Hi there,

l had my blood test today and my reading was 18 and my nurse said that it should be up around the 50's.... l have to now have another blood test this Friday to see if my result reading increases... l've had some more blood when l go to the toilet and a bit of discharge - l'm feeling that this first embryo inplant may not work.... should l keep my hopes up... has anyone had a low reading in their blood test and how did it turn out - possitive or negative..

i'm really hoping that l dont get my period !!!! l felt so empty today, lÃ*ke some how its my fault that l was unable to hold the embryo..... l just feel so empty !! l'm hoping that when l go back on friday my blood test result count increases...

Hi Rols - nice to hear from a guy going through IVF - lts hard on both women and men... IVF is not a cheap process - but in the long run if you walk away with a baby then we would probably pay anything !!! I'm going through the Monash IVF at Epworth in richmond - Melb and all up we have paid about $4,000, but you get 80% back from medicare once you have reached the 1,000 thresh hold..!

The nurse told me that l may have to go through another stim cycle in July - if l get my period this month then on my next period cycle - l should go through another one - as we only have 1 embryo frozen and for some reason if it doesnt survive the thaw then we can do another stim cycle.