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Anyone out there having or going to have Frozen Embryo Transfer??
Hi everyone,
I am relatively new here, my Hubby and I have just completed our first go at IVF treatment, which sadly failed :o( We are absolutely heartbroken. We have been TTC our first baby for the last two and a half years. We have suffered 2 early miscarriages and 2 horrific ectopic pregnancies (which resulted in the loss of both tubes and need for IVF). We really thought that IVF would work for us, treatment went better than we ever hoped, all the way through (they had originally estimated a low-normal response to the drugs with maybe 6 eggs at best) we ended up with 13 eggs, then 11 fertilised for us and we then ended up with 9 grade 1, 8 cell embryo's which was fantastic. But even after all this our embie didn't stay with us :o( I am so gutted and upset.
On a positive note, our clinic are very very keen that we go straight ahead with a Frozen Embryo Transfer, which we will be doing after my next period, so around the end of July / beginning August. They seemed quite positive about this and they will be having a review meeting to discuss our failed cycle and see what can be done differently next time - so fingers crossed. I am hoping that with FET, my body will cope better as I will not be having all the stimlulation drugs, poking around and of course the trauma of egg collection to deal with - as the FET will be done within a natural cycle and leutal phase / implantation support given. Just have to keep our fingers crossed that FET will work for us, I am determined to get my precious baby and with 8 beautiful frozen embryo's waiting for us, I am not about to give up!!!!
I was just wondering if there was anyone out there I could chat to about Frozen Embryo Transfer??? Would love to get to know a few of you and find out a bit more about things and your stories, success, advice and everything...
I look forward to getting to know you all, take care
SarahKate xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am relatively new here, my Hubby and I have just completed our first go at IVF treatment, which sadly failed :o( We are absolutely heartbroken. We have been TTC our first baby for the last two and a half years. We have suffered 2 early miscarriages and 2 horrific ectopic pregnancies (which resulted in the loss of both tubes and need for IVF). We really thought that IVF would work for us, treatment went better than we ever hoped, all the way through (they had originally estimated a low-normal response to the drugs with maybe 6 eggs at best) we ended up with 13 eggs, then 11 fertilised for us and we then ended up with 9 grade 1, 8 cell embryo's which was fantastic. But even after all this our embie didn't stay with us :o( I am so gutted and upset.
On a positive note, our clinic are very very keen that we go straight ahead with a Frozen Embryo Transfer, which we will be doing after my next period, so around the end of July / beginning August. They seemed quite positive about this and they will be having a review meeting to discuss our failed cycle and see what can be done differently next time - so fingers crossed. I am hoping that with FET, my body will cope better as I will not be having all the stimlulation drugs, poking around and of course the trauma of egg collection to deal with - as the FET will be done within a natural cycle and leutal phase / implantation support given. Just have to keep our fingers crossed that FET will work for us, I am determined to get my precious baby and with 8 beautiful frozen embryo's waiting for us, I am not about to give up!!!!
I was just wondering if there was anyone out there I could chat to about Frozen Embryo Transfer??? Would love to get to know a few of you and find out a bit more about things and your stories, success, advice and everything...
I look forward to getting to know you all, take care
SarahKate xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Sarahkatep,
I have just started my period today i was six days late thought i might of been pregnant but i am not, so after this period we will try on our own and fingers crossed it might happen lets hope :-) My second lot of eight embros will be due september but there frozen at the moment so for now till then i hope and pray we get our first baby which ever way but it is harder for me as i have a blocked left tube and right ovarie is a bit slower than the left this why we are IVF. but i will keep everything crossed for you and your hubby/partner.
Its nice to know i have you and maybe others to talk to and thats great for me thankyou. I live near liverpool Merseyside and my hospital for my IFV is in liverpool too, and its called the womens liverpool hospital. I dont know if you live in england or abroad but either way i will keep in toutch with you and let know how i am and where we are upto and you keep in toutch to i am always here to chat after tea, around 9pm i come on the internet so you take care and look after each other and i will pray you will get the little joy of life you have been waiting for. Form jobygirl. xx :-)
I have just started my period today i was six days late thought i might of been pregnant but i am not, so after this period we will try on our own and fingers crossed it might happen lets hope :-) My second lot of eight embros will be due september but there frozen at the moment so for now till then i hope and pray we get our first baby which ever way but it is harder for me as i have a blocked left tube and right ovarie is a bit slower than the left this why we are IVF. but i will keep everything crossed for you and your hubby/partner.
Its nice to know i have you and maybe others to talk to and thats great for me thankyou. I live near liverpool Merseyside and my hospital for my IFV is in liverpool too, and its called the womens liverpool hospital. I dont know if you live in england or abroad but either way i will keep in toutch with you and let know how i am and where we are upto and you keep in toutch to i am always here to chat after tea, around 9pm i come on the internet so you take care and look after each other and i will pray you will get the little joy of life you have been waiting for. Form jobygirl. xx :-)
Hi hun,
I am sorry that you didn't get that bfp hun, but atleast your period arrived and you now know where you are if you know what i mean? I really wish you all the very best for FET in September hun and in the meantime it would be just wonderful for you to fall naturally!!! They do say that this can happen when you least excpect it! I have heard of so many couple who have been trying for so long with no luck and then when they go onto the next step of fertility treatment, they suddenly fall pregnant naturally and end up completely surprised! So don't give up hope hun, it can happen and stay strong and positive and you neve ever know!!!! *********baby dust****** Sadly that's not an option for us as I have lost both my tubes, so can't get pregnant naturally anymore (I think there is a 0.1% chance of it lol it would be a miracle!) so IVF is our only option, but I am trying to stay determined and strong and I don't plan on giving up until I get my precious little baby we have tried so long for and are so desperate for, the only thing I have is hope and I hang onto that with all my strength and it's the only thing that keeps me going. Some days are so hard and I do suffer with depression, severe stress and anxiety because of all we have been through, so much so that I had to give up work and I barely leave the house :o( It's very hard some days and I just feel like a useless lump, my body has failed me so terribly and sometimes I just hate my body so much for letting me down so badly. I got pregnant 4 times which ended in 2 early miscarriages and 2 ectopics and now IVF has failed too, sometimes I feel it's all my fault and my stupid body just won't work :o( It's almost like now I have nothing in my life except this gaping big hole ready for a baby and it's all I can think about, it's almost like an obsession now. I feel so guilty sometimes too, because I have such a wonderful husband, he is amazing and he would make a wonderful daddy, he is so desperate to be a daddy and it just breaks my heart that so far I just can't do that for him. It's horrible, I am sure you understand where I am coming from hun. I just hope so much that we both can get there, and soon! ******baby dust*****
I would love to keep in touch with you sweetie! I have found this site wonderful and the girls are amazing - I wish I had found this site years ago! I am in Scotland hun, I live in a wee town just outside Edinburgh, so still in the UK lol. Our clinic is in Glasgow though so is a bit of a drive away, but it's a wonderful clinic and I don't mind the travelling atall. Keep in touch hun and let me know how you are doing, would love to get to know you better. If you are on Facebook go ahead and add me, you'll find me under SarahKate Paterson and the profile pic is hubby and me cutting our wedding cake with a blue background! (Same goes for any of you other ladies, go ahead and add me if any of you are on Facebook, just leave me a wee message so I know who you are lol!!! )
Sending **********baby dust********** and luck to all
SarahKate xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am sorry that you didn't get that bfp hun, but atleast your period arrived and you now know where you are if you know what i mean? I really wish you all the very best for FET in September hun and in the meantime it would be just wonderful for you to fall naturally!!! They do say that this can happen when you least excpect it! I have heard of so many couple who have been trying for so long with no luck and then when they go onto the next step of fertility treatment, they suddenly fall pregnant naturally and end up completely surprised! So don't give up hope hun, it can happen and stay strong and positive and you neve ever know!!!! *********baby dust****** Sadly that's not an option for us as I have lost both my tubes, so can't get pregnant naturally anymore (I think there is a 0.1% chance of it lol it would be a miracle!) so IVF is our only option, but I am trying to stay determined and strong and I don't plan on giving up until I get my precious little baby we have tried so long for and are so desperate for, the only thing I have is hope and I hang onto that with all my strength and it's the only thing that keeps me going. Some days are so hard and I do suffer with depression, severe stress and anxiety because of all we have been through, so much so that I had to give up work and I barely leave the house :o( It's very hard some days and I just feel like a useless lump, my body has failed me so terribly and sometimes I just hate my body so much for letting me down so badly. I got pregnant 4 times which ended in 2 early miscarriages and 2 ectopics and now IVF has failed too, sometimes I feel it's all my fault and my stupid body just won't work :o( It's almost like now I have nothing in my life except this gaping big hole ready for a baby and it's all I can think about, it's almost like an obsession now. I feel so guilty sometimes too, because I have such a wonderful husband, he is amazing and he would make a wonderful daddy, he is so desperate to be a daddy and it just breaks my heart that so far I just can't do that for him. It's horrible, I am sure you understand where I am coming from hun. I just hope so much that we both can get there, and soon! ******baby dust*****
I would love to keep in touch with you sweetie! I have found this site wonderful and the girls are amazing - I wish I had found this site years ago! I am in Scotland hun, I live in a wee town just outside Edinburgh, so still in the UK lol. Our clinic is in Glasgow though so is a bit of a drive away, but it's a wonderful clinic and I don't mind the travelling atall. Keep in touch hun and let me know how you are doing, would love to get to know you better. If you are on Facebook go ahead and add me, you'll find me under SarahKate Paterson and the profile pic is hubby and me cutting our wedding cake with a blue background! (Same goes for any of you other ladies, go ahead and add me if any of you are on Facebook, just leave me a wee message so I know who you are lol!!! )
Sending **********baby dust********** and luck to all
SarahKate xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi hun I was just wondering how you are??? I have been thinking about you loads and wondering how your scan went the other day?? Keeping everything crossed for you, let me know how you are hun xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hey There-
So sorry for the late response. Last week was a very emotional week for my husband and myself and I was off of the internet. We ended up going in for our ultrasound and they confirmed that we did loose the preganancy. They ordered me off the meds and they are waiting to see if my HCG levels go down on their own. If not, they are going to give me some (methotroxine - sp?) this afternoon to help that happen. The FET will most likely be in September. The good news is that we have 3 more grade 2 blastocysts. We'll probably end up doing two rounds of the FET to cover the remaining 3 blastocysts and we'll do a second fresh cycle if those don't take. Luckily, we purchased an all-inclusive plan which will cover all of these attempts within a one year time period - so this takes a good amount of pressure off of us financially.
Good luck to you (and everyone else on this site) on your FET. I will pray for you that it works out. But it's great that you have so many frozen embryos! You should also consider asking them if they will transfer more than one next time, it may help your odds.
Please let me know how the rest of your journey works out and we'll do the same. I appreciate you starting this discussion group.
Lots of love and baby dust,
Michelle
So sorry for the late response. Last week was a very emotional week for my husband and myself and I was off of the internet. We ended up going in for our ultrasound and they confirmed that we did loose the preganancy. They ordered me off the meds and they are waiting to see if my HCG levels go down on their own. If not, they are going to give me some (methotroxine - sp?) this afternoon to help that happen. The FET will most likely be in September. The good news is that we have 3 more grade 2 blastocysts. We'll probably end up doing two rounds of the FET to cover the remaining 3 blastocysts and we'll do a second fresh cycle if those don't take. Luckily, we purchased an all-inclusive plan which will cover all of these attempts within a one year time period - so this takes a good amount of pressure off of us financially.
Good luck to you (and everyone else on this site) on your FET. I will pray for you that it works out. But it's great that you have so many frozen embryos! You should also consider asking them if they will transfer more than one next time, it may help your odds.
Please let me know how the rest of your journey works out and we'll do the same. I appreciate you starting this discussion group.
Lots of love and baby dust,
Michelle
Awwww hunnie I am so sorry it was bad news at your scan (((((((HUGS)))))))) I really had everything crossed that there would be good news for you and your Hubby, it must have been just heartbreaking for you. Thank you for posting a message hun, I was thinking of you so much. Bless your little angel ******baby dust******
I am really glad though, to hear you planning ahead and that you have your frozen embryo's and a plan for what's happening, it's also great that there is no pressure financially too, as we all know the financial costs can be horrendous and crippling :o( So that is great hun, I truly wish you all the very best for FET in September hun and I will be thinking of you and keeping everything crossed. I'd love to keep in touch hun and keep this discussion thread going throughout, as kind of a diary for us all experiencng IVF and FET. Thank you so much for your wishes of good luck, I am getting really nervous for upcoming FET. Our clinic are still going to do a single embryo transfer this time, but dh and I have decided if this doesn't work we will push to have two embies transferred on our 3rd try. I am clinging onto the fact that the average success of IVF is 1 in 3, so fingers crossed our time is coming soon.
Thinking of you always hun *******baby dust******
Hope everyone else is really well, luck and *****baby dust***** to all of you
SarahKate xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am really glad though, to hear you planning ahead and that you have your frozen embryo's and a plan for what's happening, it's also great that there is no pressure financially too, as we all know the financial costs can be horrendous and crippling :o( So that is great hun, I truly wish you all the very best for FET in September hun and I will be thinking of you and keeping everything crossed. I'd love to keep in touch hun and keep this discussion thread going throughout, as kind of a diary for us all experiencng IVF and FET. Thank you so much for your wishes of good luck, I am getting really nervous for upcoming FET. Our clinic are still going to do a single embryo transfer this time, but dh and I have decided if this doesn't work we will push to have two embies transferred on our 3rd try. I am clinging onto the fact that the average success of IVF is 1 in 3, so fingers crossed our time is coming soon.
Thinking of you always hun *******baby dust******
Hope everyone else is really well, luck and *****baby dust***** to all of you
SarahKate xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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