Experiences with

Anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (Anti-VEGF)

My father's dry amd has recently progressed to wet and we have been advised to get an Anti VEGF injection. He has advanced glaucoma as well and this is his only working eye (left). The other eye is already affected by glaucoma (90-95%).

Discovered private nhs employer has moved me from room on my own to room with other staff during my absence from work after emergency hip replacement surgery with no consultation 🙁have RA and on anti tnf medication and been in room on own since return to work in 2020 and choose to wear face mask still

Hello, I have had Rheumatoid arthritis since my late 30s (77 now). I had several biologic treatments , some of which did not really control the RA well… The best biologic was Enbrel (Etanercept) weekly injections. It gave me my life back for 14 years until I had my second knee replacement operation

Hi all, A friend of mine has had two failed rounds with her current clinic and has been advised to look into ARGC as a leading one. She has low AMH but managed to collect 6 eggs on each round, the first resulting in a euploid that didn’t implant and the second she decided to transfer the two blastocysts

Hi all, I’m feeling anxious and disappointed as only 2 were fertilised were formed out of 11 eggs. I’m so saddened with the numbers and apprehensive about the chances to reach to the blastocyst stage. I’m 32 years and my AMH is normal. I also have endometriosis too. Could you share positive stories

Hi all, I’m feeling anxious and disappointed as only 2 embryos were formed out of 11 eggs. I’m so saddened with the numbers and apprehensive about the chances to reach to the blastocyst stage. I’m 32 years and my AMH is normal. I also have endometriosis too. Could you share positive stories to grant

Hi all, I posted on here a week or so ago afraid about low number of follicles following my baseline scan. After 8 days pm 450iu of menopur, I went for another scan and the nurses were blown away as I had gone from 7 follicles to 32. They were all talking about how rare this is since I will be 39 in

37 year old woman. Severe stage 4 endometriosis. Unable to conceive. Surgery May 2024 revealed bilateral endometrioma 9cm and 10cm inside ovaries plastered to back of pelvic wall and attached to bowel. Left fallopian tube wrapped round and stuck to left endometrioma and left endometrioma receiving blood

Hello, I’ve unfortunately just had my second round cancelled due to no response. First try in July I was on 225 Gonal F and 150 Menopur with no response at all. This time they upped it to 300 Gonal F and 150 Menopur which I think is the highest amount, again no response at all 😢 I have been taking

Good morning all, I am currently looking at clinics for our next IVF cycle after loosing faith in the clinic we were with initially. I have started to look further afield including Greece & Spain. I know you are not able to speak about clinics in the posts, but wondering if anyone has any reviews

I’ve only just found out that Pregnacare conception max, that I used for ages, contains Biotin, which can affect blood hormone readings when you have tests for things like thyroid function, and even AMH! So they can make your TSH look lower and AMH look lower (and even HCG appear lower, and its in Pregnacare

Back again, my 10th transfer failed of a euploid embryo. I tried prednisolone 20mg this time but it didn’t help. I had a particularly stressful week and I don’t think that helped anything whilst dealing with grief during my transfer as I honestly barely slept at all in the run up or the first few days

hi, does anyone have any insight or experience with a natural modified ivf protocol? This is a cycle with low dose stimulation injections from day 7 to focus on collecting just a few eggs in hope they will be better quality. I can t find much information on this. I have had 6 cycles, short, long, luteal

Bit of a long one. I have stage 4 endometriosis, though had surgery (3rd) this year to clear out most of it (didn't do too much to ovaries as AMH already low). I typically get pain on ovulation. Has anyone else been in this situation? Did they find that there was more pain during the egg simulation part

Hello I've recently finished my third cycle. I've only had 2 embryos to transfer from three rounds. I'm 39 and have low AMH levels (likely due to age along with two ovarian operations - as levels were very good ahead of surgery). I am usually a really positive person and I would say I've handled IVF

I written a couple of posts about my experience with endometriosis but to give some quick background, I am 41, have stage 4 deep infiltrating endometriosis and am awaiting a surgery. As they want to put me on zoladex to induce that they hope to be a temporary menopausal state I have been looking at my

After three failed cycles (one failed transfer, one pgta abnormal embryo), I’ve booked a consultation at a different clinic to see if a new perspective might help with any tweaks to my future cycles. While I’m generally satisfied with my current clinic, I’m not sure they are tailoring protocols as

hello everyone, so in September after my egg collection we collected 2 mature eggs which both failed to fertilise. After 2 weeks we had a withdrawal bleed. Now waiting for my next period to start before next cycle of icsi. On day 37 of this cycle and still no period- is this normal? Has anyone else

It’s hard to reconcile that this may be the end. The facts, I’m 42 with low amh (3.0 when tested over a year ago). Partner had cancer so sperm was frozen 20+ years ago meaning fertility help was our only route. Tried 3x IUI and 2x IVF. Due to age this is all self funded. First round I got only 1 egg

Looking for a bit of positivity here! Just had my baseline scan for long protocol ivf and she said I had 7 follicles and made me feel like it was very unlikely that we would get even 1 embryo out of it. I asked if further cycles would get better outcomes and she said it was likely to be the same. When