First IVF

frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

April 8, 2017 at 11:01 amHi,

We are starting IVF this week... feeling a little nervous and was wondering if anyone was also starting now. Would be nice to have support over the next two cycles. Would also love any positive IVF stories from anyone. DH has very low morphology but all of my tests are normal and I have a lot of healthy eggs apparently so hoping this does the trick.

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ChartingWithWh…
Since 4/2013ChartingWithWhitney
Since 4/2013

April 10, 2017 at 9:57 amI know there are other gals here going through IVF, so I'm sure you can connect with them. Sending positive thoughts to you and your husband on your journey!!

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frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

April 11, 2017 at 4:16 pmThanks for the support! Excited to be on our path.

trekgirl
Since 10/2016trekgirl
Since 10/2016

April 17, 2017 at 9:07 amI'm not currently doing IVF, but I got pregnant from my first IVF cycle 3 years ago. Our's is female infertility - I have endo, low AMH, and anovulation. Still, I managed to get 9 good eggs and have great fertilitization with ICSI. The nice thing about IVF is that they can bypass a lot of infertility issues. In your case, they can pick out the strongest, best sperm and inject it right into the egg (if you opted for ICSI). Good luck to you!

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frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

April 17, 2017 at 1:56 pmThanks for sharing trekgirl. We are indeed doing ICSI so we are hoping that helps. I've had 3 chemical pregnancies, possibly a 4th in the last 6 months. I also have MTHFR. I'm still just on the BCP in prep for injections which will start next week. Again, thanks for sharing... it's helpful as the days countdown to this retrieval :)

frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

April 18, 2017 at 8:29 amHi Sarahm... you're a little ahead of me. I will start the stims next week. How are you feeling?

OvaGraph User
Since 12/2019OvaGraph User
Since 12/2019

April 18, 2017 at 3:31 pmGood Luck to you both!

kristatje
Since 8/2015kristatje
Since 8/2015

April 18, 2017 at 10:14 pmthats very good!! 19 follicles total, of both right and left and also less than 10?

-Krista
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frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

April 19, 2017 at 9:37 amThanks kellylovescharting! Sarahm-
19 follicles does sound very good! Sorry you're feeling uncomfortable. Of course I ended up with a bladder flare (basically the symptoms of a bladder infection without a bacteria as the cause) and am now trying everything to help it go down before we start next week. I think it happened in part because of the BCP as mine are sometimes hormonally triggered. Going to accupuncture today to try to get some relief.

kristatje
Since 8/2015kristatje
Since 8/2015

April 21, 2017 at 9:48 amHAHA sarahm!! Thats so funny, yes its totally fine to wear PJ bottoms all day haha!!! I did that too, with both retrieval and transfers because everything seemed to get so tight. yay!! Thats awesome!! 20 is really good! Hopefully it gets more and more, but not too many :P

-Krista
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frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

April 21, 2017 at 10:31 amHa! I literally just ordered some pants that are basically "fancy" pajama pants because I know there is no way I will be able to put on jeans. I can barely make myself wear tight jeans now! Pajama pants also seem to go with the NyQuil
feeling theme so I think you are all good;)

I've been dealing with chronic bladder issues so my love affair with wine and coffee has been on hold for a while now. At least now I'm excited to give them up for a better cause...
I picked up a giant cooler full of all the meds yesterday. The look on my husbands face was priceless. I think he thought it was gonna be a bottle of pills and a couple of needles. He's very sweet and supportive but I think until it's in front of them guys don't understand when you try to describe how involved this is... lol.

kristatje
Since 8/2015kristatje
Since 8/2015

April 21, 2017 at 6:04 pmhaha!! Good idea with the "fancy" pajama pants :P That really sucks about your bladder. Hopefully itll be back to normal soon.lol. I know what you mean. There are a lot of things in there. but now it'll feel more real now that you have your meds

-Krista
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sonal79
Since 11/2015sonal79
Since 11/2015

April 25, 2017 at 1:05 amGood luck to you with the IVF!

Btw, I just had a failed IVF cycle few weeks ago. I'm 37, my AMH is pretty low, and egg quality wasn't great, but my DH's morphology was low as well - 99% abnormal or something. They suggested that next time we could consider IMSI, where they look at sperm under a microscope and select the ones with the best morphology. You could find out more about it if morphology is going to be an issue. Hopefully it won't be!!!

frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

April 25, 2017 at 8:24 amSonal79- thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear that. I'm also 37. We are doing ISCI so they can select the spent... I hadn't heard of IMSI. Do you know what the difference is?

sonal79
Since 11/2015sonal79
Since 11/2015

April 25, 2017 at 8:39 amYes we did ICSI as well. Unfortunately, I only had 7 eggs, of which only 2 were mature, so it was clearly not just a sperm thing - hopefully your eggs should be abundant and of good quality - but since in our case the sperm morphology was also an issue they didn't have much luck with ICSI.

IMSI is similar to ICSI but there is an added step where they look at the sperms under a super powerful microscope and only select the ones with high chances of success / normal morphology. We have been advised to do this next time, and also some other process where they wash the sperms with calcium prior to selecting them.

I wish they had just done whatever was best in our case rather than doing ICSI just because it was previously decided.

sonal79
Since 11/2015sonal79
Since 11/2015

April 25, 2017 at 8:46 amGoogle IMSI, or ICSI versus IMSI, and you'll find more info. It's specifically for low morphology.

It's just that the IVF can be quite an emotionally draining process, so you might as well get it right the first time rather than keep trying things one by one to see what works.

kristatje
Since 8/2015kristatje
Since 8/2015

April 25, 2017 at 8:54 amHi Sonal! Its been a while since Ive seen you on here. Sorry to hear about your failed IVF. I know how you feel. Im on to my 3rd IVF cycle. Last week I had a hysteroscopy done. They found 7 little polyps (which didnt really affect me getting pregnant in my opinion) and chronic endometriosis, which now that I think about it, makes a lot of sense. Hopefully we will all get pregnant soon. :D I have my fingers crossed for all of us.

-Krista
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frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

April 25, 2017 at 9:38 amI see. That's very helpful information. We may have even discussed IMSI in our initial meeting but I don't remember. I've been looking it up and it seems there's conflicting info online (as per usual.). We will definitely discuss with our RE when we go back in. Again, so sorry. It is a trying and frustrating process and I agree with you about doing everything possible from the beginning rather than working towards the procedures. It's one of the reasons we skipped IUI.

frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

April 30, 2017 at 5:21 pmJust had my first US and blood after starting stims... they lowered my gonal and I'm supposed to go back in two days with the cetrocide so it seems like things are going quickly ... how are you doing Sarahm? I'm
now officially only in pajama like pants and loose dresses. It looks like an alien is about to pop out of my belly!

frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

May 6, 2017 at 8:13 amThat's so exciting Sarahm.... hope things are continuing to go well. They are predicting my retrieval for Wednesday. I'm doing well and they are very happy with all my numbers. I can't wait to be on the other side of this retrieval!!

kristatje
Since 8/2015kristatje
Since 8/2015

May 7, 2017 at 9:23 amyay!! Itll be so nice to be done with the retrieval part :) Good luck

-Krista
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Mslaydeegh
Since 6/2015Mslaydeegh
Since 6/2015

May 15, 2017 at 3:24 pmHi frankiella, my retrieval was Wed. the 10th and my transfer was today. How are you feeling? How was your retrieval and transfer?

35 years old
DD 11/15/10
Secondary Infertility
First IVF Cycle April 2017

frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

May 15, 2017 at 3:37 pmHi Mslaydeegh... we had retrievals the same day. I'm still recovering and we are doing a frozen transfer so we've got a whole to go before we get there. We heard that we are still waiting for the 5 blasts we have to hatch so they can do genetic testing and we have three more that we are hoping catch up. I'm still feeling really bloated and sore- started with 24 eggs. How was the transfer? I'm really looking forward to that part..

Mslaydeegh
Since 6/2015Mslaydeegh
Since 6/2015

May 15, 2017 at 3:49 pmWe had 35 eggs, 33 fertilized! Today at 5 day blast we had 24 remaining that will be frozen. We had 2 transferred this morning. I'm was nervous and excited for transfer but the hard part now is the waiting and praying for implantation. Out of everything, transfer was the easy part! I was also feeling really bloated right after transfer. I did a lupron trigger/hcg combo trigger. The bloating was so much better by this past Saturday, thank goodness. I hope you feel better soon! When is your frozen transfer scheduled?

35 years old
DD 11/15/10
Secondary Infertility
First IVF Cycle April 2017

frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

May 15, 2017 at 4:14 pmWow those numbers are off the charts! Definitely sounds like you won't have to do another IVF round... sending you lots of good thoughts for implantation. Just out of curiosity how did you decide to transfer 2? Are you pretty comfortable with twins? I just heard back from my doctor that my estrogen went back up so I have to go back to get rechecked in a few days. We don't have a transfer scheduled yet as that will happen once I get my period... she told me as a general time frame that the transfer would likely happen 5 weeks after the beginning of my period so that's late June-early July. Which feels so very far away. Waiting is so hard. But we knew we needed to do genetic testing so this seemed like the way to go...

Mslaydeegh
Since 6/2015Mslaydeegh
Since 6/2015

May 15, 2017 at 4:56 pmThanks so much! They told us those numbers were remarkable but I definitely felt all 35 before retrieval. Our RE told us it was totally our choice between 1 or 2. I felt like with my age, 35, the years we been trying for #2 (5 years), that we wanted the best chances for us. I'm comfortable with the possibility of twins, DH said he was too..... so 2 it was. I'm sending you good vibes your way. Hopefully the wait will go fast for you and your estrogen levels go down. Hopefully the wait will go quick for us both with a great ending!

35 years old
DD 11/15/10
Secondary Infertility
First IVF Cycle April 2017

frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

May 15, 2017 at 6:30 pmYes those numbers are incredible... in all of the people I've spoke to no one has had that many! Ugh that must have felt rough... thanks for sharing your thinking on one or two. Makes total sense. We are still deciding and once we have more specific info on these embryos we will figure out what works for us. 5 years is certainly a long road... hope your happy ending is right around the corner. Hoping we get a good news phone call from our doctor tomorrow... once I know we have embryos I'll relax. Until the post transfer wait lol.

kristatje
Since 8/2015kristatje
Since 8/2015

May 16, 2017 at 3:46 pmWOW Mslaydeegh! Thats incredible that you got that many embryos in the end! My transfer was yesterday too. Hopefully our embryos will implant.

Frankiella, I am so glad your retrieval went well. Doing a frozen cycle does seem to give higher chances for pregnancy. I know it seems like a long time to wait, but in the longrun it will be so worth the wait. Our bodies go through so much.

-Krista
Forum Moderator

Mslaydeegh
Since 6/2015Mslaydeegh
Since 6/2015

May 16, 2017 at 4:48 pmThanks Krista! I am actually feeling really well, much better than I've felt in the last 2 weeks, which makes me worried. I'm sending implantation fairy dust to both of us that the embryos are doing what they are suppose to do!

Sarahm, do they know why a lot of embryos are not surviving? It does explain why IUI was not working, it also didn't work for us. I'm sending u many prayers and good vibes.

35 years old
DD 11/15/10
Secondary Infertility
First IVF Cycle April 2017

frankiella
Since 1/2017frankiella
Since 1/2017

May 16, 2017 at 5:06 pmThanks for your support everyone! Sarahm hopefully they were able to do some genetic testing so you can get some more answers. Krista and Mslaydeegh... sending you so many good thoughts! Very exciting. :) We found out today that we have seven frozen embryos... we will have genetic reports in 10 days so that should give us some important info (my husband has severe low morphology and I had three chemicals before we did IVF). It's looking like I'll be able to do a transfer next cycle assuming the embryos are okay. Trying to take this time to really heal before my next round of anxiously waiting answers begins! It's been so nice having you all going through this too... it's a different kind of support than the people in my life, who are great, but don't get it in the same way.

Mslaydeegh
Since 6/2015Mslaydeegh
Since 6/2015

May 16, 2017 at 6:04 pmYay Frankiella!!! That is great news on the 7 frozen embryos. I'm glad we are here supporting each other. We didn't tell anyone about IVF, only DH and I know. I wanted it that way only because I didn't want the constant questions. I work in the Ob/labor delivery, ob clinic and nicu of a hospital so my everyday is pregnancy, babies and mommas and I love it. But this portion I wanted to keep to myself incase it's not successful. So, it so nice to have support from you all who know what I'm really going through.

35 years old
DD 11/15/10
Secondary Infertility
First IVF Cycle April 2017

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