If you ovulated late, that’s probably the culprit so there’s always a chance until your period or a positive!
Well Im pretty sure Im out again this month. So now Im going to have to decide if I want to continue to ttc this year and miss the chance to go see my grandparents this coming summer or wait until december before ttc again. It’s so frustrating.
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Same here, I’m around 7dpo and will start testing tomorrow. It’s our first month trying… we have until [name_f]January[/name_f] or we’ll do a frozen embryo transfer. I’d love to get pregnant naturally but at least we have 6 embryos left from our previous IVF so that takes a little of the pressure off.
@LibelluleClaire oh sorry you’re in that position. Whatever decision will be right!
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I’ve been taking some time off nameberry for my mental health. We just did our first IVF egg retrieval in [name_f]July[/name_f] and are now waiting for results from the genetic/PGT-A testing of our embryos. I’m so nervous. Whenever we get the results, we’ll hopefully start a FET cycle in [name_f]September[/name_f].
We’ve been doing foster care since [name_f]January[/name_f] and were just given notice yesterday that we are no longer eligible to be foster parents. I was diagnosed with POTS in [name_f]May[/name_f], then diagnosed with an “unspecified cardiac condition” in [name_f]June[/name_f] and had to have exploratory heart surgery. I don’t feel great but nothing has happened that would make me unfit to be a parent by any stretch, and my husband is healthy, but I guess by the letter of the law, both parents have to be “in good health” to qualify. I have to be five years with out any cardiac or POTS episodes plus get clearance from a physician to qualify again, and that seems very unlikely to ever happen. I feel disappointed because it feels like being parents is unachievable in any form 
But we’re staying hopeful for IVF! 
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We’ve been TTC for our second for 8 months now, wasn’t expecting to fall pregnant because our first was IVF but I guess we were hoping for one of those post-IVF miracles everyone likes to tell you about 
Anyway, it’s not happening, so we’re gearing up for IVF in the [name_m]New[/name_m] Year as we are very lucky and still have 3 embryos in the freezer. Fingers crossed one of them is successful but in the meantime if a little miracle would like to come along while we’re waiting, that would be great! 
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@Lavender_Annie that’s amazing to hopefully not have to go through egg retrieval again! Sorry it’s looking like IVF again though. Fingers crossed for you that something happens before then naturally!!
Well, we got an update on PGT-A testing much sooner than expected. Out of 16 eggs retrieved, 12 fertilized, 5 made it to blastocyst, and of those, only 1 is viable genetically I’m disappointed but we do get to transfer the one that’s viable on [name_f]September[/name_f] 5th or 6th so I am excited for that. 
They told us it’s a male embryo. 
we need all the baby dust we can get!!
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Oh wow! That’s amazing though, it only takes one! Also, frozen embryos are statistically more likely to be successful than fresh, so hold onto that hope. I’ll keep everything crossed for you! 
Also amazing they told you it’s a boy! I’m based in the UK and they wouldn’t tell us, where are you based? Not that it mattered either way, we were just so grateful to fall pregnant after we lost our first 
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I didn’t realize frozen had higher odds! That’s great to know. I’m glad to know ours is genetically good and the morphology is high too, it helps me to stay positive!
I’m based in the US! They told us the gender of all of our blastocysts - the aneuploids were female, the high mosaic and chaotic were a male and female respectively. It’s up to us if we want to know or not, they’ll redact it from your paperwork if you want to be surprised.
We lost our first pregnancy too, and are hoping for a rainbow baby! and I’m hoping you can have a sibling for your little one very soon!
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Best of luck with your FET @eloiseattheplaza! Sending you baby dust.
Some exciting developments in my saga.
Had my initial fert appt. I am starting a round of letrozole today and have an ultrasound scheduled for next week to see if it worked. Ill be on myo inositol in lieu of metformin due to poor side effects. Blood work tomorrow, too. So the ball is rolling.
I can’t help but feel optimistic that maybe I will have a 2024 pregnancy. I know that is naive but oh well 
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hi friends, hope all of you have been well. i’m currently halfway through the “two week wait”, and though i’m trying not to get my hopes up, i’m feeling really good about things this time 
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technical test day is tomorrow, though i did get a negative this morning. does anyone know, is it worth testing tomorrow or in a few days? or should i just accept it didn’t happen this time?
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For what it’s worth I got a negative at first, then a day later the faintest little positive. I would wait a few days then test again, it could just be too early to tell.
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thank you for the hope, friend. we were up most of the night with a family emergency, so the sample could’ve been a little too diluted as well. i’ll take your advice and try again in a couple days. we’re praying so hard for some good news these days.
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I’ll pray for you too
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I’ve gone quiet here for the last three weeks or so… which is because I got a positive and didn’t want to jinx it. Today I had my first ultrasound and saw a heartbeat and it’s suddenly feeling very, very real 
Guess I have to open the thread for babies due April-June now?
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OMG, that is wonderful. How far along are you?
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[name_m]Just[/name_m] 5 weeks. Expected due date for now is [name_f]April[/name_f] 12th.
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Don’t mind me shamelessly popping in to reply. So, so, so many congratulations, Wanda!! I am so thrilled for you
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Congratulations! Wishing you all the best 
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