IVF advice.

Yep September start. My AF is pretty regular so I can predict within a day or two when it'll arrive. It'll be late August or early sept when it starts. Will ring with my day 1 in August so I can tee up the drugs etc.

Merrily stoked your scan went well.

Crafteachic, that was good about getting the FS appointment a bit quickier.Whether to get fertility cover or not is such a hard question, we didnt but that was in part due to my age and the FS saying it was unlikely i would qualify for it.

I agree about blood tests i was offered another one but i thought if its good thats great they will send me for a scan if its bad they would still send me for a scan. 7 week scan is next wednesday so we will know whats happening then.In the meantime I am trying to keep busy and my mind off it, which is a bit harder said than done. I feel like at the moment i have a lotto ticket that may of won the big prize and Wednesday is the day when you find if it is or not. I am the person who often wont check her tickets for ages as its nice to have the dream!!

Oh Dolly thats good! Good luck for Monday. I am a little freaked just put in one of my pressies and my finger came out with bright red blood on it.. Thinking that doesnt bode well..

*hugs* kiwigirl. Might be that the pessaries are irritating your cervix and causing some bleeding there?

Fingers crossed its nothing to worry about - apparently early bleeding/spotting is common. and as you say it could be that one of the embies didn't make it, but maybe the other one has.

yeah really hard to know about fertility cover - also if we don't choose it this cycle and we need to do more than one we won't be eligible for it any more. I kinda wonder too if we just do the pay as you go and if that cycle doesnt work if we should start looking for a second opinion. ugh. so many tough decisions on this journey.

Hi everyone, small update from me - had ec today, they got 8 eggs. I'm a little surprised (read worried) at how dramatically the numbers have fallen since the original scan, I sure hope that doesn't continue! Nothing we can do I guess but wait til that phone call tomorrow... It is tough on the nerves huh? Hard being stuck in this hotel room too, I would love to be home with my pussycats :)

Dolly know how you feel. Will share my story - first ivf I got 26 eggs, 16 were useable of them 8 fertilised normally and 2 made it to 5 days and freezing.
Ivf 2 got 11 eggs, 4 or 5 fertilised and one made it.
Fully sucks but guess it's also normal to a certain degree.

Hope tomorrow brings good news.

Kiwi are you ok?

Hey Dolly, its hard not to sweet the numbers. Christchurch they told me how many they collected 12, then how many fertilised 10 and then nothing until transfer day. Where I learnt 2 good to go, 1 for freezer and one they were watching. So end of the day we had 10 fertilised and 4 made it.

As others had said it really doesnt matter, its all about the one that makes it!! Though its nice to know you have at least one in the freezer. How is the body feeling? Trust me take your time getting back to your norml routine. I didnt expect to feel so uncomfortable (not painful) for so long. You kind of think eggs out and then in all good but you forget your body has been on hormone overload, your brain on high stresslevels and someone has stuck a needle through the wall of your uteuris!! So you are entitled to relax.

Things at this end: Well apart from intinal stuff described earlier nothing else has hapened. Called FS today just to update them. Dr rang back said she wasnt worried as it wasnt a heavy bleed so they relaxed. Basically keep on pressies, and see how u/s goes on Wednesday.

The reason there can be a big drop in numbers from how many collected to how many fertilise is that not all the follicles have mature eggs in them - but they can't tell that til they've got the eggs out. Hard watching the numbers go down tho, always nice to get some in the freezer if possible.

Take care of yourself Dolly - i once read that ovaries are the size of walnuts, and then the follicles get to around 18mms, just imagine having a bunch of those inside something the size of a walnut....its really stretched, and takes a while to go back to normal, and be comfortable again - and thats not taking into consideration the bloating too, or the needles involved.

Good luck for wednesday Kiwigirl

Hey team, feeling better this morning after a good sleep. The lab called and just 4 of our eggs fertilised, but I'm actually feeling ok with that. On to the next wait!

Yay for Boris Merrily :) Thanks so much for your support everyone xx