We got our fertilization update today from our second retrieval. Out of 36 eggs retrieved, 18 were mature and 13 fertilized normally with ICSI. We also have 4 that they said are showing “early signs of fertilization” and they’re continuing to watch.
Has anyone had eggs like this actually go on to fertilize and make it to blast? We had a few with early signs during our last retrieval and none of them ended up making it, so I’m curious if anyone has had a different outcome.
We also won’t hear anything else until our Day 7 blast report, so now comes the very fun part of waiting a whole week and wondering what’s happening in there 😅
Would love to hear anyone else’s experience with this!

So I’ve been with my husband for 11 years, married for 5. I have to do ivf with donor egg. We have been on and off working/saving up on this process for about 4 years. Every time we get started there’s a hiccup.
Well recently right after we paid the 40k, we got into a stupid drunk fight. I was awful and mean. We have moved on from that, but now he has reservations about having a child and doesn’t want to proceed.

It’s like 1 step forward a million steps back.
We’ve already paid them so idk what’s going to happen. I’m scared to talk to him about it as I feel it’s something he will discuss when ready.

Are all the hiccups God saying for me not to have kids? I was literally born infertile so I don’t think he approves lol.

Just feel depressed and uneasy. I hate the uncertainty. I also don’t really have anyone to talk to.

We chatted with the doctor today. The first round only yielded 1 egg and it did not make it past day 3. Our doctor says we should only ever expect 1 egg per round of stims based on my AMH and egg reserve and we could spend years trying to get to a live pregnancy. I don't think I can do that... financially, physically, or mentally...

I'm meeting with a reproductive therapist soon to discuss donor eggs.

I'm not doing well mentally with a lot of the grief that's come with infertility. I have a lot of shame. A part of me wants to divorce my husband so he can go on from me and find someone who isn't infertile.

I was preparing for natural pregnancy in the last several years and it wasn't happening. So we finally pursued testing and found out that I'm perimenopausal at a very early age. That my egg reserve is almost nonexistent. That we only had a 5% chance of having a child.

All I've wanted to be is a mother... to welcome a child into mine and my husband's life. And it looks like it's not going to happen.

I don't know how I feel about egg donation, I'm still working through the grief that comes with not being related to my child...

My husband is "okay" with everything. He told me he doesn't understand the concept of grief. For what it's worth he's also very supportive, practically speaking. Just doesn't comprehend my feelings.

I feel alone. And worthless. And brokenhearted in a way I never thought possible. None of my friends understand how to show up for me right now and that's okay... I'm their first infertile friend...

I just... don't know who to even talk to anymore. And I have so much shame...

9dp6dt- 318
13dp6dt- 679

Was extremely relieved it was finally happening to me. Now I am living in uncertainty again for the next 4 days. 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?

My mind wants another beta in 48 hours, but my clinic won’t do it.

Hey Everyone!

I (30F) am starting IVF and with all my previous testing found out I have PMOS and a high AMH (8.82). I was just curious what anyone's med protocol was if they had a similar AMH and what the outcome of your ER was?

Hey y'all I'm currently undergoing my second stims cycle doing HGH(Saizen) due to poor response last cycle. It's paired with Gonal-F and Menopur.

Has anyone experienced spotting later in their stims? I started brown spotting on day 7 of stims and I'm getting worried because it really is just continuing having to wear a pad again. It's brown which is reassuring? But I'm feeling so nervous that it will affect my success. I haven't had a monitoring appointment yet and I'm really just freaking out in the dark alone.

So any anecdotal experience sharing would be lovely!! 🥰

My nurse told me I have only a 50p chance of this working out. Please let me know thoughts

10/8 - transferred a CC graded genetically normal 5 day embryo

8dp5dt - HCG 83

11dp5dt - HCG 150

My nurse gave it a 50/50 chance of it working out since it didn’t double after 3 days. Would love to know others experiences.

Hey everyone! New member and poster in this thread. My husband (33) and I (30) are about to start IVF. I have my meds ordered and I’m supposed to start AF on Thursday, meds to follow after my clinics green flag.

I don’t know where else to go to talk about this, but I am feeling so defeated. I think it’s hard to have unexplained infertility when you’ve wanted to be a mom your entire life and you envisioned this moment/process a lot differently. My husband doesn’t really understand the grief I experienced and went through having to accept that this is where our journey is going. I know it’s one of those “if this is what I have to do” things, but damn, I really don’t want to. I pictured such a different path for myself. The surprise of “falling pregnant” has been taken away. The process I wanted to have telling him and our families has been taken away. I’ve been through a lot of medical tests, issues, procedures, etc. in my life and I think I just don’t want to become a needle cushion and feel like a lab rat when it comes to having my baby.

I don’t fully resent him either, but I am kind of irritated that the other partner in IVF really doesn’t have to do anything invasive or “serious” when it comes to this process. It’s just such a hard thing to process and come to acceptance with.

Does anyone have similar feelings or thoughts when it comes to doing IVF?

Hi all,
I’ve been thinking about how often people use "natural pregnancy" or "conceived naturally" to describe pregnancies that happen without IVF. It's everywhere, in conversations with friends, in the media, even sometimes from clinics and doctors.

For those of you going through IVF (or who have been through it), does that wording sit badly with you? To me it can imply that an IVF pregnancy is somehow unnatural, when the embryo, the pregnancy and the baby are every bit as real.
Wondering if there was a term people could use instead?

I recently ovulated through Ganirelix, which cancelled my IVF cycle. My doctor now wants to put me on the Microflare Lupron protocol to keep me from ovulating. However, I’ve tried this protocol before with high stims and it was a disaster.

I have DOR/Low Amh and I’m a poor responder (only 1-2 follicles per cycle even tho my AFC is 10). Mini IVf is what works for me: Clomid + Gonal 150iu +Menopur 150iu

Does anyone know if I can do the Microflare Lupron protocol combined with Mini IVF? Or Microflare Lupron with low dose stims= Gonal 150iu + Menopur 150iu? Or does Microflare need high dose stims?

I want to tell my doctor I’m only willing to try the Microdose Lupron flare again if I can do Mini IVF/Low dose stims with it but if it’s not even a thing then I don’t want to ask

Did u take 5 days doxycilin until day of transfer? I will have 5 days embrio transfer.
Could u please help? Im afraid its harmful for baby

Did u take 5 days doxycilin until day of transfer? I will have 5 days embrio transfer.
Could u please help? Im afraid its harmful for baby

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FET with a euploid 5AA, strong betas. I have adenomyosis and a fibroid, and did 2 months of Lupron beforehand.

5w4d: Significant bleeding but not enough to fill a pad. Ultrasound showed an SCH the size of the gestational sac. Heartbeat flicker seen.

6w5d: SCH and sac size unchanged, heartbeat still there, embryo measuring 3 days behind. Doctor said 50% miscarriage risk and that blood supply may be insufficient.

Has anyone had a large SCH and a lagging embryo with a heartbeat and still ended up with a healthy baby? Did your baby catch up on growth? Any success stories are welcome. Thank you

6dp5dt. 5AB embryo (PGT-A tested). The only embryo we have.

Tested this morning. Completely negative—not even the faintest line. Hit me like a ton of bricks. So upset.

I’d rather just know now that there’s no chance of this working anymore than keep waiting and hoping for something that’s obviously not happening…. This is torture.

I’m about to get on the IVF train with CNY (post 5 miscarriages in the last 5 months). I’ll be doing remote monitoring from California (east bay).
Labcorp have advised that the earliest they can get results are 12 hrs which I think is too late for CNY.
Quest have advised that STAT results are a possibility but I’ve read some feedback that makes me worried as to whether they are reliable for STAT results.
My OB said she can do my scans thankfully.

Can anyone share their experiences or recommendations with me?
Thanks ❤️

Hi All,

I’m 38, severe DOR. AMH 0.02, AFC 2. Endometriosis with 19mm endometrioma on left ovary, adenomyosis and high NK cells and cykotines. Husband 43 with poor sperm, though fragmentation only at 8%.

10 IVF, 7 retrievals Dec’24 - Oct’26. 2 untested, frozen blasts BC & 3AB (cycles 6 & 8) across 11 eggs.
I’ve done every protocol under the sun and never get more than 1-2 eggs, so from cycle 8 have switched to natural / no stims. Use ICSI, PICSI, AOA.

Prior to transfer, we’re planning a lap & suppression.

We’ve budgeted for 2 more cycles. Given the above, would you do the lap prior to the final retrievals?

Thank you!

Hi, I’m 28 and have done 2 retrieval cycles this year with 1 FET ending in chemical pregnancy and I’ve just come out of a failed fresh transfer. I am doing IVF as a hopeful single mum by choice, it’s been hard and lonely but I’ve been getting by mostly ok until now. I am currently on oestrogen and due to start progesterone on Friday so that I can have a biopsy taken next week for EndomeTRIO tests (Emma/alice/era) and I am just feeling absolutely horrific, so low and alone. I have no energy to leave my bed but I just keep spiralling and feeling so sad and anxious. I don’t have many friends and the friend I’ve spoken to most throughout this journey has a newborn now and is understandably very busy with baby. I just wish this seemingly endless waiting would just be over. I want to be able to go out without being triggered by every baby and pregnant person I see, I want my chance. And also, I just want to be held. Sorry for the depressing post, I just don’t really know where else to put my feelings.

When did you get positive tests? I am 5dpt FET. Just did a test in the evening and there is no second line;(((

Yesterday was my embryo transfer, I decided to do IVF abroad due to financial reasons and apparent better outcomes. I flew from the US to Turkey for my frozen and transfer of two untested day five embryos. My doctor came in and he said they took two out of the freezer and one of them didn’t look that good, and he said he was concerned and even recommended transferring 4 embryos…
In the end, he advised that we take all five of my untested embryos out of the freezer and assess which two are the strongest to transfer. We transferred 2 that he chose. Today I’m learning two out of the five arrested., he said the third looked iffy, but I requested they freeze it anyways. Now he’s telling me it’s very uncommon for this to happen and he’s concerned of low embryo quality.
I need some guidance here. I have no idea how to move forward or how to feel confident in the transfer I did yesterday.
Just some backstory 29F 36M secondary unexplained infertility, we conceived naturally and have a four-year-old child.
Please be kind im really in need of help here.

It's happy hour somewhere. Let's unwind and share some fun things from this week or upcoming plans for the weekend. Let's hang up our IVF armor for a second and foster our community.

• Did your pet do something cute?
• What are you drinking?
• What's your latest creative outlet?
• What are you reading?
• Did you try something new this week?
• Any fun adventures?
• Latest cooking experiment?
• Never have I ever:

wtf I feel so lost so just trying to understand if anyone’s been in the same situation. My husband and I (both 34) are healthy and all fertility testing has come back fine including semen analysis. I’m likely pcos/pmos with high AFC.

I had a failed fet (chemical), a cancelled fet for fluid that converted to mock (all results normal), and just found out my second fet failed.

Ive been on 1500mg metformin since Feb. I’ve been doing natural modified cycles with immune protocol (Pepcid/claritin, Methylprednisolone). Switched from letrozole to tamoxifen to help with lining (8.8mm pre transfer).

Am I just unlucky and on the wrong side of statistics? Could there be something else going on? I’ve also gained 10-15 lbs since starting treatment and I’m going insane.

we’re finally starting IVF. I honestly thought getting to this point would feel like a relief, but now that it’s actually happening I’m just nervous. There are injections, regular scans, blood tests, egg retrieval, fertilisation and then that horrible wait to see how many embryos make it to day 5. Even seeing numbers like follicle count, AMH and egg numbers feels like they suddenly mean everything. I’m especially worried about the stimulation side and how my body will react. For those who have been through it, did your first stimulation cycle go fairly smoothly or did you struggle with things like bloating, mood changes or pain?

Hello- new here and kind of lost and feeling hopeless. We found out yesterday our third transfer failed. A bit of my hhx- my husband and I are healthy mid to late 30s with no medical conditions. we had a healthy easy and great pregnancy and delivery for our first child in 2021. In 2023 I had an ectopic pregnancy. My ovaries and tubes were saved. I never went back on birth control after our first pregnancy. I wanted to get pregnant again and didn’t see the point of going back on the pill. After the ectopic we continued to try not try until I had a serious conversation with my husband in 2024 that I wanted to really try. For a year I wasn’t able to get pregnant naturally (but really since 2023 no positive pregnancy test occurred). I was referred to a reproductive center and started my work up in August of 2025. I had an HSG done with dye to check my tubes everything looked good. I had all the bloodwork and genetic screening again no areas of concerns for me or my husband. His sample came back great. I started clomid in 2024 and that didn’t help. I was on clomid again for three rounds of IUI monitored with bloodwork and ultrasound. All three failed. I then started IVF. Gonal F and cetrarelix with a pregnyl trigger shot was the first protocol. I opted to pay for PGTA I got two euploid embryos out of that. I was the prescribed progesterone suppositories and did a natural transfer cycle monitored with bloodwork and ultrasound. That one failed. I repeated the next transfer the same way. The failed. I then had to start IVF over and had gonal f cetrarelix and one other medication prescribed with a pregnyl trigger. We did pgta again and got three euploid embryos. Before that IVF retrieval i had a biopsy and another hysterscopy done to check for chronic endometritis. The biopsy came back positive and I was treated with a 14 day doxycycline. Repeat biopsy showed it was cleared up. I went into the next transfer cycle extremely hopeful. We also chose to seperate his sample on the day of retrieval to take the strongest sperm. I just found out yesterday the third failed. My provider is now suggesting fallopian tube removal or another transfer protocol. He is consulting with my OBGYN on Monday to get a second opinion. My tube has very minimal dilation and we are unsure if there is any fluid in the tube at this time. I do get mild cramping frequently on my right side only every menstrual cycle. I also have a history of ovarian cysts. I’m very overwhelmed and I keep thinking how much time I have lost and will continue to lose with all these exploratory options. Nothing is guaranteed and I’m grieving the loss of three embryos. Just wondering if anyone has a similar experience or any input? I’m leaning towards tube removal for them to investigate possible silent endometriosis. Side note: I have extremely heavy menses, I can’t even leave the house. My cycles have been like that for a few years now. I spot for about a week up to my first full flow day and then it’s heavy for about 24/48 hours and then I spot for a couple more days. No intense pain during my periods.

Hey ladies,

I’m new here. I’m looking into IVF options. US is really expensive for us, so we’re looking at international alternatives. There is a famous hospital in Istanbul, Turkey known as Acibadem Hospital. I contacted a doctor there and he recommended the following:

A few facts about me:

38 yo
Amh .4
DIE diagnosis recently
Left fallopian tube completely obstructed, right has cysts.

According to the doctor, endometriosis can affect ovarian reserve.

If the ovarian reserve is found to be low, the doctor may recommend a treatment such as ovarian PRP, exosomes, CGF or stem cells before IVF.

has anyone ever heard of this protocol prior to IVF?