FET today

Assalamualaikum semua. Saya start buat FET hari ni. Frozen Embryo Transfer.

As most of you already know, I actually was partially pregnant off of the fresh IVF cycle (low betas, no HB, no fetal pole) and had a D&C at 8-9 weeks.

I waited for 3-4 cycles after my D&C and so, here I am; on FET natural cycle. There are different between natural cycle and medicated cycle. Pls read here for your kind info.

In my case, my doctor prefers to do natural cycle FETs; meaning that I wouldn't take any meds at all. No estrogen, no progesterone, nothing.

Tapi masa nak tentu kan my ovulation day (1st ovulation day iwill be my Day-1), ada slight problem because this cycle took a longer period, 37 days. Selalunya my cycle took 30-33 days. So this cycle my ovulation is on day 24!

Camne monitor ovulation day? I use predictor test kits (OPKs). I would pee on a stick (for everyday from day 14- day 24!). Memula hampir2 kena abandon this cycle sebab tak dapat double line. At last dapat jugak.


Lepas FET, I'm only given duphaston. And to wait for another 10-12 days for UPT, that can be done by myself. Senang kan?


The FET cycle takes almost as long, but it is so much easier and not nearly as stressful. As for success rates, the difference between fresh and frozen is so slight, and the nurse told me it's easier for some women to do a FET because it's less stress on your body, which can help with implantation.

Tak tau la kan, lain orang lain badan and hormon dia. Wish me the best ya, thanks :)

While waiting

According to an article that I came across yesterday (I googled too much, not so good you know?):

"The gestation sac size in pregnancies resulting from in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer have been compared with those in spontaneous pregnancies. Small-for-dates gestational sac sizes were found in 36% of the IVF pregnancies. This proportion held for both singleton and multiple pregnancies. With increasing gestation beyond 8 weeks the gestation sac volume increasingly approached normal. In contrast to spontaneous conceptions, IVF pregnancies had a low rate of pregnancy loss once fetal heart movements were demonstrated, when the gestation sac size was small-for-dates. Small sac size in an IVF pregnancy may lead to the misdiagnosis of a failed pregnancy."

Source: here

Maknanya:

1. it is common for IVF pregnancies to have small sac sizes, and
2. they do tend to catch up after the 8th week, and
3. the risk of pregnancy loss due solely to a small sac size is greatly decreased once heart activity is visualized.

Saya google hanya looking for success stories of cases with similar situation to me. Ini lag i baguskan dari saya susah hati sementara menunggu next scan.

Day 20

Tadi pergi clinic ambil Pruloton Depot injection. Still kena ambil selagi bleeding or spotting. Lepas amik injection I asked my nurse what my odds were. She said that I shouldn’t give up hope yet, but that I shouldn’t let my guard down either. Dia cerita ada patient lain baru call, had same bleeding tapi positive (something similar with my situation), BUT she had an history of 2 extopic pregnancy. Hmmmm. I really hope mine is not kandungan luar rahim. I only have 1 tube and I can't iamgine not having any. Nauzubillah.

Btw, anyone know of success stories of low betas and bleeding heavily macam kes saya ni?

Oh to my hubby and people out there who are wondering the beta range, just have a look at this chart of Beta Scores For Successfull Pregnancies k? Maybe we still have hope http://www.betabase.info/showBasicChart.php?type=Single

Spotting after IVF

I was a little worried I had a brown spotting from day 4 to day 6 after embryo transfer, on and off. I called the clinic and they said that its common, but does anyone think it could have been implantation spotting?

So I google something informative, well at least it can cheer me up. It could be a couple of things.

1. The embryo starts to implant at 3dpt (day post transfer) and completes at 5dpt so you're in that time frame. It could be implantation bleeding.
2. It could also be the blood leftover from your retrieval and that the progynova (estradiol) you are on is causing some CM (I have no idea what this mean??) and it is flushing the blood out.
3. Also, are you an progesterone suppositories? If so, lots of gals experience an irritation from them causing them to bleed a bit. Call your nurses and let them know!

Doakan saya ye?