Omg it's worked!!!!!

[gemma36]

So I was up at 2.30am doing the test and we got a BFP!!! Can't quite believe it after all these years of trying.

[Hidden]

gemma36 this is wonderful news! I'm so happy for you & gives others hope for their BFP. Wishing you a healthy and happy pregnancy. Enjoy it! X

[gemma36 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you xx

[jupiter1234]

Great news

[monkey2611]

Fantastic news!!

[gemma36]

Thanks girls xx

[samrakkar]

Congratulations xx

[Hidden]

Soooo happy for you!!! Congratulations and wishing you a happy & healthy pregnancy xxx

[Vickal]

Congratulations, great news! xx

[Cherrypop]

Congratulations Gemma what fantastic news!

Do you mind me asking you what your story is? This is my first icsi cycle and I love the success stories keeping me strong during this 2ww!

X

[gemma36 in reply to Cherrypop]

Thank you everyone

Cherrypop, we have been trying for about 8 years (a very long time). After lots of blood test and other tests for various things the doctors started me on clomid after 2 years of trying naturally, think I had about 6 cycles with clomid, which obviously didn't work. They then put me on tamoxifen for about 3 cycles which also didn't work. Our next option was IUI, we had 3 cycles of this with no medication, but we had breaks in between as it was so emotionally draining. The first cycle went like clock work, we got lots of eggs and my body was doing what it was meant to be doing at the right time, but unfortunately I started bleeding before the 2ww was over. The next cycle didn't go as well, it took my body ages to start producing eggs and then we didn't have many. We finally got there but again I started it bleeding before the 2ww was up. The next cycle was a total disaster and it had to be cancelled as my body just didn't respond at all. It was so devastating and we both decided we needed a break at this point. I think we waited almost a year before we started on our first cycle of IVF. I was put on a very high does of medication in the hope that my body would produce enough eggs but sadly this didn't work and again the cycle had to be cancelled. I felt like my world was been torn apart and everyone around me could just get pregnant so easily.

Our only option left was to use a donors eggs. We thought long and hard about this and we had councillors session to prepare us for the journey ahead. This process started in January when we finally got funding from the NHS for a funded cycle using donor eggs. In February we went to the clinic and met with the egg donor team and told them what characteristics we wanted from the donor. A few weeks later a got a phone call from the clinic saying they had found us a donor and did we want to go ahead. Of course there was no hesitation and we said yes straight away. Next i was put on medication to bring on a period and then started other medication to down regulate until the donor was ready to go. When the donor was ready I was put on estrogen tablets to thicken the lining of my womb. I went for a couple of scans one to make sure I had down regulated and another one to make sure my womb lining was thickening. The donor was put on medication to produce eggs and when she was ready for egg collection I started to take progesterone pessaries. My partner had to produce a sample the day of donors egg collection and then the donor eggs and my partners sperm were put together. We got five eggs from the donor, 3 fertilised but the other 2?didn't survive. The clinic phoned us everyday for the next 5 days to update us on there progress and we had one blastocyst put back on day 5. Another blastocyst was good enough to freeze, the 3 rd one made it to blastocyst stage but sadly wasn't good enough to freeze. Next came the dreaded 2ww. Then it was finally time to do a test this morning which was a BFP 😄

Wow that was a long post, hope you enjoyed the read, good luck with your cycle xx

[smallcat]

Wow Gemma36, 8 years! So happy for your news, you have really been through everything to get to this point. I get my burserilin injection tmrw, first cycle of icsi and count myself lucky I get this chance after only 2 years of waiting.

All the very best & congratulations,

xx

[gemma36]

Thank you so much it means a lot. Good luck with your cycle, will keep popping on for updates xx

[Hidden]

Hi! gemma36, After reading your story it game me hope especially me just having had my second cycle failed. It made me realise that I has to hope, to keep trying..it may happen. Congratulation! and I hope that you will have a healthy and enjoyable pregnancy.x

[Mrszw]

Congratulations! This is so lovely to read! Xx

[noodles_]

Good things come to those who wait Gemma 36... Congratulations! You must be over the moon and you truly deserve this 💛 x x

[gemma36]

Thank you so much for your kind wishes everyone. Hope everyone of your dreams come true just like ours did xx

[Hidden]

Hi

Congrats how old are you?

[gemma36 in reply to Hidden]

I am 36

[Cherrypop]

Wow! What an amazing journey you have been on! You really deserve this and I am so so pleased for you thank you for sharing xxx

And FC for everyone else out there xxx

[pm27]

That's great news.

We're going to go along the DE route so it's great to hear it's worked for you.

[gemma36]

Yes best thing we ever did. We got 5 eggs from the donor and 3 of them made it to blastocyst stage, we had 1 put back, 1 was good enough to freeze but sadly the other 1 wasn't, but we aren't getting hung up on that. Good luck when do you start your journey pm27.