Hang in there Biddy! I know your pain and disappointment. I often find the need to step away from it all. It's such a grueling albeit amazing opportunity to undergo IVF, yet the nature of tracking, monitoring and feeling all the side effects make it hard to not obsess on a daily if not hourly+ basis ...

wow I find I have to keep scrolling up and down to track where everyone is at. thanks for the summary - lots of good news out there - Congrats ladies. For those not yet so fortunate, my thoughts are with you!

My dates:
IVF#3
ER Aug 12 (17 eggs, 10 fertilized)
ET Aug 17 (4 early blastocysts ...

Evening ladies! Thank you for the positive vibes. IVF can be such a strain on every ounce of sanity during low moments, so full of hope, sorrow, frustration, pity and so many other dramatic emotions that it's really helpful to know I'm not alone! And boy am I not alone. Reading the posts here ...

My transfer was a Day 5 transfer. 10 of our 15 made it to Day 5, but only 5 of them were Early Blastocysts - could have been hours away from becoming full fledged blastocysts, but then again they are technically "behind" the anticipated schedule. So I'm wondering if they're not true keepers. The ...

Am also 40 - on IVF #3. Retrieval was Aug 12, 2008 and we had 4 early blastocysts transfered on 17th. Same stims - Menopure and Gonal-F... That worked well last cycle but our protocol prior to that was different. #2 was BFP (Febr), but we had to clear it out with methotrexatehope due to ectopic ...

New member alert - although I'm on my 3rd IVF after 7 IUI's... I just now found this forum. Am wondering if anyone has had or heard of successful IVF with the transfer of "early blastocysts"? I just had 4 "early's" transfered and am curious. Thanks & luck to all!