Help /advice to thicken uterus lining for IVF

[Hope_1234]

Hi all, I'm starting my 5th FET

Went for my baseline scan Monday was 2mm so Ive started taking stims.

(Estrogen patches, 8mg prognova daily, 50mg Viagra, baby aprin)

(Vitamins - vitamin e, vitamin d, folic acid, l-argunine)

(Weekly accupunture, bi-daily joga, daily moxa, caster oil packs every evening, 3 cups of raspberry leaf tea daily)

(Food eating: Brazil nuts, pineapple, pomegranate juice)

My lining has always been an issue. It doesn't usually seem to get any thicker than 6.4mm

(Apart from my last cycle which got to 7.9mm on day 24 of my cycle, but that might have been because I was on the medication for too long and I had missed my implantation window so it got cancelled.

Any advice for getting my lining thicker (I really need my lining to be atleast 7mm on day 18/19 of my cycle) to be able to start my cyclogest.

Any tips to increase my lining please let me know.. I can't face another cancelled cycle xxx

[Cinderella5]

Hey just wanted to wish you luck! I would hope that starting on high doses of estrogen early will help your lining along. Its sounds like you are taking everything that I can think of.....the only other thing that I did on my last cycle and got my best lining was Natures Aid Raspberry Leaf supplements morning and night on top of the cups of raspberry leaf tea. Wishing you heaps of luck, let us know how it goes. My clinic used to scan me on day 9 of meds to see how it was going and usually stepped up my progynova by another 2mg to 10mg in total per day.xxx

[Hope_1234 in reply to Cinderella5]

Thank you for your support. I’ve just ordered the raspberry leaf supplements so they should come tomorrow. Doesn’t hurt giving those a try as well 😊 next scan is on 30th Oct, I’ll let you know how it goes 💕 xx

[Cinderella5 in reply to Hope_1234]

Bloody linings have been the bain of my life and took me a while to crack it so hopefully you're almost there!! Good luck.xx

[DianeArnold Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Hi Hope. Looks like you've already got all the recommendations on board, so just wanted to wish you well and for success. Diane

[Hope_1234 in reply to DianeArnold]

Aww thank you Diane 💕 xx

[Libsie3103]

I agree with Cinderella re raspberry leaf supplements, looks like you have everything else covered. My only caution would be around caster oil packs - I've been told not to do them in the run up to transfer incase they disrupt the lining but I know others on here have done them. Maybe worth looking into. I have had 3 medicated FETs cancelled due to my lining and they discovered I was resistant to artificial oestrogen so they did a natural cycle and I responded really well. I'm only saying this so you know there is hope if it is cancelled for any reason and this might be an option if you have regular cycles etc. But it sounds like you're doing all you can so hang in there! xx

[Hope_1234 in reply to Libsie3103]

Thanks Libsie for your comments. Yes I have seen a few conflicting stories about castor oil packs, I’ll look into it further and decide. My consultant told me a couple of cycles ago that it wasn’t worth going down the natural cycle route as my very first baseline scan (before starting meds etc) only got to 5.8mm I think so she didn’t think it was worth attempting. I’ll bring it up again should this cycle not work out. Xx

[Blue1978]

Think you’ve covered everything except for a warm hot water bottle on the tummy, helps lots Xx wishing you all the best on your journey lovely 😊 Xx