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xxhazel_nutxx said:
Hi sisters, I just wanna encourage all of you in the tww to not be discouraged! I've been in this forum for a while and recently been just a silent reader. I just did my FET 2 weeks ago and got my first positive beta ever just the day before! I've been very encouraged by all of you during these period and I wanna spread my baby dusts to all of you sisters here! It's not been easy journey and I believe that the time will come for you all in the right timing.
I transferred a compact blast and a CC grade blast. According to the embrologist, the CC grade blast was turning to look better when transferred than in the mrng cos it's like expanding.
After the transfer, I went back to work immediately the following day. My job is not desk bound and I'm required to be on my feet for long hours and under intense and fast paced environment. I try to take things easy for the first few days. I see Dr zou prior for acupuncture only and after my transfer Qiu yi shi took over cos she went back to China.
Over the course of my tww, I ate as per normal. I was on gluten free diet and eating as clean as I possibly can for a while now. Drank logan red dates and wolfberries drink everyday in replacement for water. I don't get heat from it. But if I feel my throat a bit dry I'll stop and resume when I feel better. Drank chicken essence almost everyday cos I read that most of the sisters here who bfp drank that every day. Haha.
I did not have any symptoms at all during this tww just like my other bfn cycles. However I only feel ridiculously tired and fatigue everyday despite sleeping 80% of my time away. I thought it's just the medicines I'm on. Nearer to my BT, I started having some reflux and sore lower back. On the day before my BT, I had this bad cramps that I woke up from it. I was quite sian abt it cos of all days to cramp on the day of BT. However I was very much at peace this time round and I know a lot of friends are praying for us. When I got back my beta results of 1519.6 I was so shocked and couldn't believe it.
Just wanna let u all know that no symptoms doesn't define anything. I was also always symptoms spotting subconsciously and Google my mind away last time. Cos I think if there's some progression inside my body I sold at least have some feeling right? Apparently not all will develop symptoms so early.
Most imptly, be at peace with yourself. Cos all of you have done the most and all that you could. Be very blessed and hope to hear a lot more good news from those in the tww at the moment!
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Congrats @xxhazel_nutxx.. Have a blessed and smooth pregnancy.. :)
 
Miaoling all the best. Me curious too why is your BT so soon. Your embies are day 3 or 5? My ET was 7 may and BT is much later than you.

Santhiya it's better to take the chicken essence original. Not to have other herbs to clash.
 
Good Luck @baby_sparkles for your BT tomorrow. Just had another friend who had her blood test and a bfp today.
She had severe ohss and had to be admitted to the hospital but it all turned out well for her. So please don't lose hope guys!
 
For those who interested finding out more on ivf. there is a talk by TMC
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Miaoling Ok I guess your Sat BT is for progesterone level.

For me i stopped egg whites and replace with Ensure milk after ET. I'm sick of egg whites! I have been drinking chicken essence though out my cycle. Not a must I must say. It's really up to you if you like to supplement further.
 
redvel said:
Miaoling Ok I guess your Sat BT is for progesterone level.

For me i stopped egg whites and replace with Ensure milk after ET. I'm sick of egg whites! I have been drinking chicken essence though out my cycle. Not a must I must say. It's really up to you if you like to supplement further.
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@redvel.. Which Ensure did you take?.. I went check Abbott's website but so many Ensure.. And hor.. Nice anot?.. I hate vanilla milk taste leh.. Will gag.. And i'm so lacking in my calcium intake..
 
I attach a pic here. It's called Ensure Life. My sil used to have a weight problem so doc got her to drink this as meal replacement (she was underweight). Then my late grandfather in law was also prescribed this as he was losing weight day by day. This drink is packed with a lot of nutrients. I can just drink a cup for breakfast.

I know what you mean by yucky vanilla milk taste. I have tried many pre natal powdered milk. Thank god they were all just samples and i wanna vomit. I don't know how the rest can take it la. Maybe they tried choc flavour then perhaps not so bad. I don't take choc flavored food. But this Ensure is surprisingly pleasant. It's the only one I can drink in enjoyment. It also has choc and strawberry ones. After my vanilla is done, I will try the strawberry.
 
redvel said:
I attach a pic here. It's called Ensure Life. My sil used to have a weight problem so doc got her to drink this as meal replacement (she was underweight). Then my late grandfather in law was also prescribed this as he was losing weight day by day. This drink is packed with a lot of nutrients. I can just drink a cup for breakfast.

I know what you mean by yucky vanilla milk taste. I have tried many pre natal powdered milk. Thank god they were all just samples and i wanna vomit. I don't know how the rest can take it la. Maybe they tried choc flavour then perhaps not so bad. I don't take choc flavored food. But this Ensure is surprisingly pleasant. It's the only one I can drink in enjoyment. It also has choc and strawberry ones. After my vanilla is done, I will try the strawberry.
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Wah.. Den did u put on weight after drinking.. i dont wanna put on anymore leh.. lol..
Ensure Life.. Ok noted..
 
Haha no I didn't put on weight. I just make sure if I drink it, I don't take bread as my breakfast. Just the drink as breakfast. It's very filling.
 
I think don't have to worry will put on weight just from one or two cups (I mean also watch the diet like eating less carbo). My sil was asked to drink like 3 cups per meal!
 
I like the strawberry flavor... Personally I find it superb!!! :p Anyone tried the blackmores Conceive Well gold capsules, bought it while it was on offer ... Aware the smell and taste, is there anyway to make it taste better or feel better after eating it?
 
Chubby, I was on CW - double capsules. Have to take 2 different ones a day. One of them tastes like spoilt seafood. But after swallowing it it's ok. Frankly, I just brave myself and swallow. After a few times, I'm immune to it already.

Connie, it includes weekend too.
 
@redval, this is my day 5 to having egg white. Start getting bore. Especially was eating 8 egg white a day after the EC, luckily is only 1 day..
I dun like the milk smell leh... :(
Will try chicken essence.
 
Chubby1314 said:
I like the strawberry flavor... Personally I find it superb!!! :p Anyone tried the blackmores Conceive Well gold capsules, bought it while it was on offer ... Aware the smell and taste, is there anyway to make it taste better or feel better after eating it?
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@Chubby1314.. u oso drinking ensure life ar?
@redvel.. u start drinking when procedure start or after ER?..
 
@rdevel, noted. But seriously, I am overwhelmed with variety of foods or medications which we need to take.. Egg whites, chicken essence, ensure milk, Conceive well Gold, TCM medications, Red Bean Soup.. It likes ... Wow... Sometimes, I really wonder ...can my body really takes in those nutrients... How can you all manage it so well... *impressed*
 
@rachelt, yup already started on my ensure milk as my breakfast drink .. Really taste yummy... Plus Folic Acid also.. Soon more to come with the TCM medications and CW once I finished my folic acid tablets... *sweat...*
 
Chubby1314 said:
@rdevel, noted. But seriously, I am overwhelmed with variety of foods or medications which we need to take.. Egg whites, chicken essence, ensure milk, Conceive well Gold, TCM medications, Red Bean Soup.. It likes ... Wow... Sometimes, I really wonder ...can my body really takes in those nutrients... How can you all manage it so well... *impressed*
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@Chubby1314.. Wah so many stuff ar.. I'm just gonna take my folic acid and calcium and anything Dr Tan and TSB gives me.. Not gonna add on.. I asked them for advice.. both says eat in moderation.. dont overload..
 
miaoling, I salute you. 8 egg whites a day?! I play cheat and ate 2 a day only. I think if I eat 8 a day by 2nd day I would have given up -_- I'm with KKH.

chubby, yup I take brazil nuts, longan red dates, chix essence, red bean soup, folic of cos, some prenatal pills, DHA (omega oil is important. I take them long before my ivf), egg whites, etc. These are just supplements and can take them with no harm. Of course I'm not obsessed to take all these in a day! Whenever I feel like having nuts, then eat the brazil. Or when I pass by dessert stall, I will order red bean. Take it easy with the intakes!
 
When I did my D&C, I was given 21 days of HL which included weekends... However, at the point of submission to HR, I declared only 14 days excluding weekends and PH... Not sure this can be applied on baby_sparkles's case...
 
hi redvel, thanks. think my gynae allso counted in weekend in the hospitalisationleave. wonder y is this so though weekend we are not working. wonder how e hr in the company will count as per what is written or via working days
 
@redvel, YES! 8 egg white a day. Advised by TMC fertility centre.. Luckily is only one day after egg collection.
They also ask us to make the ginger longan water to drink after EC. Surprise this look like TCM. :)
 
redvel said:
miaoling, I salute you. 8 egg whites a day?! I play cheat and ate 2 a day only. I think if I eat 8 a day by 2nd day I would have given up -_- I'm with KKH.

chubby, yup I take brazil nuts, longan red dates, chix essence, red bean soup, folic of cos, some prenatal pills, DHA (omega oil is important. I take them long before my ivf), egg whites, etc. These are just supplements and can take them with no harm. Of course I'm not obsessed to take all these in a day! Whenever I feel like having nuts, then eat the brazil. Or when I pass by dessert stall, I will order red bean. Take it easy with the intakes!
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Hahaha... Ok ok...
 
@redvel.. @connie_hopeful.. ya.. some coy dont take weekends into consideration when u clock it in.. it's considered 0 hours.. only count working days.. even my coy's SAP system.. when i take whole day leave.. it's indicated as 00:00-23:59 but they only take in as 8 hours even tho the system indicated the whole 24hours timing..
 
xxhazel_nutxx said:
Hi sisters, I just wanna encourage all of you in the tww to not be discouraged! I've been in this forum for a while and recently been just a silent reader. I just did my FET 2 weeks ago and got my first positive beta ever just the day before! I've been very encouraged by all of you during these period and I wanna spread my baby dusts to all of you sisters here! It's not been easy journey and I believe that the time will come for you all in the right timing.
I transferred a compact blast and a CC grade blast. According to the embrologist, the CC grade blast was turning to look better when transferred than in the mrng cos it's like expanding.
After the transfer, I went back to work immediately the following day. My job is not desk bound and I'm required to be on my feet for long hours and under intense and fast paced environment. I try to take things easy for the first few days. I see Dr zou prior for acupuncture only and after my transfer Qiu yi shi took over cos she went back to China.
Over the course of my tww, I ate as per normal. I was on gluten free diet and eating as clean as I possibly can for a while now. Drank logan red dates and wolfberries drink everyday in replacement for water. I don't get heat from it. But if I feel my throat a bit dry I'll stop and resume when I feel better. Drank chicken essence almost everyday cos I read that most of the sisters here who bfp drank that every day. Haha.
I did not have any symptoms at all during this tww just like my other bfn cycles. However I only feel ridiculously tired and fatigue everyday despite sleeping 80% of my time away. I thought it's just the medicines I'm on. Nearer to my BT, I started having some reflux and sore lower back. On the day before my BT, I had this bad cramps that I woke up from it. I was quite sian abt it cos of all days to cramp on the day of BT. However I was very much at peace this time round and I know a lot of friends are praying for us. When I got back my beta results of 1519.6 I was so shocked and couldn't believe it.
Just wanna let u all know that no symptoms doesn't define anything. I was also always symptoms spotting subconsciously and Google my mind away last time. Cos I think if there's some progression inside my body I sold at least have some feeling right? Apparently not all will develop symptoms so early.
Most imptly, be at peace with yourself. Cos all of you have done the most and all that you could. Be very blessed and hope to hear a lot more good news from those in the tww at the moment!
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Babe, congrats. Your efforts paid off. So happy for u...do take care of yourself :) really happy. High hcg too. Good good!
 
connie_hopeful said:
hi redvel, thanks. think my gynae allso counted in weekend in the hospitalisationleave. wonder y is this so though weekend we are not working. wonder how e hr in the company will count as per what is written or via working days
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Hmm ok topic does a raise an interesting question. I didn't think about it until now. Hospital gives 19days including weekends because they won't know if the patient is working on weekend or not. But when the HL cert is submitted to our HR, do they just take say 14 days (example) HL since weekends I don't work. I shall know when I return work on 20May.
 
redvel said:
Hmm ok topic does a raise an interesting question. I didn't think about it until now. Hospital gives 19days including weekends because they won't know if the patient is working on weekend or not. But when the HL cert is submitted to our HR, do they just take say 14 days (example) HL since weekends I don't work. I shall know when I return work on 20May.
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ya.. by right they should only take our working days into consideration.. so u can actually fight for the remaining 5 days which the coy tries to "kapoh" from you.. my side is SAP system.. so i think more straight forward..
@redvel.. DH ask me to drink meiji milk for now.. start ensure only when procedure starts.. lol..
 
dolly_gal said:
Btw doesn't mean spotting it's bfn.. cos I was spotting the day before bt this cycle. Almost felt hopeless n prealert my dh when I saw the spotting.. happened I see tsb on the day of my bt, I aso told her no hope lah.. end up it was a bfp after I see her n a cfm phone call later in the afternoon from gynae.. so dun lose hope tat fast ok
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Me too. Was having very light spotting the day before BT. I also BFP. :)
 
For milk, I drank Similac Mum milk daily during 2ww because it contains more selenium than Ensure milk. It helps implantation, I read. I'm still drinking Similac Mum milk now. Dumex said will send me a sample but till day hasn't received anything yet. Dumex says they are the only brand that is sucrose free.
 
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Same question. Is it need to take HL after the ET? A bit late to ask actually... I am not taking leave and rest at home in first 3 days. And I will work from home this week
 


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