Juniper, I am so sorry your transfer was cancelled. Maybe a healthier lifestyle in the New Year will be good for both of you. Try and get yourselves into a good routine and a stress free one. Definitely see a gynae about the endometriosis, you shouldn’t have so much pain! And maybe a new mindset will help put you in a better place for the next cycle. (or maybe it will happen naturally)
Daisie, my FS was the same, I had to have a hysteroscopy before starting IVF. She wanted to check my lining to make sure all was ok, and that there was no endometriosis or anything else that may cause the embryo not to stick. They found a small cyst under my fallopian tube and removed that, but otherwise all seemed ok.
Rob, you are so right. My DH wrote down a ton of questions on our first FS visit, and I thought he was neurotic, but we got a lot of answers and advise, probably more than we would have gotten if we didn’t have questions to ask. And each of the initial visits, he had additional questions. He also has a friend in the UK who has been through IVF (2 positive pregnancies - 3 babies (twins) - a couple of miscarriages and several IVF's - so there is hope out there) and he was getting lots of things from his procedure.
We just went for “counselling” yesterday to explain the procedures and risks etc. This seems a bit late, as we are almost ready for EPU (sorry, I am very excited as this is my first IVF) Anyway, they explained the ICSI, and basically, the eggs have a thicker shell with IVF procedure what with all the drugs you have in your system, so the sperm may not be able to penetrate. ICSI basically injects the sperm into the egg, so the sperm doesn’t have to get through the egg’s barrier. This is also done if there are any issues with the sperm, and Daisy, as you only got 1 egg fertilised on the first cycle, this way is more guaranteed of actually fertilising the egg
AFM, I have been on 150 Gonal F for 6 days, I went in for my first scan yesterday, and I have 10 eggs on Right side, and 15 on Left side, with about 13 of them a 6 or bigger, which is a good size for where I am. So we have another scan on Thursday, and then we see if we do EPU on Saturday or Monday. I am very excited about this all. I know I shouldn’t get my hopes up, but you have to just a little right?
Murraycod, how often do you go for acupuncture?
Everyone else, if I don’t pop in again, have a great Christmas, and lets all try and relax and enjoy it a little bit!
Sorry, I'm a bit all over the place. Can I blame it on the meds
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