Ladies doing IVF or IUI - 2015 (9 BFPs!)

[yummymummy80]

well I had my dr appointment yesterday, but surpringsly the dr has put me on another 3 months of clomid, then if that hasn't worked by april its deffo IVF

 

[Blueflower]

How do you feel about that?

I am CD1 today so officially off the starting block for round 3! 3rd time lucky? Took my first pill and 75mg of baby aspirin. First scan and endometrial scratch is on 18th Feb.

 

[FBTTN8079]

blueflower it has to be third time lucky x

found out today that a our close friends are 7 weeks pregnant x

 

[nicky_25]

Could luck blueflower. Keep positive hun xx found out through fb one of our friends are pregnant too. I'm really ashamed to admit that I felt a twinge of jealousy...feel like a terrible person xx

 

[Blueflower]

Thanks! You are allowed to be envious. I keep seeing babies and pregnant women everywhere, today a woman coming down an escalator caught my eye and then I realised she was rubbing her bump, it was hardly noticeable but I still noticed her!

 

[yummymummy80]

hey blueflower,

hmm I know its not gonna work but the dr seems to think it happened the 2nd time last time itl happen again

 

[KeepItCrossed]

Had a scan today after 5 days of stimming. Only have 4 follicles so far, 1 x 16, 2 x 13 and one 11. Have to go back for another scan on Wed, they may increase my dose. They thought I would have responded better to the meds as my AMH is 16.5. Anyone experienced anything similar? Feeling a bit gutted

 

[Blueflower]

It might work Yummymummy! Are you taking clomid to boost ovulation?

KeepItCrossed, I think the first scan is usually just the start, our clinic always does 3, those sound like good sizes for the first one. You may have some smaller ones they can't see yet. Even if you only get 4, quality is better than quantity. 2 girls who got BFPs at the end of last year only had a few. I had loads both times but only 2 made it to Blastocyst stage each time. I have a similar AMH level: 16.9 Don't worry!

 

[KeepItCrossed]

Thanks Blueflower that's made me feel better. I go back for another scan Wed so fingers crossed. Will try to stop being so paranoid! x

 

[Blueflower]

Its understandable to worry especially when you don't know what to expect. I'm scared about my endometrial scratch, my intralipid infusion, the steroids and the clexane injections. And I keep thinking that my mum will want to see me during the injections and wonder why I have to keep going home early and I'll get more stressed!

And its bloody unfair that we've tried for so long when others get pregnant so easily. I was thinking how many hundreds if times DH and I have had sex but it NEVER works!

BTW were you told that 16.5 was higher than normal for an AMH level? I was told 'good for my age.'

 

[KeepItCrossed]

Wow that's an impressive process, when does that start? Yes, they told me my AMH was high 'for my age'. I googled AMH results at the time and as far as I could see it appears that 17 would be an average score for a 30ish year old.

 

[Blueflower]

I take the pill for 19 days then the scratch is after my first scan. The infusion is at the beginning of March when the steroids start too, about a week before egg collection. Then the Clexane starts after egg collection. Its all because of the high NK cells they discovered in recent tests, we've had good embryos but my immune system may be rejecting them.

That AMH must be high for a 30 year old but good for late 30s then! So high is good?

 

[KeepItCrossed]

Yes high is good, it means there are more eggs left than expected 'for your age'!

 

[Blueflower]

Haha! Phew! I just wondered because when I asked the consultant he said "it depends how you look at it" which confused me!

 

[KeepItCrossed]

They did say however that it gauges how many are left, and gives no indication of the quality. Maybe that's what your consultant meant!

 

[Blueflower]

Yes maybe. I was reading on FBTTN8079's journal that she was told the quality of her eggs when she had IVF. Sounds useful, I might ask this time.

 

[RAFMrs]

Hello ladies, sorry I have been awol but things have been quite hectic. My ivf was going really well with about 16 follicles on scans, went to egg collection last Wednesday and they only managed to get 6 eggs. Of those 4 were mature and ICSI, 3 fertilized over night. Today I had a 5 day transfer of 2 beautiful blastos.
As you can see I didn't have great numbers but sometimes less means better quality. Just keeping everything crossed now but I'm officially PUPO

 

[KeepItCrossed]

Thank you RAFMrs, I will definitely keep that in mind. All the very best to you, that's fantastic. x

 

[Blueflower]

That's great RAFMrs! Our consultant is altering my dose this time so we hopefully get quality rather than quantity. The extra ones never survived the last couple of times anyway.

Let us know how you get on, fingers crossed! How are the Clexane injections?

 

[RAFMrs]

Thank you, only started the clexane today and that was no problem whatsoever, they have been perfectly fine on previous cycles too just get a little bruised, but what's some bruising after everything we go through and to hopefully get our dream come true.