spain. They used PGD. A cell was tested from a day 3 embryo and transfer was day 5 or 6 I think. Their donor was 22 years old. Out of 9 eggs collected, 8 fertilised. Of them, 6 made it to day 3 testing. 3 of the 6 had chromosome problems. 2 embryos were transferred and the 3rd wasn't considered good enough to freeze. They are pregnant with a singleton. I find the drop off interesting, even in eggs from a much younger woman. With my age and AMH level, I don't have great expectations using my own eggs.
I understand Melbourne IVF does day 3 PGD testing, but that it's not as accurate as testing a day 5 blast. Does anyone have any experience with both?
I'm yet to make an appointment with the PGD counsellor, so a lot of this we may cover with her, but any other information will help. Thanks.
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! On the upside the sun is now back and I can float in the pool with my wine which was my Christmas plan
. I hope everyone else is having a lovely break.
personally, I am using the time to take lots of blood flow enhancing walks and yoga classes
you have had a rough ride. I am also 40 this year, what level is your AMH ? we decided to go to ivf with pgd because we are fast running out of time and i think it gives us our best chance of success and it is literally the end of the line as far as ivf treatment goes at the moment so we can know we did all we could.
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