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Company for the parts of fertility treatment that happen between appointments: the waits, the decisions, and the regrouping. Be gentle with each other here; you never know which day someone is on. Threads go quiet on their own and lock two months after the last reply.
The two-week wait
The days between transfer and test day, hour by slow hour.- Does anything I actually DO in the two week wait make a difference? Bed rest, pineapple core, hot baths, lifting the shopping 6 replies · 480 views · last by beekeeperjo, Aug 19, 2026
- Am I supposed to take the two week wait off work? Manager has started asking what all the "appointments" are for 6 replies · 400 views · last by Dhruv P, Aug 15, 2026
- Brown spotting at 9 days past transfer, is this my period coming or could it be implantation?? 5 replies · 360 views · last by niamh_c, Jul 13, 2026
- Are the progesterone pessaries giving me fake pregnancy symptoms? Day 6 and they've all just VANISHED 5 replies · 470 views · last by niamh_c, Jul 9, 2026
- 5 days past transfer and I've already caved and tested. Talk some sense into me 5 replies · 560 views · last by louise1986, May 19, 2026
Between cycles and big decisions
Regrouping after a cycle, and the question of how many is enough.- One frozen embryo left. Do we transfer it now or do another collection first and bank a few before we use it? 6 replies · 380 views · last by niamh_c, Aug 30, 2026
- Thinking of moving clinics after two failed rounds. How do you compare them without drowning in everyone's percentages? 5 replies · 460 views · last by Mrs Okafor, Aug 25, 2026
- Clinic has offered us embryo glue, a scratch and time-lapse for round three. Is any of it worth paying for or am I buying hope? 6 replies · 520 views · last by Dhruv P, Aug 20, 2026
- Clinic is doing a "freeze all" and cancelling our fresh transfer over OHSS risk. Feel robbed of this cycle 5 replies · 470 views · last by gemma_ttc, Jul 6, 2026
- How long do you HAVE to wait before starting another cycle after a failed one? Desperate to go straight back in 4 replies · 430 views · last by louise1986, Jun 30, 2026
- Clinic quoted "about 35% per transfer" at our follow-up. What does that number actually mean at 38? 5 replies · 440 views · last by louise1986, Jun 21, 2026
- How did you decide how many cycles was enough? Two failed, one embryo in the freezer 4 replies · 390 views · last by Mrs Okafor, Jan 18, 2026