IVF embryo transfer

I’m about to start the embryo transfer process and all the injections. Any tips or advice going into it? This is my first round. We did the egg retrieval then kept the embryos frozen for 7 months. But now it’s time! and I’m freaking out

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Make sure you have a heating pad. The injections are awful, mainly the progesterone. You want to be sure to rub the area after words to help work out the knots. They get worse as time goes on if you don’t get rid of them.

Also, you are super close to me😀

Sorry to be so contradictory 😂🙈i found them totally fine! Wee sting some times (it's a needle, there's going to be) but most are subcut so proper surface level and you hardly feel them. Also do not rub them, that's how you bruise. I didn't use ice or heat but most girls I know used ice packs to numb the area first. Definitely get organised and make sure you know what you're doing before the first one. Make up a little box that's just for them and keep it handy and try and take some of the fuss away. If you're on a mix of tabs and injections, set an alarm for tabs. It's so easy to forget. Best of luck! ❤️

I found the injections totally fine! All bodies are different and react in different ways!

I didn’t feel the need for ice packs or heat packs - I also had a good “get on with it” attitude and I was not a fanny about it

The worst thing about ivf was the pill to bring on your period for the egg collection!! My cramps were INTENSE

IM starting my Egg transfer in on May 4 .. EXCITED BUT NERVOUS

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Baby #2??

I really want baby number 2 and am thinking of doing it via IUI as a solo mama!
Has anyone had any experiences with it 👀

One and done… or not?

32ftm. I’m starting to feel so much pressure to have another baby soon as I wean from breastfeeding so they can be close in age and be friends, but I don’t feel ready for pregnancy and newborn trenches again 😭 my husband and I are all we’ve got. Having just one baby without a village has been really tough. Am I being unrealistic wanting another one soon?

Tests

So I had a blood test at the drs bc I keep getting positive tests when the blood test was negative what could this mean? Hubby says the tests are negative and said he can’t see anything. Negative image down below.

I'm so not meant to be a mother.

My kids won't listen to me get into stuff when they know they aren't supposed to. Telling me no all the time. Only listen to their dad. Laughs when I correct them. I spend most of my time yelling at them because they don't want to listen to me at all. My husband said that I shouldn't have kids. And I am believing him on it. I was never meant to be a mother now. I won't hurt my kids I just want to disappear and make everyone else's lives better without me.

Am I pregnant?

I lightly spotted almost 5 days ago, which is not common for me before my period.
My period was supposed to come today. I should have tested in the morning but its 5:30pm.
Is there a second line??

Anyone have this happen before?

We were not trying to conceive, used protection and had sex on week 2 of my cycle (accidentally on my peak ovulation day). Week 3 we had Flu A. Week 4 my period did not come (it’s very regular). I tested and it was negative (2 different brands).
What should have been week 2 of my next cycle (now 6 weeks post last period), I had light red/ pink spotting for one day when I wiped. The following week, I tested again, still negative, but this time almost all the dye was in the negative space, which I’ve never seen happen before. The area where it shows one horizontal line for negative and a plus sign for positive, the horizontal line was super faded at the 3 minute mark, and the negative vertical line in the next window was VERY dark. Now I’m on week 8 of all this, period did not show up yesterday. Nothing in my life has changed (no additional stress, no other illness, no changes in diet or exercise, etc).

Has anyone gone through this and NOT been pregnant? I’m super nervous as we thought we were done having kids.

PS. I know I should go get a blood test, does anyone know if urgent care will do that? I’m past being convinced by a pee test.