Frozen Embryo Transfer Cycles (FET)

[crazyrunningmama]

C'mon, I know you're out there. I am on bcps and the nasty supression stuff, day 16 of my cycle and trying to be grounded and healthy. I guess transfer will be 2nd week of Dec? I can't get the dates straight in my head. Then will come the dreaded 2ww. I would love to have some FET cycle buddies!!! Tell me your stories. Send us all some : Share tips!

[pinkfriend]

Hey CRM, as you may know I am having a fresh cycle with ER scheduled for Tuesday, but just wanted to let you know that I am here for you and will be a 'cycle buddy' for you! I have a totally different perspective on IVF after everything I've gone through the last few weeks!

[crazyrunningmama]

Good luck on Tuesday!!!! And thank you so much for your support.

[Crunchy Frog]

Good luck on the FET. I had 2 frozen embryos transferred last June, and am now pregnant with twins due in March. And these were frozen for 10 years, so it can work very well.

I think it's actually alot nicer when you're just doing the transfer and not having to go through the whole IVF thing along with it.

Let me know if I can do anything for moral support.

[crazyrunningmama]

Thanks for even posting!! I really liked having cycle buddies during my IVF run in July, I miss just having someone care where I'm at!! I have only told 2 friends IRL and now I don't even see them that much!

Btw, my dd is the result of our last FET, and they transfered THREE as that was all the survived the freezing and they weren't great quality (but she sure is!!! : )

[Julia'sMom]

Hey CRM! I'm not a cycle buddy (only wish I was), but I wanted to send you lots of Hopefully SR will poke her head in here to join you. Keep sane and know that I'll be praying for you.

[Sri Radha]

Here I am! My transfer is scheduled for 12/4 as long as it all goes as planned. I am excited, hopeful but also a little scared it won't work. What is your protocol looking like, CRM? I am on estrogen now and I start the PIO shots on November 30th. Are you doing the progesterone shots? My clinic only does shots with FET's.

Julia'sMom: I see you have 2 angels in your sig. I am so sorry. I remember cycling with you this summer. My heart goes out to you.

[OrganicSister]

I'm still in the deciding stages as to whether or not I'll do an FET in January/February. Do ya mind if I stalk you to see what it all entails?

Good luck, CRM and SR! :

[crazyrunningmama]

Hey Julia'smom : backatcha.

Wow, SR, you have so much more predictability than me! I've been on the suppression nose spray for a week and I have 3 more bcp's to go, and then I call the clinic when AF shows up and find out when to start Estrace and prometrium. Then they monitor things and decide when to do the ET. No making plans for me! Actually now that I'm thinking about it, the unpredictability is stressing me out, I'm going to call them and get some answers!

You are welcome to come along for the ride OrganicSister, I sure learned a lot from stalking IVF cycle threads.

I am tired and unmotivated and grumpy. Can't tell if that's winter, the drugs or the fact that I'm weaning myself off of caffeine!

[pinkfriend]

Oh good CRM... I thought I was the only one who was tired, unmotivated and grumpy. Glad I'm not alone! I can't wait for this all to be over. I really had NO idea how draining this IVF stuff would be when I started. I feel like the wind has been knocked out of me.

Hope you all are doing well...

[Sri Radha]

Hi everyone. I am just trying to keep this thread afloat. I had my u/s to check my lining last week and it looks good. I start the progesterone shots tomorrow evening. Tuesday am I have blood work taken and Thursday is the transfer day!!! I am feeling a little nervous tonight because my husband just left for a whole week (work related) and I am going to be alone. My mom and sister said they will be coming for the transfer but I have never been alone without him since we moved to this house. I feel pretty anxious. I am worried we will get some big snow storms or something that will make the week difficult.

CRM, what's going on with you?

[crazyrunningmama]

Hey pinkfriend. Hope you are doing well. IF can be a full time job if you do it right (lots of naps!)

Hey Sri Rahda, that sounds crummy. What a bummer time for your dh to be away during this time. I hope it is all sunshiney weather for you. Do some nice things for yourself and take it easy easy easy.

Of course I am not following my own advice. I have been really confused about the timing of all of this and now I have committed to work things that I may have to cancel. I am doing estrace, just increased my dose today (yay, bring on the extra crazies!). I am tired and just low energy. Loving the accupuncture, though. And I have been trying to fit in extras like massages. I go for an u/s on the 9th and then if all is well with the lining thickness, my ET could be the 11th or?? They say 2 to 10 days later...wth? Seems pretty variable. I won't be doing shots, but progesterone suppositories. And then we can look forward to the 2ww and betas in the Christmas season, I just realized that! Oh my.

to you and plenty of : Let me know how you are doing. I am glad you posted, I have been feeling like this is so much less of a big deal than the full IVF cycle, because it's easier on my body, but I am dwelling and hoping just as much, kwim?

[Seedlings]

Hi everyone, Good luck to all of you.

CRM ~
Thinking of you. Estrace and "extra crazies" is so true. I wake up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat. You'd think I loose some weight from it, but noooooo just crazies and I am already a nut.

[Sri Radha]

CRM: To me an FET is a big deal. Yes, it's a little easier on your body but mentally it's the same to me. I have been exhausted , too. I think it's the estrace although the lupron doesn't help either. I had my last dose of lupron this morning and I get my first progesterone shot tonight. Since my husband is away there is a nurse in town that will be coming over every night to give it to me.

It sucks that my husband will be away but he ran it by me a few months ago and I said fine because if my body was "normal" I would have had the damn transfer by now. I thought this was the safe zone. My period took FOREVER to come and it held up the whole process. My IVF nurse thought maybe I decided not to do it!

I really hope we both get BFP's out of this. That would be a great Christmas miracle! My nurse asked me ahead of time if I wanted to wait until after the holidays but I said no way! If I get a negative I will be very upset regardless of the holidays. I think I will find out on the 18th. They hold the first beta number at my clinic because if it is below 50 they really don't have a conclusive answer. I guess they want to make sure it doubles. I might give in and POAS by then.



How many are you transferring? I am transferring two. Keep me updated!

[crazyrunningmama]

Hey everyone!
The crazies are getting worse, I have such a short fuse! My dd is watching far too much TV but that is how we are coping.

Hope your nurse is wonderful Sri Rahda. I hated having to wait to get started too (your IVF cycle was July, too, right?) My dh was talking about taking a short trip later this month and I gave that a big NO. I don't want to be home with the kiddo alone, possibly dealing with a BFN or even just during the waiting.

The cycle that got us our dd we transferred THREE. I never would have planned that ahead of time, but the day of (there I am in the stirrups) they said that they had thawed 3, I guess due to the quality. It was all that survived the freeze and of course they can't refreeze them! So we transferred 3 and here she is! This time we have a lot more frozen and plan to transfer 2. Twins is a lot scarier to contemplate now that we already have one, but it's worth the risk to us. And we will likely have another shot if this cycle doesn't work.

I am crossing my fingers for BFP's for both of us too!!! My first possible date for ET would be the 11th, so I guess I wouldn't have a beta until after Christmas???? I really did not look ahead at all the dates, we wanted to get started asap, but doing this during the holidays is going to be weird! I might have to break my own rule and POAS if the clinic is closed!

Keep me updated! And let's all take a nap, sounds like we all need one.

[Sri Radha]

Hi CRM. My progesterone level was too low when I was tested on Tuesday so they had it retested on Wednesday. Luckily it came back high enough and I am having my transfer tomorrow. So I was delayed by one day but that's ok I guess. Yes, I had the IVF cycle in the summer but wasn't able to transfer anything because I was at risk for severe OHSS. I was so worried my progesterone wasn't going to be high enough when I was retested but thankfully it was! Sometimes I feel like if something out of the ordinary is going to happen it will happen to me!

I have all the dates figured out already! I will find out the beta results the afternoon of December 19th. I am so hoping we will both get pregnant this cycle and be in the same due date club! That would rock.

[Seedlings]

Hi ladies, just checking in.

Sri Radha ~ How did your transfer go?

Crazyrunningmom ~ How are you doing?

[Sri Radha]

I thought I posted here about my transfer. I guess I didn't!

The transfer went as planned. You need to go in with a full bladder and I drank too much water too early and I had to pee before they took me back. Then I got worried and drank more. By the time I went back I was actually in pain from having to pee so bad, they let me go and let some out. For the procedure my bladder was still really full, they seemed impressed! LOL! I transferred 2 embies, one 8 cell and one 5 cell both grade B. They assured me lots of babies are born from grade B and even C embryos but I think I would have felt better with grade A! (I just looked up online that frozen embryos are rarely an A as they usually have a small amount of fragmentation, so I guess it's good). Afterwards I had to lay there for 15 minutes and I peed myself! They had a wee-wee pad under me so I guess it was ok but it was embarrassing! I couldn't stop it. It just came out. I did too good of a job filling my bladder. My step-daughter thought it was hysterical. I was laughing, too. If I didn't pee right before the procedure I would have peed on the doctor! The nurse said that has happened before. LOL. It was fun to have my step daughter in there. She was so sweet.

My beta is 12/14 and 12/16. I won't know the results of the first one. They freeze it and run it on the same day as the second. So I will know 12/16.

Now the obsession begins. I am already worried but hopeful! They thawed 3 and only 1 didn't make it. So I still have 16 left. I just hope they are getting all snuggly in there and cozy-ing in for 9 months!

[pinkfriend]

Congrats on your transfer Sri! I hope its sticky!

[Seedlings]

SR ~ Sounds like your transfer went well. Grow embies grow! Omg you must of been suffering thru the full bladder. My re does not ask for a full bladder so I am peeing up to the last second and even then feel like I'll pee on him. You did awesome .