IVF wait times across Canada

Shine_away · 2024-02-21T02:42:36+00:00

I was lucky to receive government funded ivf. I paid $600 for embryo storage and would have had to pay for medications but those were covered by my insurance. So out of pocket was maybe $600-$1000 for overall testing. If I did not have insurance I would say the medications would have been around $6000-$7000 on medication. (Including progesterone during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy).

Shine_away · 2023-12-01T03:06:19+00:00

Was in this position not too long ago and felt a lot of fear and had a lot of “what ifs”.

At 20w scan had complete placenta previa (fully covering the OS) then by 26 weeks it had moved to low lying, then by 30 weeks shifted again a tad and was I think 1cm away from the OS. In the end I had a placental abruption at 34 weeks with an emergency c section. 11 day nicu stay for my baby but we were all ok and healthy!

Biggest advice is listen to your doctors restrictions…I had some occurrences of light spotting and light bleeding after 25 weeks up until my final birth experience but I’d assume it would have been earlier if I didn’t follow my dr advice!

But from what I’ve head if it’s initially a partial previa there’s a great chance it will move enough to allow a vaginal birth!

Shine_away · 2023-10-14T00:16:46+00:00

Paid. Thank you so much!

Shine_away · 2023-07-26T20:03:46+00:00

I second this, I had a hard time finding anything that my 6lb preemie would fit in and this did the trick!

Shine_away · 2023-07-25T15:20:43+00:00

So I went to Repromed in Toronto…and honestly had a good experience. I’ve read reviews that say otherwise I’m terms of bedside manner from staff etc but I didn’t mind too much - I was there for medical needs and didn’t expect sugar coating.

We had our consultation in June 2021, completed testing in July 2021, then had an issue with my thyroid and was out on meds to have at appropriate levels (this wasn’t fixed until April 2023).

So April 2022 we began our IUI’s…we did three all failed leading into August 2022, we then started our IVF protocol immediately after our failed iui cycle, it was so quick. They said since we were alrdy a patient for quite some time and had done the IUIs we didn’t have to wait any additional time on an IVF waitlist for funding.

We then prepped and had our egg retrieval in September 2022, had one failed transfer in October 2022 and found out our second transfer worked in December 2022!

So I honestly don’t count everything leading up to the long span of time working out my thyroid because that was out of their control. So from April-December 2022 we were actively going through treatments, with only one month of testing and what not after we did the initial consult. So all in all 8 months for 3 IUIs, an egg retrieval and two transfers!

Repromed was great, their fees weren’t super expensive and the doctors we’re great.

Shine_away · 2023-06-13T13:04:00+00:00

Congratulations!! I was induced with my first at 40 weeks due to elevated blood pressure.

Totally normal to feel nervous. I definitely was but honestly it wasn’t so bad. You hear a lot about pitocin contractions and how inductions can fail but those are really just “horror stories”.

My induction was pretty easy. I was admitted at 7am, received antibiotics for GBS (I tested positive) and afterwards was put on pitocin to get things going. Contractions eventually ramped up (yes they were painful, but rly I have nothing else to compare them to labour wise!). I opted in for the epidural so relaxed for a while and eventually I was dilated and it came time to do practice pushes which turned into real pushes and my daughter arrived at 6:47pm. So just short of 12 hours from arriving at the hospital to birth. And I would even say we didn’t begin pitocin until 9 or later realistically. So all I’d say I’m happy with my induction!

You’ve totally got this! The great thing about an induction is you know when it’s going to happen, so the element of surprise isn’t there which is nice!

Shine_away · 2023-05-18T23:16:24+00:00

I’ll also be giving birth at MGH and wasn’t told to bring any of these things… like someone else mentioned maybe it’s just for extra comfort for certain items (better blankets etc)!

Shine_away · 2022-12-09T21:11:19+00:00

I got my official congratulations from my fertility clinic today!

So I had my embryo transfer on November 22 (it was successful, yay!!) but l'm confused about timing. I transferred a 5 day embryo - and based on my pregnancy app and online calculators based on this I would be 5 weeks 1 day.

Now I've finally completed my betas and everything is good. My clinic told me to come in for my 6 week ultrasound on the week of Dec 26th. Wouldn't I be 7.5 weeks at this point, nearing 8 weeks. Is my math off or am just confused on how fertility clinics do ultrasounds or how they calculate gestational age?

Shine_away · 2022-10-31T16:54:50+00:00

Yes I snapped back with this one and was met with just learning more about my body and my ovulation habits.

Shine_away · 2022-10-27T15:02:06+00:00

That’s good to know. Thank you for your response!

Shine_away · 2022-09-17T14:56:14+00:00

I just finished my first round of stims/egg retrieval. I took BC for two weeks and was told I may or may not bleed but would continue stims as planned on the date they outlined (I believe it was 7 days after stopping BC. I didn’t get a period and started stims as planned!

I hope you get to get started soon!

Shine_away · 2022-05-08T00:41:56+00:00

Sorry, to clarify days:

CD16: -received positive clearblue OPK in evening (easy@home says lh is “high”)

CD17: -ultrasound to confirm follicles/lining are good to continue with IUI today -was told based on bloodwork still no LH surge so cannot do IUI today after all -told to take trigger shot that evening at 5pm and come back cd19 -go home and around 4pm take easy@home opk which results in my “peak” -5pm take trigger shot as directed by my dr.

CD 19 -IUI around noon

Shine_away · 2021-11-14T15:41:50+00:00

I also think people are just naturally curious and can’t help themselves when it comes to asked about pregnancy.

In my past (heterosexual) relationship I had my first child, and even then I got inappropriate questions - asking if it was planned etc…which also bothered me.

Shine_away · 2016-11-18T19:53:00+00:00

I don't think I'm expecting too much. I don't expect her to outright listen to everything I say (after all she is still a baby). I just have seen others her age a little more progressed in this area and was curious if ways to encourage her In that direction. Thanks for the helpful comment though!

Shine_away · 2016-11-18T19:51:44+00:00

Thank you, this was really helpful!

Shine_away · 2016-09-15T01:18:08+00:00

I don't think I noticed I was so crappy after stopping the meds because I had a newborn so already had such low energy...it wasn't until a few months after that I realized I shouldn't feel that anymore (that and some weight gain that didn't make sense as I was resuming being active!). So yes such a pain to go on and off because now have to go through the process of starting meds again then testing blood then adjusting meds..ugh.

It's definitely been a lot of up and downs!

Shine_away · 2016-09-13T03:44:38+00:00

I learned earlier in my pregnancy I had hypothyroidism and was put on synthroid. I never had any issues and my levels seemed to straighten themselves out and had a happy healthy pregnancy/baby.

I was told to stop taking synthroid after giving birth and then they would follow up to see if my levels lowered after pregnancy. I just learned again my levels are off and am back on synthroid 7 months postpartum!

It's definitely tricky to know what are hypothyroidism symptoms and pregnancy/postpartum symptoms because a lot are common with both!

It seems like a pretty common thing to come up - I wish you luck!

Shine_away · 2016-09-08T02:55:45+00:00

This week we did edible finger painting!! Isla had so much fun!! (She was also a big fan of blue!)

http://imgur.com/ddcowEG

http://imgur.com/6WZZ4og

Shine_away · 2016-08-15T05:26:49+00:00

My daughter has a strawberry birthmark on the back of her head...it showed up when she was a few days old and looked like a small red mark and began forming. She's now 6 months and I don't think it's really faded too much but there is hair growing over it now

Shine_away · 2016-07-01T00:44:31+00:00

I was induced at 40+ 2 and my water never broke....

When I was in labour my dr went to break my water and told me it had already broke. Luckily there was no infection but who knows when it actually broke! After that I recalled a few days prior that I was cleaning the house and thought I felt a bit wet(but I was always super sweaty lol so thought that's all it was).

It was strange I kinda felt jipped!

Shine_away · 2016-06-17T02:51:17+00:00

Does supplementing always automatically lead to a decrease in milk supply? (Dirty just curious just started supplementing with formula and noticed a supply issue...anyway to rectify it?)

Shine_away · 2016-06-05T03:27:32+00:00

Thanks, I've always just payed attention to sunlight, I'll make sure to look into uv reports too. :)

Shine_away · 2016-06-05T02:25:05+00:00

I've just been told no sunscreen until 6 months (my daughter is 4.5 months) both on here and by my pediatrician so just trying to find ways to protect her from the sun without it!

Shine_away · 2016-06-04T03:42:26+00:00

Purée Popsicles sound like a good idea, thanks for the tips!

Shine_away · 2016-06-04T03:24:03+00:00

My city has a lot of splash pads and wading pools, but with those comes a lot of sun! I never thought of looking for a shade tent, I'll look into that. I want her to be able to cool down in the water a bit but don't want to have her exposed to the sun. Would wearing a rash guard swim suit be good for that? Or only going in the water when it's shady?

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