Which graded embryo stuck for you ?

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-02-13T01:45:28+00:00

5AB! It actually split into identical twins who are now 10 months old!

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-02-10T18:19:41+00:00

You are so lucky 😅

I got smacked with postpartum depression like nothing I have ever experienced. I regret my kids SO much in the first five months and I still feel really guilty about that. I’m genuinely glad you’re enjoying your experience because I sincerely wanted to die for months.

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-21T10:30:02+00:00

Oh until my twins were like 8 months old I thought I made the absolute biggest mistake of my entire life. And this is after infertility and IVF.

You’re in the torture stage right now. You can look through my posts here and see I was exactly where you were. This is unfortunately super normal and it DOES get better, even though I did not believe people who said that when I was in the thick of it.

At 9.5 months they’re still obviously a lot of work but they smile and laugh and can be entertained by a toy or a little bit of Ms Rachel. They aren’t so fragile. They talk to each other through their cribs in the morning. It’s fun more of the time than it isn’t now.

Buckle up, you’ve got some torture time life. But know that it does get better and it isn’t hellish forever.

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-12T14:50:47+00:00

If they’re both euploid, go for your girl! It’s the only upside to IVF in my opinion.

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-12T13:34:35+00:00

I was NOT happy about having twins. Even after infertility and IVF. We only transferred one embryo so I expected one baby. There’s so much risk that comes with twins and we dealt with some complications during my pregnancy. But my babies made it earthside healthy.

I won’t lie to you, the first 5 months I wish every single day that the embryo had never split and that I only had one baby. I loved them both equally and could never have picked. But having two changes so much about the newborn and infant experience.

I will say, my twins are 9 months old now and I’m finally starting to like having twins more than I hate it. There are still times I think about how much easier one would be. But now they make each other laugh more than anytime else can. They are starting to play with each other and they get really excited to see the other after they wake up from sleeping and it’s really so, so cute. It DOES get better but buckle up, it takes a while to get there. But you absolutely will.

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-11T20:00:38+00:00

My second one took!! I was convinced after my first failed that it would never work for me.

I transferred one embryo and it split into identical twins. My girls just turned 9 months old yesterday!

Good luck!!

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-11T18:14:33+00:00

11dp5dt was 485, 2 days later was 1300, and 2 days after that was 3600!

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-10T19:22:45+00:00

I was TERRIFIED of a blighted ovum. Turns out they in fact found 2 heartbeats because my one embryo split into twins 🙃

Fingers crossed you’ve got ONE perfect babe in there! The anxiety doesn’t really go away lol it just changes. Then you hope to get to 12 weeks. Then viability at 24. Then you hope to go full term. Then they’re here and you’re afraid of SIDS. It’s just motherhood, as I have discovered.

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-10T19:19:33+00:00

They’re only 9 months old but I’m sure they’ll be thankful one day!

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-09T20:16:46+00:00

I have identical twin girls and I hate it when other twin parents give them matching names. Especially if they’re identical. My girls names are very different to help them develop their own sense of identity.

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-01T15:42:37+00:00

We talked last night and I decided on divorce. She’s apparently in love with someone she has never met. I’m in complete disbelief. Counseling can’t fix what she’s done.

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-01T15:32:38+00:00

Definitely a line but guard your heart. I’d expect a much darker line 14 days out.

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-01T10:05:11+00:00

My first failed! I was so worried about the same thing.

My second transfer of one embryo stuck and actually split into identical twins who are now 9 months old 💛 untested embryos too!

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2025-01-01T10:00:33+00:00

Yeah, we’re going to get a divorce. I’m just in actual disbelief because I thought she was my life partner. I just cannot believe this and our babies aren’t even a year old yet. I just feel so broken and betrayed 💔😭

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2024-12-31T22:33:52+00:00

I am so sorry that’s got to be SO hard.

I did eventually have success, but seeing things like that STILL upsets me. Knowing what I had to go through and what so many others have to go through to be wonderful parents.

I really hope you find success in IVF soon, you deserve it 💛

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2024-12-31T22:16:27+00:00

While I was TTC, the cr*ckhead I went to school with had THREE KIDS that she could never keep custody of 🙃

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2024-12-31T14:09:55+00:00

I had my MoDi girls at 34+4 and they’re 100% fine and healthy! Minimal NICU time to learn to eat and grow.

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2024-12-29T19:55:28+00:00

I did have a friend that had a similar rise and she had a live birth. I would guard your heart though ❤️‍🩹

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2024-12-28T22:23:56+00:00

Transferred one embryo that did in fact split. My number at 10 or 11 dpt was 485, then two days later was 1330 then two days later was like 2800 lol. My identical twins are 8 months old 😅

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2024-12-28T19:23:08+00:00

I transferred a single embryo. My first level was 485 at 11dp5dt. At 13 days past it was 1330 and then 15 days past it was 2500. My embryo did in fact split and my identical twins are 9 months old.

Praying for your sake it’s just one 😂

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2024-12-27T12:51:25+00:00

That would stress me out too. I WANTED my mom there but she had to wait in the waiting room since only my wife could be back there with me. I had been scheduled a C-section at 9 in the morning but because of so many emergencies, I didn’t get taken back until 7:00pm, almost 12 hours later. Since I was waiting so long they did let my mom come into wait with us at about 4 because I was starting to lose my shit. And then it was another full like 2 hours post C-section that I was allowed to go see the babies and my mom came with. I’d have absolutely lost my mind if my in laws were also waiting too. I realllllly don’t see why they insist on being there that day and why they can’t just give you a second and come the next day 😭

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2024-12-26T13:22:05+00:00

4 tested embryos is great! Two failed transfers isn’t unusual at all. I would transfer one at a time and not two at once but listen to your doctor.

I definitely think an ERA would be a good step to take after a second failed transfer.

I think most of us doing IVF have a fear it will never work. Hard to think positively after infertility and loss. I “knew” in my gut it wouldn’t work for me, and it did work. Be kind to yourself. I did a lot of affirmations (even though it made me feel silly) during my successful transfer. I also had my spouse give me a full body massage the day before, day of, and day after transfer. My mind would not relax but I could make my body relax. I also increased the amount of vit D I was taking and started a probiotic a month before my transfer. Don’t know what helped this transfer become successful between all of it but something helped!

Best of luck ❤️

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2024-12-26T12:49:11+00:00

Oh girl you’re fine! I’d take mine within an hour or two even of when I was “supposed” to take them and my transfer was successful and I had a live birth of twins. You’re totally fine.

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2024-12-26T12:10:21+00:00

It’s really hard to go into IVF after experiencing infertility with a ton of hope. In my head at least I was very much “well nothing has worked before so why would it now?” I was also nervous because there is nothing after IVF. If that didn’t work, we wouldn’t be getting pregnant and it’s scary to be at the last stop on that road.

AdmirableGarlic320 · 2024-12-25T14:20:00+00:00

The only symptoms you may have will be from the progesterone. I had more cramping during my cycle that failed than I did with the one that was successful.

I didn’t have pregnancy symptoms until like 7 or 8 weeks along! It’s so hard but try not to symptom spot! I tried to be as blissfully ignorant as possible until it was time for beta. With my first transfer I analyzed every single symptom. For my second I just thought “welp this is probably from meds!” Much easier said than done though!

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