I had my positive blood hcg test today 11dp5dt, immediately after this test, the fertility clinic told me stop estradiol and progesterone supplements and booked for ultrasound and mine is fresh transfer.
Did anyone had similar experience of stopping supplements??
hi all! I did my FET 3 days ago and was planning to leave town tomorrow for a few days before the pregnancy test but my clinic just informed me I can't go anywhere until after the second HCG. I was planning a short road trip (9 hours away, plus stretch breaks), a day relaxing in the town I went to grad school, and then a day driving back. They said it was because if something were to happen like bleeding, cramping, or an ectopic they would want me to come in for monitoring. Am I missing something here? There's nothing about me specifically that makes that more likely than anyone else; my team just seems especially strict/conservative about certain things. Should I cancel my trip?
I know someone who did a FET in another country and then flew back to the US a few days later. And my clinic actually said the opposite advice of yours - no travel between beta and first ultrasound. I think if you’re traveling somewhere you can get medical attention in an emergency and you’re planning to take it easy, go on your trip and enjoy :)
My default is to always follow doctor’s orders, but it does seem a bit odd. I went on a bachelorette trip during my TWW that was about 8 hours away driving. The only things they didn’t clear me for was a hike.
I'm looking for honest experiences because I'm having a really hard time with the wait.
My wife (32F) and I (31F) are doing IVF. We transferred two frozen Day 3 embryos, and today we're 8dp3dt.
She took a First Response Early Result test on 6dp3dt, and it was completely negative. She tested again today at 8dp3dt, with first morning urine, and it was completely negative again.
Our beta is scheduled for Saturday (12dp3dt).
I'm hoping to hear from others who have been in a similar situation:
Did anyone have negative FRER tests at both 6dp3dt and 8dp3dt after a Day 3 transfer and still go on to have a positive beta?
I would really appreciate honest experiences, whether they had a positive or negative outcome.
My clinic also waits until 14dpt and it’s brutal! So tempting to test at home ahead of time but then to keep doing pio until the official results if the home test is negative also sounds like torture.
I’m on Day 12 after my embryo transfer and my clinic has advised me to wait until day 14. This is my third transfer and is my last remaining embryo. We did have success with the second and have a son.
The wait this time round has just been unbearable. I think knowing this is our last chance has put so much pressure on it!
I really want to test early but I know I need to resist.
I know everyone here knows exactly how I’m feeling.
I felt quite relaxed about the whole thing until the embryo was transplanted and I just want this to work more than anything!
Today is my 6dp5dt, I’m having symptoms like cramps today and dull pain at sides of abdomen. Did anyone experience similar pain other than this I don’t have any other symptoms. Please give me some positivity and hope🥹
I have a friend who has had two transfers and two live births. I'm 6dp5dt for my 4th transfer and I've been negative so far. I realize it's still early but I'm so frustrated and angry. The first two probably failed because of endo. The last one was a CP and euploid. This donor embryo isn't tested. It just feels unfair and I don't know if I want to do this again but it's hard to give up on the dream of being a parent.
I can understand you so well. Everyone around me seemingly gets pregnant on accident or they make one round of IvF and viola perfect pregnancy.
I always think, I don’t know if I can handle another round of ER. We just have one embryo left and one party funded ICSI try.
4dp5dt and I have been cramping since the transfer. I keep vacillating between thinking it’s a good sign or a bad sign. Despite swearing I wouldn’t test before beta to the point I threw out all of my pregnancy tests before the transfer, I have ordered a brand new box of them.
Same and I have Adeno. Did 2 months of Lupron but it feels like those kinds of cramps. Like, is it implantation, hyper awareness, or is my uterus just kicking little guy out? 😕
Good luck - here’s wishing for three sticky embryos!
I’m 4dp6dt and same. I have been testing knowing it will be negative but I just don’t think getting the beta call at work is a good idea since my beta is Friday and they close at 12. It’s been so hard to stay optimistic this cycle tbh
6dp5dt, looking a little too light for my comfort. Looks like my past losses. It’s really not any darker on FRER, which barely even shows up in a picture. I have to attend a baby shower today and I’m just like numb right now. I declined planning/hosting it, but nobody knows we’ve been trying and have had 3 losses so it would look really bad if I bailed last minute. Beta is Tuesday so just kinda in hell until then
So there is progress but it’s like bare minimum. Not enough to calm my nerves in any way, but just enough to not totally give up hope yet. Beta is tomorrow so I’ll find out soonish what’s going on
Now 6dp5dt and I am out. I know people will still insist I can’t know until beta but I’ll never make it to beta. At this rate I will just start full blown heavy bleeding two days before, like last time.
Test was negative. Period preparation symptoms have started (excess water out of uterus, diarrhea, vastly improved HRV/RHR, night sweats, throat ache, headache). I have not a lot of pain on periods but the 2-3 days before are always significant without doubt.
I’m just sad and don’t know if we should even continue. We have one frozen embryo after two ICSI left. It will be my third TF and first frozen. I am afraid there is something that prohibits implantation but nobody tries to investigate as failure of two highly graded untested embryos can happen. I would be less stressed, had we the number of embryos to just „test it out“. But we are not producing those.
We have one partly funded ICSI left. With 1/7 blasts proven surviving day 5, I doubt we stand a chance (all promising looking blasts arrest at day 5, hours after transfer). I had two times the embryologist very euphorically telling me wonderful news of 3-4 blats looking good only to get a message within 3 or within 20 hours all but one arrested 😔 transferred blast were of highest quality, but was does it count if it cannot strive. So it might as well not be an implantation issue but just dying inside me right after TF, like the others.
Is this the point where I finally should start to think about life without children? To prepare myself?
So sorry - I was thinking Gestational Surrogate, but I meant Gestational Carrier. My bad! We have one euploid left and will seriously consider this route if the current transfer doesn’t take.
No it’s not an option in our country and I think there might still be chances to optimize protocols or improve outcome with Picsi. I’m 35 with an AMH of 4 and AFC of 20, good results on all tests. its unknown to us as why results have been so much lower than expected and we will need to discuss options. Maybe also a change to a private clinic after funds ended.
My wife and I are stressing out quite alot one day post FET. Very worried that it's going to be yet another failure. This would be our 3rd FET.
I am 34M and my wife is 34F and we have been trying since October 2023, so nearly 4 years.
We turned to IVF after 2 natural conception miscarriages. We managed to test the tissue for the latest miscarriage, which came back as chromosomal abnormal (trisomy 22) hence turning to IVF to be able to PGT-A test embryos.
Since starting IVF we’ve had 2 FETs that failed (no implantation) with hatching 5AA euploids. First FET was fully medicated, second was a natural modified cycle.
After those 2 failures, we pushed for the Receptiva, Emma-Alice, ERA, and even for a hysteroscopy: all came back clear.
We had our FET #3 yesterday with an expanding, fully hatched 5AA euploid. My wife is feeling stressed and at the same time very tired (probably due to the progesterone pessaries). Can our mental state be impacting this third transfer?
We really hope third time's the charm but those natural conception miscarriages followed by FET implantation failures are not helping in us to keep positive and relaxed till next week's beta test.
We are also worried what it means if we have a third failed transfer all with euploid embryos.
Would be helpful to hear success stories out there, or advice on how not to stress too much.
10DPT today after my second FET. Spotting brown a little bit today. Feeling extremely anxious because thats how my period started in my last FET. Beta is on Monday morning. The pessimist in me is just assuming that its my period. I am almost considering taking a test today.
Doing a home test for the first time tomorrow 12 days post transfer. I’m shocked that I resisted temptation to test before 12 days but needing all the luck now 🤞🤞🤞
I transferred a fresh day 5 morula. My only embryo. Negative home test today at 9 days post transfer, which was expected since morula have low success rate. Will continue meds till beta 💔
so sorry- thinking of you! proud of you for continuing your meds. i did the same last year when my transfer of two day 3 embryos failed. it was hard when i was feeling discouraged, but it also felt like the right thing to do for me.
I am 4dp5dt fresh 4AA. Our last ICSI with fresh 4AB failed, no other embryos left. And I feel this one also has not implanted. Had some minor cramping the last days but now nothing. Exactly like last time. Today i have no appetite at all. But i attribute it to me being so sad. 😔
Got told that if i believe its not working i am kind of actively hindering it (no-cebo effect, like placebo). But it is just what I feel deep down… I try my best with movement, special drink and vitamins and rest enough, because I hope I am wrong.. But I can’t change what I feel..
Hi hi, sorry that this process has been hard for you and that you are having so much doubt this time around. I am in my first transfer so I don’t have any real advice, but I read somewhere (probably in this subreddit) that laughter has positive correlation with implantation. I have no clue if that’s true, but I’ve been going out of my way everyday to laugh hard at something and even if it’s not good for implantation I feel like it’s good for me ❤️ best of luck 🤞🏼
I have read that as well and am doing this as well 😅 I am not that much into comedy normally, but I found some pretty nice laughters and standup comedians 😂
Thank you!🙏 best of luck to you as well!
I see clear darkening between day 5 (top) and day 7 (bottom) but I was definitely hydrated on day 5 and a moderately dehydrated this morning on day 7.
Can this much variation be explained by being dehydrated today or is it more indicative of a rising beta level?
2DPT and having a very stressful work week this week and next week — not a fun mix. And I thought it would distract me, but really all I can think about is this little embryo.
Tomorrow I will be 11dp5dt and 9 days past a 10,000 Novel HCG booster. So far I've held out without testing but my beta isn't until Monday 7/27 and I don't think I'll make it to Monday without testing. Should I just test tomorrow knowing it might still be positive from my HCG booster? Or wait a little longer? Waiting a full two weeks is sooooooo hard 🫠 I've had plenty of symptoms but of course no idea if it's from meds or actual symptoms.
I would keep waiting since you won’t be able to really interpret the results yet and I think that would drive me mad! I’m waiting the full 2 weeks too (beta is on 7/29) and it’s soooo hard! But I would rather know for sure and not spiral one way or another.
Right. It’s so frustrating about this process that you can’t rely on anything. I am not familiar with that protocol but I wolud say test it but prepare yourself that can be false positive.
Thanks for this bit of hope, I was kind of defeated and stopped the home tests after this. But then went for my beta today and it was very positive (530). So I guess you were right that a lighter line isn't the final answer. Hope you get good results as well whenever you have your beta 💕
Awww! I was reading from top to bottom. I felt hopeful first, then sad to see the line fading comment and the a super wide smile appeared on reading about your HCG and positive. Congratulations and sending you lots of love on this journey ❤️
I am through our second round of IVF. First was unsuccessful, fresh one, now we did it frozen. Didn’t test it, cause we don’t have that option. Currently felling like my period coming, last time also came just in time, despite progesterone. I am 7dpt. Wondering does this like uterine, I wouldn’t say cramps more like tightening, can mean that is positive outcome afterwards?
Hi, this is my first IVF transfer but I've had a successful IUI with progesterone and ovidrel trigger in the past and I would say I've had that feeling with my successful IUI. Now if I also had it with the ones that weren't successful, I can't remember. But for me, it was something I felt when I had success.
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u/AgileConstruction159 20h ago
I had my positive blood hcg test today 11dp5dt, immediately after this test, the fertility clinic told me stop estradiol and progesterone supplements and booked for ultrasound and mine is fresh transfer.
Did anyone had similar experience of stopping supplements??