TTC progress & two weeks wait... Part-II

Sweety82 · Jan 27, 2018

There is an ayurvedic medicine named phalasarpis which is available in kottakkal ayurveda. This med helps to regulate menstrual cycle and produce good quality eggs. In a span of 3-6 months this helps ppl to conceive. If anyone plans for intense fertility treatments, give a try with this med before u proceed. No harm in trying right?

kidsaremyworld · Jan 27, 2018

what type of workouts can we do in 2WW ?

lathadivakar · Jan 28, 2018

Sanchita123 said: ↑

Hi,
I am 35 years old and by gods grace I am 7 months pregnant with my first baby who is due in April. We have been trying to conceive for almost 5 years but failed because both of my Fallopian tubes were blocked and low AMH (1.3) due to my age . My husband did not have any problems. But since both my tubes were blocked almost every doc asked me to try directly ivf. ( I consulted Dr Beena Vasan in Manipal and few more )

I tried my first IVF cycle with Dr. Jyotsna Mirley in 2016 ( she has a clinic in Ulsoor) but she does all the procedures like egg retrieval and ET in either Gunasheela hospital or Manipal Fertility as she is a visiting doc there. But unfortunately my first ivf cycle failed. I had 7 embryos of (2 good quality , rest moderately good quality BB+ ) . 2 good quality embryos were transferred but I did not get pregnant. It was quite heartbreaking for us , so I took a break and both of us got busy with office work etc. I froze 5 embryos in gunasheela hospital.

2017 April , we decided to directly consult Dr. Devika Gunasheela and she suggested to do a FET. She gave few more tests and she found my NK cells a bit high .. so I was given injections and medicines etc for that and then I did an FET ( since Dr Devika was out of station , Dr Jyoti Menon performed my FET ) and she is also senior. When they thawed my frozen embryos only 2 survived and those 2 embryos were transferred into my uterus and luckily I conceived this time with single baby . They provide yoga classes to all patients ( free) conducted by Dr Mala and her class really helped me to prepare mentally and physically ( I lost 5 kgs within a month ) and was in a much stronger n peaceful mental state before my FET .. I also got to meet new ladies dealing with fertility issues and many of my batchmates did succeed and some failed too..

Usually junior docs (they consult Dr Devika or Jyoti Menon ) will see u throughout your cycle but main procedures like Egg retrieval and ET will be personally performed by either Devika ma’am or Jyoti Ma’am .

I have heard good review about ivf in Baptist Hospital too . Let me know if any further queries .
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Hi congratulations and All the best

I am also taking IVF. Unfortunately my 2 cycles failed. Embryo are good uterus also good bit failure reason don't know. Before going 3rd cycle they gave break of 2 months and suggested ERA test and try to reduce weight.
I am really confused by reading your post because
We have personally asked our Doctor about NK cells. She said NK cells theory is not proven generally every part of the body They will present in case of pregnancy, that is natural mechanism of the cell to react against embryo. If embryo is weak then pregnancy won't happened. If we try to suppress NK cells it will create unnecessary health issues. For the sake of patients we won't do that.

From past six years we are suffering. For looking all will be good but result is negative. Doctors unable to trace the hidden issue.

pihu123 · Jan 28, 2018

Sanchita123 said: ↑

Hi,
I am 35 years old and by gods grace I am 7 months pregnant with my first baby who is due in April. We have been trying to conceive for almost 5 years but failed because both of my Fallopian tubes were blocked and low AMH (1.3) due to my age . My husband did not have any problems. But since both my tubes were blocked almost every doc asked me to try directly ivf. ( I consulted Dr Beena Vasan in Manipal and few more )

I tried my first IVF cycle with Dr. Jyotsna Mirley in 2016 ( she has a clinic in Ulsoor) but she does all the procedures like egg retrieval and ET in either Gunasheela hospital or Manipal Fertility as she is a visiting doc there. But unfortunately my first ivf cycle failed. I had 7 embryos of (2 good quality , rest moderately good quality BB+ ) . 2 good quality embryos were transferred but I did not get pregnant. It was quite heartbreaking for us , so I took a break and both of us got busy with office work etc. I froze 5 embryos in gunasheela hospital.

2017 April , we decided to directly consult Dr. Devika Gunasheela and she suggested to do a FET. She gave few more tests and she found my NK cells a bit high .. so I was given injections and medicines etc for that and then I did an FET ( since Dr Devika was out of station , Dr Jyoti Menon performed my FET ) and she is also senior. When they thawed my frozen embryos only 2 survived and those 2 embryos were transferred into my uterus and luckily I conceived this time with single baby . They provide yoga classes to all patients ( free) conducted by Dr Mala and her class really helped me to prepare mentally and physically ( I lost 5 kgs within a month ) and was in a much stronger n peaceful mental state before my FET .. I also got to meet new ladies dealing with fertility issues and many of my batchmates did succeed and some failed too..

Usually junior docs (they consult Dr Devika or Jyoti Menon ) will see u throughout your cycle but main procedures like Egg retrieval and ET will be personally performed by either Devika ma’am or Jyoti Ma’am .

I have heard good review about ivf in Baptist Hospital too . Let me know if any further queries .
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Thank you @Sanchita123 so much for providing all the details.I am also trying to conceive for last 5 years but no success.My amh is also Low (2.0), One fallopian Tube open, Other one is blocked and have endometrosis problem too.Please help me out and guide me too..What were all your charges in gunasheela hospital? If you can share all the details then that would be a great help to me..please help me..My husband have no issues.

Sanchita123 · Jan 28, 2018

lathadivakar said: ↑

Hi congratulations and All the best

I am also taking IVF. Unfortunately my 2 cycles failed. Embryo are good uterus also good bit failure reason don't know. Before going 3rd cycle they gave break of 2 months and suggested ERA test and try to reduce weight.
I am really confused by reading your post because
We have personally asked our Doctor about NK cells. She said NK cells theory is not proven generally every part of the body They will present in case of pregnancy, that is natural mechanism of the cell to react against embryo. If embryo is weak then pregnancy won't happened. If we try to suppress NK cells it will create unnecessary health issues. For the sake of patients we won't do that.

From past six years we are suffering. For looking all will be good but result is negative. Doctors unable to trace the hidden issue.
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Hi Latha,
Yes I have also read this that nk cell theory is not so proven and even my current gynaecologist at Baptist Hospital had stopped all the steroids n meds for nk cell suppression from my 2nd month of pregnancy..I was very skeptical initially when I stopped medicines n injections but as and when my pregnancy progressed I started getting confidence .. I honestly don’t know what worked this time .. bcoz technically my first ivf cycle was done with A grade embryos but still failed .. but my FET cycle was done with BB+ grade embryos but succeeded .. so we really can’t say .. even my doc also did not have any concrete answers as to why it failed ..

But things that I did differently were :
1. This time I took sabbatical leave from my work and did lot of yoga n meditation to avoid stress and negativity. During my first cycle I was working and my project was unfortunately very hectic too ..

2. I did chant some switch words .. I wrote them daily 10 times to clear my mind from negativity and bring some positive affirmations
DIVINE-TOGETHER-BRING-COPY-CHARM-ADD
This may sound superstition to many but I feel this may have worked ..

3. I did Yoga daily to improve fertility until my FET and had avocado juice every single day for 2 months ( 1 month prior to ET and continued to drink until my first heartbeat scan) ..

I wish you all the best dear and lots of baby dust to you !! I know it’s a tough journey but don’t worry , things will just work out for you ..

Sanchita123 · Jan 28, 2018

kidsaremyworld said: ↑

what type of workouts can we do in 2WW ?
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According to my doc , one should avoid excercise during 2 weeks wait and even first trimester too .. you can do only meditation which is safe ..
only after 2nd trimester onwards you can do brisk walking and prenatal yoga and that too after consulting your gyno.

Sanchita123 · Jan 28, 2018

pihu123 said: ↑

Thank you @Sanchita123 so much for providing all the details.I am also trying to conceive for last 5 years but no success.My amh is also Low (2.0), One fallopian Tube open, Other one is blocked and have endometrosis problem too.Please help me out and guide me too..What were all your charges in gunasheela hospital? If you can share all the details then that would be a great help to me..please help me..My husband have no issues.
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Hi Pihu ,
Don’t worry about your AMH , mine was even lower .. be in a very positive mindset that it will work ..
I did a FET cycle in gunasheela and that costed me ~45k (they have package) .. which excludes medicines and injections ..
I think gunasheela have package for IVF also but again that may be excluding injections and medicines ..
btw .. I feel any clinic you go, a fresh ivf will cost close to 2 lakhs roughly n insurance also doesn’t cover anything .. gunasheela is no exception ..

lathadivakar · Jan 28, 2018

Sanchita123 said: ↑

Hi Latha,
Yes I have also read this that nk cell theory is not so proven and even my current gynaecologist at Baptist Hospital had stopped all the steroids n meds for nk cell suppression from my 2nd month of pregnancy..I was very skeptical initially when I stopped medicines n injections but as and when my pregnancy progressed I started getting confidence .. I honestly don’t know what worked this time .. bcoz technically my first ivf cycle was done with A grade embryos but still failed .. but my FET cycle was done with BB+ grade embryos but succeeded .. so we really can’t say .. even my doc also did not have any concrete answers as to why it failed ..

But things that I did differently were :
1. This time I took sabbatical leave from my work and did lot of yoga n meditation to avoid stress and negativity. During my first cycle I was working and my project was unfortunately very hectic too ..

2. I did chant some switch words .. I wrote them daily 10 times to clear my mind from negativity and bring some positive affirmations
DIVINE-TOGETHER-BRING-COPY-CHARM-ADD
This may sound superstition to many but I feel this may have worked ..

3. I did Yoga daily to improve fertility until my FET and had avocado juice every single day for 2 months ( 1 month prior to ET and continued to drink until my first heartbeat scan) ..

I wish you all the best dear and lots of baby dust to you !! I know it’s a tough journey but don’t worry , things will just work out for you ..
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Thanks for the information

Sanchita123 · Jan 29, 2018

lathadivakar said: ↑

Thanks for the information
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Welcome dear !

sasi291 · Jan 31, 2018

Hi Ladies
Even we are trying for our 2nd kid. Feb3rd is my expected date. I took pregnancy test as it says that we can know the result 4 days before. It came negative.
Is there a possibility that i can be still pregnant or is this result is correct? Please share your experience.