Hi everyone!!!

I am 32 and DH is 31..I've been stalking this website for 4 yrs now!! Every single month checking if my symptoms matches anyone who experienced PMS but ending with BFP. Apparently.. Month after month.. AF dropped by to visit :(

I was diagnosed with endo and was told do undergo surgery which cost a bomb!! I went around for a 2nd opinion.. So finally.. Deciding not to for the surgery.. We end up with the following.. 3 months clomid.. 3 cycles of IUI.. And 2 ivf.. I waited a year after my 1st failed ivf.. 2 excellent quality embryos were transferred the 1st round..But BFN.. AF even came earlier than usual.. My 2nd ivf.. 2 satisfactory quality embryos were transferred.. I was worried.. I failed with 2 excellent quality!! Can I succeed with 2 satisfactory? Nothing I Could do but pray.. Very hard..

Unlike all other 2ww.. This time.. I make sure I do and eat whatever I want.. I went for a holiday.. I rode a bike.. I sat on a bumpy boat.. Everything my Gynae told me not to..

But I wanted to be happy and keep my mind off the evil wait..

After I return from my holiday.. The obsession starts.. Googling everyday.. The cramps.. Thirst didn't help either.. I worried day and night.. I POAS on 10dp3dt.. BFN.. And was convinced I am out.. Very convinced.. But today.. On my 12dp3dt.. I got BFPs on 2 POAS!! I'm still having bad cramps now.. Like Af will come anytime.. In fact.. The cramps started from the day of the transfer!! My BETA is in 2 days time.. But I am more than sure that I am indeed pregnant.. I am praying for a good BETA result though.. After all I was dissapointed again and again for 4 long years.. Hehe

I've read some post on how similar PMS symptom to pregnancy symptom are. But let me tell you this.. Not only is it similar.. They feel exactly the same!! EXACTLY!!! So to every single mummy hopefuls out there.. Nothing is impossible.. Have faith.. If it's time.. Nothing you do can make the baby bean NOT stick.. If it sticks.. It sticks!!

Baby Dust to all!! XOXO

Hello,

I just found this site while searching the web. My endo was the cause of me having both tubes blocked with hydrosalpinx. I had been advised to have both tubes removed, but something in me felt like because I had no children, I would feel even more empty inside. My RE told my husband and I the only way we would conceive is with IVF. In August, 2013 we began the process at a high rate of speed. I'm 36 and my husband is 43, so we were both in a hurry to get going, especially not knowing how long it would take to get a BFP. I have a co-worker who has never had a BFP and she's now on her ninth cycle, so that worried me a lot, although I know everyone is different. Started meds in September, 2013 and on October 22, 2013 we went in for the egg retrieval. They did IVF w/ ICSI as my husband's count wasn't all that great. On October 25, 2013 we went in for the 3 day transfer. They retrieved 10 eggs, which I thought was not enough, after hearing people get numbers in the 20's. They took five and all five fertilized. They took the two most likely to implant for transfer. On October 31st, I couldn't help myself and took a HPT, it was negative. The next morning I took another one at 5am and got an immediate BFP. The next two days, I took them and continued getting BFP. On November 6th I was scheduled to go in for my blood pregnancy test. I got a call that afternoon that we were indeed pregnant and my HCG level was 373 12dpo, they wanted me back in every other day for the next week, as my numbers were doubling at an insane rate. An ultrasound confirmed it was twins. We are currently 14 weeks pregnant with twins. I am still in shock that it happened for us on our first attempt. I thank God every day and I pray for every couple going through this, that they are successful. Keep the faith and always pray to your Higher Power! Baby dust to you all!

After obsessively stalking this website during my two week wait, I am elated to be posting my own BFP story! I have never posted on a message board before but, if my experience can help soothe the nerves of even one woman going through the agonizing wait after an already excruciating IVF process, then I'm happy to share.

I am 31 years old, my husband is 35, and we have been trying to conceive for the past 20 months. We did get pregnant six months into the process but, heartbreakingly, it ended in an early miscarriage. After that, we tried on our own for seven more months and spent two of those cycles on Clomid before, ultimately, ending up with our RE. He promptly diagnosed me with PCOS and discovered I had a uterine septum. My husband was healthy overall but had a borderline sperm count. After undergoing a hysteroscopy to remove the septum, we began our IVF cycle.

We did everything possible to increase our chances for success:
IVF/ICSI/PICSI/PGD
Antagonist protocol (Bravelle, Menopur, Ganirelix)
I did acupuncture in the weeks before the retrieval, before the transfer, and on the day of the transfer.
Because of my high risk of OHSS, I was only given half the dose of the HCG trigger and a "freeze all" was determined before the retrieval. I had 7 eggs retrieved, all 7 fertilized and made it to day 5 blastocysts (I believe this success was largely due to ICSI and PICSI).
5 of the 7 embryos came back from PGD as chromosomally normal - 3 A's, a B, and a C - and all were frozen. The FET was six weeks after the retrieval - we decided to transfer two high quality 5 day blastocysts.

Now for the part I scrutinized on every woman's post on these boards... Symptoms:

First, let me say that I am a teacher and my wait happened to fall during my student's winter break so I was lucky enough to spend all 10 days working very minimally and taking it easy as much as possible. I was on progesterone suppositories twice a day and estrogen three times a day so some of my pregnancy symptoms could have been overlap with the medication.

Symptoms that began very closely after the transfer and currently remain:
Burping... I know, kind of weird - not belching burping but almost like hiccup/burps - it happens constantly... The other symptom that started early on and hasn't gone away is frequent urination.
1dp5dt - 3dp5dt: Bed rest, cramping and pressure in my lower abdomen - different than period cramps, also lots of bloating
4dp5dt - Mild cramping, bloating and watery CM
5dp5dt: mild nausea, bloating, gas, some cramps, slight dizziness, watery CM
6dp5dt: mild nausea, some cramps, watery CM
7dp5dt: mild nausea, mild fatigue, boobs started feeling slightly tender but only for a few hours, watery CM, food aversion to most kinds of sweets began and still persists
8dp5dt: mild nausea, mild fatigue, slightly dizzy at times, slightly tender boobs but, again, only for a few hours
9dp5dt: bloating, cramps but this time it felt more like period cramps - as with many other women on this site, it was a little worrisome but I had read so many posts that said they thought for sure they were getting their period because of the cramps and ended up pregnant so I tried to stay optimistic, yellow CM
10dp5dt: Beta day - honestly, I was so anxious about getting the results (I was somehow able to resist POAS) that all the nervous anxiety masked my pregnancy symptoms - the only thing I noticed was bloating and watery CM
I was elated to get the news that my test results were POSITIVE! My beta was 520... Three days later it was 2,279. We thought for sure it was twins but our first ultrasound at 5 1/2 weeks confirmed one healthy looking pregnancy sack. We are absolutely over the moon!

Something I would like to mention is that my boobs barely hurt through the entire TWW and I am currently 5 1/2 weeks pregnant and they still feel normal. I found this odd because they have hurt in every other cycle I have had since being off birth control pills. Also, though I wasn't exactly bustling with energy, I have not had extreme fatigue. In fact, I often find myself up late or waking up in the middle of the night and being unable to fall back to sleep. I was super paranoid about the lack of breast tenderness and fatigue because they are two symptoms that you read about constantly as tell tale signs of pregnancy... It just goes to show that every body is different and having all the symptoms, a few of them, or none at all doesn't mean much one way or the other... But who can resist scouring the internet just to make sure :)

Best of luck to all you women reading this post and looking for answers the way I did with all the women who posted before me. It's such a tough process and the TWW is like cruel and unusual punishment. Hang in there and I sincerely hope your baby dreams come true!

Our BFP is now a 9 month old walking, babbling mess making joy- and she was a loooong time coming.

I'm sharing my story for any IVFers to show that seriously, anything can happen. I'm 29, hubby 35. Unexplained infertility.

After 2 year ttc naturally and 1 heartbreaking early miscarriage at 5wks, 2 clomid, 2 iuis and we got it!

This will especially bring hope (hopefully) to those with very low betas and bleeding.

7 eggs retrieved, all fertilized but only one made it to blastocyst on day 5.

1 grade AB-blast transferred.

1dp5dt- Bloated and sore from egg retrieval - starting progesterone sups.
2-7dp5dt- Watery cm, soreness and bloating fading, boobs not sore, feel incredible not pregnant. No heartburn, no dizziness, nada.
8dp5dt- Cheat and take a HPT. After an eternity we got a squinter. I was not that hopeful bc at 8dp5dt I thought line should be darker.
Start spotting that afternoon. And that's when I 'checked out' and convinced myself it didn't work.
9-12dp5dt- Bleeding escalates to a full blown period. HOWEVER bc I am crazy, I keep taking FRER every two days and the lines are getting darker. Baffled.
12dp5dt-1st beta is 57. I am bleeding with clots (sorry, gross I know). NO pg symptoms just cramps along with bleeding.
14dp5dt-2nd beta is 138. This is sooo low for almost 5 weeks pregnant. Bleeding is slowing down but DO not feel pregnant. No heartburn, brown watery cm, boobs not sore... you get the picture.

I had betas every 2 days and though they always doubled, they were low. That combined with the bleeding made doctor think ectopic, so I was to have a 6 week viability ultrasound.

And there it was- a heart beat, perfect gestational sac, everything looked as it should for how far along I was.

After that, PG symptoms came i would say around 7 weeks pregnant.

And 1 day after her due date, our awesome little girl was born, completely healthy and fiesty.

So IVF ladies, sometimes even when the ugly red fat lady sings, it still ain't over. Trust the betas.

Good luck to all.

Hi,
I read these boards religiously for 18 months - and I thought I'd share my story!
After trying for 18 months, including using clomid, timed inter course and an IUI we finally went down the IVF route.
After egg collection my transfer got cancelled due to OHSS. We froze 8 blastocysts. I had my transfer 2 weeks ago. We transferred 1 blastocyst. These are the notes I made:
I felt so totally normal. No symptoms. In every other month of TTC I felt more symptoms.
• 8dp5dt – tiny spec of blood. Feel nothing. No cramps, no twinges. Also not feeling so positive today. I am tired though. Stinging eyes tired. But as seen in previous BFN cycles, this means nothing.
• Come the afternoon, felt a bit dizzy. Slight (hardly noticeable if I wasn’t looking for it) cramping.
• 10dp5dt – nothing - normal.
• 12dp5dt – BFP on first response
• 13dp5dt – Clear Blue Digital – 2-3 weeks = 4-5 weeks pregnant

Still in shock - feel like I am in a dream. I still feel so unbelievably normal. I have had to take a test everyday.
I am off to to doctor's tomorrow to have it confirmed and I know we still have a long way to go yet - but this is the furthest I have ever got and I just cannot believe it.
Good luck to everyone out there and remember - do not get scared by reading all these symptoms online because they mean nothing! I couldn't have felt more normal for these past two weeks.

Hi all, I have been reading through this website for almost a year and half now. This website has been giving me support and courage to hang in there and has given inspiration with numerous stories. This website is really helped in so many ways. thanks to all the ladies :))

So here goes my story, I have had one laparoscopy and two hysteroscopy before we started trying.
1st IVF cycle -retrieved 14 eggs, 6 mature, all of them fertilized naturally and 2 of them made it to day 5 and only one blast was transferred and one frozen. Tested - BFN
1st frozen embryo transfer - turned out negative (medicated cycle LUPRON, estrogen patches and progesterone injections )

2nd IVF cycle - retrieved 30 eggs, 11 of them mature, 4 made it to day 5, One blast was transferred and 3 frozen. - Tested BFN
2nd Frozen embryo transfer - thawed 3 embryos to get two good embryos to transfer. Prayed to God day in and day out! (this cycle was a natural cycle, no medicines except progesterone oral tablet) My Doctor also did endometrial biopsy , because it is believed that it would help with embryo implantation. which worked out perfect for me.

I tested on 6dp5dt and saw two lines show up immediately :)) I was in tears and so was my husband :)))

only symptoms I had was
1)Back ache every now and then
2)5dp5dt I was feeling a little nausea by the end of the day
3)Otherwise I was feeling like my periods are going to start any moment.

I have blood test scheduled this friday. Hope HCG doubles every 2 days :))
You just have to believe from within. It will eventually happen to you as well. Loads of “baby dust” to all.

My husband and I have been trying for three years, and I truly hope we're finally on our way!! I just went through my third round of IVF, first FET cycle, and got a positive yesterday at 8DP a 6DT. I freaked out and then ran out to get another test to double check. FET cycle's don't have a trigger so there is no chance of a false BFP due to HCG from trigger. Previously, we did three iui cycles and became pregnant from both only to miscarry around 7 weeks. I was then diagnosed with MTHFR and am taking baby aspiring, lovenox and folgard. We had two fresh cycles with two perfect embryos transfered each time and nothing! This is my first BFP with these medications so I am hoping for a sticky bean!!

Days 1-6 post transfer: Nothing unsual, sore breasts and constipation from progesterone
Day 6 post trasfer: Woke up in night due to sharp twinge in belly, felt like strong cramp but then it went away
Day 7 post transfer: Hot sweats all night, noticed larger veins in breasts
Day 8 post transfer: BFP, faint but definitely there on Wondfo. Double checked with EPT and definitely a second line
Day 9 post transfer: Restless sleep, achy joints, especially in hips, tons of cramping

I'm really hoping this is our take home baby. Trying not to get too excited but just can't help it!!!

I am so excited to report that I got my BFP this afternoon! I bought a clearblue digital test that says the weeks and it says PREGNANT 1-2 weeks....I am OVER THE MOON and cannot even believe I get to report this to you guys!!

I have sore boobs, a tad stomach sickness and very tired....other than that I am over the moon!

Oh, how to abbreviate my journey...

Starting ttc at 40.5. After 45 BFN's, had first BFP at 44 resulting in daughter.

1st Conventional IVF Clinic
7 IUI's
2 IVF's
Unexplained infertility.
Diminished ovarian reserve, low antral follicle count, hormones at normal levels, did not respond well to stimulation meds.
Given 1% chance of conceiving speech - Dr. told me I must have bad eggs because of DOR and age, so I should go straight to egg donor - even picked one out for me before ever having the DE discussion.

2nd Conventional IVF Clinic
Additional tests. Poor AMH levels. Only 2 antral follicles on U/S that month (lowest count ever).
Given 5% chance of conceiving speech.
Didn't feel this clinic would do anything different from 1st clinic so didn't cycle here.

3rd Mini IVF Clinic
FSH levels had begun to rise.
Dr. told me if I could make blastocysts (5-day embryos) I would have approx. 20% chance of conceiving - same as naturally.
Did 9 natural IVF cycles and retrieved 7 blastocysts.
3 cycles - BFN.
Had full autoimmune/coagulation panel testing done. Tested positive for Antithrombin and heterozygous for MTHFR C677T. Dr. put me on Lovenox (blood thinners) for 4th cycle and finally had first BFP!
The successful egg was retrieved when I was 43.5 and my FSH that cycle was 56.
And we have two more blastocyst left.....

Hi all,
I can't believe that this day has finally arrived for my DH and I...but after 4.5 years, we have gotten our first BFP!! I cried my eyes out the day before our Beta because I really felt like AF was on her way. I had cramps, was bloating, a headache and was super thirsty. I went to the doctor's office today bracing myself for a negative.

When my fertility nurse called and told me I was pregnant, I couldn't believe it. In hindsight now, here are a few symptoms that I experienced during my TWW after my 3 day ET. Bloating. A lot of us get this after all the stims and I had mild OHSS, but the thing is, my bloating kind of deflated but then came back. I was eating less because I was stressed out but none of my clothes were fitting.

Pulling in my lower right abdomen. This is a feeling I usually get before my period, the difference this time is that it started at about 8DP3DT and was persistent everyday. Additionally, I started to get lower back pain. I thought it was because of the progesterone oil shots because I usually don't get lower back pain before AF. I didn't test at all during my 2WW. During my first IVF I did test and it drove me crazy. I cried every day the test showed up as negative. Not testing was hard and I was tempted but I'm glad I didn't. The emotional rollercoaster of guessing and second guessing the HPT were not worth it. So if you can hold out until your Beta, do it!!!

Clomid 6 months - BFN
IUI#1 with Letrozole. IUI#2 with Letrozole BFN. transferred. 2 frozen same day. 1 they tried to freeze on day 5 but it didn't survive.
IVF#1 Long Lupron Protocol - 10 retrieved, 8 mature, 4 fertilized, 3 left on day of transfer. 3 x 8 cell embies transferred. BFN
BFN
IVF #2 Lupron Microdose Protocol - 8 retrieved, 6 mature, 6 fertilized, 5 left on day of transfer. 2 x 8 cell embies BFP!!!
Beta #1 at 13dp3dt- over 450

BFP at 9dp5dt - fresh transfer with CGH tested embryo. Very excited and hoping this one sticks after 3 years of IVF treatments which include 3 previous miscarriages, 4 egg collections and 7 (5 day) transfers.

Symptoms were as follows:

0dp5dt - Weirdly enough craved cheezels in the afternoon and have been craving them ever since. Rested all afternoon.
1dp5dt - Back to work - no symptoms. Sore nipples but had these prior to transfer (progesterone?)
2dp5dt - Sore nipples continue. No other symptoms all day until about 8:00 pm when I had about 45 minutes of what felt like period cramping and some very (almost unnoticeable) twinges left side. Insomnia.
3dp5dt - Sore nipples. Night sweat. Insomnia.
4dp5dt - Sore bbs that seemed to just appear from nowhere - hurt when I hugged a friend. Nipples still sore. Felt queasy in the morning (this is the only time I have felt queasy the whole pregnancy) but was okay after I ate. Starving. Night sweat.
5dp5dt - Woke up with all breast and nipple soreness completely gone. Was so strange as 12 hours earlier they were so painful I couldn't touch them. Thought I was out and became extremely emotional - in hindsight I think this was a major hormonal moment. Became extremely anxious and started to not want to eat anything. Nothing sounded good but was hungry - weird. I'm still not sure whether this was anxiety or hormones or both. Exhausted today but thought it was because I hadn't been sleeping well. Craved cheezels and had a pack after work.
6dp5dt - No real symptoms except food aversion continues. No sore bbs. Not feeling tired today - in fact feel completely fine. Very slight burping begins after eating and drinking.
7dp5dt - Some extremely slight twinges in right side - would not have noticed it unless I was maniacally monitoring all symptoms. Burping continues - enough for me to notice that it is consistent. Perhaps becomes the one symptom that makes me think....maybe? No sore bbs, not really fatigued.
8dp5dt - Had a glass of champagne and didn't really want it - very very strange for me. Pretty tired by about 8:30 pm. Burping continues. Wake up in the night with stomach gurgling so loudly that it woke both me and my husband up. Was the strangest thing I have ever experienced. I felt pregnant for the first time. By the time I woke up in the morning it was all gone and it was almost like I had imagined it? Food aversions.
9dp5dt - Burping continues. Feeling more tired today. Some extremely almost unnoticeable cramping in the afternoon. Still no sore bbs. Felt quite drunk after 1 glass of wine. Tested with FRER - strong positive immediately. Was so relieved.
10dp5dt - Some pulling in the night and the "full" feeling in abdomen. Tested again with FRER line was darker than control line - had gotten about twice as dark in just over 12 hours - good sign.
11dp5dt - Sore bbs start - finally!!
12dp5dt - 1st Beta - HCG 444.

Am feeling hopeful - the lack of sore bbs and no real abdomen pulling etc made me think I was out - but these things came a lot later this time round. Good Luck to all!!

BFP 9dp5dt - Lucky number 7!!

Posted on Sat, 2014-03-01 16:41
BFP at 9dp5dt - fresh transfer with CGH tested embryo. Very excited and hoping this one sticks after 3 years of IVF treatments which include 3 previous miscarriages, 4 egg collections and 7 (5 day) transfers.

Symptoms were as follows:

0dp5dt - Weirdly enough craved cheezels in the afternoon and have been craving them ever since. Rested all afternoon.
1dp5dt - Back to work - no symptoms. Sore nipples but had these prior to transfer (progesterone?)
2dp5dt - Sore nipples continue. No other symptoms all day until about 8:00 pm when I had about 45 minutes of what felt like period cramping and some very (almost unnoticeable) twinges left side. Insomnia.
3dp5dt - Sore nipples. Night sweat. Insomnia.
4dp5dt - Sore bbs that seemed to just appear from nowhere - hurt when I hugged a friend. Nipples still sore. Felt queasy in the morning (this is the only time I have felt queasy the whole pregnancy) but was okay after I ate. Starving. Night sweat.
5dp5dt - Woke up with all breast and nipple soreness completely gone. Was so strange as 12 hours earlier they were so painful I couldn't touch them. Thought I was out and became extremely emotional - in hindsight I think this was a major hormonal moment. Became extremely anxious and started to not want to eat anything. Nothing sounded good but was hungry - weird. I'm still not sure whether this was anxiety or hormones or both. Exhausted today but thought it was because I hadn't been sleeping well. Craved cheezels and had a pack after work.
6dp5dt - No real symptoms except food aversion continues. No sore bbs. Not feeling tired today - in fact feel completely fine. Very slight burping begins after eating and drinking.
7dp5dt - Some extremely slight twinges in right side - would not have noticed it unless I was maniacally monitoring all symptoms. Burping continues - enough for me to notice that it is consistent. Perhaps becomes the one symptom that makes me think....maybe? No sore bbs, not really fatigued.
8dp5dt - Had a glass of champagne and didn't really want it - very very strange for me. Pretty tired by about 8:30 pm. Burping continues. Wake up in the night with stomach gurgling so loudly that it woke both me and my husband up. Was the strangest thing I have ever experienced. I felt pregnant for the first time. By the time I woke up in the morning it was all gone and it was almost like I had imagined it? Food aversions.
9dp5dt - Burping continues. Feeling more tired today. Some extremely almost unnoticeable cramping in the afternoon. Still no sore bbs. Felt quite drunk after 1 glass of wine. Tested with FRER - strong positive immediately. Was so relieved.
10dp5dt - Some pulling in the night and the "full" feeling in abdomen. Tested again with FRER line was darker than control line - had gotten about twice as dark in just over 12 hours - good sign.
11dp5dt - Sore bbs start - finally!!
12dp5dt - 1st Beta - HCG 444.

Am feeling hopeful - the lack of sore bbs and no real abdomen pulling etc made me think I was out - but these things came a lot later this time round. Good Luck to all!!

I had a BFP with IVF #1 that ended in a MC. I got my BFP with 6dp5dt with that one, which got darker but sadly my HCG did not double or cooperate...

I had my FET#1 and got my BFP one day earlier at 5dp5dt!!! Transferred two this time and it was a VERY difficult transfer which they say decreases the chance of a BFP; so if you have a nightmare transfer like I did, don't despair! Praying one(s) sticks and betas behave.

I do not and have not had sore BBS unlike my fresh transfer.

4dp5dt- suspecting BFP tomorrow, due to back ache, campy uterus, occasional pinching in right ovary area. This is how I felt the last cycle BFP. The day I felt like AF would come in full force the next day was BFP. Swollen looking lower belly. Nips tender but BBS not sore. In the PM- strong feeling of AF mainly in Uterus area only, felling VERY bloated and have a little roundness when I look down. Frequent urination. Light pink on TP, so faint that someone wouldn't have noticed if they weren't looking. This never happened again. Last of the implantation?

5dp5dt- BFP squinter!!!! Stretching feeling in uterus, bloated, gassy, tired. Nauseated feeling 2Xs. BFP with two IC as well.

6dp6dt- UTI infection, slightly darker BFP on FRER, bbs still not sore, stretching feeling in uterus area.

My first beta will be 9dp5dt. Please Lord let something stick.

After years of trying to work out MF issues we made our first IVF attempt. The cycle started very uneventful: good response to Follistim, no pain with shots, plenty of nice looking follicles. The day I triggered I was warned that my E2 was high and I should drink lots of Gatorade and eat lots of protein. I happily obliged... easiest diet ever! Retrieval was rough. In hindsight I think I had mild OHSS. We transferred 2 excellent 8-cell embryos on day 3.

0dp3dt- Relaxed at home. Ate pineapple.
1dp3dt- nothing except tender belly. I thought it was just ER pain (I had a rough ER, apparently I was fighting even though I was very heavily sedated).
2dp3dt-I read somewhere that laughing is good for implantation...watched America's Funniest Home Videos. Laughed until it hurt. Thought I overdid it.
3dp3dt- sharp pains in nether region for about 5 minutes. Very uncomfortable, kind of like electrical shock. Weird.
4dp3dt- Got up nerve to check CP- very low and huge. Never felt like that before.
5dp3dt- nothing. I felt perfectly normal and began to think it had not worked. CP very high and closed so tightly couldn't feel os at all.
6dp3dt- felt perfectly normal all day. Felt very brief AF-like cramp. Lasted literally 30 sec.
7dp3dt- woke up wanting a doughnut- DH said I'm pregnant because I never would have asked for that. I shrugged it off. That afternoon as I was getting into the car to go to the store I leaned over to pick something up off the floorboard and screamed in pain. My ovaries felt like they did just before ER. Later in the afternoon it happened again. By evening I called Dr to ask what to do because pain was intense. She said it sounded like mild OHSS.
8dp3dt- abdominal pain worse. Some bloating. Debated going to local Emergency Room (my Dr is 2hrs away) but DH said just call Dr in the morning. Hardly slept. I knew from reading online that when OHSS goes away and comes back it often means BFP is on horizon. POAS in the middle of the night- BFP!! Not even faint and on a Target brand blue dye to boot. Too much pain to be really excited.
9dp3dt- called Dr in morning and they told me to drive down right away...and bring overnight bag just in case. They immediately admitted me to the hospital: I was hemoconcentrated and had abdominal fluid(gained 6lbs overnight), shortness of breath, heart rate @151bpm, machines would not even register my blood pressure it was so low. Scary. Beta 76.
10dp3dt- still in hospital. Breathing worse. Chest x ray shows some fluid...but not too much.
11dp3dt- Pulmonologist orders VQ scan of lungs-suspects pulmonary embolus..wth?! Test inconclusive. Orders CT scan. Beta 128.
12dp3dt- Bad nausea. Could be ms, could be ohss. CT scan shows fluid on lungs and no pulmonary embolus (yay, I get to keep living!). They drained 1.64 liters of fluid off my right lung. Felt much better...received 3 bottles of albumin and diuretic.
13dp3dt- drained 850mL of fluid off left lung. Thank God! I could breathe again! Beta 235.
14dp3dt-16dp3dt- stayed around the house with my hugely bloated self. Gain about 20lbs in the past week.
17dp3dt- Beta 1280- finally a good doubling rate! Starting to get excited about my little hitchhiker :)
19dp3dt- actually feeling a little better and some weight has started to come off.

I know this is a long story but I wanted to share so others know OHSS is NOT a joke. Call your doctor immediately and ask to be seen ASAP. I'm pretty sure the Dr I spoke with on 7do3dt (it was a Saturday) would have asked me to come in if it wasn't the weekend. I should have insisted that something was really not right but I think I was too caught up in the excitement that it was my first concrete BFP sign. I thought there was no way severe OHSS would happen to me --after all, my bloodwork was good enough to move forward with the fresh transfer--but I was in that 1-2%. I was an unusual case also because my lung issues, crazy heart rate, and blood issues were severe and the abdominal bloating was considered moderate (didn't feel moderate though!). At this point I feel fluid creeping back into my chest but not enough to be drained again. And apparently there was some damage to my lungs from decreased blood supply for an extended period of time. But I'm home and back to work (half days) and PREGNANT! :)

Best of luck to all of you IVFers! I hope you have your day very soon :)

DH and I started trying to concieve in June of 2012, like most we thought great, no protection equals baby and we expected to have a bundle in our arms in 9 months......that did not happen. At first I was just checking CM after doing some reading to find out what the signs were...next I bought a BBT and some Ovulation sticks. I knew we were getting the timing right but it just was not working.

After 7 months we went to the doc both being 34 we thought we should start digging into things. Our Doc ordered a semen analsysi for hubby and put us on the wait list for our local fertility clinic. After getting the results back our doc said hubby had low count, low morphology we were devasted but thought oh ok that is the reason. Fast forward 4 months and we had our first fertility appointment the RE looked at hubby's results and said oh these tests look just fine, you don't have any problems in that area.....we were excited but then thought ok...what is wrong with me. Now it was my turn to get all the testing done.....turns out I was the problem. When I was a baby I had surgery, that surgery left me with a scare on my right side by my hip and when the doctors were sewing me back up my ovary must have floated upward and was now directly above my scar by my hip bone. So I do ovulate from both sides but only the left egg would be viable cause the right had no way of getting out.

once we knew the potential problem we started with IUI we just did not want to wait so much longer to get pregnant. We tried 3 IUI's but in that time I only ovulated from the left side once. We decided that we would jump to IVF after waiting this long we were ready for something to work. We were put in the IVF wait list and were so excited....I started meds Dec 28th and had egg retreival Jan 26th the meds did not give me very many side effects which is good. We retrieved 15 eggs total and had to get the right side adomonally. 8 eggs fertalized and 1 fresh was implanted and 5 were frozen. I AM NOW 8 WEEKS PREGGERS:)

Although through the last 20 months there were many tears, stresses, jealousy of others, just lots of emotion it feels great to say I am pregnant. I did suffer from OHSS after I got a + test and my abdomen grew by 15 inches in 5 days and I gained 16 pounds of fluid. I was off work for a month and am now getting better. IVF is invasion and hard on the body but if I had to do it again I totally would. I wish each person reading this the best of luck in their own journey. The one thing I have learned through this is you must be patient and know that everyone's journey is different.

Got my BFP this morning!!!!!!!!! so happy and excited!! never thought I would be able to share my story on here.
Have been trying for a baby for 2 1/2 years. Don't ovulate on my own very often only like 8 months or 6 months etc. Have had 6 months worth of clomid, 1 failed IVF cycle and this was my second! swear by soy though for making me ovulate.

Well we only got 6 eggs, 5 fertilised, quality was 2 x 8 cell, 1 x 5 cell, 1 x 4 cell and 1 x 2 cell. We were disappointed as it wasn't far off our first round. We left them till day 5, where the 5 cell and only one of the 8 cells made it to blastocyst stage (one grade c and one a lower grade). We had both put back in, and this morning got my bfp! It can happen!! here are my symptoms x

1dp5dt - 7dp5dt nothing apart from bloated from the progesterone and still a little sore from collection, cried all week was sure it would be negative so much.

8dp5dt - light dull cramps like af was coming and some lower back ache, then when i wiped light brown spotting in the morning once and then once in the evening
9dp5dt - dull cramps, back ache again, thirsty, thirsty and still am so much, weird itchy nipple for a moment!, mouth ulcer - still thought i was out at this point, didn't want to test at all. Its only looking back you see the symptoms were there.
10dp5dt (today) BFP!!!! on all three tests, line came up strong straight away, bbt temp went up, small cramps this morning and thirsty, a couple of odd stabbing pains

Good luck on your journey, don't give up it will happen I never thought it would xx

I just got my BFP after 2.5 years of trying. DH and I tried for 1.5 years before finding out that he has MF, morphology issues. We did one unsuccessful IUI and then IVF with ICSI and PGD testing. I had 15 eggs retrieved, 7 made it to day 5 and 4 embryos remained after PGD testing. 2 embryos were grade A and did not pass genetic testing, they would have been the first ones chosen for transfer. I highly recommend PGD testing if you are over 35 and have more than one or 2 embryos to choose from. We had one embryo implanted for an FET cycle.
My 2 week wait symptoms are as follows:

• very thirsty, but probably more due to Estrogen and Progesterone support.
• zero breast tenderness. I think because I was a FET and not a fresh transfer.
• no symptoms up until 6dp5dt, then I had back ache, slight cramping. Nothing too intense but just aware of my back.
• Small amount of brown spotting/discharge on 6dp5dt. I always spot before my period so I was pretty sure I was out. But this spotting was much more watery and light brown in color, compared to my pre-menstrual spotting.
• Back ache again and more brown spotting on 8dp5dt. This is when I started to get hopeful. It definitely seemed different than my typical spotting, starting/stopping and less in amount and different in color.
• The night of 8dp5dt, I couldn't sleep and felt slightly crampy. I noticed pulling and twinges in my abdomen. It was very subtle, I thought it's probably gas. But I also knew that twinges/pulling is a symptom so I definitely paid attention.

The next day I had a blood test at my dr office in the am. They called in the afternoon, and said that they didn't have the results in yet! OMG! The nurse actually started the conversation off with "Unfortunately". Of course my stomach dropped. So DH and I went out to get a HPT. I test on a EPT digital and a generic test. Both came up quickly with a strong positive. Still waiting on the blood test tomorrow to find out levels.

I think I've read every google link mentioning spotting and implantation bleeding, since I've had such a long history of early spotting. The lesson I learned is if it is different than before, that is a good sign. Different timing, amount, texture, etc.

Hello fellow ttcers, I want to share my story to give hope to any of you undergoing treatment now.
Me and DH:36
Started ttc 4 yrs ago.
Problems: male factor (low morphology) and uterine polyps removed twice.
First IVF 1 year ago: 18 eggs retrieved, 16 mature and icsi-ed, 11 fertilized, 6 5-day blasts. Transferred 1 blast but bfn:(
Waited for 7 months before FET, as I needed time to recover from the craziness of infertility treatments.
November 2013 started estrogen and then progesterone, and we transferred two blasts on the 6th of December.
The only unique symptom I had for 3 days a week after the transfer was bitter taste in my mouth, all day long, and after eating!
Then on 9dp5dt I had severe cramping and exactly like af was coming. Went to the bathroom to find pads etc, and poased without even thinking it. The strongest positive came up. Beta on 12dp5dt was 1806. Needless to say I am now 18 wks pregnant with twins:)
I hope my story helps someone make it through a tough time:)
Babydust to all of you!

DH and I had been trying to conceive for 3+ years. I have endo, slight pcos, and a blocked tube. We tried three rounds of clomid, didn't work. I've had two lapraoscopies, and did 6 months of lupron depot shot. Hated the shot but it worked wonders on pain from endo. Anyways, fertility doc desided to go straight to IVF since I've never been pg or known if I was pg. DH is completely normal, even above average. So we did ivf at fertility doctor suggestion. We did a 5 day transfer. I had absolutely no symptoms! !!! Just tired, but i think that was more from healing from 30 egg retrival.

1-3dp5dt - nothing just tired. Tested 3dpt BFN
4dp5dt - starting to get super exhausted going to bed at 9pm. Waking up at 730.
5dp5dt - I got a strong BFP!!! Just tired exhausted.
Kept testing because I love seeing my BFP
Found out 28dpt that I'm pg with twins! Super excited! !!

Married for 8yrs, always hoping for a surprise, but after 3yrs of traveling and living life, we needed to focus on starting our own family. Downloaded tons of apps, OPK's, bbt,read books, and of course the worst of them all, Google! Nothing! Making the call to the RE was hard, but nothing could have prepared me for what was going to happen next. 6 rounds of clomid, negative... Onto IVF, because we're candidates... My AMH was 1.4(2011).
Transferred (2) 3day embryos, at 7wks ended up in the ER with an ectopic. 5 days later, miscarried my second angel. Had a lap salpingectomy and after a 6month break, onto to round 2.
Retrieved 9 eggs, 9 fertilized! 8 made it to 5day blasts! 1 transferred, 7 frozen! Onto the good stuff!
1-3dp5dt no symptoms
4dp5dt, some mild cramping, felt like period was coming. This was by far the strongest of them all, but it wasn't like the pains I had during my ectopic...Very nervous, but no spotting. No trouble falling asleep, but waking up way to early...
6dp5dt more cramping, but it's more gas than anything! Progesterone?
7dp5dt feeling foggy start getting a headache- I never get headaches??? Drinking my coconut and electrolyte water- so strange???
8dp5dt, more cramping, but it comes and goes...
9dp5dt, headaches again?! Some cramping... Craving pizza... Yeah I like pizza, but I never crave it!
10dp5dt, BFP!!!! Beta is 523!!!!
I did 1year of Accupuncture... Prenatals, iron, and recently getting treatment from a chiropractor. Tilted uterus, and had endometriosis which was confirmed after 1st retrieval...