r/IVFAfterSuccess

Hi there — I’m new to this subreddit. I feel incredibly lucky to say that I’m officially 4 weeks postpartum with our first baby, born through IVF. We are over the moon, so it feels a little crazy to even be thinking about another child, but I have my 6 week postpartum visit coming up and I know my doctor will want to talk about birth control. We know that we would like to try for at least one more child, and we do have embryos banked already. My clinic recommends waiting at least 12-18 months; I know there are never guarantees in this crazy process, but if I could have my ideal world, I would love to have kids two years apart if we could be so lucky. Prior to TTC, I was on hormonal IUDs for 8 years; I tolerated those well, but there is a sneaky anxious voice in my head that wonders if the IUD could have somehow contributed scarring or something that made it so hard for us to conceive. I have no evidence for this, just anxiety. At the same time, I really didn’t love the brief stint I had on the pill during my IVF cycles though maybe I just wasn’t on them long enough to adjust in those instances. So I’m curious — what have folks here done for birth control between kids?

Had my first FET (pursued ivf after a 13 wk trisomy loss and full term stillbirth on 9/16/25) on 6/19. All was well but I have been progressively coming down with a cold since 2dpt (no fever). Anyone had a similar experience that went on to have a pregnancy??

Spiraling a bit 😮‍💨

Success after delay

Hi everyone! I am searching for success stories for people that had their fet pushed out by a few days due to hormone issues.

Even though I'm using four estrogen patches my serum estrogen level dropped down to 13 even though my lining still looks great, tiliminear at 8.2. Right now they're adding oral estrogen and pushing me out a few days. I am trying to remain hopeful but can't help but feel a little defeated. Anyone have success dealing with their transfer being moved out a few days due to this reason or similar reason?

How many FETs did it take for you to succeed in your 40s? Did you investigate the uterus after a failed FET?

I’m just wondering.

I had one successful IVF pregnancy almost two years ago with a healthy son. I had the classic symptoms you would associate with implantation.
Last November I did a transfer which failed, I had absolutely no symptoms.

Now, I have a day 5 embryo that was transferred last week. Again, absolutely zero symptoms.

As the title says, my curiosity got the better of me and in the afternoon I tested. Got absolutely nothing, completely blank.

Is there still a chance? I am on day 8 now but I decided not to test until beta

Hey everyone.
So i succeded in getting pregnant at our first try with a 5 day frozen embryo. I have adenymiosis so have been taking progestorone 4 times a day. Have also been taking Estrofem and Prolutex. Unfortunately there were no heart beat when we had the 8 week scan yesterday. We are so sad. Any simular stories where you later on have had IVF succes again and had a baby? I already have a 2,5 year old. Im from Denmark so sorry for my Danglish

We were extremely lucky to have a baby in early 2025 after 2 egg retrievals and 4 transfers (2 failure to implant, 1 MMC and finally our bub).

We had one tested embryo left and recently transferred it hoping to have a second child, unfortunately this transfer was not successful.

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I'm not ready to close the door just yet and we've decided to start a whole new round. Im nervous as we're both older now (37f and 38m) and we always had high attrition rates from egg collection to embryo.

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I was honestly just hoping somebody else had also decided to do a full IVF cycle after a successful birth and share their journey?

and feeling like I am so close but so far. For context: 1 LC (3 years old), 1 13-week MC /D&E (trisomy 21) on 10/4/24 and 1 full term stillbirth (Quinn, 9/16/25).

Even though we are transferring a highly graded, PGT-A tested embryo, I just have been on the losing side of the most horrific statistics (holding my 7 lb, 9oz dead daughter is the most excruciating pain I have ever felt), so like, why would it work?

I guess I am wondering what mantras gave you all hope during hopeless time. I can't even let myself think that FET will work for the fear of jinxing everything. We went the IVF route because we wanted to ensure no chromosome abnormality/decrease chance of MC due to PGT-A and the promise of early and frequent monitoring.

Thanks all

Hello,

I am so grateful that I found this community. I apologize in advance for this urgent request.

I finally booked my consultation. It’s virtual and on Monday. My support person (who is also a mother) has a personal situation and needed to cancel.

I’m a widow. I have no kids. I’m doing this on my own with the help from support people. I have the ability to support my future baby. I just know next to nothing about this topic compared to this subreddit.

I’m really hoping a compassionate woman sees this and would be willing to possibly attend the appointment with me online this Monday. I am so sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you for any help

We have a 10 yo (also conceived through IVF, which he knows about). This is our fourth cycle trying for a sibling, he doesn't know about any of the previous ones. It has been difficult to keep him in the dark, especially when I needed surgery for an ectopic pregnancy.

Now, he's on summer break, and egg retrieval is planned at the end of next week when we don't have anyone who can look after him (everyone is either working or on vacation). I have a really difficult time going through ER, and also can't drive myself due to the drugs, so going in alone isn't really an option.

Different staff has repeatedly asked if our son knows about the IVF:s, so I just assume some people do tell their older kids. Which is why I'm considering telling him.

Obviously, it won't solve the issue that we don't have a sitter, but I suppose he and my husband could be in the waiting room while I do the procedure. Since it's a private fertility clinic with the words IVF in the name (and again, he knows what that means), it would be very hard to pretend I'm there for anything else.

So, has anyone here told their older kids about going through IVF while trying for a sibling? If so, do you have any advice on how to handle it?

Has anyone had bleeding around 9dp6dt and still gone on to get a positive test?
I’m currently 9dp6dt (day 6 frozen embryo transfer).
Yesterday I started having light bleeding. It’s bright red at times, but much lighter than my normal period. It mostly comes when I stand up or use the bathroom, and I’m only getting a few drops on a pantyliner.
I’ve also had period-like cramps since yesterday.
What confuses me is that my basal body temperature actually increased this morning instead of dropping.
I tested today and it was negative, but my official test day isn’t until 20 June.
Has anyone experienced:
bleeding around 8–9dp6dt
period cramps
an initially negative test
and still ended up with a positive beta or positive home test later?
Looking for honest experiences, especially success stories. ❤️

We went through 3 yrs of infertility/IVF (3 rounds with zero blasts, 4th gave us 3 embryos) before finally having our daughter. She is 2 and an absolute angel, I could not be more grateful. Honestly sometimes I can’t believe that we even had success. In March we went for transfer #2, thinking it worked the first time so why wouldn’t it work again? Wrong.

My next FET is end of July. I do have stage 4 endo with adeno, and that was excised 3 years ago which I believe was a huge part of our success and why I had my daughter. I’m thinking that had something to do with why our last transfer failed, so we did the 3 months of lupron and letrozole and I’ll go straight into a medicated cycle.

I have gut feelings about things, and something in me just felt that the last transfer wouldn’t work and so it didn’t. But I feel strongly about this one, it has to work; maybe we were only meant to have 2 kids and anyways it’s our last embryo, so it has to work.

Can anyone maybe share words of wisdom, did a previous transfer fail and the next one after suppression worked? Thanks in advance 🩵

Hi everyone,

We are planning for IVF in the Cleveland, OH area. It would appreciate if you share your experience and suggest us best doctors around the area. I am 38 years old and my wife is 35 years, and we know IVF is the only solution. Thank you!