Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception 2015 #1

**juniper76** · January 17th, 2015, 08:50 AM

Saturday 17 January 2015

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
1 More Please - taking a break (March 2015)
Juniper76 - taking a break
Jo_white - saving for IVF
TubbyPuff - saving for IVF
Adgirl - preparing for March IVF
Hopeful Mum - preparing for February IVF
Jane - waiting for AF
Emma09 - ???
Bestrong - ???
Pholi - CD13
Spoons - CD18

Waiting for Transfer

Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... LTTTC Two Week Wait 2014 #5)

Got their BFP in January

M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Amy_jellybean, Chellico

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**Spoons** · January 19th, 2015, 08:16 PM

Thanks Jane and juniper. The bleeding has stopped today

I'm not sure if this is a whole new cycle or not. I'll use opks and see if they give me any ideas of where I'm at. I'll ring the FS when I start to bleed again for advice as I'm supposed to start clomid on CD2.

How is everyone going? Pholi, have you ovulated?

**Jane :)** · January 19th, 2015, 08:40 PM

So it looks like AF is here. Will be CD1 tomorrow and doing a medicated FET cycle. So fingers crossed all goes to plan and ill have a baby on board by 7th feb. Feeling anxious already!!!

**hopeful mum** · January 19th, 2015, 08:58 PM

Juniper76 spoke with FS today and he mentioned that he used to prescribe pregnyl, but doesn't anymore as there is no evidence that it increases the chance of a successful pregnancy.

I had my first acupuncture appt last sat, lovely guy named Michael. Next appt is this sat and then dependant on when egg collection is, depends on whether he sees me on Saturday 7th or mon 9th/tue 10th. Then another appt prior to embryo transfer and straight after. Apparently he had a few women in this ivf cycle. Is that positive for working, or are they clutching for anything to give them the results they so desire (like me)??

Partner asked me tonight when am I going to give up on having any more children, using ivf. That's a hard question to answer. I so would love to have more children and realise that I am getting older. I just don't think that I can give up yet. He doesn't understand what I and all of us go through each time we do a cycle. The disappointment and the heartache of either not having a positive result or of losing the tiny being inside :'(

Sorry ladies, just having a moment of being worried my journey to achieve another little miracle will be taken away from me.

Stay safe, good luck and best wishes to all xo.

**hopeful mum** · January 19th, 2015, 09:02 PM

Jane, so exciting. FX that you have great news to tell on the 7th

**juniper76** · January 20th, 2015, 07:13 PM

Tuesday 20 January 2015

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
1 More Please - taking a break (March 2015)
Juniper76 - taking a break
Jo_white - saving for IVF
TubbyPuff - saving for IVF
Adgirl - preparing for March IVF
Hopeful Mum - preparing for February IVF
Emma09 - ???
Bestrong - ???
Jane - CD1
Pholi - CD16
Spoons - CD21

Waiting for Transfer

Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... LTTTC Two Week Wait 2014 #5)

Got their BFP in January

M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Amy_jellybean, Chellico

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**juniper76** · January 20th, 2015, 07:20 PM

Juniper76 spoke with FS today and he mentioned that he used to prescribe pregnyl, but doesn't anymore as there is no evidence that it increases the chance of a successful pregnancy.

It's not something that increases egg quality or anything like that, it's just luteal support. I realise I don't have his expertise or professional experience, but my personal experience has been that it is a very effect method of luteal support. There was a shortage in recent years, so maybe he decided at that time that it wasn't worth the effort since there were more readily available alternatives? Who knows? But after doing an IUI cycle with 250iu FSH (which was enough to have AF arrive early when I was just on 2x crinone daily), I used only 3x 1500iu pregnyl boosters (3, 6 and 10dpo) with NO progesterone and had a 17-day LP, so it clearly worked very effectively as luteal support and 3 injections over the 2ww is a LOT easier than 30-50 crinone or pessaries... A high enough dose of progesterone would achieve the same degree of support, so it's not the end of the world if he doesn't prescribe it any more (as long as he gives you enough progesterone)...

**hopeful mum** · January 20th, 2015, 08:38 PM

Juniper76 thank you for your comment /advice. FS has said that 2 x crinone or pesseries per day is all he is prescribing. I still have some crinone left over from previous cycles so I am thinking that I will do 2 x crinone and 1x pessary per day. Because i am trying a couple of new things this cycle (steroids starting from first day of gonal-f through to pregnancy blood test, and acupuncture) I don't know if taking another drug would be a good idea?

**Pholi** · January 20th, 2015, 11:18 PM

Yes, Spoons, according to my BTs, I had an LH surge on about cd11- I was told to trigger that night, so should have O'd on the Saturday, and tf is tomorrow (Wednesday.)

I can't work out how they decide that tf should be then- by my calculations, Wednesday is 4dpo, and this is a blastocyst that made it to that stage on day 6- so why t/f on day 4?? I don't get it. I'll ask tomorrow.

**Spoons** · January 20th, 2015, 11:28 PM

Good luck, Pholi. I hope they answer your questions tomorrow and that you're comfortable with their reasoning x

**Jane :)** · January 21st, 2015, 10:45 AM

Good luck Pholi.

**corzjayne** · January 21st, 2015, 02:14 PM

Hey canvu please tell me hiw to subscribe to a forum its not comming up with a button v to join with or write a messa g e on the page with.?? Sorry to bother u

**corzjayne** · January 21st, 2015, 02:27 PM

Oh it came up lol.
Im new lol
My name is corzjayne.id love to join this thread.
Hope u all doing well.
Me and my DH ttc 3 yrs no succuss never been pg.
we have been diagnosed with male infertility issues he has low count low motility

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Im 27 and he is 28. We tryed ivf lasf october and got 5 mature eggs.
They had to be frozen as we couldnt get sperm on the day due to dh anxiety.
We have booked to do a egg warmming cycle with icsi and sperm aspiration if no sperm i ejaculation on the 9th of march 2015. Super exited but nervous.
If fertaized clinic will do day 3 transfer with one embyro.one only due to our age.
Im am due to start OCP on 25th jan.
I am anxious but sperm aspiration any tips welcome.
Anyone had succuss fertizatiin with just 5 eggs? I was under stimed due to age concern and amh 18 and first time on fertility meds.
Ws live in western australia but flying to sydney so its all berve racking.

**juniper76** · January 22nd, 2015, 10:43 AM

Thursday 22 January 2015

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
1 More Please - taking a break (March 2015)
Juniper76 - taking a break
Jo_white - saving for IVF
TubbyPuff - saving for IVF
Adgirl - preparing for March IVF
Hopeful Mum - preparing for February IVF
Emma09 - ???
Bestrong - ???
Jane - CD3
Spoons - CD23

Waiting for Transfer

Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... LTTTC Two Week Wait 2014 #5)
Pholi - CD18 1dp5dt (??)

Got their BFP in January

M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Amy_jellybean, Chellico

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**juniper76** · January 22nd, 2015, 10:48 AM

Pholi, I hope your transfer went smoothly. Did you get any answers about the timing? I wasn't sure if I should put you down as a 4dt, 5dt or 6dt, so I went for the middle one, but can easily change it if you want.

corzjane, hi and welcome! We only had 5 eggs in our successful cycle (in my case due to low AMH and DOR). 4 were fertilised with ICSI, only 2 were suitable to transfer (on day 2) and one of them stuck. That was our 5th IVF cycle. We always had 5-7 eggs collected and had good fertilisation rates, but ultimately poor quality embryos due to our specific fertility issues.

**corzjayne** · January 22nd, 2015, 11:46 AM

Hi juniper76 .thats grest 4 out of give fertalized gives me hope

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Picked up bcp today should get my af on sunday.

**1 more please** · January 22nd, 2015, 02:35 PM

Pholi Good Luck, hope all went smoothly and you get your BFP xxxx

**Jane :)** · January 22nd, 2015, 08:01 PM

Welcome corzjayne. Wishing you all the best for this cycle. Our fertilisation rates have been about ywo thirds of the number of eggs collected. But as they say, it only takes one.