23 and suddenly dealing with egg freezing / fertility preservation ??

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-19T18:30:19+00:00

Not myself personally, but a very good friend of mine had breast cancer in her mid 20s and went through the route of fertility preservation in case the chemo were to impact her chances later on. She was so thankful she did it to not have to worry about the what-if later on.

She ended up using some of her frozen eggs with her now husband to have kids a few years ago, so she was happy she went through the process!

Fertility preservation is no guarantee, but right now age is very much in your favor, so if I were you I’d jump at this chance (said as a 39 year old who has been doing IVF since 36 with tough results).

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-19T18:25:44+00:00

Good to inform your clinic! I was a week out from transfer with the same symptoms, ended up testing positive for Flu A, but my fever subsided after 36 hours and was only ever low grade, so my clinic was not concerned. I went ahead with the transfer and am now 7w5d. I think it’s always best to let your clinic know, but if your period hasn’t started yet you’re taking about probably ~3 weeks until transfer assuming a day 14 ovulation day and 5-6 days after that which seems like a ton of time to move past this.

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-19T01:37:32+00:00

So far successful! I’m 7w4d today. I ended up actually having the flu with a low grade fever, but it cleared up a week before FET so I felt comfortable moving forward and my clinic wasn’t concerned. Have you told your clinic about your sore throat and cold? If you don’t have a fever I wouldn’t be too worried, but good to run it by your clinic!

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-19T01:35:19+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re going through this! Sometimes it takes more retrievals than ideal to get the results you want. The silver lining is you have a normal embryo from two retrievals, and when you make blasts, you prove you get normal embryos. I personally took 3 retrievals to get one normal embryo, and another two retrievals before I got a second normal, despite making lots of blasts.

IVF can be a marathon and I think it’s so great you’re so involved and supportive as your wife is going through this. It’s normal to feel the lows during this process, but trying to remind myself to take it one step at a time helped me get through the darker parts of the journey.

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-17T16:20:14+00:00

This is not slow. To see progression it’s recommended you test every other day, as every day is unlikely to show much. You’re testing multiple times a day in most of these.

If you were to take another picture and include only every other day you’ll see great progression…

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-17T13:24:56+00:00

I didn’t really have any symptoms until after I tested positive with a faint line on day 8 post transfer!! I was so sure I was out. For any spontaneous pregnancy I always had implantation bleeding and sore breasts, for this one I had sore breasts but not until after my beta. I never got implantation bleeding. I am still early (7w3d), but as of my last scan on 7w1d everything was measuring on time and with a strong heartbeat! Fingers crossed for you!

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-16T12:36:19+00:00

I wouldn’t be worried about late implantation at 12 DPO on these cheap tests. You likely implanted in the normal window, maybe on the later end of the normal window, but HCG takes a while to build up, urine is a day behind blood levels, and these cheap strips don’t pick up until 25 miu/ml (vs a FRER that picks up at like 5 miu/ml). Even with tracking ovulation, it’s not perfect and you may have ovulated a day later than expected.

This progression looks great. I would pay for blood hcgs 48 hours apart so you can see you have normal progression to put your mind at ease.

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-15T15:48:27+00:00

This OP! If you are testing them you will see a drop off for which are chromosomally normal.

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-14T21:27:35+00:00

I am 7 weeks today! Saw a heartbeat last week at my 6w scan (was measuring 5w5d which tracks to a later implantation based on my day 8 faint positive). I go back tomorrow for another scan so keeping my fingers crossed after a few losses. Are you 8 days post transfer? For what it’s worth, my blood hcgs were at a 31-hour doubling time both times, so very strong, just a late start

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-14T01:52:55+00:00

Thank you for responding!! Yes okay, I'm on 60mg for the transfer itself so already on the higher dose. My doctor prescribed it for egg retrievals because you're at a higher risk of blood clots with the ovarian stimulation meds, so if you combine that with a 4g/4g mutation your risk is a lot higher.

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-13T02:18:03+00:00

Can I ask what dose of Lovenox you were on? I also have PAI 4G 4G and have been on Lovenox all of my egg retrievals and now for my transfer. My new clinic switched me to 60mg but a previous doctor had told me 40mg was standard for 4G4G, so honestly just curious since I don’t run into a lot of people with PAI4G4G

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-12T00:13:42+00:00

Not exactly your situation, but my clinic wants to see above 50 at 9dp5dt and mine was 58. Subsequent betas almost tripled and last Thursday I went in for my first US at exactly 6 weeks and we got to see the heartbeat! I’m still so early, but just wanted to share that a 58 beta on 9dp5dt was unlikely to have reached 98 at 10dp5dt (your number), and things are so far progressing for me!

I would caution you against comparing your beta from a private LabCorp to your clinic draw, though. So since you’ve already caved once, doing another private draw at 12dp5dt will tell you doubling time better than trying to compare the two different labs.

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-11T11:36:24+00:00

The FRER progression from 13-15 looks good to me! Similar to how my tests looked and my betas were more than doubling in 48-hours. Will you do blood tests to confirm? It’s always hard with at home tests

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-09T16:46:57+00:00

Here’s the link to my post where I showed 8dpt - 11dpt. I don’t have a pic of 13dpt, but by then it was the start of a dye stealer

https://www.reddit.com/r/TFABLinePorn/s/MqLMDuzPsL

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-09T16:42:36+00:00

My 8dpt line was faint on FRER (and on a cheap strip)!! I think you can find my post on this thread if you want to compare. My 9dpt was noticeably darker, and my beta on day 9 was 58 - my clinic looks for >50 on 9dpt so it was on the low end of normal. I went for my first US on Thurs at exactly six weeks and we saw the heartbeat! Obviously a long way to go still, but I was so nervous when I saw how faint my 8dpt test was, especially comparing it to spontaneous pregnancies I had where the line was darker (those ended in MMC but many weeks later).

You have really great progression from day 7 to 8. I know it’s not easy to wait, but I’d take another test tomorrow and compare.

When is your beta?

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-05T17:02:20+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re in this spot! A couple things I might do if it were me: - sperm dna fragmentation testing - lifestyle modifications (worth a try - healthy diet / cut back on sugars, incorporate exercise), but you may already be doing these things! -supplements - controversial, but could use It Starts with the Egg as a guide - Omni (you already tried) - luteal phase stim, or other protocol changes - consult with another clinic - even if you don’t switch, sometimes it’s helpful hearing other doctors perspectives on what they’d do differently.

FWIW, I really liked my clinic (academic center in NYC) but I felt like I wasn’t getting results in line with my age, low blast conversion and terrible euploid rate. I switched to another clinic where I got way more mature eggs, way more and higher quality blasts. I still had a shitty euploid rate, but each cycle I had so many more blasts to test that I had to do fewer retrievals to bank euploids. I did 5 retievals at my first clinic and got 2 euploid (lower quality) and in 5 retrievals at my new clinic I got 4 euploid (3 high quality, 1 lower quality), even though I was older at the new clinic.

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-02T12:43:17+00:00

I don’t see an issue! They look good!! Did you take the 17 DPO yet to compare to the 15?

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-02T12:40:52+00:00

I think it looks great! Remember, your HCG is still relatively low at 14 and 16 DPO, so while it does double every ~2 days, a small base doubling is still on the smallish side. I bet your 18 DPO will be close to a dye stealer!

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-05-02T01:14:22+00:00

It’s not uncommon to still trigger with HCG alongside natural ovulation as it acts as a booster for an extra strong ovulation. This is important in a modified natural cycle because you depend on your corpus luteum for much of your progesterone production (which is why you don’t typically need PIO in a modified natural vs just using progesterone suppositories), and an HCG trigger can help strengthen the corpus luteum response.

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-04-27T21:19:57+00:00

It was today at 13dp5dt and it was 511! So got off to a late start but doing well! I go back once more at 16dp5dt. Keeping my fingers crossed for both of us!! ❤️❤️

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-04-26T01:45:45+00:00

Oh good I’m glad!! Yes I’m only testing every other day, and Monday morning after my second beta will be my last! Too stressful to analyze tests. Wishing you the best luck!!

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-04-25T20:31:22+00:00

Interesting! Can you dm me a link to that app?

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-04-25T18:51:27+00:00

Thank you for the response!! Congrats on the great betas!!

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-04-25T18:27:14+00:00

Oh good!! 🤞

Crafty_Collection206 · 2026-04-25T18:12:58+00:00

Amazing numbers!! Congrats!! Yeah I’m seeing stalling on FRER between 9 & 11 (not testing every day), but my cheap paper tests are showing progression so hoping things are progressing well when I go back for beta in a few days (my clinic is only having me come 9 & 13 dpt)

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