6 days post FET - nervous, hopeful and just stir crazy!

[Belangalo]

The heading says it all! I am 6 days post frozen transfer. I don't know the quality of the embie, they didn't tell me. All I know is that it was frozen at 6 days and defrosted successfully. It was "expanded" which the embryologist said was "good" with a smile. So I am keeping everything crossed! 😊😊😊

I suffer a lot from lack of communication with my clinic. Maybe one out of my three calls will be returned. Information is scarce and I wonder if anyone else has this experience? I think it just makes me more unsettled during this whole process. 🤣😅

It has been a fully natural FET. I took no trigger shot as I ovulated naturally and they stepped up my transfer to match. I am taking one progesterone pessary at night before bed. My breasts hurt, I'm bloated like a boss and I have gotten terribly dry and flakey skin, blocked nose, watery discharge, hormonal, teary and heartburn. These are the new and interesting symptoms of the progesterone that I'm suffering through. *sigh* 🙄

I am trying to stay hopeful but after a chemical resulting from my first fresh transfer I am feeling nervous. I asked for tests as the stand-in doc was pushing a catheter where it needed to go (this was the only time in two months I've been able to talk to a doctor)...and I was told the clinic had no plans to do any tests on me or my husband and that it was a numbers game and we just had to keep going.

This feels unsatisfactory to me today...🤔 I keep wondering if they want me to succeed with IVF or just want me to keep paying lots of money for cycle after cycle before they do any testing? 😒 Or is that too cynical of me?

Ugh...I just need to relax and stay positive! Does anyone have a similar issue with their clinic or am I being overly hormonal right now due to the progesterone? 🤣

Love and baby dust to us all!!! Xxxxx

[XOXO13]

I’m 8dp5dt transfer and I’m going crazy too, so you’re not alone there! Your symptoms sound positive, but I guess there’s no real way of telling if it’s worked until your OTD! 🤞🏻

I’ve actually experienced dry flakey skin this time around which is so weird!! I ended up going to the pharmacist to ask for a clean cream because it was agitating me. The cream has calmed it down ☺️

Did you have tests prior to embarking on your IVF journey, both you and your husband? After my first fresh cycle, I had a HyCoSy done, but other than that my consultant said it was just bad luck and let’s try again (so I’m now in my wait after a FET). But before IVF, we had lots of tests.

I think it’s important to have trust and faith in your clinic, and if that’s missing and you’re a private patient paying a lot of money then maybe if this doesn’t work (let’s hope it does), then consider another clinic? I don’t have experience moving clinics, but if I wasn’t happy with the service provided then I think that’s what I would do.

Lots of baby dust 🤍💫