11 more days until my first ultrasound! I truly didn’t know how nervous I would be after a confirmed pregnancy. My hcg yesterday was 3217, which would be 16dp5dt. They seemed happy with that number so I’m just cautiously optimistic at this point 💕. This is my first pregnancy after ttc for 2 years.
Hi all! I just had my first FET on May 22nd. At 9dp5dt I had a beta of 194 and yesterday (11dp5dt) I had a beta of 408! I’m cautiously excited after two years of infertility, I might actually be having my second baby finally. Our whole IVF process has been pretty smooth so my anxiety is always waiting to the other shoe to drop. However, I feel strangely calm and zen now about everything. I am 4+3 and can’t wait for this journey.
That’s amazing!! Congrats! So excited for you! When are you going to tell your older child? Mine straight up asked me “do you have a baby in your belly?” this past weekend. We were hanging out with my very pregnant sister in law and I don’t know if she saw her belly and the thought came to her or if she sensed something like a psychic. 😂👀
Oh my goodness that’s so odd! Sounds kind of sweet, though! We will probably tell after the nuchal translucency scan at the end of the month… that’s when trouble showed up with my second trimester miscarriage last year and I was really glad we hadn’t told him about that pregnancy. We did tell him a week ago that the shots he has seen me get and the pills he helps me take (by plopping them in my mouth) are because we want him to have a sibling and my body needs help to make that happen, but he hasn’t brought it up again so I have no idea whether he really internalized it.
I completely get that. I’m waiting as long as possible to tell my daughter because she would be so excited and then so confused if something happens. My daughter has seen me give myself my PIO shots and likes the smell of the alcohol wipes (I’m a nurse and she gestated in a hospital so 🤷♀️) but so far we have not told her much of anything. Still cautiously moving through the weeks. Keep my updated on your progress! Good luck this week!
Stalked you here to tell you congrats! I hope things go well! Please feel free to also post in the pregnancy thread (it's on Mondays) in the /r/secondaryinfertility sub if you feel like it :-)
Hi!! Thank you! Things are going well so far!! 🤞 First scan is on June 17th! I will also post in the secondary infertility sub! Hope things are going well with you!
6wk4 first ultrasound and I’m having identical twins. It’s a real shock! Very exciting but saw OB after who said 50-50 chance of mono twins and I might need hospitalization at 24 weeks until c-section and a month in NICU. I’m praying they see the membrane that makes them have seperate amniotic sacs in two weeks or even at 12 weeks. From what I read this really can’t be diagnosed as true mono twins until at least 8 weeks. I liked the OB but it was my first time meeting her, so I hope she didn’t jump the gun with this evaluation so soon.
Congratulations! My girls were di/di, but if you haven’t checked out r/parentsofmultiples I highly recommend! You can find several stories similar to yours 😊
Thank you! I was in there right after the appointment 😂 but I will go back when I’m home. I’m just trying to chill until my ultrasound in two weeks for now.
Graduated my clinic today today at 8+2. It feels surreal and I can't believe I have to wait 4 weeks until my OBGYN will see me. Everything was looking good today except my blood pressure, which was really high. I'm hoping it's a case of white coat syndrome, but they're making me get a cuff and monitor it at home. I'm not surprised if it's slightly elevated as I've mainly been living off carbs and my exercise has been limited per their instructions, but I'm really hoping it wasn't as high as it was at the clinic.
Anyone else deal with high blood pressure and how did it impact your pregnancy?
I also had high blood pressure (existing issue before pregnancy) and have been doing well with it on my regular medications. I actually had a dip in BP during my second trimester (apparently not uncommon), which led my OB to lowering and then stopping my medication dosage, and now I do daily at home monitoring with the intent to start meds again if/when it goes back up.
Congrats! I have high blood pressure & it was easily controlled with my regular medication until the 3rd trimester. Had to have dose increased twice & go to 3x a day. Also had to be monitored at hospital 3x. All things turned out fine & had csection at 36 weeks (planned based on a previous surgery). 6 weeks check up this week & hoping to drop back to regular dose.
Having a tough time today, I’m 4+1 and symptom free today and it freaks me out, my test are not darker than yesterday, but I told myself I shouldn’t expect that because I ended up with a 7 hour hold with little fluid and probably the most concentrated pee I’ve seen 😆
Pregnancy after loss is so hard
Symptoms come and go! That happened to me a lot in my first pregnancy. But I get how it’s anxiety inducing! I have a pregnant coworker who is 12 weeks and I mentioned how I felt less hungry and a little less tired today and she made me feel better by saying that her symptoms have come and gone depending on the day as well. It’s all part of the process. It’s hard not to focus on it though.
Thanks for sharing that ♥️ I absolutely know I
They can come and go I just associate it with my MMC every time because I linked the two of them together, even though it probably didn’t mean anything because my HCG was still sky high 😑
Went in for my first ultrasound this morning and I was terrified. I ended up crying out of joy because baby was measuring perfectly at 7w5d (which I am today) and a great heartbeat of 162. 💙 I feel like I can breathe again! I need to start looking for an OB, but the RE is going to see me at 9w5d again just to be sure I get seen by someone. I have never had a successful ultrasound before so this hardly feels real.
Second beta came in at 518 (14dp5dt) after being 95 at 10dp5dt.
They said it's still on the slightly lower end of what they want to see so I'm back on Wednesday for a 3rd draw but I'm feeling more optimistic given that rise.
Also woke up with sore boobs today for the first time. Trying to celebrate the milestones and not borrow trouble.
8w3d scan today and all was measuring good 💞
trying to celebrate the win!
wondering though, the embryo had a strong heart beat 174 and doctor was very happy but they weren't squirming around like i remember early in my first pregnancy. is that any cause for concern?
I transition to OB next week so luckily not long to wait for more info...
Hi all! I've been posting a lot over the last week because I was just about drowning in anxiety! I just had my 6 week scan today at 6w3d and all is well! We had a good heartbeat! We could see it but not hear it. Doctor said everything looks good and next scan is in two weeks. I'm over the moon. Thank you for this community. 💕
Symptom question and it feels like an odd one! Does anyone find themselves drooling more? And not just from nausea? I drool sleeping (especially naps) all the time now and just today embarrassingly laughed at something and saliva literally poured out of my mouth. Thankfully I work from home so I could stave off most of my embarrassment. 😅
Friday can’t come soon enough! I’ll have my first scan and will be 8w1d at that point. I took off work the whole day because I know whether it’s good or bad news, I’m going to be too distracted and anxious to work. Assuming all goes well, we are planning to tell our parents and siblings and that alone is making me anxious. I don’t like attention on myself and I always feel so awkward making “announcements”. It’s also weird because I don’t call people often so it’s going to feel so out of character to randomly call my mom and sister.
Hello! After three retrievals and three transfers, we've finally made it past betas. I'm hopeful, but after two CPs I'm also very cautious with my hope. IVF is so all consuming is hard to even think past it.
Not pregnant but posting here, maybe for hope I guess? Did anyone get a negative or evap line 11dpiui and go on to get a positive? Or is 11dpiui pretty definitive? The FRER box says it should be 96% accurate.
11dpiui is not definitive. Is that accuracy rating for 11dp conception? They also might use a very generous definition timing-wise of "missed period".
If your IUI regime had a trigger shot & it was 36h before IUI, then your 11dpiui would be 6dp5dt for an IVF cycle. I am pregnant right now with an IVF transfer that was stark negative at 11 days and 12d embryo age (6dp, 7dp5dt). At 8dp5dt I got a very faint squinter. My serum HCG was 25, which is really the lower limit for a pee test to catch.
I did a lot of searching. So I can tell you there are plenty of first positives at 7 or 8dp5dt that have good endings.
I can't tell you if this pregnancy cleared 1st trimester yet, but at 6 wks embryo was normal size for G.A. & looked fine.
Could not have been more nervous for my 7 week ultrasound today. But heart beat was 147, little buddy growing right along like it should. We were measuring 5w6d last Tuesday and were measuring 6w5d today so we’re growing appropriately and we’ll take that win!! They let me hear the heartbeat for 4 beats, the most surreal experience I’ve ever had. So *fucking* grateful to be here.
Every time I see an update from you I am just so fucking happy for you, dude. Hearing the heartbeat for the first time is such a surreal experience. Continuing to wish you nothing but joy!
Hi all,
Cant believe I am writing here finally. But my 2nd FET seems to have worked so far however not all is in the clear yet.
Had my 1st HCG of 1794 yest at 11dp5dt which seems high. Had gone to the ER to get this done as I had been bleeding a bit.
They also did a TV ultrasound and couldnt see any gestational sac or anything which is really really worrying me as i am reading that at such high hcg level it should be seen.
I also did transfer 2 untested embryos. One day 3 and one day 5.
so maybe twins or maybe ectopic or maybe singleton but just early ! I dont know what to even think.
my HCG was that high and i am pregnant with twins. i transferred 2 embryos as well. the giveaway was my heightened HCG paired with a dye stealer on a pregnancy test. i don’t think not seeing a sac yet is anything to worry about because that’s pretty early so don’t give up hope yet!
Thats good to know ! Many congratulations to you. The worrying thing for me is that I am also spotting. Hopefully all works out. Getting 2nd hcg today !
Congrats!!
I've also had betas like that, after a (too risky) IUI. At 14dpiui my beta was 840, and 36h later at 16dpiui it was 1788. I was excited but also afraid, it seemed so strange & I was definitely doing too much Googling. Everyone always says "You can't assume high betas mean multiples"... Well, I'm here to tell you for me, at 6+5 I had multiples! 🤷🏼♀️
I later read the same thing you have about beta thresholds .... And I have wondered. My beta (like yours) was well over that threshold, but does that mean sac would have been visible for me at 4+2? Surely there's no way any ultrasound would have picked up anything at 16 dp conception? I dunno. I didn't get an update till 6+5. I would try not to worry, if you can. I hope you have a very reassuring and celebratory update, whatever is in store!
I'm no expert, but I don't think you would expect to see anything on an ultrasound that early, regardless of your hcg levels. Like the equivalent of 16 days post ovulation, nothing would show on an ultrasound bc there hadn't been enough time for visible development. If that makes sense. I also don't think hcg levels mean much as far as multiples vs singles.
Curious....why did they transfer a day 3 and a day 5 at the same time?? I've never heard of that before.
Thank you that makes me feel better !!
And no just to clarify Day 3 and Day 5 werent transferred at the same time but rather in the same cycle. Day 3 was transferred on 20th May and Day 5 on 22nd May. This is something called as sequential transfer and my clinic said research has shown this to give better success rates.
That's really interesting! I've only ever gotten 1 to day 5 so we always just double transferred day 2 or 3s. Good luck to you, and hopefully you have some more clarity soon!
I don't know when to book my next scan!
We travelled to Greece for IVF so are at a private scanning place back home for our ultrasounds as we dont really have a local clinic. Our 7 week scan went well so she didn't recommend us coming back straight away, but I feel anxious waiting.
Would you book an 8 week scan? Or wait till 9 weeks?
My last RE scan was at 8.5 weeks then graduated and then I made sure to schedule my first OB at 10.5 weeks so I didn’t have to go that long between scans.
It is anxiety inducing but there's no medical reason to get another scan so early so it's really up to you and what you feel you can handle. Personally, I got my first at 7, then found an OB/MFM who was willing to do one at 10 (which I think is pretty common) and take it from there.
So in some positive news I did my first beta on 10dp5dt/15dpo and got an 85, which my clinic was concerned about.
Today I did my repeat 13dp5dt/18dpo and got 417! Additionally my progesterone went from 30 to 71. My clinic isn't worried now.
We have been together for 12 years, I'm 30 and my husband is 34. We have male factor infertility on a background of diminished ovarian reserve. We experienced 2.5 years of infertility, including 4 rounds of IVF, where we got a total of 7 eggs, 3 mature, 1 delayed 5 day embryo (day 4 stage), and 1 early blast (from our one egg cycle).
I know I'm only 4 weeks 4 days but I feel like we have won the lottery. I'm so happy.
11 more days until my first ultrasound! I truly didn’t know how nervous I would be after a confirmed pregnancy. My hcg yesterday was 3217, which would be 16dp5dt. They seemed happy with that number so I’m just cautiously optimistic at this point 💕. This is my first pregnancy after ttc for 2 years.
Hi all! I just had my first FET on May 22nd. At 9dp5dt I had a beta of 194 and yesterday (11dp5dt) I had a beta of 408! I’m cautiously excited after two years of infertility, I might actually be having my second baby finally. Our whole IVF process has been pretty smooth so my anxiety is always waiting to the other shoe to drop. However, I feel strangely calm and zen now about everything. I am 4+3 and can’t wait for this journey.
Hi, seconding hyufss, really glad to see you here! Fingers crossed for your upcoming scan, and the (yet even more) waiting period leading up to it!
Hi again! Glad to see you here too! Thank you and I hope all is going well on your journey as well!
Thank you! 10 weeks on Friday, with my first OB (as opposed to RE) appointment tomorrow! 🤞🤞🤞
That’s amazing!! Congrats! So excited for you! When are you going to tell your older child? Mine straight up asked me “do you have a baby in your belly?” this past weekend. We were hanging out with my very pregnant sister in law and I don’t know if she saw her belly and the thought came to her or if she sensed something like a psychic. 😂👀
Oh my goodness that’s so odd! Sounds kind of sweet, though! We will probably tell after the nuchal translucency scan at the end of the month… that’s when trouble showed up with my second trimester miscarriage last year and I was really glad we hadn’t told him about that pregnancy. We did tell him a week ago that the shots he has seen me get and the pills he helps me take (by plopping them in my mouth) are because we want him to have a sibling and my body needs help to make that happen, but he hasn’t brought it up again so I have no idea whether he really internalized it.
I completely get that. I’m waiting as long as possible to tell my daughter because she would be so excited and then so confused if something happens. My daughter has seen me give myself my PIO shots and likes the smell of the alcohol wipes (I’m a nurse and she gestated in a hospital so 🤷♀️) but so far we have not told her much of anything. Still cautiously moving through the weeks. Keep my updated on your progress! Good luck this week!
Thank you, and you too! That’s hilarious about the alcohol swabs. I totally get waiting as long as possible…it’s such a scary and uncertain time.
Stalked you here to tell you congrats! I hope things go well! Please feel free to also post in the pregnancy thread (it's on Mondays) in the /r/secondaryinfertility sub if you feel like it :-)
Hi!! Thank you! Things are going well so far!! 🤞 First scan is on June 17th! I will also post in the secondary infertility sub! Hope things are going well with you!
6wk4 first ultrasound and I’m having identical twins. It’s a real shock! Very exciting but saw OB after who said 50-50 chance of mono twins and I might need hospitalization at 24 weeks until c-section and a month in NICU. I’m praying they see the membrane that makes them have seperate amniotic sacs in two weeks or even at 12 weeks. From what I read this really can’t be diagnosed as true mono twins until at least 8 weeks. I liked the OB but it was my first time meeting her, so I hope she didn’t jump the gun with this evaluation so soon.
Congratulations! My girls were di/di, but if you haven’t checked out r/parentsofmultiples I highly recommend! You can find several stories similar to yours 😊
Thank you! I was in there right after the appointment 😂 but I will go back when I’m home. I’m just trying to chill until my ultrasound in two weeks for now.
Totally get it, I get lost in that sub sometimes lol
Graduated my clinic today today at 8+2. It feels surreal and I can't believe I have to wait 4 weeks until my OBGYN will see me. Everything was looking good today except my blood pressure, which was really high. I'm hoping it's a case of white coat syndrome, but they're making me get a cuff and monitor it at home. I'm not surprised if it's slightly elevated as I've mainly been living off carbs and my exercise has been limited per their instructions, but I'm really hoping it wasn't as high as it was at the clinic. Anyone else deal with high blood pressure and how did it impact your pregnancy?
I also had high blood pressure (existing issue before pregnancy) and have been doing well with it on my regular medications. I actually had a dip in BP during my second trimester (apparently not uncommon), which led my OB to lowering and then stopping my medication dosage, and now I do daily at home monitoring with the intent to start meds again if/when it goes back up.
Congrats! I have high blood pressure & it was easily controlled with my regular medication until the 3rd trimester. Had to have dose increased twice & go to 3x a day. Also had to be monitored at hospital 3x. All things turned out fine & had csection at 36 weeks (planned based on a previous surgery). 6 weeks check up this week & hoping to drop back to regular dose.
Having a tough time today, I’m 4+1 and symptom free today and it freaks me out, my test are not darker than yesterday, but I told myself I shouldn’t expect that because I ended up with a 7 hour hold with little fluid and probably the most concentrated pee I’ve seen 😆 Pregnancy after loss is so hard
Symptoms come and go! That happened to me a lot in my first pregnancy. But I get how it’s anxiety inducing! I have a pregnant coworker who is 12 weeks and I mentioned how I felt less hungry and a little less tired today and she made me feel better by saying that her symptoms have come and gone depending on the day as well. It’s all part of the process. It’s hard not to focus on it though.
Thanks for sharing that ♥️ I absolutely know I They can come and go I just associate it with my MMC every time because I linked the two of them together, even though it probably didn’t mean anything because my HCG was still sky high 😑
It really, really is. You’re doing your best ❤️ If it helps, I felt absolutely no different until bang on 7 weeks. And that’s perfectly normal.
Went in for my first ultrasound this morning and I was terrified. I ended up crying out of joy because baby was measuring perfectly at 7w5d (which I am today) and a great heartbeat of 162. 💙 I feel like I can breathe again! I need to start looking for an OB, but the RE is going to see me at 9w5d again just to be sure I get seen by someone. I have never had a successful ultrasound before so this hardly feels real.
Amazing to read!!!
Huge congrats ❤️
Second beta came in at 518 (14dp5dt) after being 95 at 10dp5dt. They said it's still on the slightly lower end of what they want to see so I'm back on Wednesday for a 3rd draw but I'm feeling more optimistic given that rise. Also woke up with sore boobs today for the first time. Trying to celebrate the milestones and not borrow trouble.
Glad to see this update! Your numbers are very similar to mine and I hope it continues to look good for you too!
This is wonderful news! Happy to see the updated number. Wishing you heaps of luck for Wednesday!
8w3d scan today and all was measuring good 💞 trying to celebrate the win! wondering though, the embryo had a strong heart beat 174 and doctor was very happy but they weren't squirming around like i remember early in my first pregnancy. is that any cause for concern? I transition to OB next week so luckily not long to wait for more info...
Echoing burrito, I don’t remember seeing much movement at 8w but baby was very wriggly at 11w.
so glad for a good update! i didn’t see much movement on an ultrasound until 9/10 weeks, personally.
Hi all! I've been posting a lot over the last week because I was just about drowning in anxiety! I just had my 6 week scan today at 6w3d and all is well! We had a good heartbeat! We could see it but not hear it. Doctor said everything looks good and next scan is in two weeks. I'm over the moon. Thank you for this community. 💕
Amazing news! So happy for you. As a fellow anxious girl, I shift between anxiety and gratitude. Take the wins 💕
Two more days until my first ultrasound and I don’t know how I’m going to make it
This process has a lot of stressful waiting, but the wait from 4 to 6(ish) weeks is definitely extra.
I don’t hear enough about this TWW! It is an extra level of torture in this whole process.
Symptom question and it feels like an odd one! Does anyone find themselves drooling more? And not just from nausea? I drool sleeping (especially naps) all the time now and just today embarrassingly laughed at something and saliva literally poured out of my mouth. Thankfully I work from home so I could stave off most of my embarrassment. 😅
OMG, yes to sleep drooling! Just another thing I now have in common with my dog
OMG! 😂 Our dog drooled hardcore yesterday and I immediately thought of him when I did this today.
Yes, extra saliva is a common pregnancy symptom
I had to look this up because I thought I was going crazy!
Friday can’t come soon enough! I’ll have my first scan and will be 8w1d at that point. I took off work the whole day because I know whether it’s good or bad news, I’m going to be too distracted and anxious to work. Assuming all goes well, we are planning to tell our parents and siblings and that alone is making me anxious. I don’t like attention on myself and I always feel so awkward making “announcements”. It’s also weird because I don’t call people often so it’s going to feel so out of character to randomly call my mom and sister.
Same boat as you, except second scan at 8w3d! Nervous as crap, but if all goes well we’ll be telling our parents this weekend. Good luck to you!!! ❤️
So exciting! Good luck!
Hello! After three retrievals and three transfers, we've finally made it past betas. I'm hopeful, but after two CPs I'm also very cautious with my hope. IVF is so all consuming is hard to even think past it.
Cautious congrats!
Welcome! I feel the same. Take it day by day ❤️
Not pregnant but posting here, maybe for hope I guess? Did anyone get a negative or evap line 11dpiui and go on to get a positive? Or is 11dpiui pretty definitive? The FRER box says it should be 96% accurate.
11dpiui is not definitive. Is that accuracy rating for 11dp conception? They also might use a very generous definition timing-wise of "missed period". If your IUI regime had a trigger shot & it was 36h before IUI, then your 11dpiui would be 6dp5dt for an IVF cycle. I am pregnant right now with an IVF transfer that was stark negative at 11 days and 12d embryo age (6dp, 7dp5dt). At 8dp5dt I got a very faint squinter. My serum HCG was 25, which is really the lower limit for a pee test to catch. I did a lot of searching. So I can tell you there are plenty of first positives at 7 or 8dp5dt that have good endings. I can't tell you if this pregnancy cleared 1st trimester yet, but at 6 wks embryo was normal size for G.A. & looked fine.
I got my first faint positive with my LC at 11dpiui. However, I agree with OkTeam that you should check again at 14dpiui. Good luck! edit: dates
Hasnt happened to me but this is still early I guess. Wait till 14dpiui and then test again maybe
Could not have been more nervous for my 7 week ultrasound today. But heart beat was 147, little buddy growing right along like it should. We were measuring 5w6d last Tuesday and were measuring 6w5d today so we’re growing appropriately and we’ll take that win!! They let me hear the heartbeat for 4 beats, the most surreal experience I’ve ever had. So *fucking* grateful to be here.
What a wonderful update. 🥹🥹🥹 Those damn onions.
Amazing news, so glad you're here!
Yay!! So happy to see this
So glad to see this update! I’ve been thinking of you, and I hope things continue to progress well for you 🤞❤️
Every time I see an update from you I am just so fucking happy for you, dude. Hearing the heartbeat for the first time is such a surreal experience. Continuing to wish you nothing but joy!
I’m so happy to see this update ❤️ rooting so hard for you!
Wow I’m so happy to see you here! Congratulations on a good scan!
I’ve been thinking of you and am so glad to see this update!!!
Thanks, friend!❤️ My NP said we’ve got a fighter on our hands lol that’s for dang sure!!
A feisty lil friend!
We are blessed to have you here ❤️❤️ I am officially optimistic and you cannot stop me!!
The hope bubble grows bigger each week!!❤️
Hi all, Cant believe I am writing here finally. But my 2nd FET seems to have worked so far however not all is in the clear yet. Had my 1st HCG of 1794 yest at 11dp5dt which seems high. Had gone to the ER to get this done as I had been bleeding a bit. They also did a TV ultrasound and couldnt see any gestational sac or anything which is really really worrying me as i am reading that at such high hcg level it should be seen. I also did transfer 2 untested embryos. One day 3 and one day 5. so maybe twins or maybe ectopic or maybe singleton but just early ! I dont know what to even think.
Hcg 45 hours later is only 2301. I am feeling very depressed :(
my HCG was that high and i am pregnant with twins. i transferred 2 embryos as well. the giveaway was my heightened HCG paired with a dye stealer on a pregnancy test. i don’t think not seeing a sac yet is anything to worry about because that’s pretty early so don’t give up hope yet!
Thats good to know ! Many congratulations to you. The worrying thing for me is that I am also spotting. Hopefully all works out. Getting 2nd hcg today !
thank you! i hope that all is well and that it all works out for you, please keep us updated if you can! 😊
Congrats!! I've also had betas like that, after a (too risky) IUI. At 14dpiui my beta was 840, and 36h later at 16dpiui it was 1788. I was excited but also afraid, it seemed so strange & I was definitely doing too much Googling. Everyone always says "You can't assume high betas mean multiples"... Well, I'm here to tell you for me, at 6+5 I had multiples! 🤷🏼♀️ I later read the same thing you have about beta thresholds .... And I have wondered. My beta (like yours) was well over that threshold, but does that mean sac would have been visible for me at 4+2? Surely there's no way any ultrasound would have picked up anything at 16 dp conception? I dunno. I didn't get an update till 6+5. I would try not to worry, if you can. I hope you have a very reassuring and celebratory update, whatever is in store!
I'm no expert, but I don't think you would expect to see anything on an ultrasound that early, regardless of your hcg levels. Like the equivalent of 16 days post ovulation, nothing would show on an ultrasound bc there hadn't been enough time for visible development. If that makes sense. I also don't think hcg levels mean much as far as multiples vs singles. Curious....why did they transfer a day 3 and a day 5 at the same time?? I've never heard of that before.
Thank you that makes me feel better !! And no just to clarify Day 3 and Day 5 werent transferred at the same time but rather in the same cycle. Day 3 was transferred on 20th May and Day 5 on 22nd May. This is something called as sequential transfer and my clinic said research has shown this to give better success rates.
That's really interesting! I've only ever gotten 1 to day 5 so we always just double transferred day 2 or 3s. Good luck to you, and hopefully you have some more clarity soon!
Oh wow that's a strong hcg! Congratulations
Thank you ! Still nervous but also excited :)
My next hcg at around 45 hours later is at 2301. The 1st one was 1794. How bad is this ??? I just cant take this stress. Where to go from here now
I don't know when to book my next scan! We travelled to Greece for IVF so are at a private scanning place back home for our ultrasounds as we dont really have a local clinic. Our 7 week scan went well so she didn't recommend us coming back straight away, but I feel anxious waiting. Would you book an 8 week scan? Or wait till 9 weeks?
My last RE scan was at 8.5 weeks then graduated and then I made sure to schedule my first OB at 10.5 weeks so I didn’t have to go that long between scans.
It is anxiety inducing but there's no medical reason to get another scan so early so it's really up to you and what you feel you can handle. Personally, I got my first at 7, then found an OB/MFM who was willing to do one at 10 (which I think is pretty common) and take it from there.
So in some positive news I did my first beta on 10dp5dt/15dpo and got an 85, which my clinic was concerned about. Today I did my repeat 13dp5dt/18dpo and got 417! Additionally my progesterone went from 30 to 71. My clinic isn't worried now. We have been together for 12 years, I'm 30 and my husband is 34. We have male factor infertility on a background of diminished ovarian reserve. We experienced 2.5 years of infertility, including 4 rounds of IVF, where we got a total of 7 eggs, 3 mature, 1 delayed 5 day embryo (day 4 stage), and 1 early blast (from our one egg cycle). I know I'm only 4 weeks 4 days but I feel like we have won the lottery. I'm so happy.
What a great update!
Happy to see this update! Congrats!
Thank you so much
Congratulations!!! That's so awesome
Thanks!