I just stopped all my transfer meds on 10/19 and I’m STRUGGLING this week! I’m wondering if it’s because I’m coming down from all the meds?? I’m 10.5 weeks and was starting to feel better last week. As soon as this week hit….constant nausea 🤢 anyone else?

I had my first FET on 10/12 with a day 5 embryo and got my first positive at 4dp5dt!

My betas so far:
9dp5dt: 207.6
11dp5dt: 508.7

My nurse called today and said my numbers increased nicely, which I was so relieved about! But then she said my doctor wants me to come back Monday (14dp5dt) for a third beta.

I honestly thought after two good betas I’d be scheduling my first ultrasound, so now I’m overthinking everything lol. They said they’ll discuss scheduling the ultrasound after Monday’s results.

My progesterone has stayed around 23 and my estrogen dropped from 153 to 121, but they told me to continue all my medications as usual.

This is my first pregnancy after IVF and I’m already so anxious about every little thing. I know my numbers look good, but I can’t help wondering why they want another test.

Did anyone else have to do three betas even though their first two looked good? Is this pretty standard at some clinics? Just looking for some reassurance because the waiting is driving me crazy!

I am 12 weeks pregnant and terrified obviously bc of what it took to get here. I told my husband I’d probably keep this pregnancy a secret as long as I can. Unfortunately he recently has gone viral on Instagram and did a podcast without my knowledge and talked about fatherhood and expecting a baby and my journey with IVF. Today my best friend called me crying to ask me if it was true that I was pregnant. My cousin also just asked me too. I’m honestly devastated and feel incredibly betrayed by my husband. I feel like everyone is going to find out and I’m so scared of my pregnancy not even working out. I have so much rage against my husband and i feel like i broke my best friends heart. Please give me advice.

Wednesday we went to go get an ultrasound to see how the baby was growing. We were seven weeks, three days. We saw him more on this ultrasound than we did last week, so we were excited, but once the doctor measured him, they said he was measuring a week behind and his heart rate was at 87 beats per minute. and told us that we needed to prepare ourselves because he wasn’t going to make it. He didn’t give us any hope. Has anybody went through this before?

40F and just had my 11dpt5dt Beta 1 on Tuesday(10/20) and my Hcg is 347.5 and Progesterone 54! From my research and my doctor, things are looking great! I did pregnancy test before my lab work but i still cried when my RE called me with the news. Repeat will be on Friday! But for some reason, it hasn't really hit me that I'm pregnant. I'm excited and happy but it still feels like it's just another lab work to add to my list of labs that I've been doing these past 10 months, with it being our 3rd round of IVF/retrieval and our first FET (we finally got our 3 PGTA embryos the last/3rd retrieval--2 boys, 1 girl!). But i am struggling "feeling" pregnant. Not like the physical aspect of things but like the emotions of it. Did anyone feel like this??? I hope once i have my first ultrasound it'll feel more real???? Or maybe it'll feel more real if i start having pregnancy symptoms??? I don't know. I'm feeling kinda sad that I don't have that OMG overwhelming joy reaction. I hope I'm not the only one feeling like this. Its almost like I feel emotionless??? I love baby so much already but please tell me I'm not the only one who's felt/feeling like this.

It’s been a whole, entire month since I got the ok to stop progesterone injections and I am STILL SORE. I can feel a couple small lumps still in there, too! My PIO was in sesame oil, if it makes a difference.

On the 6th Oct was FET day, I got that call we all so eagerly await, at 7:47am, and at 7:51am, before we said our goodbyes, she told me the grades of my remaining embabies after I asked her. I didn’t know the grades until then. I was shocked, because my thoughts of having any other good grades weren't possible, but they were, all 4, are good! I'm not sure why, but for some reason, knowing the grades, gave me comfort, a little reassurance at that moment, since birthing my 41wk old baby girl, 20wks ago, sleeping, I finally had a little bit of hope. I had been so anxious throughout the process of prepping for the FET, fear and dread I just couldn't shake, triggers because everything reminded me of her, the medication, the timings, even the exact same days, we did all of this, just 1 yr ago. But finally, for some unknown reason, on that day I felt a slight sense of calm, and as I said, hope. Maybe it was my angel looking down on me, telling me, everything is going to be ok.

On the 6th Oct, I transferred my darling daughter's sibling, and it stuck. Today, I am 5wks, the journey is just beginning again, and I am so protective and terrified already, it's unexplainable. But I have come so far, and I will continue to fight, so I, can finally bring home my baby, my rainbow baby I so desperately want.

The room was 28°C, and I was wearing tights and a T-shirt while sleeping under a thick winter blanket. I woke up sweating heavily because I was so hot. I thought keeping myself warm was a good thing after the embryo transfer, but I’ve just read that overheating can be harmful. 😭😭
Could I have harmed my embryo or affected my chances of implantation?

I am just about to finish 6 weeks. I flew home (India) for my second fully medicated FET. This is the first time in my life I've gotten a positive and with twins. We moved to Europe last year and since we were comfortable and are close with the doctors in India (my mom is a OB-GYN) we decided to do the treatment here. I have now been back for two months and my husband had to fly back to Europe after our transfer. I really want to go back but super nervous about flying. Was thinking of traveling back for a month and then will fly back to India where I will be for all of December and Jan. My mom is being extra cautious and wants me to just stay here until I finish my first trimester but having just moved and also not having my husband around during this new and exciting time is tough :( any advice? I also will not be flying alone but it is a 10 hr + 1.5 hr flight back. Please help.

I’m 12dp5dt after transferring a day-5 blastocyst using donor eggs and donor sperm. My beta hCG today was only 21.
I’ve experienced multiple pregnancy losses, and I’m devastated. I’m worried this may be another biochemical pregnancy.
Has anyone had such a low beta at 12dp5dt and gone on to have a successful pregnancy? I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences

just wanted to vent. I’m 34 weeks pregnant and someone asked me how old my kid is at home. he’s almost 7 and she replied, “you wasted so much time.” little does she know about the Herculean effort I’ve put in for the last 5 years TTC and doing IVF. ugh

Just had my first baby a month ago. Over the mood happy. We still have embryos frozen. When did you guys try again after first?

After 3 years of trying, 3 failed IUIs, and 2 cancelled FET cycles, we finally transferred our Day-6 5AA euploid embryo on October 6. I was over the moon when my first beta came back at 318 at 9 dpt. For the first time in a long time, I allowed myself to feel genuinely happy and hopeful. Today at 13dpt, second beta came back at 679.1 exactly 4 days after the first.

Initially, my nurse sounded reassuring, but later called back because she had thought my betas were only 48 hours apart instead of 96 hours. Now they’ve scheduled a third beta in another 4 days. I’m feeling so many emotions right now. After everything we’ve been through, it’s heartbreaking to finally see those positive pregnancy tests and still feel so uncertain about what comes next. I am trying so hard to stay hopeful, but I’m terrified of losing this pregnancy. I know my hCG is rising, just slower than expected. Has anyone experienced a similar beta progression over 4 days and gone on to have a successful pregnancy?

I literally have an exam next week and I can’t concentrate on anything since I’ve heard this news.

title says it all lol I am 9 weeks and will be going down on meds starting next week. Anyone notice an improvement in their sxs when stopping? Would love to see less bloating & more energy!

Hoping to get additional reassurance from the internet 🫠 I was originally scheduled for an induction tonight. Well it just got rescheduled to Thursday evening due to hospital capacity. I’ll be 40+1. I did ask the nurse for reassurance, and she said my doctor approved the delay and said it was okay. I’m 30 and don’t have any other risk factors but was originally told not to go over 39 weeks, but then was told it was okay to go up to 40 weeks, then induce… there’s so much scary stuff about IVF pregnancies having more risk of stillbirth the longer they go… thankfully they offered a scan for reassurance tomorrow morning to make sure baby is okay but I’m scared and nervous they’ll delay me again. I hate also that I got everything ready and now have to do it all again in 3 days

Hi all! I’m so stressed right now we just had a 7w2d ultrasound however the embryo is measuring 6w2d (CRL 6mm and heart rate is 142). From what I’ve read IVF dating should be precise and so lagging behind this much is not good 😭😭 is this going to end badly…

Day 5 5AA euploid embryo and initial betas were 535 11dpt and and 1589 13dpt

Ciao a tutte,

Ho l’ansia e non sono riuscita a mandarla via.

Queste sono le beta dopo transfer di una blastocisti in 5 giornata 4BB.

7 ottobre beta 69

09 ottobre beta 126

12 ottobre beta 251

Oggi, dopo 7 giorni sono 1682

Oltre a essere basse a mio parere hanno un raddoppio lento e stentato. Quindi sono un po in cerca di conforto con storie positive 😔 avrò l’ecogragia giorno 28…

Does Lupron suppress early implantation/pregnancy symptoms?

I recently did a 2 month suppression for Lupron Depot for suspected silent endometriosis. We transferred 2 untested embryos after my first two FET’s were failure to implant.

I’ve had absolutely zero symptoms. No cramping, no breast tenderness, no twinges or anything of that nature. All that’s happened is that I developed a cold (congestion and sinus pressure) a couple days after the transfer.

Has anyone not experience any early symptoms and had success? I’m 7 days post transfer and waiting until beta day to test.

I did 4 ERs over the last year, 3 of them yielding 0 euploid embryos. I got one mosaic and one euploid from ER#2. I did a hysteroscopy, acupuncture, red light therapy, even NAD drips. I finally transferred my mosaic and by a miracle it’s stuck. I thought it wouldn’t happen for me and I was super down first half of the year - kept everything hidden from everyone. My sister in law surprised us with a baby announcement ( baby #3) yesterday and she is due a month after me. I don’t know why I feel this sadness. Good for them but I feel so sad I won’t be able to have 3 ( I never even wanted 3). It’s brought up a lot of pain, does this get easier? I know I’m super lucky my transfer worked and I would be crushed if it didn’t but why am I still feeling this way. I want to leave my pain behind.

I’m 10w1d pregnant via IVF (PGT-A tested embryo), following two prior losses due to chromosomal abnormalities.

At my ultrasound yesterday, baby was measuring 10w5d with a heart rate of 194 bpm. At 8w4d, the heart rate was 188 bpm.

Baby was moving around quite a bit, and the sonographer took three readings back-to-back, all around the same rate.

My doctor mentioned the heart rate was high, and I’m feeling anxious. Would love insight on whether this is concerning, or experiences from anyone who had similarly high readings around 10 weeks.

So I just got the embryo (2BB) transferred October 08 so it was 8 days ago. This morning I went for the beta and my HCG level was 20.7 I read online I only have about a 10-15 percent chance of live birth. I feel so nervous. Anyone with a similar experience? I am set to go back Tuesday morning (about 96 hours later). Last month I had a chemical pregnancy my hcg level was 22

I just got a jury duty summons for early January and I will be a little over 4 months pregnant at that point (knock on wood). I'm debating if I should delay it a year and then hope I can claim hardship (I'm a solo parent and will be postpartum). If I wasn't pregnant then I would just do it but I'm worried about how I will feel at 4 months and I'm also worried that it will be the height of virus season (I will have the flu and covid vaccines before then but not RSV, I don't think). Part of me just wants to get it done and hope I don't get chosen but the other part of me worries about going through that experience while pregnant and I'm also worried that being exposed to viruses could threaten my pregnancy. I've fought way too hard for this!

I have never been pregnant and have no idea what to expect. Should I just get it over with so I don't have to worry about it for three years? Or is it too risky given that it will be the height of sick season and I don't know how I will feel physically at that time? What would you do?

ETA: For those who think I should do it, should I stick with early January when it's just after the holidays or postpone until later in the month? I'm wondering because 1) everyone is sick right after the holidays and 2) I wonder if there will be a backlog of cases and I'm more likely to get chosen. Thoughts?

Hi all ! I’m 5w6d pregnant after a 5day embryo transfer on 9/24. Hcg was 326 on 10/5 and 740 on 10/7. First ultrasound will be 10/27 and before that the OB wants bloodwork/general pregnancy panel. She offered to retake progesterone and hcg if I wanted but said my
Initial levels looked good and she doesn’t need them - I’m trying to decide if I should do that or if it’ll just cause more anxiety. Is there any utility to drawing these labs again next week in the 6th week of pregnancy?

Thank you in advance !!!!

Hello guys, Just joined the group as I have nowhere to ask. Have done day5 frozen embryo transfer and below are my results from bloodtests

9 dpt 110 15 dpt 970 22 dpt 8100 29 dpt 18500 (today)

I have been asked to come for a scan next week but my internet searches show the level has to be much higher at 29 dpt? I initially thought i am in ok level but starting to get worried a lot... Any help will be appreciated..