Post Cycle Appointment Done and was strangely Positive

[KiraJean]

So we had our post-cycle appointment done. I had to wait almost 1 and half hours before the consultant could finally see us, but it was worth the wait. She said a few things that were upsetting: we are unlikley to ever get pregnant naturally (although she did say never say never), our embryo development is not something they can do much about (apparently medical science is just not advanced enough to alter embryos yet!), I did produce a lot of immature eggs and she would like to see a lot more mature ones. Our one 5 day blastocyst was not good quality and our other 3 day embies were slow in developing. There is no conceivable reason why.

But the good thing she said was: DEFINITELY TRY AGAIN! She was very very sure about this. She said it was really worth us trying a second cycle. She said we were young and healthy. She said I produced 15 mature eggs and ICSI did work well for us in initial fertilisation. My husband's sperm is perfect and she said that with a new cycle (which I can start anytime now since af has visited me twice already) she can definitely adjust my drugs to ensure I produce more matured eggs and possibly increase our chances. She was positive and laughing and she was lovely about the whole private funding issue (our one allowed NHS cycle is used up, so now we must save our moolah). She was very angry about the post code lottery and she was really supportive in her advice.

She told me to keep my left over drugs and gave me a timeline for treatment and encouraged us to rest and be ready to try again. So actually it was all super positive.

And another upside of this is that I will never have to worry about contraceptive ever again since getting pregnant naturally is pretty unlikely!

Naturally I went for a walk afterwards with my husband and cried in the street in central London (always a fun thing to do in public), but after a chat and some fresh air and some lunch, I am now back at work this afternoon and feeling pretty good.

We are now going to examine our savings, think about dates and decide when we are going to embark on round 2! Suddenly I am feeling cautiously optimistic again!

[Lizzielizzielizzie]

They changed my drug protocol on round two, I had egg collection this week and changed from 3/9 mature to 9/11. Pretty big change I think you'll agree! So there is definitely hope that they'll get a better result with a different protocol xx

[anna0908]

Just wanted to say it is definitely not impossible for you to get pregnant naturally. I'm 38, low amh, with 3 failed cycles - never even got a blastocyst 1st cycle and had a slow growing morula put back. Last cycle so poor that they recommended donor egg. Then fell pregnant naturally! Our 2nd cycle produced much better embryos too - 4 blastocysts! Think you have good reason to be positive about your next cycle and I am proof that a poor cycle of ivf does not mean you cannot produced the perfect embryo. Good luck for cycle 2 xxx

[KiraJean in reply to anna0908]

Aw thanks Anna! That is very encouraging!

[emmab178]

Well that's positive news. Crying on the streets in central London, surely people just ignored it and carried on with their day lol x

[KiraJean in reply to emmab178]

Nothing shocks people in London! 😂

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Brilliant news and something positive to focus on. Best of luck to you xx

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Its great that you can still try again.a good cry always helps.good luck with the next step.😊