clb - oh dear. did you get the results yet for your BT? or could it be the gastric? i was bloated and had bad tummy (feeling of throwing up after each meal) for about 4-5 days after ER, so did take awhile. was constipation for 2 days actually was after ET but i drank prune juice and loaded up on veges & fruits, then became regular again - i also cut down my rice by alot as i find tummy cannot digest properly. the first 4-5 days after ER the body does go abit mad... take care!
hi X,
bfp/bfn - big fat positive/negatve (peeing on the hpt)
hpt - home pregnancy test
FET - frozen embryo transfer
BT - yup, blood test
2 types of cycle - long and short (antagonist). I won't go into the details but most do the long cycle.
1. if you have cyst they may put you on oral contraceptive pills (OCP) for 1 month to clear the cyst & to time the cycle.
2. followed by suppression drugs which starts on CD21 of period.
3. follow by stimulation drugs for another 9-14 days to stimulate follicular growth.
then trigger shot to prepare "release" these
4. follicles for retrieval (36 hours before)
5. ER
6. ET after 2-5 days depending on the embyro growth
7. 2ww & beta BT
excluding the consultation, ocp & waiting for menses/CD21 and 2ww, the actual cycling time is approx 4 weeks (from start of supressions to ET).
Some popular centres like KK there is queue and you may get a booking to start 1-2 months later as Melodi said.