1st FET

Happy Holiday Season Folks!

It has been a while since I last wrote. A lot has happened since. Below I have summarized my first FET experience.

CD 1 - Booked appointment online with Dr. Lee.

CD 2 - Estrade (E2) tabs prescribed by Dr. Lee (4 tabs daily)

CD 8: Went back to see Dr. Lee. Ultrasound showed lining at 6.7 mm. Prescribed 6 tabs daily - 2 in the morning, 2 at noon and 2 in the evening. See Dr. Lee on CD 11.

CD 11: Lining at 10.1 mm, Dr. Lee said it's a good thickness. He prescribed Crinone 1 daily in the morning starting CD 14 and PIO 1 daily in the morning starting at CD 15. ET scheduled for CD 14.

CD 14: ET day. Embryologist advised the 2 embryos 4BB and 3BB were still viable. ET itself was a breeze. Not much difference from a fresh transfer. Continue taking E2 #2 tabs x 2 daily and Crinone #1 application x 2 daily.

CD 23: Beta HCG result was 2.7. Not pregnant. Dr Lee said he will be on vacation mid-October and told me to return in November to do a fresh cycle as the remaining embies were 4cc x 2 and EB x 2.

Before we could have any other word with him, we were ushered outside the clinic. Shortly after, the nurse (Jing Yi) came and advised us to chart BBT for the next 2 months per the doctor's advice. So we asked if we need to advise the lab that to throw away the rest of the embies. She said she personally thinks it was quite a waste to throw them away however if we so desire, we can advise the lab to do it. I then asked her if it was really necessary to wait 2 months. She said the wait is because Dr Lee was going on vacation hence the wait however technically it wasn't necessary to wait two months . I asked her if I can consult the other doctor Dr Hwu, Yuh-ming and she said it was up to me. I personally didn't think charting BBT was necessary at this point because it was like going back to square one. We decided to consult Dr Hwu.

CD 24: Consultation with Dr. Hwu, Yuh-ming, current head of the ob/gyn department at Mackay. We asked him if he thinks we should throw away the remaining embies. He thought that it will be quite regrettable and thinks we should use them all up before starting a fresh new cycle. So we decided to do another FET asap with Dr. Hwu as our doctor as we did not want to wait 2 months.

Post IVF ovary pain

When I woke up after the egg retrieval (ER), the bottom right side of my belly (where the ovary is) was paining. I was later advised it may be because there were more eggs retrieved from my right ovary and that was why I was sore there. Anyway, the dull pain recurred at times for the next 3 months post ER. The last time I experienced it was in December 2014. This month January I haven't had any ache/pain in that location. DH was of the opinion that it only takes a month to recover from the ER. What do you think? Has any of you experience this after your IVF ER? Please share your thoughts or experience.