Who had Success first go with IVF/ICSI

[{sarah}]

Our first IVF/ISCI was a big success, our baby girl will be two next Monday

[kimbe]

Purple chic - just thought i'd add my glimmer of hope...due to DH vas many many moons ago and a failed (and very costly) reversal, we underwent ICSI with sperm asp. in 2007. We only got 6 eggs at EPU (despite LOTS of follies) and after ICSI only 2 viable - A 2 dayer fortunately produced our DD (2 yrs). The other is being transfered by FET tomorrow (if it thaws), but i'm being realistic it might not happen again and we may have just struck it lucky 1st go. I really do think it is individual and no statistics will represent your situation. Best of luck with it all, we can only hope and pray and try to keep ourselves sane while we go through this journey!!!

[KitKat72]

Dear PurpleChic,

Just to give you some more hope, I've been doing my first round of IVF (ICSI, to be precise) over the past month, and just found out today that it's resulted in a BFP! And that happened even though I only had 6 follies at EPU, which resulted in only 2 embies (4 didn't fertilize despite using ICSI). (I just realized this sounds a lot like what happened to Kimbe -- funny!) So it CAN happen to you, and you don't need boatloads of embryos to have a valid shot, either. I wish you the best of luck with your cycle!!

Kitkat72xx

PS. Kimbe, making us even more similar, I have one frozen blasty, just like you. More importantly, however, how did your FET go today? I'm wishing you the best of luck! FX that the thaw was successful and that you had no problems with the transfer.

[PurpleChic]

Hi KitKat
Thanks for your post. It does give me hope thank you. What is BFP i am so new to the IVF and Forum lingo. I probably sound so silly. Most I can work out. Who did you go through which Dr.
It's good talking to others about this. And I haven't even started yet.

[PurpleChic]

Hey Kimbe. Hope all went well today. I hope our journey will be uncomplicated. It would be nice to think it could happen first go emotionally and financially. But I am being realistic too. Fingers crossed for you. We both have children from previous relationships so am hoping it will be smooth sailing.

[KitKat72]

Hi PurpleChic,

A BFP is a Big Fat Posivite . . . pregnancy test! Specifically, the "official" one that the fertility clinic does at the end of your cycle to see how it turned out. Mine was a blood test measuring quantitative HCG levels (the pregnancy hormone), and my test today showed that I am pregnant! Hooray! (I've never gotten this far before in my entire life . . .)

Kitkat72

PS. I'm with City Fertility here on the Gold Coast. They have been great. I see you're in Brisbane, so I don't know if it makes sense to bother telling you who my doctor is since he is down here on the coast. If you'd like to know, let me know and I'll PM you.

[PurpleChic]

Hi KitKat
Did you check out different clinics before you decided on City Fertility. If so how did they compare to others in service and price. Or did you choose them on recommendation. I'm just so confused of who to go to and which Dr. I'm leaning towards City Fertility. Thinking of Dr Neil Astill. Has anyone used him for IVF. or can anyone recommend any other Dr's, Thanks to those who have.