Best of luck with the FET Saffy :hug:
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Best of luck with the FET Saffy :hug:
Clinic just rang. Hcg now negative (no surprise there) and they definitely think it began to implant but stopped. I wonder if PGD would prevent that?? Iykwim....
We are doing a FET this cycle. I wasn't sure but DP wants to give it a go...
Back later for persies x
Hi everyone,
I too was wondering where everyone was up to...
AFM, I'm taking a month off after a very full-on time with surgery, stim cycle and FET without a break. FS called on Monday night and answered a few of my questions. She is still confident that she can get us pregnant and said that the fact we make (what appear to be) such good embryos is a big factor in our favour. She is sending me for a whole lot more testing so hopefully that sheds some light on what is going on. From what I can tell the testing is for all the clotting issues- prothrombin gene, factor V leider gene, MTHFR, etc.
How is everyone else?
Im so sorry n2l. I know nothing anyone can say can make this right :hug: I hope things go well for you for your FET.
I also got my BFN this week. Had a BT on Wed which my FS rang me to give me the results at work! Which left me totally unprepared!! I think I knew it was coming, but it didn't make it any easier. I still bawled like a baby
(thankfully in my office) in front of my work mates who happened to walk in when I was talking to my FS. :cry: So he wants me to have a month off to recover. Has anyone else had to do this after a stimulation cycle? We are thinking of having Dec off also so we can enjoy christmas without the stress of money, appointment etc. Which rules me out for the rest of the year!!!! We are gutted.
I'm just so emotionally rung out. I know this is only my first IVF failure, but I still feel as though I lost a potential baby. Stupid I know.
Oh well. Af has arrived today, so I guess I just need to hope the next few months go super quick!
I hope everyone is doing ok.
Take care
Hey Rach,
I totally understand that feeling and I'm sorry Honey, but in my experience it only gets worse... And of course it's the loss of a potential baby! People talk about miscarriage as being an unacknowledged loss but so is this. As far as I'm concerned, it is alive when they transfer the embryo and all of your hopes and dreams amp up at that very moment.
As for the break, I think it is standard practice after a stim cycle to have a month off. When you consider what your body has been through, it makes sense that you should let everything get back on track. When the fresh transfer after our last stim (our second) failed, my FS advised I move straight into an FET without a break because I had just had surgery to remove endometriosis scarring so we need to take advantage of the cleaned up environment. But I think that's quite unusual.
My best advice to you would be look after yourself every step of the way and allow yourswelf to feel this pain, otherwise it will come back to get you...
Hugs to you, Darling!
Sorry meg :( enjoy the break as much as you can and I hope your body recovers quickly
N2L best of luck with the frostie this month.
Hugs all
Sorry for BFN everyone- so disappointing and heartbreaking.
N2L we can be FET buddies maybe?? My AF is due in a week, so maybe I will be a week behind you x
Meg-I just saw my FS and got a path slip with clotting tests on too, I'm glad things are being checked for us, I hope you get some answers hun. I don't have to pay for blood tests ( I work for the healthcare system that owns the path company) so I told him to test away!!
Rach- I know the feeling, its really devastating to go through all that and get a bfn at the end
Hi everyone else xx
I am sooo happy with my new FS, he is caring, I didn't have to beg for tests ( he suggested it) and he was genuinely disappointed that I miscarried. So cos I have had 3 m/c now he is doing clotting tests, I will do my FET when I get my next AF and he thinks I can fit in 2 FETs this year! WooHoo!! We talked about transferring 2 but if I can do 2 fets this year and get onto a stim early next year then I am happy with that. Just don't want to leave another stim cycle too late, the clock is ticking...
I'm so sorry to hear of more BFN's - they really suck and there is just nothing that anyone can say to help.
I am doing my trigger shot tonight and then its on to a TWW for me. Excited but also dissapointed as I have somehow gone from two great follies and one just behind them to only the one that will ovulate. Oh well I guess it only takes one huh! Unfortunately if it doesn't work it will be a forced break for us too. I will have to have a lap to investigate my tubes further and then its going to be December so I guess this is it for this year! Fingers crossed.
Hope you are all going ok.
Thanks meg for your kind words and advice. Feeling a bit better today. Good luck with your testing! I hope you're able to get some answers.
Saffy good luck with your FET. That's awesome that you can get 2 in before the end of the year! I hope things go smoothly for you. Are you having a medicated or natural cycle?
Keta I hope your trigger went well, and I hope your tww is a quick one! I only ever got 1 follie with my IUI. It was either 1 or too many meaning I had to cancel the cycle. But as you say, it only takes one!
To top off my week of getting my BFN, a friend who knows what I am going through, and was actually with me when I got the bad news, sent me a text inviting me to her baby shower no less than 24 hours later!!!! Seriously!!!! Are you freaking kidding me!!!!! Talk about a lack of sensitivity!!!! :o
The world is against me I'm sure of it.....
Rach I can't believe your friend did that she really must not have been thinking!:comfort: It is really hard when people don't think before they say things. I know often they wouldn't mean to have been hurtful but it doesn't make it any easier.
My trigger went ok and Im pretty sure I ovulated so now its wait and see because therest is out of my hands. I was so so bloated over the weekend and had to pee constantly. Not sure if this was from the trigger but either way it was really uncomfortable. On a positive my viens are so happy they will not be *****ed for a while - Im really bruise and with the warm weather coming its getting harder to cover up and the "I donated blood" excuse is only going to last so long;)
Hope everyone had a nice weekend and a positive week aead.
HI Keta, good luck for your tww!! Are you solo in the tww, its weird normally there is more people, hopefully you will have a tww friend soon. My arms bruise really badly from blood tests too, it is embarrassing but most people at my work know about ivf so its not too bad.
Rach- thats really bad timing, its like people do things like that on purpose!! We had a similar thing happen, the weekend we went away to celebrate DH's 40th his brother txted the morning of to announce they were utd ( unexpectedly) and due when we would have been if we didn't miscarry-omg I could NOT believe the bad timing, Dh waas so upset. I'm having a medicated FET to answer your question, the first FET I did I had spotting through the whole tww so I don't trust my body to act normally when its meant to!
Hi everyone else, hope you're keeping dry if you are in Vic xx
afm- had 9 tubes of blood taken this morning to check if I have a clotting disorder causing my m/c, my gut feeling is no but I'm no expert so will wait and see.
Saffy - 9 vials? That's a lot! I hope for you that the results come back all clear. :hug:
AFM - CD6 here, CD7 scan tomorrow after 100 mg clomid CD2-6. Any idea what size follies I should have?
Sorry for the lack of persies, clomid induced headache.
It's so quiet in here...
Scan this morning, 3 big follicles, 16.5, 16 and 13.5, and 2 around 11. What the? I have to go back for another scan in 2 days to make sure none of the small ones pick up. Looks like I'll be triggering thursday CD9 for IUI CD10.
This seems so wrong to me. Lining was 6.5mm what seems like 2 days before O, is that thick enough?
M - it is pretty quiet in here isn't it. I hope your headache has eased and you keep just those three big follies. I have no idea about lining (they just told me mine was good this time and I didn't ask what defined good/bad) - sorry. Hope it alll goes well.
Saffy - yep it looks like it is just me in the 2ww. So I guess I'll post to myself if I start to go to insane :lol:
Not sure if this is normal (Im using prgesterone pessaries) but I am having a lot of cramping. It is way to early for implantation (trigger was Friday night) so hoping my body is at least going to give any possible fertilised eggy a chance. It has been such a wierd cycle (I supose first time using injectables will do that!) because I started with 2 big follies and one small. Then Wed I had what I thought was o pain then at scan just one follie on the right. So they triggered and then on Sunday morning I was certain I had the same 'o' pains. Hopefully we caught the egg and it is getting ready to be very sticky. Argh two weeks of this! :p
maruschke- I think 6.5 is ok, cos it just has to be over 8mm and grows 1mm a day ( from memory). I don't know much about follies wih IUI cos with ivf the more the better so I hope everything is set to go.
keta-I think some peopel get cramping with progesterone, I don't though. That sounds confusing, god knows whats going on, my (natural) cycle was weird this month too so maybe its something in the air xx
If you triggered friday night you probably ovulated sunday morning so that sounds about right :). I wonder if the two big follies ovulated on wednesday/thursday, then the little one caught up and ovulated sunday? That's so weird but fx it works out for the best. Sorry I can't help with cramping as i get it at weird times through my cycle too.:
Phew thanks so much! I just did an OPK and it is negative so I have at least another few days to get to 8 mm. Where are you at? I'm sorry I've lost track... best of luck with the FET. When do you get your BT results back?:
My next scan is thursday at 6.10 am. Holy Cow.
DD1 just walked into the garden and saw how much the bok choy has grown and said "holy smokes' :lol:.
holy smokes- thats v cute!
I'm just waiting for AF, I think I am around CD22 today, but still not convinced 100% I O'd this cycle so will be pleased if she shows up at normal time. Then I will do a FET. Will check my blood results tomorrow at work myself, Im sure if there was a prob the clinic would call.
Sick of waiting waiting waiting for cycles to start etc- I JUST WANT TO BE PREGNANT!!
All those ladies in the TWW.........i'm here for the ride too! I'm new to the forum, so just found this thread about the dreaded tww :). Love to know if anyone else has experienced thick "snotty like" mucous after a ET? It started about 5 days after my ET (it was a 6 day old frozen blastie)...............on day 2 after ET had really bad cramps but just a few little twinges since then. None of these symptoms were present for my last ET earlier in the year. We have our test on tuesday next week, so only a few more days, I really don't want another BFN! Wishing us all BFP's!
Snot is good! :lol:
I've had snotty CM every pg. Hang in there!
Maruschke, I hope you are right! This suspense is just killing me............ok, I'm hoping for more "snot" now lol hahaha. Thank you for the reassurance :)
PS I see from the chatter in this thread that you are due for an IUI on Friday. Good luck :pray:
Oh and my lining is often very thin (under the 8mm requirement) before O, then it seems to thicken up, so I'm sure yours will too :)
Halydrew, if it were me I would test (it would show up either way by now) but i am naughty ;)
Are you on any luteal phase support?? (crinone? Pregnyl? Etc)
My lining is 8.5mm today, is that good? I should O tomorrow sometime.
nothing2lose - I did a test earlier in the week, but it was negative (it was only day 5 from transfer though - so probably too early then). I'm too scared to test again, I don't want to see another negative!
using Crinone once daily.
Maruschke - my FS says a lining of at least 8mm before O is fine - nothing to worry about, as it will definitely thicken after O :)
Just had a review appointment with my FS.
Cut a long story short she thinks I shouldnt give up until I have transferred a total of 14 embies. I have done half that.
She has put me on clexane for this FET, along with progesterone pessaries. She is not convinced I hAve a problem with clotting but she doesn't think it will hurt.
I also asked for Metformin to help me lose weight and she gave it to me. Fingers crossed it will help!!!!
N2L- I just had a phone call from my FS and my clotting bloods were abnormal ( anticardiolipin antibodies :confused:) soI am going to be on clexane and aspirin too- we will be pin cushions together!! :doh: I'm glad your FS is confident- good luck!
N2L - that is progress, I hope it's the combo that gets you your sticky bfp :hug:
AFM - I am dangerously excited because everything is going well.
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Hi ladies,
I wasn't going to come crash your 'party' but I think I will need support with people who are going through AC too. We are due to start our first IVF cycle. I did three round of IUI over last year/early this year (no result), then took a break and was basically NTNP with no luck. Was hoping for a sneaky surprise but alas AF showed today. So, off to the clinic tomorrow & will most probably start injecting Saturday (?) Apart from my family and some online friends, no-one knows we are doing IVF (I have told others that we will most probably start next year). I told alot of people about IUI b/c I felt we would have success but it was difficult telling everyone that we had no luck & I don't want that added pressure.
Anyway, what a long intro!
:goodluck: to everyone this cycle x
Hi lovelies,
Saffy I just had to post to say in the nicest possible way so glad your BT picked something up and you can now treat it.
N2L yay to you too that your FS is willing to try Clexane.
I personally think Clexane was the biggest reason I got a BFP after 7 transfers. I hope it makes all the difference for you both too.
Maruschke good luck for your coming IUI x
Hayldrew I would be testing now too, good luck and fingers crossed snot is a good sign.
Hi to everyone else. Xx
RCC - FX for first cycle success :)
Well I caved in and did the home test this morning - but that dreaded one line appeared :(..........so disappointed, but I guess there might still be a glimmer of hope for the blood test on tuesday. At least now I wont be so disappointed if it's a negative - I would have had some time to prepare for it at least. I'm still not 100% sure about the homes tests, I have never had any luck with the ovulation predictor tests - even when I had ovulated (confirmed by bloods) and been testing for weeks before hand. Maybe I'm just in denial about this mornings results................
Morning all :)
Halydrew, sorry about your BFN :( we all know how hard it is to get your hopes up only to have them dashed. Unfortunately, it doesn't get any easier. Nothing I can say to take away the disappointment and pain. I can only say sorry this month wasn't your month. I agree with you that it is better to find at home by yourself than wait for that dreaded phone call. That's why i test...Take care x
Maruschke - Hope all goes well today and praying that this is your month :pray: See you in the 2ww (hopefully!!!) in a week or so!
Rhi - welcome to our little thread!! Not many people know this but this is a very exclusive thread reserved for the most gorgeous and highly intelligent of the BB women (shhhhhh! Don't tell the others ;) ) Seriously though, I know how hard it has been for you to take this step. I hope and pray your IVF journey is smooth and short. Remember, we are all here if you need us and we know what you are going through. Take care x
hi Saffy :hello: praying Clexane is the answer both of us have been looking for :pray:
AFM: cd 9. Have a scan on Monday morning to check for ovulation. I imagine if all goes well, my transfer will be any day from Wednesday onwards...It will be embie # seven that I have transferred. Seven is my lucky number :)
Maybe my home test could be wrong? I don't know how often they are wrong...........gee this sucks! I really thought this month was going to be the one. I can't bear the thought of going through a family christmas with my sister who is at the moment a few months pregnant with twins........maybe we should just just disappear this christmas and for my DH and I just to sit at home on our own away from everyone and everything.
I wonder why I had so many signs this time, where as last time there was nothing and I was expecting the negative. This time there have been so many more signs that lead towards it having worked...............oh I really don't know what to feel right now :(
Hayldrew, I'm not sure what to say...Anything's possible but the tests are usually pretty accurate :( What brand did you use?? If you had a 6day blast transferred, it would have implanted a day or two after transfer and started producing HCG the next day or so. It should show on a sensitive test a day or so after that.
With regards to symptoms, I find mine are different every cycle. I still agonise over every little one. I think the trick is not to believe any of them until you get a positive blood test. Soooo hard not to though.
I really hope I am wrong and your miracle happens this month.
I used a first response test. You are probably right........I'm just so disappointed and don't want to believe it! :(
Sorry about the BFN Haly :( that really blows.
n2L - not long now :) FX for your lucky transfer #7!
IUI went fine, 33 mil pre wash (57% rapid) and 25 mil post wash (58% rapid motile). The only thing that bothers me is how early it is, I am only CD10, so I hope those eggs were mature enough. Oh well, TWW here we come.
In anticipation for Tuesday's official results, I have just rang and booked an appointment with another clinic. My DH and I haven't been 100% happy with our current clinic since the beginning, and we said going into this FET cycle that if it wasn't successful we were going to change over. Well the new clinic are wonderful already! I got in for the 9th of November! No waiting for a month or more to get into our current FS! So the upcoming appointment might be good timing to get in for another cycle before xmas! Well I really hope so anyway...........one of our 10 embies is surely going to work! :pray:
Good luck to you all still waiting it out - wishing you all BFPs! :)
Maruschke - FX for you, I really hope this cycle is your time!
n2l - I knew this thread was super special! Thanks for the warm welcome
hayldrew - sorry the test was neg, but it could be too early or faulty, you never know. Until AF shows, you still are in with a shot. If this cycle is not successful, allo the best at the new clinic. My gf changed clinics & is pg with twins now!
AFM - My head is spinning from all the info & extra meds. Even though I did IUI I only did the puregon (now on gonal f), the trigger and that was it. But now I am injecting nights, then morning & nights and I have to do the crinone (sp?) later in the cycle. Luckily my nurse is lovely and I can call her with stupid q's at anytime! I start tonight too, which I didn't think I would CD2....
Rhi :hug: just think, in 26 days time you may be holding a positive pregnancy test and it will all be worth it :hug:.
^^ I hope for all of us. LTTTC is horrible then to add in AC makes it worse
RhiChiChi - my gp said yesterday that I'm still too early to test, she indicated that it needs to be minimum 10 days from frozen transfer for a test to be accurate and better still 14 days to be sure if AF hasn't happened by then............so maybe a miracle might happen on tuesday when I have the blood test :pray:............I can only hope.
All the best for success this cycle - wishing you a BFP! And I agree LTTTC really sucks - so best of luck to everyone in this boat! :grouphug: