Hi ladies
I found this forum when I was worried about some spotting during my FET in Jan 15 and I always told myself I will come back to share my symptoms and process in detail when I'm ready, for anyone who is wondering about symptoms. So here I am..
I had my IVF fresh cycle in Aug 2014. I'm with a private doctor so they only do 5 day blastocyst transfer. I don't remember so much details then but I think I had 21 eggs retrieved, 19 fertilized and 6 made it to blastocyst. I transferred 1 and froze the rest. The entire process wasn't so pleasant, besides the uncomfortable full bladder during ET (on a Monday) I only had average nurses and I was also feeling guilty having my husband sit on an uncomfortable chair next to me all afternoon as my doc wanted me on bed rest for 4hours after transfer.
Subsequently during the 2ww I had mild OHSS so it was very uncomfortable and I didn't feel well. At the same time, I had high hopes so some pressure too. However closer to my BT date, which was 12dp5dt, symptoms disappeared. I had a feeling my cycle was unsuccessful and I was right. It was so upsetting and I decided to just proceed with my year end holidays and think about it again when I'm ready to.
Come Dec, I thought I should try again. I called my doctor and he suggested I do my cycle in jan or feb. Feb is better for me to take off from work, but doctor is going on leave so if the days don't work out, it will be an aborted cycle. I decided to prioritise myself over work and went for a Jan cycle.
As its a FET cycle, there were minimal jabbing and only pills, scans and blood tests. This time round, I took it more lightly. On the ET day(a Tues) my dr called to say the best embryo is not doing so well after thawing so he thawed another one. My hubby was busy at work and I went to the hospital myself. When it was time for the ET, my dr told me the initial embryo rallied and is strong now and it's a hatching blastocyst. So he will transfer this one, and re freeze the second one he thawed. This time round, the nurses I experienced were all so kind who took real good care of me and gave me a lot of pep talks and advices. I was really grateful to them and it made all the difference.
During the 2ww, I was more relaxed and stayed home a lot more than during my fresh cycle (I took the nurses advice altho my dr says life can go on as usual). 8dp5dt, I went to visit my mum and to perm eyelashes (in anticipation of cny) and when I got home, I was tired and experienced light pink/brown spotting. That was when I discovered this forum while I was googling. I thought it was my AF but my AF is rarely so early plus I was on progynova and duphaston!
This got me nervous and then I started obsessing abit. My BT was 11dp5dt and the day before I couldn't resist doing a HPT. It was positive but then it screwed with my head even more! I was so scared it's the pregnyl injection or that it wasn't accurate etc...I was on my toes until the BT was finished and my doc called me back with the results of 700+ HCG reading.
I hope my recount helps others who are wondering about symptoms. On hindsight, the spotting I had could have been implantation bleeding. I think the relaxed attitude worked. I think the break between the fresh and fet cycle helped. I think the lower level of drugs during fet cycle allowed my body to be in a better condition. Both cycles I didn't eat special food or avoided special food. But I guess, there is no absolute answer.
All the best to all of you!
