Success after IF

Well Im 3dp3dt and so much for 'taking it easy'.

DH left for business yesterday (he gets back late tonight) and my plan to 'take it easy' today just didnt work out like I had planned.  How important is taking it easy in the 2ww?  Its close to impossible sometimes with a toddler.  Especially mine today--he was a bit of uh, whats the word, a 'terror'....yep, thats it! 

I was pretty much sedentary the first 48 hours so I hope thats enough

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Our beautiful son was born July 2008.
2010: 2 IVF's,1 FET = 2 BFN's, 1 c/p :(
Feb 2011-Unmedicated FET= BFP!! DS #2 born Oct 2011!!.



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Re: Well Im 3dp3dt and so much for 'taking it easy'.

  • Dd stayed with my parents the day of my ET but was back at home that evening. DH was out of town for work the following morning and I was chasing dd on my own for 3 days and I got a BFP:) I remember it was like a million degrees out and just carrying her to the car made me sweat like crazy. I was so afraid the cycle was a bust because I couldn't relax for days like I did when we did IVF for dd but apparently it didn't matter.

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  • I think the first 2 days are the most important, and as long as you did not do any high impact areobics, I think you are ok. :)  Having a toddler in terrible twos is hard when doing these treatments!

    I have a stupid question for you.  Since you did a FET then how come you did 3dt?  What day did your embies have to make it to in order to get frozen during the fresh IVF?  My RE makes the embies hold out until day 6 before deciding if they can freeze...and maybe that's we never have had any to freeze!

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    IUI #2 1/10/11-BFN; IUI #3 2/18/11-BFN
    IVF #4 w/ICSI & PICSI ER 5/13/11, ET 5/1/118-BFP!! Natalee arrived on 1/23/12!!!!

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  • Thanks ladies for the reassurance

    Courted--I did a natural FET this time so its a bit different.  I consider it a 3dt because they froze the embies on day 3.  They said they always freeze any 'extra' embies on the same day you do the fresh transfer--which was on day 3.  Some clinics may chose to wait to freeze because they want to freeze only the best of the best--i guess thats the same as letting embies go out to blast.  None of our embies would have made it to blast IMO.  Sometimes damage can also occur in the thaw so maybe your clinic wanted to freeze the best possible embryos because maybe damage can occur when thawing.  I had no damage to the three we just transferred.

    Severe MFI resulting in IVF/ICSI #1 in Nov 2007. BFP!!
    Our beautiful son was born July 2008.
    2010: 2 IVF's,1 FET = 2 BFN's, 1 c/p :(
    Feb 2011-Unmedicated FET= BFP!! DS #2 born Oct 2011!!.



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    Thanks ladies for the reassurance

    Courted--I did a natural FET this time so its a bit different.  I consider it a 3dt because they froze the embies on day 3.  They said they always freeze any 'extra' embies on the same day you do the fresh transfer--which was on day 3.  Some clinics may chose to wait to freeze because they want to freeze only the best of the best--i guess thats the same as letting embies go out to blast.  None of our embies would have made it to blast IMO.  Sometimes damage can also occur in the thaw so maybe your clinic wanted to freeze the best possible embryos because maybe damage can occur when thawing.  I had no damage to the three we just transferred.

    Thanks!  Interesting and just make my brain keep thinking of things I may need to bring up in the future....

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    After 21 cycles, and severe MFI, we finally did it with IVF #1 w/ICSI! Nico arrived 12/3/08!!!
    TTC for #2: IVF w/ICSI #2-4/17/10-BFN; IVF w/ICSI #3; 7/4/10-BFP!!! Beta #1- 96; Beta #2-528; Beta #3- 7371; 6w,5d-blited ovum=D&C :(
    IUI #2 1/10/11-BFN; IUI #3 2/18/11-BFN
    IVF #4 w/ICSI & PICSI ER 5/13/11, ET 5/1/118-BFP!! Natalee arrived on 1/23/12!!!!

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  • My RE does not recommend bed rest after ET anymore.  They said there is no evidence that resting after ET vs. resuming normal activty right away has any impact on the success of the procedure. I think you are going to be just fine.  I know how EXHAUSTING it is trying to keep up with a toddler.
  • I think you should be okay.  I am hoping this is the lucky cycle for you!
  • My RE also doesn't believe in bed rest.  I gathered as much research as I could on it when I was going through IVF #2 (for Ava), and I found zero studies that showed any benefit and one (meta-analysis) that actually showed that bed rest could be harmful, possibly because it decreases blood flow to the uterus.

    That being said, for both of my successful cycles, I "took it easy" (so, no exercise or heavy lifting) but generally resumed normal activity after the ET.  With both cycles, both embryos we transferred stuck.  With my last cycle in particular, I had no choice but to lift/carry Ava.  Obviously this wasn't detrimental!  :)  

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  • Thanks everyone!  Our paperwork says to resume normal activites, but to take it easy.  Its funny , but i still feel like I need to tip toe around!  I also read something somewhere about lack of activity can decease blood flow to the uterus.
    Severe MFI resulting in IVF/ICSI #1 in Nov 2007. BFP!!
    Our beautiful son was born July 2008.
    2010: 2 IVF's,1 FET = 2 BFN's, 1 c/p :(
    Feb 2011-Unmedicated FET= BFP!! DS #2 born Oct 2011!!.



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  • I never know either about bedrest?  My ivf that failed I think I had more rest then the cycle that was successful?  I think you should be okay.  Good luck :)
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