Thank you hope you are well

Thank you for the support

Hi I have my 5th round up, we failed again but wanted to know, what happened with you? Would love to hear from you.

@@katieskangapouch5822 I’m on insta Linas.land happy to chat Anytime 💗

Hi thanks for joining, yes it's a challenging road but one we are up for. I do alternate injection sites, I haven't filmed every injection this round since I did that early on in our journey. There may be two day I do it on the same side but that's more because I've spaced on which one I did last time :)

Thanks I appreciate you following along, I don't remember to be honest but I'm sure I have it written down, if I find it I will add it to one of my next vlogs.

Thanks and good luck

Hi Nikki, we got 10 eggs from the retrieval, 6 were mature, 3 fertilized but only made it to day 3 then started fragmenting. The doc did say we should see 80 to 90% of our mature eggs fertilize, he also said it's a sperm issue but since Chad was already on the CoQ10 for a couple months he added the menavit (a sperm health supplement that should work in a smaller amount of time rather than the full 3 months) he also added to me, metformin to help prevent or minimise the fragmenting from the egg side. We are already on some other supplements from before. The clinic we go to does day 5 embryo transplants and I'm really ok with that after I did more research into it myself following this appointment. I feel good about my doctor thanks for watching and keeping an eye out for us.

@@katherinecallaway9397 are you taking melatonin and get your hubby on a fragmentation diet google it, it really helped us, added vitamin B6 12 and D 3 for you and calcium is very important for you to be on as well, did you do HA ICSI, ICSI or just IVF. Sounds like your Dr is aware of the sperm issues, but some Dr in Australia are not keen to add extra stuff into the mix, like if you trigger with overdril you should use two pens not just one. Thinking of you over Christmas we have been in your shoes many many times. We did 10 egg collections, had 17 transfers, 6 where loses 10 where failures one or very last one was a beautiful baby boy. He is 19 months now. Sperm DNA was a huge part of alot of our failures. It can cause implantation failure and early loss. So it is good to get on top of it early. We also dealt with endo and blood clotting issues. Best of luck for your next round.

@@nikkimctouton6706 Will defiantly look into it, thank you

Neither had I until I was introduced to it via my step mum. Now I like it, it tastes like tart yogurt. But it really helped settle my stomach

Thanks so much but the weight thing is still a struggle, I keep active but I think with my pcos and my body starting to have insulin resistance makes it hard. I feel fit but not losing kgs.

@@katieskangapouch5822 ok

It was not recommended for us they said with our issues we could do 10 rounds and still nothing happen. I now know that I had endometriosis and it wouldn't have worked.

@@katieskangapouch5822 Ok.

I'm so sorry to hear that Doris, praying for your heart. I won't really know any more details until my doctors appointment on the 30 th.

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much, I do have pcos but no cysts to my knowledge at the moment. I truly am praying for your special number 5 Doria! Thanks for the tips will check it out

@@katieskangapouch5822 even a single cysts can hault your cycle (or cause you Dr to put you on lupron or birth control longer, which can cause over suppression (read: lower follicle count/less eggs at retrieval). The beet juice doesn't taste as bad as it sounds! Twice a day for 3-5 days is all it took for me!

The practice, among doctors, of choosing to be paid reduced fees directly by the government rather than bill patients fully and bear the cost of billing. Pretty much it's almost free I am only having to pay my 1 hospital free (extra freezing fees if we want that) and my meds.

Thanks so much, after so long I'm trying to prepare myself as best as I can for this roller coaster. Praying for your round 5!