I made the mistake of looking online and seeing how dark some lines are at 6dpt and now I’m nervous. This is after they had been sitting out, second pic is within 10 minutes for 6dpt and then 4DPT fresh pic. Does this look like good?
I’ve had 2 chemicals, so I’m sort of freaking out, but when I am wiping there’s some brown tint. I’ve never had spotting during my wait before, so I don’t know if I should be worried or not? I’ve already got a really good positive today and it’s looking like it’s progressing, then this right after…
Trying not to panic and assume this is a bad sign. Anyone?
Tw: BFP
I have been undergoing treatment for fertility for over a year now, we had 2 chemicals back to back from our 1st and 2nd ivf transfers. I underwent suppression for endometriosis, had another failed transfer. Now, our 4th is the earliest positive ever(4DPT!).
Well, same day I get my positive, my dog becomes suddenly very ill and we’ve spent 6 hours in the ER, and obviously I’ve been devastated and stressed to the max. Been crying on and off.
Of course now I’m also stressed that all of this has ruined everything, even though I know that’s not how it works.
Why is the universe like this?! My dog is getting treatment and they’re optimistic he will be okay, but yeah. What a rollercoaster. 😢
I have a bladder condition so this was probably 1-2 hours hold…so not long haha. FRER, appeared pretty much immediately and just darkened from there. Taken within 10 minutes.
This is our 4th transfer, wasn’t expecting to see anything at 4DPT. It’s harder to capture on film. Picture taken before the 10 minute mark for sure. To me I can see the slight pink, but I’m freaking myself out. Little embryo was hatching.
Has anyone ever had a therapist/family member or friend just repeatedly asking or saying something about ivf never working for you?
I have a therapist I started seeing in January while doing my endometriosis suppression, and it started out fine…
But she frequently will say, “if you could know this could end with a baby in your arms, this would be easier to cope with, but there’s just no way to know that.” Or something to that effect to most of my voicing my thoughts or emotions. I could even just be talking about where we are and how stressed I am and she will reply like this. I get it and she wants to be realistic with me, but I’m starting to feel like it’s only made me spiral worse through this process.
She’ll also say, “there’s nothing I can say/I don’t know what to say.” I think I just need some confirmation that I’m not losing it and these responses are really not that helpful?
Super specific but just as the title says. Are there are studies on this? Like do blasts that reexpand faster or start to hatch after being thawed have higher success rates or are they more likely to be normal?
So, my clinic is super specific on when to start PIO and when to arrive at the clinic, etc. which makes perfect sense.
I always follow their instructions.
But I’m seeing the standard for day 5 blasts is 120 hours, and mine are never even close to that. It’s always been 113-115 hours. I’m looking into this now and totally baffled. Should I be inquiring or pushing to wait longer? I’ve had 2 chemicals and 1 implantation failure. If this one fails I think I’ll do the ERA…
Just a vent, looking for support. Trying to come to terms with the fact I’ll likely need a laproscopy.
Everyone in the endometriosis groups I’m in keeps telling me to just have a laproscopy, that it works. I don’t do well with surgery and would give anything to avoid it. But we’ve already done suppression for endo and had 1 failed transfer.
The surgeon did said not to do laproscopy to get pregnant though, because she doesn’t feel it matters. My RE said the same and thinks I should just keep transferring(which I also don’t agree with). Mentally I’m falling apart and not sure what to do and how to keep going. I’m a resilient person, but this process has made me lose hope and truly made me lose the will to keep going in day to day life.
I already have 3 therapists, we’ve taken several vacations recently, we’ve tried just staying in, so please don’t suggest just taking a break. This really isn’t going to change my mental state.
I just really don’t want a surgery, but feel backed into a corner while also being told that it won’t do jack all by professionals. Everyone suggests a REI, but I’ve had EXTENSIVE testing for immunology and it’s all normal, plus my RE doesn’t believe in it. And no, I can’t change clinics. None of the ones in my area will take my embryos.
Feeling totally defeated and genuinely grieving this seems like it very likely won’t happen for us.
I’m getting super close to my lining check for transfer 4, and I’m really starting to feel discouraged again.
We’ve covered a lot of ground, but it just doesn’t feel like there’s a “right” path. Some people tell me I should do a laparoscopy before trying again, others say I should have all the biopsies done, and multiple REs have told me to just transfer again. I’ve been told I need to see a reproductive immunologist. Before that, there was a bunch of OTHER stuff I was being told to do by the communities. It just feels so endless and like I’m never doing enough.
I’ve had RPL bloodwork, HSG, hysteroscopy, all the basic bloodwork. We do baby aspirin, Claritin and prednisone with the transfers. We’ve tried suppression for my endometriosis, we’ve tried having me be more relaxed during transfer(Valium). We’ve done modified natural and medicated(can’t do natural, my lining is too thin). We’ve checked progesterone after starting PIO and after natural ovulation.
2/3 embryos were tested normal with pgta. I’ve had immunology testing before ivf for suspected issues…everything is normal. Literally everything comes back normal. The only thing I have confirmed is endometriosis.
We’re using donor sperm. All of our blasts are great to good quality. I’m 31 and my spouse is under 35(whose eggs we’re using). Minus my sort of thin ish lining, everything looks picture perfect. Yet, all we have gotten over 6 attempts are two chemicals. Nothing else. This time we’re trying to get my lining closer to 8mm, and I was treated with antibiotics just in case endometritis is an issue.
I will be seeing an immunologist in May if this attempt fails, and will be scheduling my laproscopy too, but I’m just at such a loss at this point. It feels like this just isn’t meant to happen. Everything looks great.
Oh and even my TSH is .9 so low. It all looks great on paper. At this point I’m tired of trying to dig when it’s just wasting money. Maybe it really is just bad luck. I don’t know anymore.