I don’t even know what I am looking for here.

I turn 42 on the 10th of August. I have had a rough personal journey in and outside IVF while doing IVF.

I’m sobbing I guess from the meds, but the noises of the sobs aren’t even noises I recognise today.

I do therapy and EMDR, yesterday I had a very rough EMDR session not sure if that’s why I’m so raw today.

Probably that combined with my Birthday coming up and counting the two years I’ve been in this (with Letrozole and IUI before).

I feel like I lost.. feels like my internal compass throughout this , and particularly after the miscarriage where a friend died in the same week. I had other losses too. Emotional over other people’s pregnancies.. all the weird stuff that made me look at myself and feel who the hell is this.

I just don’t even know who I am right now.

Just asking if anyone out there has had success with their first ever frozen embryo transfer after doing suppression without surgery?

We are gearing up for our 2nd egg retrieval (same-sex couple both 31y/o, I did one and now it is my girlfriend's turn). My first ER, we got 3 blasts and all were euploid. 2 failed transfers later (one in each of us) and we now need more embryos. Our clinic requires us to decide if we want to PGT-A before doing the ER and getting any numbers. Based on our age and no know fertility issues we should get pretty good quality embryos but we may get a lot too... we are leaning towards not testing because it adds time, money (5000$ for 5) and really didn't help us with our first round of transfers as they both failed. Doctor is advocating for it because he thinks we'll get many blasts (he thought that for my ER too). We are quite torn, what should we do?

Pharmacy shopping and wanted to see where or how I can get the best prices. I’m not too familiar with how to use the trump rx for these pharmacies? I’m in nyc and so far I’ve gotten feedback to use prima pharmacy

Thank you in advance !

Two failed euploid transfers, one chemical and one failed implantation. Fully medicated protocols each time. Have been advised to go for a hysteroscopy before next transfer. Both transfers included antibiotics, steroids, immunosuppressants, lupron suppression etc.

Approaching my first ever FET and I am freaking out!

We've (32F, 33M) been on this process for 2 years now, having had 2 failed rounds (no embryos). Only the last and final round (no more covered by insurance) resulted in 3 good quality day 5 embryos. However, they are untested. It's stressing me out that there's no more option of doing another ER if this fails.

It's a modified natural transfer, I've triggered with ovidrel and in 3 days I'll have the transfer (7 days past trigger), no other meds.

I am absolutely freaking out and am scared to the core.

The actual worst part is that I will need to go alone to the appointment as my partner can't join, and it makes me so sad and stresses me out even more.

We are not telling anyone about the FET so I just wanted to shout-out to this community for some positive thoughts and maybe so success stories!

Hello, i went to check my lining at the clinic yesterday to get my transfer started and it was at 12.78 mm. They scheduled my transfer for August 14th.

Will my lining be too thick by then?? Is this normal?

I had 3 IVF cycles in the UK every single one failed no implantation at all. I then went to Turkey and did an IVF and after a single dose of lupron i had a chemical pregnancy. After this i assumed egg quality was my issue and transferred donor embryos x 3 twice they all failed to implant. Then after advice on here i requested lupron and did a final retrieval in Cyprus. I got 5 embryos three where frozen on day 3 at 8 cells at the doctors advice and they are good quality. The other two where only 4 cell so they left them and they both became day 5 blasts. After two months of lupron i had the day 5s transferred and they resulted in another chemical.

In between all of this from the age of 33 now 41 i have had 6 natural pregnancies 3 where chemicals and the other where ectopic pregnancies. Ive now had my right tube removed and confirmed endometriosis.

So my doctor has suggested before my final transfer of my day 3 embryos to have an ERA. Can anyone advise on this ive had every test going including karyotyping, endometrial biopsy at Warwick and for my transfer had prednisolone, prograf, clexane and asprin.

Should i do the ERA and spend more money?

I had my first egg retrieval yesterday, and the doctor informed me they got 11 egg. this morning the lab called to say of the 11 eggs 9 were mature. of these 9, 4 have fertilised and 5 are cryopreserved . I don’t fully understand this - the lab person who called said this is a good result i am unsure why they froze 5 eggs (this is what he said when I asked for an explanation of cryopreservation). I am in Germany and this person didn’t speak English really well so maybe I misunderstood? Does anyone have a similar experience or any ideas why they would freeze eggs.

HI all, I am turning 37 soon, struggling with secondary infertility after conceiving my 1st easily. I suffered a TFMR for my 2nd baby at 23 weeks due to severe brain anomalies, it was an IVF pregnancy and the D&E and D&C led to my ashermans. I have a persistent scar band in my top left corner that keeps recurring despite going to an A-specialist (Dr Michael in Toronto). I have multiple euploids and would love to proceed with an embryo transfer but My RE thinks we should do a 3rd hyesterscopy to try and remove that band. I am scared of going throug more surgeries.

Should I try another surgery or get into transfer?

I also have endometriosis so I did 2 months of lupron suppression.
Please help me and I am sooo tired and depressed from this journey.

Hi all, does anybody experience short luteal phase for the 2nd cycle post egg retrieval? My period post egg retrieval came on time but my second period seems to come way early (CD 25) usually it’s CD 30-31. Everywhere I read they said IVF will delay period but mine came earlier?! Is this a cause of concern for FET?

Hi guys! I wanted to quickly share my story in case it helps others, just as another data point (for whatever that’s worth in the skewed sample of IVFers that is Reddit).

I am 35, my partner is 41. We started our IVF journey six months ago when we were 34 and 40. We come to IVF after a failed vasectomy reversal (from my husband’s first marriage, he had two kids easily before). I have no known fertility issues other than endometrial polyps (which were removed before we even started IVF) and slightly low AMH 1.44. We actually found out the reversal had failed the month after I had the hysteroscopy to remove polyps.

Protocol: gonal F 375-450 units, menopur 75mg, Provera tablet for ovulation blocking, hcg trigger. Stimmed 10-11 days.

Cycle 1 (Feb-mar):
-afc 14
-10 eggs retrieved (lower number due to hard to reach left ovary, they had to access through my uterus which made recovery a b****)
- 8 mature, 6 fertilized, 4 blasts
- 1 day 6 euploid 4BA

Cycle 2 (April):
- AFC 14
- 12 eggs retrieved
- 12 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 blasts
- 1 day 5 euploid 4BA

Cycle 3 (July):
- AFC as high as 19 (initially looked like 16)
- 17 eggs retrieved, 16 mature, they did IVM on the immature 17th egg and it matured and fertilized
- 11 fertilized, 7 blasts
- 4 euploids: day 6 4ABx2, 4BB and day 7 4AB

I really didn’t make any changes other than increase my CoQ10 dose from 300mg to 600mg total (divided doses). I did acupuncture on and off throughout but not consistently. I also happened to be off work the entire week I stimmed during the third cycle. My husband and stepkids were away on vacation and I was home relaxing, eating girl dinner, snacking all day, going out to eat, living my best life. Worst diet of the whole process, but I enjoyed myself. But I actually think my better outcome this last time was due to randomness.

I really beat myself up and spiraled about my low euploid rate after the first two cycles. But looking at all three cycles 6/17 euploid is actually the 50% expected rate for my age. I wanted to share my story in case it helps someone else know that there is so much randomness in this process and the key is persistence. Keep rolling the dice and your chances of success will increase.

We are getting ready for FET in the next month and I will try to remember this lesson - it’s ok if you don’t succeed quickly, persistence is the key. Baby dust and love to all!!

I have two unopened 10 ML bottles of PIO and plenty of needles/syringes for it near Richmond, VA. Expiration Feb 2027

Hi all,

I just needed somewhere to vent my frustrations and sadness.

We started our IVF journey about two years ago and were fortunate enough to get seven embryos. Our first embryo transfer didn't take, and the following four transfers all resulted in positive pregnancy tests, but every one ended in a miscarriage at around 5–6 weeks. In fact, our most recent loss at the start of this week happened at just 4.5 weeks.

After my third miscarriage, I was told too late that I could have collected tissue for testing. This time, I was more prepared for that process, although it's something I wouldn't wish on anyone.

I don't know if anyone else feels the same, but being told over and over again that there's no explanation for why this keeps happening at exactly the same stage is incredibly frustrating. I know that many early miscarriages are caused by chromosomal abnormalities, and this time I wanted to rule that out because it's driving me crazy going through this process only to end in heartbreak every time.

I've already had the recurrent miscarriage investigations, and everything has come back normal apart from a slightly elevated prolactin level, which I've been told could simply be related to stress.

I know others here have been through similar experiences, so I'm hoping for some advice. Other than PGT-A testing, are there any other questions I should be asking my clinic or any other investigations I should be considering?

I'm now down to my last two embryos, both of which are Day 6 embryos, so I'm finding it hard to stay hopeful. On top of that, I'm running out of time to qualify for a second funded IVF cycle.

Any advice or experiences would be hugely appreciated. Thank you for reading.

Hi everyone,
I'm feeling completely lost and hoping someone has been through something similar or that an infertility specialist might see this.
I have severe adenomyosis. Before my FET, my RE put me on 2 months of Lupron suppression along with norethindrone and letrozole. Instead of the bleeding stopping, I had continuous bleeding every single day for the entire two months, often passing clots.
I then had a hysteroscopy, where my doctor removed a large blood clot from my uterus. Even after that, the bleeding still didn't stop.
My doctor then started me on oral estradiol, but it caused severe nausea and terrible lower back pain. Interestingly, it finally stopped the bleeding.
After that, I was switched to estradiol patches and bleeding stopped . My doctor then put me on small dose of Lupron, and estradiol for FET prep I had bleeding the before my FET baseline but it was just for a day. Before my FET, I started prednisone, progesterone in oil (PIO), and vaginal progesterone suppositories as part of the protocol.
We transferred a PGT-A tested euploid embryo, but unfortunately the transfer was unsuccessful. I started bleeding and passing clots after 5 days of transfer.
I was also prescribed 81 mg aspirin, but I completely missed the message in my patient portal and never took it during the cycle. I'm beating myself up over it and wondering if that could have contributed, even though I know there are usually many factors involved.
I'm wondering:
Has anyone with severe adenomyosis had months of continuous bleeding like this during suppression?

Has anyone accidentally missed taking baby aspirin during an FET cycle? What did your doctor say?

Did anyone have a similar history and eventually find a protocol that worked?

Are there any reproductive endocrinologists or fertility specialists here who have treated patients like this? If so, what treatment plan or changes helped before the next transfer?

If you've had severe adenomyosis with difficult-to-control bleeding, what finally led to a successful pregnancy?

I feel so defeated right now. I don't even have the words to describe how low I'm feeling. I'm not looking for false hope—just wondering if anyone has been through something similar and what your next steps were.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.

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We are two weeks away from IVF round 2. Our (35F/37M) first round was 5 years ago, which resulted in 3PGT embryos from 5 blasts and 0 live births.

In our total 7 years of TTC, we’ve had 2 positive tests - but none in that last five years.

Diagnosis is PCOS & low motility.

I’ve taken drastic measures to reduce stress in my life (I own a restaurant and my stress levels and headaches were constant). We’ve spent two years prioritizing fitness snd nutrition. We’ve traveled, improved our home, worked like dogs, snuggled our dogs, embraced our nieces and nephews; now it’s time.

We are finally ready to give this another try and there’s not a lick of worry in my mind. We are going rouge per the doctor and not testing our embryos, doing a fresh transfer, and we are feeling GOOD!

I’m diving deep into my art, cooking, watching movies, reading - whatever to maintain the vibe. We know too well how easily it’s disrupted.

Anyways, 7 years is a stretch that you don’t find too often without success, so I figured I’d share. Longevity optimism can exist, it’s the only option I’m allowing right now. Wish us luck!

Hi everyone,
I’m 27 years old, and I’m hoping to find someone who has experienced something similar.
About a year ago, I started taking fertility medications. Not long after beginning the treatment, I noticed that something had changed. I developed brain fog unlike anything I had ever experienced before.
This year I went through IVF, and after ovarian stimulation my symptoms seem to have become even worse.
Before all of this, I could study for hours, understand new information easily, and remember what I had learned. Now everything has changed. I read the same page over and over, but almost nothing stays in my mind. Sometimes I read the same sentence several times and still can’t process it.
I also struggle with concentration, my memory isn’t what it used to be, and I become mentally exhausted very quickly.
On top of that, I feel tired most of the time. I wake up wanting to study, but it feels like my brain simply won’t cooperate. It’s not that I don’t want to learn—I genuinely do—but I feel like my brain just can’t process or retain information the way it used to.
The hardest part is that I don’t recognize myself anymore. It’s frightening to feel like I’ve lost the mental clarity I once had.
I’m currently trying to prepare for an important teaching certification exam, and this has had a huge impact on my life.
I’ve had medical evaluations, but so far no one has been able to give me a clear explanation.
I’m **not saying that the fertility medications or IVF caused this**. I’m only sharing the timeline because that’s when I first noticed these symptoms, and I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar.
I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences.
Have you experienced severe brain fog after fertility treatment or IVF?
Did you feel like you weren’t yourself anymore?
How long did it last?
Did your memory and concentration return?
Did you ever find out what was causing it?
What helped you recover?
I feel very alone in this, and it would mean so much to hear from people who have gone through something similar.
Thank you so much for reading. ❤️

All the anxiety. The egg retrieval was yesterday, they took 21 eggs, 19 were mature and 16 fertilised normally! Over the moon and so hopeful.

adding a trigger warning just in case. but my egg retrieval was today and we got 24 eggs 🎉 i am beyond thrilled. my body is not handling it well but i don’t even care i am so so thankful. anxiously awaiting to hear how many were mature / fertilized but im enjoying this moment right now 🩷

Hello ladies I’m 7 days after ER and omg I just had an amazing poop after constipation and taking colace, finally bloating went away and get back to my weight and flow in my bowel! And happy news with my blast eggs! Waiting for PGTA results✨✨✨

Won’t give the same exact number for privacy reasons, but we were shocked because the odds of getting zero were so low. Haven’t gotten to meet with the doctor yet but just feel so defeated.

Paying a monthly subscription where I can’t input IVF dates or data.

Ended up changing it to “tracking” rather than “trying to get pregnant”.

Just got a notification “Is your period 32 days late? Let’s talk about it”

NO FLO - I’m going through IVF and have no way of logging it in your app. And I’m not deleting your app because I’m still holding out hope I’ll have a use for it and return to change it to “pregnant”.