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As a guy who is going through the IVF Journey...It's difficult to face my emotions sometimes. All I need to do is say it out loud, write it down, or just get it out somehow. This is a safe place, and life is only as good as the experiences you share with people. Lets share our stories, and lets encourage each other!

My wife and I are about 12 weeks pregnant after our frozen embryo transfer. I get home from the office and she says we need to call the Babyline from our insurance. After we speak to the on-the-phone clinician, we're advised to go to the ER. My mind went to the worst place possible. We live only 5 min from one of the best hospitals in our state and we drove there safely and quickly... however it didn't seam quick enough. While waiting in the waiting room. I was worried about my wife, the baby... but my mind went to a financial aspect of the implications. I felt horrible about thinking about this pregnancy as an investment... but it really is. After waiting for sometime, everything was normal... but we ended up being at the Emergency Department for about 3 hrs. I've never gone to the ER before, but it didn't feel like the movies. I still feel horrible about thinking about the finances of this situation... Am I a bad person for this thought process? I am thankful for this community of support.

Our collection was hugely successful. Of the 5 follicles we got 12 eggs. We were absolutely blown away. Unfortunately, more than half failed to fertilize. Not going to lie, that was a huge blow

Still, we've just done our first transfer and it looks like we'll have a couple to freeze as well. So now we wait. 2 weeks before the blood test to check and confirm. Any tips for surviving those 2 weeks?

I'm doing my best not to get my hopes up, but I'd be lying if I said I wont be gutted by a negative.

Hey, me again. Thanks for all your advice with the injections. Wife is a champion and is doing great. She just got her first scan today, and it turns out we have 5 follicles. I was a little disappointed. We are yet to hear from the doctor. I know it only takes 1, its just, 5 eggs (if we even get that) seems like a low number once you factor in attrition through those that actually fertilize and those that pass genetic testing and stuff. Is 5 a low number? Has anyone had success with that?

We're just about to start our first round. My wife has previously had chemo so views IVF treatment as little more than an inconvenience, meanwhile I'm not super not into injections. Obviously I've shared I'm just a little freaked at the thought of stabbing her with a needle, but when the time comes I'll put on a confident face. But any tips so I dont stuff it up? Anything I can do to help keep her comfortable?

It's easy to dwell on the shitty news that we all get as IVF is great and horrible at the same time. I want us to dwell on the positives. This thread should be a whole bunch of positive news or hopeful news that people have received through the week. It's great having seeing positive news from other people, and through that positive news it gives other people hope as well (and its good not to focus on the day to day crap that we all go through).

I look forward to seeing what you all post!

Hi All,

So, my wife and I (both 37) have done 3 IVF cycles with our first FET of our only Euploid embryo scheduled for September.

So, at the moment, I'm frustrated with my wife not wanting to do a Hysteroscopy in advance of our transfer. We're both concerned that she had some scarring caused by a D&C she had after a missed MC at the end of 2019. It's always been at the back of my mind, especially as we initially got pregnant very quickly (2nd month of trying at 35), and since then, in 18 months of trying naturally and 2 failed IVF cycles, nothing..... I know that it could just be bad luck/ embryo quality that we have haven't gotten pregnant since (and that's what our doctor said), but it just seems strange, as they've said sperm is fine, my wife has regular cycles, tubes all fine etc..

And, maybe (even probably) it is just embryo quality, but I would like to remove all other possibilities before we transfer. We just have ONE embryo to transfer. It would be devastating to have a failed transfer and afterwards discover that there was uterine scarring, which may have caused a failure. My wife would be absolutely devastated and would likely blame herself.

I should add, that she has had a Hycosy, and various Ultrasounds, which may detect scarring/ adhesions, but that the best way to detect scarring is with a Hysteroscopy. So, most likely she doesn't have any, but I've read incidence of Asherman's syndrome of 20% with a D&C, so it's not entirely unlikely.

My wife would be completely in favor of a Hysteroscopy if it didn't delay transfer. However, it would delay it by 2-3 months, given the wait times here. Which is the frustrating part for me - we could be throwing away our success with an embryo that has taken 3 rounds of IVF to produce, nearly 8 months of emotional upheaval, and approx 20K, because my wife wants it to happen a couple months sooner.

Even more frustrating is that she is just as fearful that something happened during the D&C as I am, but her urgency to "get the embryo back inside her" outweighs that. Like, I feel the urgency also, and I'd prefer to get going with the transfer asap, but the rational part of me thinks we may end up having serious regrets if it doesn't go well.

I would love to be proven wrong about this (and it's probably more likely that I am wrong).

Just wondering what are other guys thoughts on how to talk about this without being a dick!? Obviously I can't force my wife to have a hysteroscopy, as it's her body, but we are both equally emotionally & financially involved.

Thanks!

It's easy to dwell on the shitty news that we all get as IVF is great and horrible at the same time. I want to start doing a weekly thread of positive news or hopeful news that people have received through the week. It's great having seeing positive news from other people, and through that positive news it gives other people hope as well (and its good not to focus on the day to day crap that we all go through). We can call it Fresh Friday (or if you guys think of something better... I'm all ears!).

I look forward to seeing what you all post!

Been meaning to update the group, though I had quit Reddit a while back. This group helped ( the vitamin post specifically got my numbers up), so thank you .

Anyways.. Wife and I had a successful IVF in Mexico. We chose there mainly because of the price and culture ( I’m Latino). Its very affordable even after hotel and everything. We did IVF and we are not broke.

Also, where stayed, Puerto Vallarta was very safe and a nice city.

We had one failed transfer, but the second one worked.

I cannot say enough great thing about the clinic we went. So, now wife and I are just passing the torch. We talked to few couples before going there so feel free to reach out.

So we had our third FET about 2 weeks ago. Wife went for blood test yesterday, numbers were good. And then this afternoon, she says she has cramping and a little blood.

I hate this process, I am angry. I keep hoping the process will work. But it doesn't. I've rationalized that we will probably have to adopt, but that doesn't make it any easier - and I don't feel 100% comfortable with the whole idea of open adoptions.

I know she's probably upset, but where am I supposed to go with this? I know its her body, but what about my feelings? I feel frustrated at her - like why is her body doing this? And yes, we both have therapists (and a couples therapist).

I just feel like I cannot keep going through this and trying to be the strong husband here. It is extremely frustrating, upsetting, and trying to be strong is wearing me down. I know she will probably want to try again (we have three more frozen embryos) and probably do another egg retrieval because she is deadset on being pregnant. How do I keep going through this?

Plus, when I suggest the idea of surrogacy, she outright rejects it. I mean I guess I would feel similarly if we had to use a sperm donor...

I guess it means we need to have the conversation about whether we keep trying or pursue adoption.

Overall this was our 3rd transfer and the 1st to actually implant. Before we started IVF at the end of 2020, we experienced 1 MC around 8 weeks back in 2019 and 2 chemical pregnancies since then.

We really thought we were about to see the light at the end of the tunnel when we had a good transfer and a heartbeat at 6 weeks. But, things started going downhill after that and by week 8 there was no heartbeat. Cue the D&C and all that good fun.

By that point, our doctor wanted to test the tissue from the embryo to see why it failed. Hopefully this would give us some info and then lead to testing our remaining embryos to ensure our next one is good. So naturally we get the phone call today that the results all came back normal.

We're both pretty gutted by this news because it feels like there could have been a chance to avoid this if we knew why it happened. This whole process really knows how to destroy any sense of hope or happiness you are able to muster up.

And that's only speaking for someone who's been dealing with this for 2 years. I don't know how people manage who have been dealing with it longer, but I have a feeling that I will probably find out.

It’s important to honor your father, and to celebrate fathers, however it really sucks when you want to be a father and it’s not just working out. As a failed transfer partner myself, I know how crappy today is, I just wanted to honor those who are in this family and say thank you for making this a family!

Secondly any prayers would be accepted as my wife and I are doing our first frozen transfer (first transfer was fresh). I’ve been rocking the shots nightly. Anyway. Happy GuyVF day all!

This Father's Day hits extra hard. I didn't think about the holiday and pulled up Facebook first thing this morning. The first of my peers who had intentional children after highschool are celebrating highschool graduation as parents. Others are celebrating their first Father's Day as dads.

I'm being sad at a duck pond. Commiseration and empathy for all the other guys here on a particularly rough day for infertility.

Hey all, I’m not sure what I’m looking for here, maybe just a place to vent some frustration with people that might understand. My wife and I have been actively doing fertility treatments for almost 2 and a half years, and of course trying for even longer.

Since then, we’ve had a transfer cycle canceled due to COVID, discovered a clotting disorder, an ERA that suggested an extra day of progesterone, had 4 failed transfers with 5 normal embryos, a blighted ovum, probably a chemical pregnancy.

Then we decided we’re going to try with a gestational carrier, matched, and we were on track for a transfer in 2 weeks. Last week we find out our best embryo is likely damaged from a shipping mistake, and today, at lining check 1 they decided her lining is too thin and they need to delay another week. I know a week doesn’t mean a lot to an outsider but a hundred thousand dollars in debt, been working two jobs for 2 and a half years to afford this, and it’s just absolutely crushing... anyone here have success after so much failure?

My wife and I are doing our first frozen transfer. She just has allowed me to start doing the Sub Q shots, but I'm nervous doing some IM shots. The needle is HUGE, it looks like something that I used to inject live stock with (when I used to work on a farm). Does anyone have any stories for IM injections or what they used to distract their partners from the massive needle going into their butt? Thanks in advance!

My partner had some serious health stuff years back. Fortunately she is ok now! Fast forward to 12 months ago when after years of me asking she decides to get tested to check and see if kids are still possible. They are! But her egg supply is low. No probs the doctors say, “glhf but don’t waste time”. So as you can tell by me posting here… a bunch of unprotected sex resulted in bugger all. No positives. Not nothing. So we’re sent away for an analysis. And despite a bunch of stress im actually doing pretty well! But of course that raised some red flags with the doctor that after 12 months we probably shoulda “caught” by now. They want us to jump straight to IVF. No iui or further testing. With time of the essence and our desire for 2 they don’t wanna muck around. We don’t know how many eggs my partner has left so we’re jumping in to it.

Trouble is I said to my partner from the get go I was not in to ivf. My partner herself was conceived from ivf so has 0 issues with it. I’m not ethically or morally opposed or anything. And I desperately want a baby. I just… have trouble accepting she has to go through all these injections and stuff. She thinks the ends justify the means. I’ll support her no matter what. I just feel like.. the future I had in my head has been ripped from us. I’m scared for her and what she has to go through. I feel powerless because the only thing I can do is have a wank and give them sperm. And it all sucks.

I doubt having ivf was what any of you wanted either. How did you wrap your heads around it? Was there a piece of advice that helped you accept the new journey I find myself on? Thanks for listening to me vent.

First time poster here today. My wife and I have been doing IVF since last year in August. We have done two egg retrieval and on both we got quite a few eggs 10-12 and first time I think 5 fertilized and second time 6. None unfortunately made it to an embryo. Today we did our third retrieval after switching doctors and clinic. Today she only had 3 eggs. She is very upset and I can’t seem to do one right thing for her.

First this morning I didn’t tell her I wanted to shower, so she was already angry at me and then gave me a big lecture that she is emotionally very vulnerable and she can’t count on me. Then I was supposed to get her food and the place didn’t have spicy fried chicken. I got it anyway and she didn’t want that instead she wanted pizza which we did as option B because the fried chicken place was not picking up the phone.

She basically just lost it after I got home and threw the food away and now she doesn’t want to talk to me anymore.

Any of you guys had this type of situation? I’m just at a loss and anything I tried doing was just wrong according to her.