Symptoms have ebbed away after transfer. Could I be getting used to the progesterone level?

[PaulaDag]

Hi,

I had a double fresh transfer last Wednesday 11th November so am 10dp5dt. I had symptoms to start with and up to around Mon/Tues this week but they have now subsided which is really worrying me.

My symptoms were really sore boobs, cramping, increased appetite and fatigue. Most of these went and were replaced by minor headaches and still tired.

I have been told the symptoms of progesterone can be similar to early pregnancy and its hard to know but for them to stop like that has caused me lots of anxiety. Is it possible your body gets used to the level of progesterone your administering so the symptoms lessen (I'm taking 2x cyclogest and 1x lubion injection per day)? The symptoms (even if it was only progesterone) allowed me to feel hopeful and like the double transfer might have worked/implanted.

Now i just feel down and still 6 days until OTD...

I want to test early but i don't want to know if its going to be negative.

x

[Linda84Co]

Hey, it’s really hard to say, I’m 7 days post frozen transfer and I try not to focus on symptoms... hopefully these are the pregnancy symptoms. Good luck dear and baby dust on you. Xx

[PaulaDag in reply to Linda84Co]

Hi, it so hard and I keep telling myself not to focus on symptoms but the disappearance of most of them earlier this week made me spiral out of control. Good luck to you too xxx

[Linda84Co in reply to PaulaDag]

Thank you 😊 xx

[Sas1101]

Hi Paula, it's really hard to say what it is as you read so many conflicting accounts of symptoms, lack of symptoms and a mixture of symptoms. Every one is different and that's why the tww is torture! However, I can tell you that all my 'symptoms' disappeared at 9dpt and I went on to get my BFP at 11dpt. I'm now 15dpt and they are fleeting throughout the day.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you 🤞🏻

[PaulaDag in reply to Sas1101]

Hi Sas1101,

Thank you so much - its so good to hear you got a BFP after losing symptoms also :). I really hope its the same for me 🤞. You're right this is torture! Congratulations.

I might test a smidge early then

xx

[Purple276]

Hi,

I had my transfer the same day! I think the day after transfer is day 1 so I've been working out that I'm 9dp5dt today and have been told my test day is the 24th Nov. I was so close to testing this morning as finding this week really tough - it's so hard isn't it!

I still have sore boobs but exactly like you pretty sure it's the progesterone. Or hormones because if I'm not pregnant it's just before my period.

My advice is distraction. Try to keep yourself busy this weekend, meditation, yoga, walks or mindfulness - whatever works for you.

I'd test on Sunday if my husband wasn't such a stickler for the rules!

Really hope it's good news for you 💞

[PaulaDag in reply to Purple276]

Hi Purple276, Ah transfer buddies! Thats good to know which day is day 1 as I included the transfer day initially, so we are actually day 12 today. Have you tested yet? I haven't but have been getting some red spotting now brown when i wipe so worried embryos haven't implanted and I'll get my period before test date. I've been told to test on Thursday 26th...wonder why its different to your test date if had transfer on same date? Maybe its different for different clinics.

My partner is the same for sticking to the rules & I'm pretty sure I would have tested by now if it wasn't for him! I distracted myself most of the weekend and tried to stay away from google...its so hard not researching every symptoms and feeling.

Good luck to you, i really hope you get a positive 🤞❤️x

[Purple276 in reply to PaulaDag]

No no testing yet - almost caved when my oh was away but lucky he's home now so will be testing on the official date tomorrow.I've not had any spotting this time - last round my period came the day before OTD so bit different this time but have period pains so I'm feeling like the progesterone is just holding it away. Although lots of people do bleed at times throughout early pregnancy so try not to worry too much.

I don't know why clinics have different dates? Everything crossed for you for Thursday🤞x

[PaulaDag in reply to Purple276]

Its taken such determination for me not to test haha. Yes OTD is best so I'll be waiting now its so close. Thats the way i feel, that the progesterone is just holding my period away. I hope thats not the case for both of us & yes lots people have bleeding so it could be that I suppose.

Thanks & good luck tomorrow 🤞xx

[Ivf-a-fi]

I’m no expert here but from my experience (BFT last week) my “symptoms” flucuated, no two days were the same. In the first couple of days after transfer my boobs were itchy, later disappeared and now....well i have to hold them down when walking up the stairs they are sooooo heavy and painful.

One thing I’ve certainly learnt over the past few weeks is that no two journeys are the same! But it is really reassuring to know a similar story ☺️

Like previously mentioned in the comments I would suggest distraction and so things that make you feel happy and content. I’m (like so many others on this journey) a worrier so I know how difficult it os not to think about each and every little niggle, but simple things that distracted me and made me happy seriously helped.

I wish you all the best over the next few days (and beyond) 🤞🏼 Xx

[PaulaDag in reply to Ivf-a-fi]

HI Ivf-a-fi,

Congrats on your BFP 💕

It is reassuring to hear you've had the same ups and downs as me re symptoms - mine have stayed the same since my post, just headaches and tiredness but with a little red spotting and brown (when wiping) today so am getting concerned it not worked again :(.

I'm a complete worrier as well but it has helped to try to distract myself over the weekend. This mornings spotting has set me back into a tizz but i guess when will be will be 🤞xx

[Ivf-a-fi in reply to PaulaDag]

Take it easy next few days 💞 I hope it will pass xx

[PaulaDag in reply to Ivf-a-fi]

Thanks 💕

[Sweatsour]

Hi Paula, please dont worry about symptoms or their lack. I had a fresh transfer of 2 embryos in June and didn't have any symptoms during 2 weeks waiting time. What's more besides being hot and a bit tired I didnt have any symptoms throught the first trimester. Currently I am 27 weeks pregnant with one beautiful baby. Best of luck!

[PaulaDag in reply to Sweatsour]

Hi Sweatsour,

Thanks for sharing this, it gave me hope and made me calmer over the weekend :). Did you get any red and brown spotting at all during the 2ww? I had nothing until today which is day 12 but some red spots in pyjamas this morning now brown when i wipe. xx

[Sweatsour in reply to PaulaDag]

Hi Paula, once around week 11 I had a bit of red/pink spotting but not much at all. It lasted for couple of hours and that was it. They says that brown is old blood. If you worry ring your clinic and ask them for an advice? How much progesteton are you on? I heard that sometimes women has spotting if their progesteron is too low. Try not to worry to much- it may as well be an implementation spotting ....

[PaulaDag in reply to Sweatsour]

Hi, I have rang my clinic and am waiting for a nurse to call me back since 4 hours ago. I might call again soon. I am on 2 x cyclogest and 1 x lubion injection. I added a 3rd cyclogest as i felt like a lot is lost. I am wondering if implantation spotting but seems late in the 2ww for that doesn't it. xx

[Sweatsour in reply to PaulaDag]

It does but apparently brown blood is an old blood... do you still have sporting or have it stopped now? I know that 2WW is a killer but you are nearly at the end of it. I will keep my fingers crossed for you. Please let me know the outcome xxx

[PaulaDag in reply to Sweatsour]

The red spotting has stopped it was only in my pyjamas this morning. But when i wipe i get brownish and sometimes pale pink/red when wiping. I will let you know how it goes. Yes please keep everything crossed for me 💕 xx

[Teeni225]

I had a single day 5 blastocyst fet on Friday, November 13th. Up until about a day or two after the transfer, I had heavy, sore boobs from the progesterone. However those symptoms went away and then I felt nothing. I was sad and feeling like the fet didn’t work. I started doing urine pregnancy tests in the AM and PM starting day 3 post transfer (not wise for my sanity) and the test showed faintly positive on day 5 in the PM and has darkened daily since then. I’m now day 8 post fet with a strong BFP on my morning urine test and my only symptom being fatigue. I don’t get my blood betaHCG for another week though (14 days post fet). Just praying that goes well. Hope this info helps someone else who is driving themself insane with worry like I was. Baby dust to everyone!

[PaulaDag in reply to Teeni225]

Hi Teen225,

Thanks for sharing your story. This is the same as what happened to me and i was driving myself insane last week. Congrats on your BFP 💕. I haven't tested yet, planned this Thursday. I feel like i might get my period before the test date comes due to the red and brown spotting. We'll see what happens xx

[Teeni225 in reply to PaulaDag]

Hi PaulaDag. Thank you! 💟 I think your philosophy of waiting to test is actually the best way to go. Testing early didn’t give me any added sense of security. I am still just as worried that I am going to get my cycle or my hcg will go down before I have my blood draw. I am still checking my urine in the AM and the PM to make sure that the line stays dark and doesn’t lighten. I had heard how hard the two week wait is but I didn’t fully realize just how insane it can make a person until I found myself in it. Sending positive vibes that we will both have happy news this week!🤞🙏

[PaulaDag in reply to Teeni225]

I also didn't anticipate the 2ww being as hard as this. It seems worse this time around than the first time. Hope everything continues to go well for you 🤞🙏xx

[Sunny39]

Hi PaulaDag, I have been having similar concerns. After my transfer 14/11/20 I had bloating, sore boobs, the full works basically, which made me happy that things looked to be working.

I haven’t had any symptoms for 4/5 days now. I’m hoping it is just my body getting used to the progesterone.

It must be, as day 1-3 after the transfer would be way to soon for pregnancy related signs. I’m sure our body’s have just started accepting the new hormones. I can’t test until Thursday.

Every day I fight with myself about doing the test early. The thing is, I want to be pregnant as long as possible, and if I’m not lucky enough to have caught this time, I don’t want to cheat myself out of pregnant days. It sounds so ridiculous! IVF is crazy! I swear I’m usually a rational person 😂

[PaulaDag in reply to Sunny39]

Hi Sunny39

I agree it must mainly be progesterone symptoms as the early days after a transfer is too early for preg symptoms. I am due to test on Thursday, so far I have resisted an early test. I feel the same way, I don't want to know if its negative and the bubble of possibly being pregnant is better for me! Ps. And i'm usually rational also 😂 Have you had any spotting? I'm day 12 and just started getting red spotting this morning and now brown so seeing this as a bad sign so late into the tww :(. xxx

Good luck for your test date 🤞🤞🤞

[Sunny39 in reply to PaulaDag]

No I’ve had nothing, only cramps and twinges, but again late, like yesterday and today, so I don’t think that is a good sign either. You’re so good, I caved and tested yesterday and it was negative. It was late afternoon though and I’m hoping it was still too early. Who knew two weeks would feel this long!!! Let me know how you get on. I will be thinking of you 🤞 x x x

[Sunny39 in reply to Sunny39]

Also I think spotting and brown is probably a good sign, just from implantation. It probably takes a while to track down, and out. I work on a surgical ward, and my gynae patients experience the same, it always worsens after 3/4 days post op, same would apply to a transfer I’m sure x x x

[PaulaDag in reply to Sunny39]

Cramps and twinges are common during the 2ww so you might be fine yet. Yes i wanted to test early but my partner is a stickler for the rules haha. It would probably stress me out more to be honest. It could be too early to tell yet, how many days post transfer are you? I guess first pee in the morning is more concentrated also so do it again then maybe. Hope you get a BFP tomorrow 🤞. Doesn't implantation happen early in the tww though? That why i ruled it out as the reason for my spotting now as i'm day 12 :(. Maybe...wishful thinking possibly 🙏🤞xx

[Sunny39 in reply to PaulaDag]

So is my husband, I was a secret tester and I felt so awful for doing it. The thing is he is so busy with work and stressed I just thought I wouldn’t worry him.I’m not doing one until Thursday now so hopefully I will see something then.

You never know, anything could be seen as good or bad. I guess we just keep going for another few days 😊🙏🤞 x x x

[PaulaDag in reply to Sunny39]

Why didn't I think of secret tester hehe! I totally understand, i've learnt to also try to avoid saying to many of my worries to my partner as he can't take the stress and added pressure on top of work at the moment.

Yes we just need to get through the next few days and see on the Thursday test 🙏🤞💕Good luck let me know how it goes xx

[Sunny39 in reply to PaulaDag]

Yeah you too 😘 x x x