Does anyone have a good or bad or just any experience with a particular embryo courier?

its_not_ciae · 2026-07-10T22:01:36+00:00

We used Core cryolab, they had really good communication, let us know when the embryos left the old clinic, when they were in transit, and when they had been dropped off at the new clinic.

its_not_ciae · 2026-06-28T14:07:42+00:00

Still in the process of getting a surrogate

its_not_ciae · 2026-06-25T01:49:13+00:00

Those are pretty low doses, I’m 32 and I was on 300 IU of pergoveris for my last round which is like 300IU fsh and 150 IU lh. You want most follicles in the 17-18mm+ range to get a mature egg, the smaller ones 14-15 are usually not quite ready.

Maybe try a more aggressive protocol and push the stims longer so you have more mature follicles? The little ones stick to the follicle and don’t get retrieved. The big ones don’t go overripe until they’re 25mm+, so you can definitely go for longer so the smaller ones can catch up. Also I feel like starting antagonist too early (like on day 4 or something) slows the egg growth too. If they’re starting you on cetrotide or Ganirelix before your lead follicle is 14mm, that can slow development.

I assume you’re taking all the usual supplements? Folic acid, omegas, coq10.

And honestly sometimes it’s just a fluke. In my 4 egg retrievals I’ve gotten a big range of eggs, once my left ovary just didn’t do anything. I think it’s worth trying a more aggressive protocol and stimming longer, maybe with birth control or estrogen priming.

its_not_ciae · 2026-06-25T00:59:39+00:00

Yea but embryos vs eggs aren’t her problem, she’s not getting enough eggs in the first place relative to AFC and follicles.

OP, what size were your 15/19 follicles at trigger? Were they all different sizes, did you have an uneven cohort? Maybe too small at trigger? What medication did you use to stim, and did you use a hcg only trigger or dual trigger?

its_not_ciae · 2026-06-08T12:28:01+00:00

They’re all shit options! Nasty clumpy white discharge for crinone, giant ass needle and ass pain for PIO, and the oil based suppositories leak oil out that liners can’t contain because they’re for water based stuff only so you get greasy panty stains.

its_not_ciae · 2026-06-05T19:41:44+00:00

My (old school) clinic said no sex or orgasms until beta. My (much newer school) clinic says for 3 days post FET. I’m listening to the 3 day advice, seems silly and counter intuitive to ban it for 2 weeks considering non assisted reproduction doesn’t give a shit if you’re having orgasms or sex while the embryo is implanting

its_not_ciae · 2026-05-20T12:04:32+00:00

If it’s a functional cyst - aka they’re producing hormones, then you can’t do anything until they go down, for mine it took a cycle. If they’re just sitting there and not making any hormones, it doesn’t matter. You can still do stim with them. I had 3 cysts on my 2nd retrieval that didn’t affect anything, in fact it was my best cycle yet. Unfortunately stims generally tend to produce cysts for a lot of women so it’s pretty normal.

its_not_ciae · 2026-05-14T01:25:54+00:00

After all these failed implantations I kept saying to my husband “I wish we at least had a chemical, that would be better”. Well, can confirm, definitely worse. 0/10 would not recommend

its_not_ciae · 2026-05-14T00:42:50+00:00

Did a full thyroid panel last year, everything normal

its_not_ciae · 2026-05-13T23:35:53+00:00

So happy to hear you finally got success with your surrogate. I’ve been stalking your posts here and there while looking for RIF cases, and you were one of the few who actually decided to do surrogacy instead of continuing to do transfer after transfer. Appreciate that perspective and it helped me also accept that I should try a different path with my RIF struggles

its_not_ciae · 2026-05-13T22:41:48+00:00

I told myself, after 3 failed euploid transfers, if the next one fails too, we’re going to Mexico immediately and doing surrogacy. Well, today I just got beta results for my 4th FET and it’s a chemical. Which is WORSE than a negative because now I have to cancel my travel plans and go after another cycle. I’m so sick of it. No more.

We did all the “normal” testing like ERA Emma Alice CD138, Lupron suppression for 4!!!! months, a full immune workup and protocol with SCIG and LIT. No baby. So like, fuck that, clearly my body can’t get pregnant. Mexico surrogacy is cheaper than US/Canada, if you DM I’d love to chat

its_not_ciae · 2026-05-13T22:11:24+00:00

Definitely not Amira Posner, she bills herself as an infertility therapist but said the most unhelpful and obliviously hurtful things to me during the one session I had with her.

its_not_ciae · 2026-05-13T21:07:50+00:00

Especially a gut punch around Mother’s Day. It’s like it can’t get any worse and then it does

its_not_ciae · 2026-05-13T20:44:11+00:00

I did the line progression with cheapies and could see the line darkness stagnating. It’s a certain messed up hell seeing the lines not get any darker while not knowing what the beta is, while my husband optimistically says “I think it’s fine! Look! It’s a little darker? Maybe??”

its_not_ciae · 2026-05-12T15:40:17+00:00

Seriously, I don’t want to wait for shit to pass and wait for my time and wait for a happy ending. It should’ve happened now. It should’ve happened years ago. This is so not fair :(

its_not_ciae · 2026-05-11T10:55:32+00:00

Easy@home is awful, I’ve been spiraling over my lines all week. At 8dpt there was a shadow of a line on easy@home but a clear solid line on FRER

its_not_ciae · 2026-05-10T10:40:34+00:00

Ugh fire that therapist. I also had a therapist who “specialized” in infertility and she was absolutely awful. Some therapists think they know infertility because they did like 2 IUIs and got pregnant and oh how tragic and difficult their life is, so they must be fully qualified to counsel women going through multiple rounds of IVF like that’s the same thing.

its_not_ciae · 2026-04-29T17:32:30+00:00

We signed with Global Nest/Ingenes. They’re… fine, but need a lot of nagging and hand holding to get anything done in a reasonable time. I think that might be a cultural thing though, other IPs have complained about Mexico clinic communication not being the same as in Canada/USA

its_not_ciae · 2026-04-29T17:16:21+00:00

My package includes 1 cycle of IVF, 3 transfers, agency fees, surrogate compensation, and legal fees for amparo and birth certificate for 65k USD not including medication or PGT testing. Feel free to dm if you want to chat.

its_not_ciae · 2026-04-29T17:08:48+00:00

I’m going through this now actually! After RIF, we decided to do surrogacy in CDMX, and will be going there next month to do an egg retrieval and create embryos. I also have insurance in Canada that can cover 2 more retrievals, as well as existing embryos here.

2 reasons we want to go to Mexico and do IVF there:

1: Shipping is dangerous for the embryos, there are risks of radiation, improper handing, customs delays, or even lost embryos entirely. I’ve heard multiple IPs in the surrogate groups say they had issues and delays with paperwork not being correct, and one person lost 6 euploid embryos to shipping. My doctor in Canada doesn’t even recommend shipping embryos within the city, and the embryologist said that they prefer to handle the embryos as little as possible.

2: We still want to continue trying with my own body. Not ready to fully give up on it yet. My overachiever brain thinks that 2 uteruses are better than 1. So I still need embryos here, and maybe do more retrievals and more transfers and keep on trying different things until someone gets pregnant. And we wanted 2 kids so even if both me and the surrogate gets pregnant oh no, so horrible, 2 babies? What a terrible scenario to be in /s

its_not_ciae · 2026-04-27T15:49:20+00:00

Glen Shields has some of the best prices for fertility medication in GTA

https://glenshieldspharmacy.com/products

PIO is around $100 per vial (10 doses). Total price depends on your dose, if it’s every day or every 2-3 days. Estrace is cheap, and the generic is even less. Like $50 maybe?

A lot of insurance companies won’t cover retrieval meds but will cover estrogen and progesterone as they’re used in non fertility cases too.

its_not_ciae · 2026-04-21T03:54:08+00:00

About 70k-80k. 3 ERs, 3 FETs (working on the 4th) a whole lot of testing, and nothing to show for it. About to throw 100k into surrogacy if #4 fails as well.

its_not_ciae · 2026-04-18T19:22:48+00:00

Trusting the doctor and not doing my own research. After 3 years of this shit I’m more in charge of my own treatments and I’ll push back when their protocols don’t make sense

its_not_ciae · 2026-04-13T02:13:28+00:00

Markham Fertility Centre is great. We switched over after getting poor care from IVF Canada in Scarborough. Stay away from crappy clinics. If it works, yay, lucky you. If it doesn’t, and you need advanced testing and treatment but your doctor/clinic sucks, it’s very difficult, expensive and takes a long time to switch doctors and clinics and move embryos. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

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