Is it over before it’s started?
Implantation was 4th Nov and my OTD will be Monday. Today day 8, I have light spotting and I’m gutted to think it’s my period coming. I couldn’t resist any longer and took a test which showed as negative. Was it too early to tell or is it actually over for me? 😢 xx
Hiya.. I've seen a lot of people on here get BFPs after bleeding.. And BFP not show at this stage
So I dont think it's over just yet.. Everything crossed for you xo
Thank you for the advice. My OH is telling me not to freak out too much but way easier said than done. Iv been so composed up to this point and I just broke down when my OH came home from work. Such a rollercoaster of emotions I never knew I existed. Iv got everything crossed for myself too xx
It's such a difficult time.. We're all entitled to a little breakdown along the away.. You've done well to hold it together for so long xo
Thanks hun, my chins up and I’ll try stay positive until test date xx
Spotting could be implantation. That’s what the bleeding could be, you won’t have a positive test until after implantation. Hang in there xxxx it’s not over yet
Hiya,
I've also seen lots of BFPs after this and maybe day 8 is too early so you're not our yet. Wishing you lots of love and luck for otd xx
Hey have you checked your progesterone levels. This could be another reason.
Sadly I started with spotting as well and eventually miscarried due to low progesterone. It’s not too late for you to check. You could just increase the progesterone now if your doctor is ok with that.
Hi,
Thank you for reply, are you able to advise the progesterone test you used to check? There’s a lot to choose from and I don’t know if they are all as good as each other xx
You can request a blood test to check progesterone levels. A good result will be above 50. Are you currently on progesterone pessaries or injections?
I am on Crinone gel, the problem I have is that my clinic is an hour away so not easy to get to. I had a look at options online but some are very expensive and would buy if the quality was good xx
You could also just request a blood test from your Gp to check your progesterone.
It sounds like you might need a bit more than what you are on right now.
Lubion injections are quite good in my opinion. But you need prescription.
Thank you Loduss, I’m going to call the doctor first thing in the morning. Your advice is very helpful, very much required xx
You are welcome. Which area are you in. I live in Essex and I know they sell Lubion in Boots for £75. I think Asda pharmacy is cheaper,
I live in Dunfermline, Scotland. I’m assuming that I would need to get approval from my clinic to start another medication? I’d need to be checked first of all surely, I can’t just assume this is the issue? Although very likely to be xx
That’s right. Sending you well wishes . ❤️❤️❤️
Hi, sorry to hear you are going through a though time. However, it could be implantation bleeding which is quiet common. I truly hope it will be your case. Have you been in touch with your clinic? Best of luck. Take care xx
Actually implantation bleeding is not as common as many believe it to be... About 8% of successful pregnancies having had it is a number I've seen. Not to discourage and take away hope, and hope is not over until two days past OTD, but be aware, if you get a BFN, do bother having a check up/monitoring on the progesterone levels for the next round! And take courage anyway: From each failed round you make some experiences that can help improve your possibilities to succeed next time 😘😘😘 (Just ask me, I had five failures before this successful one!)
Thank you for your reply, I appreciate your honesty. I definitely will speak to my clinic re progesterone levels of it turns out this round is truly over. Congratulations on your positive news, it helps to give others hope and keep focused xx
Thank you for replying, I called my clinic this morning but they advised that there was nothing they could do, no scans would give them any information so just to rise the storm until test date on Monday xx
It will be some long days 'till then, I can tell. If you are well physically, try to distract yourself doing nice things, go for a walk in the forest, go out eating with your OH and/or good friends - anything but staying on your couch scrollimg up and down on differemt forums to see what could have possible gone wrong. After all, you _might_ be among the 8% - it might happen what you lomg for amd what we all have been fighting for to obtain! I know exactly where you are emotionally, but time is the only friend (or enemy) we have. The clinique is totally right, there is no other way to know where this is heading until OTD - unless AF decides to come before you reach monday (when is/was your expected period to come?), which of course might happen. But it still hasn't, has it? Then, keep focus and keep faith! Big hugs! ❤❤❤
Can't wait to hear the latest news! How did it go? ❤❤❤
Hey, today was my OTD and was the suspected negative but I knew that anyway as AF arrived in full flow by Thursday. Still had to do the formalities of testing to update the clinic. I have one frosty and was advised to give my body a bit of a rest before starting again. Looking like Feb/March for my next round xx
Sorry to hear! How many times have you had ET by now?
Thank you, this was my first transfer.
After speaking to the hospital they advised I need to give my body a break and looking likely to be March/April for my frostie transfer but it’s such a long time in between treatments and I turn 40 in April ☹️ xx
That means this was a fresh cycle? How many eggs did you collect? At my clinique they never gave any other advice than that I must wait for the next period after the ET failure period before starting to count for new ET. But do you have some special condition that makes them want you to wait? Or are you planning to do FET in stimulated cycle anyway? I've tried stimulated cycle once. Didn't work for me... I've been better off doing FET in natural cycle, succeeding in the one with progesterone supply added. I did wait a couple of months (having to wait for two natural periods, not just one) before the last failure in mid June until next FET at the end of August, which actually worked!, but that was mostly because my clinique closes off for summer vacations all July... I can't see why you should have to wait four months for next round! Except if they've given you a better explanation in addition to just "your body needs to rest". And I also believe you could oppose to the recommendations telling them that you want to proceed to next round with FET as soon as _possible_, not necessarily as soon as recommended...
Yes that’s correct the first transfer was a fresh cycle. I had 4 eggs retrieved and 2 of them hadn’t progressed completely by blastocyst stage so were discarded 😢 I was left with 2, one fresh but failed and one left in the freezer.
3 periods takes me up to January, the lady I spoke to said that they couldn’t have 50 women all for a transfer in for February and only 4 organised for March they couldn’t cope with that amount in February so would need to split fairly then finished off by saying I would likely be March/April as a result. I wish I had thought about it at the time when on the call and remembered that we are actually paying for our treatment, surely you would think that we should have some sort of priority as opposed to those waiting on the NHS list for free treatment. I’m going to email and confirm the length of waiting time and also enquire about priority listings.
I’m really delighted for you that you had success second time round. Hope everything is going smoothly for you so far 🥰 xx
Fair enough that the clinique has to adjust their activity to their capacity. But then they actually should have said that it's a capacity issue, not disguise it as something they do for your bodily wellbeing! I remember last year when my second had failed in spring time (I had in total five failed before the one who stuck), I had to wait a couple of months more than medically necessary because of capacity challenges. It's hard to be "the one" (even if you know there would be more) having to wait, but after all, you don't know the condition of those being prioritized. After all it is possible that they're even worse off than you... So we'll, tell your clinique to keep you in mind in case of cancelling, but use this waiting timento enjoy life without kids! There sure is a couple of benefits with that life too, I realize now that I'm about to lose them 😯 The long, lazy mornings, only taking care of yourself when preparing to go to work, travel wherever you want, go to eat at the best restaurants in town, stay at the party as long as you want etc. You don't know how your body will react to a pregnancy either, so just do all the fun stuff you want to do this coming year at once, so you won't have to regret not doing it when the baby surprisingly sticks 😜 Wishing you all the best in the waiting time and beyond!
Pink and brown spotting while on 2ww
Spotting during 2ww at 5dp5dt
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Spotting during 2WW
