a question out of curiosity to all the women who had positive transfers : did you have feelings of success or failure before doing the test? Were they accurate? Did you have anything interpreted as a sign, how many days after transfer and did they prove to have the meaning you thought it had? Final question for those who had several + transfers: did you have different experiences each time when it comes to signs?
i am willing to gather all the answers I will get in a table that I will publish for everyone to see. The question of potential signs is recurrent, and I find interesting to hear everyone’s experience, even if the medicine is clear as to the fact that no « sign » is reliable during the 2WW when it comes to positive pregnancy.
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Here are my answers to the questions asked in my post for everyone to see:
- double transfer in May 2021: had a good + feeling and woke up crying one morning absolutely sure that « something was gone » - RESULT: positive pregnancy with one embryo
- single transfer in May 2023: got absolutely certain at the second the transfer was made that it would not work, I did not worry during the 2WW as I knew it was negative. The Dr called me at the end of the 2WW that he had made a mistake on the implantation window and that he was very sorry - RESULT : negative
- single transfer in June 2023 (changed doctors in the meantime): had a very good feeling and was really positive it had worked even though the doctor was not happy with the embryo he considered was a 3CC as opposed to a 3BC as mentioned by the embryologist. Was dead worried during the 2WW but I had a good feeling in the deepest of my heart. RESULT: positive
- Single transfer in October 2024: had a good feeling at the transfer but the size of the embryo was quite discouraging (1BB), so I was not too hopeful. I had period pain very quickly (week after transfer) that never left so I was not very hopeful after a week. RESULT : negative
- Single transfer in November 2024: had a very good feeling immediately and was absolutely sure it would work, breast huge tenderness and pain at day 9 after transfer, electricity drops 6 days after transfer. positive wiwi test 10 days after transfer (I NEVER do this but this time I was sure I would find a positive) - RESULT : positive with a very solid beta. All of a sudden my breast tension left completely, my beta was still growing more than normally and I miscarried at nearly 6 weeks
- Double transfer in January 2025: I am hopeful but so scared I cannot think, no breast tenderness or anything, no signs whatsoever.
The first 5 I had loads of different symptoms - breast tenderness, bloating, thirst, peeing loads etc - all of them were negative.
The 6th transfer I had no symptoms at all and was convinced it was negative - it was positive and I have a little boy from that transfer.
Since trying for a sibling. #7 - no real symptoms - negative
#8 - had a few barely noticeable cramps in the first few days - on test day had a very light positive, but the BETA was negative
#9 - had a kind of electric feeling in my uterus - like a buzzing but very slight - hardly able to notice it really , but I knew I was pregnant and started testing at 3dp 5dt - the tests got stronger and had a good BETA on test day - sadly miscarried at 7.5 weeks.
Thank you so much for your answers - I will compute all of them and will build a table. Did you have a feeling whatsoever for the first 5? Did you interpret the symptoms as positive ?
It's hard to say because I was quite naive and didn't know what to expect. The first time I interpreted the symptoms as positive because that was my mindset, then as more and more failed I just assumed they would be negative. Hence the massive shock when the 6th one worked.
hi, I felt negative before testing after all 7 of my transfers, no symptoms really at all. Had anxiety which made me feel a bit ‘off it’ but couldn’t say I had any other symptoms.
I had 3BFPs and 4BFNs, and I couldn’t predict them at all. Resulted in two babies and I can still remember my gasp of absolute surprise when their tests came up BFP 🩵🩷
Every transfer I have had has given me different symptoms (though some were probably more wishful thinking on my part than actually really being there)
Transfer 1 - a lot of breast tenderness for a couple of days, but nothing else. Positive test result but then miscarried
Transfer 2 - nothing and negative pregnancy test
Transfer 3 - every symptom under the sun (or so my brain told me) and negative pregnancy test.
I now know that the progesterone causes breast pain for me and other symptoms such as bloating so will be *trying* not to read too much into any symptoms or lack of after my next transfer.
I’ve had loads of positive tests and 2 successful pregnancies. They are NEVER the same. With my son I had bleeding and some cramps from day 7 and felt very tired. With my current pregnancy I’m 33 weeks with now I felt absolutely nothing, tested on day 8 just just to get it over with and have a cocktail (even though I was on more meds I did not feel one big pregnant) my boobs were sore with son on and off and have not been one bit sore the whole way through this pregnancy. Some of my miscarriages I have felt some twinges at implantation and sometimes I felt a strong need for vitamins like orange juice etc in both my miscarriages and successful ones. I’d say there was also not a lot of difference in the feelings in the ones that were straight up BFNs either in the 2ww, especially when on progesterone just mimics any sighs there would be anyway. From my many many many transfers there is just no way of telling except taking the pregnancy tests!! Symptom spotting just drives you nuts and tells you not a lot 🤪 xx
I love your answer thank you sosososo much. I laughed out loud alone in my card when reading about you wanting a cocktail ahah you are so funny and positive ! May I ask how many transfers you have done total ? Thanks again for your feed back
A man was selling the cocktails on the beach they were hard to resist 🤣 ran off the beach into a chemist for a test and got a big shock that I actually had to order an orange juice instead as it seemed positive!
Yeah of course, I had 3 transfers for my son back in 2019/2020 a bfn, a bfp miscarriage then bfp my son. For my current pregnancy I think I’ve actually lost count I’ve had 5 egg collections for this one in the last few years with I think 9 or 10 transfers maybe …with mixture of BFNs, miscarriages and then the last one in August last year my current pregnancy. They have defo all been different 2WWs and I don’t often make it even past one week without testing tbh so im probably not that helpful to your question sorry! Xx
Ahahah it is so well deserved I am okay, in the 2WW trying to keep busy computing data ❤️ Xx if you ever come to Marbella one day please let me know I’ll take you to a great cocktail place we have quite a few here 🍹
I've had 5 transfers, first 4 negative, current one positive. Some I have had symptoms and some I haven't and they have never lined up with the results. I had lots of symptoms on transfer 3 and was convinced it was positive and it wasn't. I had nothing on this one and convinced it was negative but was positive! I don't think symptoms line up with results.
I have had four negative transfers. Each time I’ve felt fine for a week, and then felt boated and some cramping like period pain for the last week. It’s the hardest and most horrible feeling and I always feel wild swings between hope and pessimism.
I really needed to read this thread this week! The stories are reassuring.
I’m in the second week of the TWW after my 6th transfer.
On my 5th, I had a positive but a small bleed and by the time I got to the hospital to test (twice to make sure) it was gone.
I’ve had all the symptoms that are generally talked about on all 6 transfers. I was convinced symptoms have meaning.
On the 5th brief positive, the only thing that was different was my mood, which was better than previous cycles but it was better for the duration of the cycle and I put it down to being on progesterone injections.
This time I’m on the same protocol, same progesterone injections and my mood is completely different. Perhaps my mood was better due to hope that time round.
I had the implantation bleed most times and the embryos are all good quality and my lining is thick enough every time. Frustrating but maybe just a numbers game. Thanks to everyone for sharing their numbers and stories here. It’s reassuring that there is no indicator and we are all in this together
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