Success after IF

Trying to stay hopeful...

Since this is the section about success after IVF, I wanted to see if any of you out there got BFPs without having any symptoms. I am in the middle of the "wait". This is my first IVF cycle and I don't go in for a blood test until Thursday. 

We did a 5 day transfer last Tuesday with 2 blast embryos. I had mild cramping Thursday, Fri and Saturday....on and off. Yesterday and today nothing at all...and I don't even feel as bloated as I was when I was cramping. In fact, I feel completely normal. My breasts are a little sore, but they have been sore prior to the transfer due to all the meds. I'm not tired or anything! I'm starting to lose hope, so I wanted to see if any of you went through something similar yet came out with success. Thanks.

Re: Trying to stay hopeful...

  • It's Success after Infertility. All IF is welcome here, not just Ivf.

    That being said, I had IUI and had no symptoms. I thought I was about to start AF, even spotted heavily once. Early pg symptoms really vary from person to person, and pregnancy to pregnancy.

    GL! I hope this is your cycle!
    TTC with PCOS since November 2009
    IUI#1 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP, m/c
    IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
    IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
    beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
    beta #2 11/28 = 2055
    Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
    Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
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  • Thanks. Sorry, I meant all success after infertility :) 

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  • kmc84kmc84 member
    I had two BFP's after IVF and I had NO symptoms with either. Don't give up! Lots of people don't get pg symptoms. Good luck!
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    TTC# 1 since 5/10
    Me:34 Type 1 Diabetes, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Hypothyroid DH:35 Perfect
    DX: Unexplained IF
    Many IUI's with various meds all BFFN
    IVF #1 11/11 canceled due to OHSS
    IVF #2 Feb/March 2012 ET of 2 on day 3 4/7 BFP! 5/1 u/s blighted ovum
    IVF #3 July 2012 ET of 3 on day 3 7/24 BFP!
    Healthy baby girl born at 36w4d on 3/9/13

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    TTC #2
    IVF #4 May/June 2014 ER 6/4 18R 8M 8F ET 6/9 1 blast, 2 frosties
    Beta 6/18 BFFN

    FET of 2 blasts 7/24...BFP!
    Healthy baby girl born at 36w3d on 3/17/15

    TTC#3
    IVF #5 June 2018- PGS planned, no surviving embryos
    IVF #6 August 2018- ET of 2 on day 3 - Chemical pregnancy
    IVF #7 August 2019-....?
  • I didn't feel a thing. I honestly felt like AF was going to start boy was I wrong. Hang in there I agree with others that lots of women have no symptoms before they realize they are pregnant. Fx for you!

    Me 38 MH 41 - TTC since June 2010 - dx with Severe MFI. Straight to IVF with ICSI. IVF #1 - ER 06/13/12 - 9 Eggs Retrieved - 4 ICSI'd - only 2 fert. 06/15/12 - 2DT - 3 cell & 6 cell with fragmentation. Beta 06/29/12 - IVF #1 = BFN. 07/20/12 - WTF Appt -Told by our RE to quit IVF. Second Opinion from RE is good. IVF#2 - November 2012. Estradiol Pills Started 11/6. Stims start 11/16. ER 11/26 - 7 eggs retrieved - all mature. 4 fertilized with ICSI. ET 11/29 Transferred 3 embryos. Beta is 12/10. 1st Beta 81 2nd Beta 160 and 3rd beta 360!!! First U/S 12/21/12 - We saw one beautiful gest. sac. 2nd U/S is 01/04/2013 - H/B 183 02/05/13 - NT Scan - everything looks good and IT'S A BOY!  Aiden was born 08/20/2013.

    IVF #2 is in progress.  ER was 05/12/14 - 11 eggs retrieved, 8 fertilized with ICSI.  ET was 05/15/14 - we transferred 3 embryos as we did on the cycle my son was conceived.  We were able to freeze 3 embryos. Beta is scheduled for 05/26/14.  1st beta - 111.  2nd beta - 159 didn't double :( 3rd beta Friday 5/30) - not a lot of hope left. Beta # 3 is 247 - probably ectopic.  Beta # 4 is 813 - possibly vanishing multiple sydrome?  06/05/14 - 5w4days - first U/S - we see a gestational sac and yolk - still have hope!  06/17/14 - 7w1day - U/S and saw and heard the heartbeat - Finally!  06/27/14 - 8w4days - Baby and heartbeat look and sound great :)  EDD 02/01/14 and It's a boy!


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  • mcgeevamcgeeva member
    edited April 2014
    No ivf here either just iui with stims and zero symptoms with both bfps. Just spotting for about 8-10 weeks.

    Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born. 

    6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived

    10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP 

  • edited April 2014
    I had a 3dt, but the ONLY symptoms I had was mild cramping around the same time frame to your 5dt. It was less actual menstural cramp feeling, but more PMS cramping, like feeling my period was going to come at any time. Also some weird twinges. No spotting, no other symptoms at all. My boobs may have felt a little fuller, but I'm only a b cup so it's obvious when they do. Definitely remember that symptoms vary from woman to woman. Some feel every symptom in the book, where as other have felt none, with same BFP results. Are you planning on being "good" and not do a HPT until your beta? Keep us posted! 
                                         - ticker/siggy warning -

                                     ivf #1 (MFI): 18 retrieved, 16 fertilized 
         bfp: 8dp3dt, beta #1 10dp3dt: 103, beta #2 14dp3dt 637, EDD: 12.06.14! 
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  • No, I was instructed not to take a HPT...so I'm just going to have to wait it out. I would hate to get a false positive...I think that would be even more devastating!

    It's hard to grasp that every time is different. After 3 failed IUIs last year...we did pregnant naturally last May, only to m/c at 6 weeks....so I have been pregnant before. I keep going back to the way I "felt" when I was pregnant and even though I didn't have major symptoms (all felt like period) I feel not one cramp, not one twinge and less bloating now with 3 more days to go. My cramps were mild but ended 2 days ago. It's the lack of feeling anything that has me down. I think if the embryos implanted a few days ago, I should start to feel a little different....but perhaps not based on the other responses. I just hate this, and this is the only place I can vent. So thanks everyone for your responses.
  • edited April 2014
    I think every RE says not to take a HPT... :) But I think it's great that you're waiting because I wasn't able to, and ended up freaking out when my 2nd test had a lighter line than the 1st one. So I do think it's great to wait. Sorry to hear about your m/c. Because mine was so recent, I remember feeling the on and off cramping/twinges for a few days, then they did go away and I had the same worry as you did. Try to keep positive and do things that can help you take your mind off of it: there's nothing you can do differently at this point, and the fact that you were able to get pg naturally is a good sign. Fingers crossed for you. 
                                         - ticker/siggy warning -

                                     ivf #1 (MFI): 18 retrieved, 16 fertilized 
         bfp: 8dp3dt, beta #1 10dp3dt: 103, beta #2 14dp3dt 637, EDD: 12.06.14! 
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  • MneraniMnerani member
    edited April 2014
    I felt PG with #1, but not with #2.

    Also, during my treatment cycles, I didn't do HPT. I totally agree with you that getting a false positive would be totally devastating and I didn't think it was worth it, just to test a few days early.

    GL!!
    DH and I are Americans living an adventure in Kenya since 2011
    DX: PCOS (annovulatory)
    Feb 2012: IUI #1 w/ only 1M sperm and a single follie = BFP! 
    Nov 2012: Little buddy born in Kenya
    Nov 2013: Trying for a second, still w PCOS
    Dec 2013: IUI cycle canceled for non-response
    Jan 2014: Break cycle BFP!

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  • I had + Beta's on IVF 1,3 &5, with the 5th resulting in my beautiful little girl (info in siggy).  I didn't feel any early pregnancy symptoms with any of them until my 9th week with DD. That is when the morning sickness set in.  Felt NOTHING during the 2ww.  FX this is it for you!  GL!
    Me 35, DH 36
    TTC summer 2008
    Diagnose me. DOR, DH perfect
    IUI # 1 6/2010, BFN
    IUI # 2 8/2010, BFN
    IVF # 1 10/2010 Canceled poor response
    IVF 1.2 12/2010 BFP! mc 6 weeks 2 days
    Mental health break for 10 months
    IVF # 2 10/2011 BFN
    IVF # 3 5/2012 BFP! 10 eggs retrieved (best ever)
    7 fertilized transferred 3
    Beta #1 14dpo - 72, Beta #2 17dpo 145 Beta 3 20dpo 521
    First u/s June 15 saw HB 126 bpm missed m/c 7/5/12 10 weeks D&C 7/6/12
    IVF#4 ER 9/30 ET 10/3 Beta 10/16 BFFN. IVF #5 final with o/e. ER 1/21 only 1 retrieved, hoping my lonestar is the one. Beta #1 2/6/13 = 209.... please let this be it! Keep growing lonestar! Beta #2 2/8/13 - 586! , Beta #3 2/10/13 = 1898. First u/s perfect little heart beat at 116 bpm. Measure 6 weeks 1 day. EDD 10/14/13
    3/4/13 measuring right on track beautiful heartbeat 171 bpm, graduated from RE to OB... bittersweet.
    PAIF/SAIF always welcome! Its a girl! 

    Maggie Grace is here!  10/5/13... 8lbs 6 ounces of pure joy!

    TTC#2  No birth control since DD was born.  Getting ready to jump back in the saddle.  Weaning this month. RE
    appt scheduled 5/8.   Here we go again!

    IFV# 6.  10/27  6 retrieved 4 mature 3 fertilized.  2 made it to 3dt 10/30. 1"very pretty 8 cell" and 1 6 cell.  Beta
    11/13.   Please stick embies!!!!  We love you so much already! 11/12/14  POAS, BFP... beta tomorrow!
    11/13 beta #1  924!!!  2nd bet 11/15 1906, one more on 11/17 3rd & final beta 3430.  First u/s 12/5, 7w4d, 2 heartbeats,
    both measuring right on track....2nd u/s... all is well... both beans measuring right on track... released from RE... first
    appointment with MFM 1/5.  Looks like this is really happening!

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  • Hi, I'm back............. this morning was my blood test, and this afternoon was told WE ARE PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!  Thanks again for your feedback. Here I am, with still no signs!! LOL!! I did start to have some cramping again but other than that, NOTHING!!!!!! I was absolutely shocked when we got the call with the news...still pinching myself!!!! 
  • Congrats!!!!!

    Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born. 

    6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived

    10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP 

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