IVF Journey Update - April 2022 (Secondary Infertility, Hormone Stimulation, and Egg Retrieval) 

praying for your 2023 rainbow too! Thank you so much!

Update: Had my rainbow 🌈 October 2023 ❤🥰

Always nice hearing uplifting stories :) The waiting is so tough especially with the physical, emotional ,and financial investment

Thank you for your kind words. ❤

Awww this means more than you know!! Thanks so much for sharing. I’m so happy you advocated for yourself and things are looking promising. Wishing you the absolute best on your journey ❤️❤️

I just wanted to tell you my wonderful news. IM PREGNANT!!! ❤❤❤

​@@LaLaAce44congratulations!! How many eggs were retrieved and formed embryos?

Thank you. More updates coming in january!!

Aw best of luck!! It can be a tough journey but knowing you’re not going through it alone can be helpful. Sending you love and prayers for a 🌈 baby! ❤️

I am 40 plus starting my journey this fall. Are you doing fresh or frozen? I am leaning towards fresh but unsure. Are there any supplements that you would suggest?

I just completed my ivf it was a fresh transfer! We are eleven weeks pregnant! For pre natals .. I am taking therogix Thera natal complete! Comes highly recommended by the fertility clinic and my private nurse ( available on Amazon ) I can’t wait to safely get through my first trimester 🙏🏽

@@LovelyAwesomePerson Congrats!!!! Continued prayers to you

Hey Fancy Nikki can I please connect with you? My situation is very similar with you and I am about to start my treatment. I need advise please please

@@Mercy0812 ofcourse! I’d be happy to answer any answer questions.

Im definitely looking into acupuncture if/when transfer happens. Thank you so much for your advice and encouragement

woww 18 eggs with low amh is great! I may ask you what was your AFC and fsh? i have an amh of 0.6 and in my first IVF cycle I just have 5 follicles growing....any advise will be really helpful!

Sending you love!! It's such an emotional rollercoaster. Know you're not alone ❤

So sweet. Thank you!

Thank you so much, Marisa. It feels good knowing youre not alone

I'm so glad you found the video helpful. It helps to know you're not going through it alone. Sending hugs and wishing you success on your journey!

Thanks for your thougths!

Sending you love, Rose. It's a tough journey. I hope to provide more updates in the coming months but it's been a whirlwind here too!

Thank you so much for watching. It means a lot you watched to understand what we go through. Thank you!

I'm sending you the best energy, so glad the video helped understand!

Thank you for your comment. It is a tough journey. One thing I think many don't always realize is that IVF isn't a guarantee. We were close to cancelling too because of slow progress, but my doctor kept going (in a healthy way of course). It's so emotionally draining

Thank you!!

Aw thanks for sharing your experience. It is so much to juggle physically and mentally. I hope your egg collection went well and wishing you the best on your journey ❤️❤️

I wish you the best on yours too! And I'm glad it was helpful, there's so much to learn and understand with IVF!

Thank you ❤

Thank you for sharing your story too. It is a tough journey, I agree it's nice to hear other stories too. Wishing you all of the best in your journey. ❤

Thank you!! More to come

Wishing you good luck too! We had a cancelled cycle for transfer but hoping for best on new cycle!

Aw I'm so glad you found it helpful! That's why I share my story, it can be hard to feel along as you go through it. Wishing you the best on your journey!!❤

I’ve never heard of anyone mixing the Gonal and menopur into one shot. ( do you mean mixing them all into one syringe then doing one shot with both meds in one syringe) How would you even do that as the gonal comes ready mixed in it own syringe? That would be better than taking two shots for sure, if that was possible👍🏽) What ever your medical care team prescribe is the best way to go. If you are thinking of doing a different administration process, definitely run it by them first. All of the videos and advice from my care team was to mix the menopur and inject it and to inject the gonal at the prescribed dosage. I was told to inject them in the evenings and around the same time. Never been told (nor have I seen videos) of anyone mixing them (gonal and menopur) together but everyone Is given different instructions based on their tailored process. For me I have been following the instructions exactly as prescribed ( which is also what I’ve seen and read for most of IVF research I’ve been doing, so I’m comfortable with that. Also be careful as meds may react differently when mixed with together .. for me personally, these meds are too expensive and this process is too delicate for me to be getting creative. I know taking multiple shots is a task 🥺 but I prefer to make the sacrifice for the outcome I want. This is my first time doing IVF and hopefully we can get the results we want first round .. it’s a lot financially so I’m not chancing it. They won’t even discuss retrieval until you have a good number of follicles that are mature, so just keep taking your stimulation meds as prescribed and be patient.. this entire process can be Uber frustrating, but stressing is not good. You will be fine. Just take meds as prescribed and work on getting those follicles up to a nice mature number as many as possible. Best of luck .. sending love and light!

@@LovelyAwesomePerson Yes, one shot. After the menopur is mixed, I simply take the gonul f pen and inject it into the menopur bottle. And then I pull out all the liquid like normal. It’s what they showed me 🤷🏾‍♀️. Yes, I’m definitely following their directions. I can only do one round of IVF so this is my only shot. Thank you for the well wishes.

Thanks so much!! I’m so glad you found it helpful 😊

I'm so glad you found it helpful! Hoping you get good news ❤

@@pedsdoctalktv9960 thanks I hope that too keeping my fingers crossed.

I have an IUI scheduled for August 12th. Any helpful tips? Mine will be medicated with letrozole and Gonal F

Wishing you so much love!

Hi! How was your egg retrieval experience?

@@R-cakes well they put me to sleep. The injections were hell.

Can't believe our baby is 13 months old now from this process!

100% A huge financial, emotional, and physical commitment for something that's not guaranteed

@@pedsdoctalktv9960 Exactly. Please keep the hope positive. It’s really expensive and it’s hard for many people to afford it Also Doc some insurance don’t even cover at all.

Sending you so much support and love. It's a roller coaster and I like to focus on all the good outcomes:)

If it's any consolation, I think you will really like the update videos coming this month :)

It's all so hard!

Hello! So I have aetna and unfortunately it didnt cover much (some meds) but so far, our cost has been 24k for one retrieval (where we got one embryo) and one transfer (update on that transfer coming february 4th!)

In some ways, it was very therapeutic! Follow up is happening tomorrow

Wishing you all the best in YOUR journey!

I am dying for an update as well! I keep checking back here!

on a similar boat! amh 0.6 , have started my first IVF cycle

Hello..did you go through IVF? How were the results with low amh?