r/IVFpositivity

I just received my blast report and we aren’t telling family so I need to scream into the void here! We had no attrition?!?
16 follicles
11 mature (froze half 5 fertilized 6)
All 6 fertilized
All 6 made it to blast!

I was expecting 1-2 🥹 we aren’t pgt-a testing, so I know we still could have some loss.

Did this happen to anyone else?

Almost 39, first transfer 4AA ended in pregnancy but early loss - I have one 5AB left in the freezer, am looking for positive stories from people’s second transfers! I only have one left so really willing this one on!!! Thanks in advance

We just got our blastocyst report from my first egg retrieval. I have low AMH for my age at 1.48 and AFC is about 10. I felt so discouraged going through stims and monitoring because I knew how much lower my numbers were than a lot of other girls my age. We ended up having 11 follicles retrieved, 7 mature eggs, and all 7 fertilized. My clinic doesn’t update you until the very end of the week but they do post in your portal on days 5,6, & 7 if you have embryos frozen (don’t tell you how many). Checked on day six and noticed that I had a freeze appointment and also they took the day seven embryo check off of my portal and I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. Lo and behold I get a message and a document upload and all seven of our fertilized eggs made it to blastocysts on day 5 and 6. 4 days 5’s and 3 day 6’s!!!! They also all have really good grades. I just absolutely cannot believe my luck. I was going through this whole process thinking there was a good chance I ended up like 2 blasts. I’m just sooooo grateful to finally get some genuinely good news. We’re still PGT-A testing as I’ve had a couple early losses so not completely out of the woods but I’m taking my win right now. I feel like this is the first break I’ve ever caught through my whole TTC journey. I just wanted to share in a place where people post other positive stories and maybe give some other low AMH girlies some hope!!

Unfortunately, today we found out that our first FET resulted in a blighted ovum. We transferred a PGT-A euploid embryo, so I’m still trying to process how we ended up here after everything seemed to be moving in the right direction initially.

I have to go back next week to confirm, and then I’ll need to decide between medication to manage the miscarriage or a D&C. I’m leaning back and forth and would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has been through either option.

One complication is that I have a trip planned about a week after I would likely take the medication or have the D&C. For those who chose the pills, what was the experience like and how long did the heavy bleeding/cramping last? Did you feel comfortable traveling a week later? For those who chose a D&C, how was the recovery and would you have felt okay traveling a week afterward? Any regrets about choosing one over the other?

I’m also trying to figure out what comes next. We have two euploid embryos remaining, but after this loss I’m debating whether to do another retrieval first or move forward with another FET.

If you had a blighted ovum after a euploid FET, how long did it take before your clinic allowed you to do another retrieval or transfer? Did you have to wait for hCG to return to zero or for your period to come back? Did your clinic recommend any additional testing before another transfer?

I know every clinic and situation is different, but hearing actual timelines and experiences would really help me figure out what the next few months might look like.

I’ll just keep it short and sweet. We got the news today that we will only be able to likely succeed with IVF. After lots of money, painful testing and a lot of time waiting, my husband and I are needing some support to cope with this news. We had a natural conception loss last year that we still aren’t over. I am heartbroken, angry and overwhelmed, as I’m sure you all understand.

I want to come into this new journey with positivity and hope, but I may be staggering and need help standing. I’ve been crying all evening. I’m worried about every aspect that’s to come: financially, emotionally, physically.

I’m a 36F, husband is 39M. We could use our spirits being lifted.

I just instacarted 12 different kinds of ice cream. We’ve been super healthy since we started the fertility journey- tonight, we are taking a break from healthy eating.

I wanted to share this for the person staring at a disappointing follicle count, the person being told to cancel, the person with only one embryo left, or the person whose embryo isn't developing as quickly as the others.

I’m 37 and went into IVF without telling any of my family or friends. Not even my parents know. I have people who love and support me, but I knew all the questions about appointments, follicles, embryos and results would make me more anxious, so I decided to keep this journey private.

I went into IVF with so much hope, but at my second ultrasound I was told my AFC was only 4. Usually whenever I had it checked before, it was around 10. Then over the next few ultrasounds, we found out that only 2 follicles were really responding.

I spoke with few doctors from my clinix and they talked to me about cancelling the IVF cycle and turning it into an IUI because they weren’t very hopeful about the outcome.

I decided to continue anyway. I’m very fortunate to have really good coverage, so I told myself that even if nothing came out of this cycle, I could at least learn how my body responds and use that information if I had to do another cycle.

Going into retrieval, I was so nervous. I kept thinking, what if those 2 follicles are empty and we get nothing? After retrieval, the embryologist came to me and said they actually got 5 eggs and they couldn’t believe it. 4 were mature and all 4 fertilized. All 4 were still growing on day 3.

At that point, we had 3 that were doing really well and one that was quite a bit slower (I was told they don't think this one will grow further). Then by day 5, the 3 that we thought were the good ones had stopped growing. Somehow, the little slow one kept going. It made it to morula on day 4 and then became an early blastocyst, graded 2AB, and that is the embryo we transferred.

It feels like the odds were against us at almost every step. I had also never seen a positive pregnancy test in my life. After dealing with infertility for so long, I had started wondering if my body was even capable of getting pregnant.

But today, somehow, I am 4 weeks 5 days pregnant. 🥹 My first beta was 253 and my second was 601.I know I’m still very early. I don’t know what happens from here and I’m still nervous about every next step. Give your body a chance. Give that little embryo a chance. Try not to compare your numbers with everyone else because your story can be completely different.

You really just never know when you might be the lucky one. Even after everything infertility has put me through, I still somehow feel incredibly lucky.

I keep thinking that maybe I didn’t choose this embryo.

Maybe this little embryo chose me. 🤍