Egg collection was last Friday (6 days ago), I was so lucky to be first down to theatre (due to still nursing LO) although they were running about 20 mins late and then it took aaaaages for everyone to organise themselves and knock me out/get started. I'm sure my eggs were already being released, I had ovulation pains, I could basically feel those little follicles popping!
I also had a surgeon that I've never met before, with my severe adhesions and the difficulty getting to my ovaries through them, I was worried.
They collected 2 eggs.
Pathetic!
We got the call on Saturday to say one had fertilised (ICSI) but the second wasn't quite mature so they were giving it the rest of the day....We were told to expect a call Monday morning but they weren't sure if I was going to go in for transfer then or if they would wait until day 5.
Sunday clinic was closed.
Monday (3 days post collection), we got the call that the second egg wasn't mature enough so we only had the one embryo, however it was looking OK.
I was fully expecting to go in for transfer, after all in our previous four IVF cycles we have never EVER had embryos pass day 3, they ALWAYS arrest by day 3, every transfer we've had has been on day 2, and we were already passed that so I was very, very anxious!
They decided to wait until day 5....this would also give chance for the second embryo to catch up - the one we were just told hadn't matured enough to be fertilised!
Tuesday I called to check on our embryo, I was sure that by now we'd have nothing....they don't look at the embryos on day 4 as they don't want to disturb their environment, but they assured us that yesterday they both looked good - they said both....?!
Wednesday, the call....no transfer.
The embryo had grown but not enough to transfer.
Heartbroken.
I wanted my embryo back with me, given a chance at life. Instead it will have been disposed of in the labs petri dish :(
The only good thing to come out of this is that the cycle doesn't count as a 'try', so we're back to being allowed 4 full tries at IVF.
We can arrange for the next IVF to begin in three months, for now I am making my own plans!
I have a LOT of left over medication....instead of taking progesterone as I would for each and every cycle regardless of IVF (progesterone helps control my mega bleeds), I am taking estrogen. I was prescribed estrogen in the cycle prior to IVF with LO, it helps to prep the womb and it also does something to the follicles to help them mature at an even rate. For some bizzare reason my consultant told me not to take it for IVF5, I truly believe it would have helped....!
Then when af is here I am to get some more blood work done, this will go to my consultant gyne at the local hosp (where they do IUI/tracking but not IVF), I asked her in the summer if I could go in for tracking, so next cycle this is what we will do.
To be sure there is something to track, I'm going to take menopur 150 for a week. I only have one tube and hubby has lazy sperm, so it's highly unlikely that with low AMH and diminished ovarian reserve I'm going to be an octomom due to self medding, but the tracking will be there as back up ;)
I'm also on;
Ubiquinol
Vit D
5mg folic acid
B vitamins
Selenium
Magnesium and Zinc
Flax seed oil
TTC Multi Vit
I'm looking into Vit A & Vit E
I'm going to purchase Zita West IVF diet on google play and also *it starts with the egg* also on google play.
Fingers crossed I get a golden egg, one that gets all loved up with one of hubbys bestest sperm and we have our Christmas miracle.
I will then be hanging my ovaries out to dry lol!
I also had a surgeon that I've never met before, with my severe adhesions and the difficulty getting to my ovaries through them, I was worried.
They collected 2 eggs.
Pathetic!
We got the call on Saturday to say one had fertilised (ICSI) but the second wasn't quite mature so they were giving it the rest of the day....We were told to expect a call Monday morning but they weren't sure if I was going to go in for transfer then or if they would wait until day 5.
Sunday clinic was closed.
Monday (3 days post collection), we got the call that the second egg wasn't mature enough so we only had the one embryo, however it was looking OK.
I was fully expecting to go in for transfer, after all in our previous four IVF cycles we have never EVER had embryos pass day 3, they ALWAYS arrest by day 3, every transfer we've had has been on day 2, and we were already passed that so I was very, very anxious!
They decided to wait until day 5....this would also give chance for the second embryo to catch up - the one we were just told hadn't matured enough to be fertilised!
Tuesday I called to check on our embryo, I was sure that by now we'd have nothing....they don't look at the embryos on day 4 as they don't want to disturb their environment, but they assured us that yesterday they both looked good - they said both....?!
Wednesday, the call....no transfer.
The embryo had grown but not enough to transfer.
Heartbroken.
I wanted my embryo back with me, given a chance at life. Instead it will have been disposed of in the labs petri dish :(
The only good thing to come out of this is that the cycle doesn't count as a 'try', so we're back to being allowed 4 full tries at IVF.
We can arrange for the next IVF to begin in three months, for now I am making my own plans!
I have a LOT of left over medication....instead of taking progesterone as I would for each and every cycle regardless of IVF (progesterone helps control my mega bleeds), I am taking estrogen. I was prescribed estrogen in the cycle prior to IVF with LO, it helps to prep the womb and it also does something to the follicles to help them mature at an even rate. For some bizzare reason my consultant told me not to take it for IVF5, I truly believe it would have helped....!
Then when af is here I am to get some more blood work done, this will go to my consultant gyne at the local hosp (where they do IUI/tracking but not IVF), I asked her in the summer if I could go in for tracking, so next cycle this is what we will do.
To be sure there is something to track, I'm going to take menopur 150 for a week. I only have one tube and hubby has lazy sperm, so it's highly unlikely that with low AMH and diminished ovarian reserve I'm going to be an octomom due to self medding, but the tracking will be there as back up ;)
I'm also on;
Ubiquinol
Vit D
5mg folic acid
B vitamins
Selenium
Magnesium and Zinc
Flax seed oil
TTC Multi Vit
I'm looking into Vit A & Vit E
I'm going to purchase Zita West IVF diet on google play and also *it starts with the egg* also on google play.
Fingers crossed I get a golden egg, one that gets all loved up with one of hubbys bestest sperm and we have our Christmas miracle.
I will then be hanging my ovaries out to dry lol!
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