I agree on the Ubiquinol. My Ivf doc put me on 300mg twice a day at the start on my cycle, going for retrieval in a few days. Pray for me, my pain tolerance is really low I am so scared. Baby dust on all the ladies who are ttc🥰🤗. Thank you for sharing your experience and congratulations
I couldn’t stop smiling at this end of this video!! It’s so amazing, I have my IVF consult on the 23rd, we’re struggling with infertility on my husbands end, hoping for our rainbow baby and this video brought me so much hope. I hope you and your family are well 💛✨
Oh I really am hoping all goes well for you!!! If it helps one of my best friend’s cousins had male infertility. Very extreme. I think he had like 10 sperm (not hundreds) and they did ivf and it worked!
Oh my gosh thank you so much for sharing! We’re on our journey now and my husband is traveling for work this week so tonight is my first night of Gonal F shots on my own. This is our 3rd cycle and I’m one of the ones who gets migraines, bloating, mood swings, etc. It is SO worth it but it’s also so hard and easy to feel alone in the process so I really appreciate your transparency! Congratulations!!!
Thank you for sharing this story. My husband and I are about go to through IVF and I've been feeling nervous for a while. Hearing your story helps comfort me a little more! Congrats on a successful story!
What a beautiful energy. Currently on stimulation for IVF cycle 2 and watching you made me feel really great 😊 I also have low ovarian reserve. Thank you for sharing your story!!!
Even though I knew the outcome I was so nervous for you hearing the story from the start. The waiting had to have been excruciating. So so happy for your little miracle - can't wait to hear more about your pregnancy as it goes along.
I know this is an old video but congratulations! This is such a lovely video, me and my partner have just started our first ivf cycle. I have low ovarian reserve so this gives me hope ❤
@@bookishfairygodmother from my years as an AuPair I would say these couple of weeks are worth it. My host kids were such a joy I didn't even mind the sleepless nights with the little one 😅 and I really love my sleep. I am looking forward to see how this journey continues for you.
Thank you for sharing your IVF journey, April. I'm so nervous about potentially having to do IVF in June after six IUI attempts (currently on our 5th IUI cycle) with unexplained infertility. But hearing someone's real experience and feelings helps so much! So much happiness and joy awaits you with this pregnancy, it gives me so much hope :)
Hi Joann! I will be thinking of you! IUI is such a similar journey in a lot of ways to IVF. I did IUI once but it didn't work for me. I don't know if you're in prep mode or feel like prepping at all. I really found reading Rebecca Fett's It Starts With the Egg helpful for me. It's not just for people with low ovarian reserve - she has tons of plans (supplement wise) for different people. Fertility treatments are amazing but can also make you feel out of control and it was my way of trying to take some power into my own hands. If that makes sense... Wishing you the best of luck!
@@bookishfairygodmother Thank you for the suggestion, I will definitely be picking this up soon! Yes, the feeling of being out of control is the worst part. I feel better just changing my diet or going to acupuncture simply because it's something I CAN DO myself. Can't wait to finally join the motherhood club someday :)
Yes yes yes! Congrats! IVF is one of the hardest processes to go through... certainly worth it in the end... but still terrible. Took us years to find success, too. Yay!
It really is a hard process. Nervewracking. But I was thinking about it the other day and I think it was the most hopeful thing I've ever done. After all the years of infertility and my miscarriage, I was feeling very hopeless and also like I didn't want to put my heart out there to get crushed. I was debating whether to do it at all. But I decided ... just the once. And I'm very grateful that it worked. It's all so much about luck. So happy you have your little one!
I know this video is old, but I really appreciate you sharing your story. I'm going through infertility as well, and it helps so much to know you're not alone in it
So excited for you guys! My son and daughter in law adopted frozen embryos from a couple who had all the kids they wanted, but still had some embryos frozen! My darling grand-twins (boy/girl) turn 7 next week :)
I am so glad I stumbled across your video. I am due to start Stims tomorrow after 4 years of unexplained infertility and I am a bag of emotions today, but this was very encouraging. Thanks for sharing! Massive congratulations to you and your husband ❤️
I found this video as I am searching for IVF videos in anticipation of starting my personal journey in 2 weeks. Thank you so much. This was such a beautiful and genuine video. I am 39 with DOR Amh 0.192. Priming in a few weeks and plan for ER or start of IVF June ❤
@@libbyrose1996 Oh that's amazing congratulations!!! I'm so happy for you! I'm an identical twin and so is my mother !!! It's supposed to skip a generation however my dad had the gene too. xx
Thanks for this video! I am starting my ivf medications next week. I've had 2 miscarriages and this will be our first try at ivf. This video makes me feel 1000000 times better!!!
Congratulations so exciting. I started ivf so your video has helped me overcome my fear of it. You did really well the video was not long it was very informative. Good job!!
I’m so glad it all worked out so well, and this is just such a cool video because I never knew exactly how it worked so thanks for sharing ☺️ so, so happy for y’all ❤️
I ran across your video on low amh so I watched that 1st then I saw this one. You really gave me hope and encouragement. Thank you so much and I understand I'm late to the party but this has really helped me. I was just told I had low amh but anything is possible.😊👍🏼💗 Congratulations to you and your husband!
I’m 33 and we just recently started our IVF journey. I have low AMH and when I find out my whole world felt apart because the doctor I was seeing before told me that I wasn’t not going to be able to conceive with my eggs. I switched to another doctor and needless to say that was a great decision. I know that IVF doesn’t guarantee a pregnancy but I’m grateful that another doctor gave me a chance to try to conceive
Hi April, I’m so appreciative of your candor. My husband and I are just about to embark on our assisted reproductive treatment journey so thank you for sharing your story. Congratulations to you and your husband :)
Thank you for sharing your story! Of course, we have prayed, are praying and will continue to pray so this journey ends perfectly well and happily! Take much care of yourself and thank you for being so open with us! :) Hugs!
Amazing story, it's lovely that you shared your experience and how it made you feel. Your an inspiration, I've just started my ivf injections FSH ... Really hoping I'll be able to upload my own success video
Thank you for sharing. I also had fertility treatments to get pregnant though fortunately we only needed as far as injections. Congrats on the pregnancy and cant wait to hear the progress along the way.
Congratulations! You are 2 weeks further along than my daughter. 😊 2 of my daughters have conceived easily, but one of my daughters and her husband have been trying for 7 years. Very heartbreaking. I lost 3 babies before having my 4 children. Conceiving, pregnancy, and birth can be difficult... I'm very happy for you.
Thank you so much! And congratulations to your daughter! She must be feeling very happy that she's in the second trimester now. Is it your daughter who has been trying to conceive for a long time? Infertility is incredibly hard. I'll be thinking of her.
@@bookishfairygodmother no, different daughter. My 2 daughters that have children and is pregnant all conceived easily. My other daughter who has been trying for 7 years with her husband found out the difficulties are on his end. They are looking into adoption now...and hoping to adopt siblings...2+.
April this video means a lot. I have been following your videos and reviews and also am going thru IVF. I have been searching for IVF and you popped up in my search results. You’re a familiar face to hear this journey from. Today was my first shot. Second shot tonight. It’s nerve racking this whole process. Thank you so much for sharing xx 😘 congratulations on your pregnancy. I was happy when you revealed your pregnancy. I had no idea it was via IVF (I guess I missed that video hahah).
Hi Jamie! I’m wishing you the very best of luck on your ivf journey. It is a nerve wracking process because it means so much. I really hope it works for you! I know how lucky I am that it worked for me. Very very grateful. Sending you a big hug
Thank you so much April, this was so interesting! I'm struggling with infertility myself (three miscarriages) and I think I'm a similar age to you. The good news for me is that there was a medical reason for them which is now being treated and myself and my partner are in the middle of trying again 💪🏻 I'm so happy that you and Barry have finally got your little one, all the congratulations in the world - you'll make amazing parents. 😍
I'm so sorry you went through three miscarriages. They are incredibly hard and heartbreaking. But I'm glad to hear that you found a doctor who is helping you! Thank you for the congrats!
I am sorry about the miscarriages. I like how positive you are. You don't get down because of a medical condition instead you are happy that it's being treated. I am going for an hsg tomorrow and you have just made me more calmer. Thank you
Hi! I just started the IVF process and researching on TH-cam and I found your channel. Also happened that I love to read, so was a win win! Thank you for sharing your story! 😊
Hi Pauline! I'm wishing you so much luck on your ivf journey. It's not always easy but it's also such a relief to get to that stage! I'm so glad you also love to read. I hope you enjoy my channel. :)
Congratulations!! You'll be in my prayers. My husband and I just started our own infertility journey. We are about to make our first appointment with an infertility clinic. Keep the updates coming. We are thinking of doing a vlog too.
Thank you so much! And I'm wishing you so much luck on your journey with the fertility clinic. It can feel like you're making progress slowly but it is all progress! All the tests really do help and tell so much.
Thank you for sharing. It means a lot to hear your story. Our stories are similar as I have a low ovarian reserve. While I may not have the same results as you it was nice to hear about your experience. my IVF journey is about to begin. Fingers crossed!
Aww April I’m so happy for you, like over the moon happy! I’ve been following you for a long time and have been grateful for you sharing so much of your experiences!
Singing Beyoncé on drugs - that’s hilarious! This sounds like such a chaotic and stressful experience but I’m so amazed how this all can be done! So happy for you guys!!!
I'm so happy for both of you. Thanks for sharing this important part of your life with us. I'm so happy to know that others realize what was also my desire.
I'm VERY happy for you! But you never know... My twins went undetected until my 3rd ultrasound at 20 weeks! I hope the rest of the pregnancy goes well for you.
Oh wow, listening to the egg retrieval. My doctor has a surgical suite in their office and an nurse anaesthetist, so I remember nothing 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
Thanks so much for sharing, April :) It's so good to hear that ivf has worked for you! I'm starting to consider it myself because I keep miscarrying. Right now it looks like I'm going to have another miscarriage because the doctor didn't see any embryo, just the gestational sac at 6+0 week... there is still a chance that I got my dates wrong and the embryo will appear in the next few weeks, but I'm a bit pessimistic as the last miscarriage was very similar, although a bit further along. So, if I do miscarry again, I will have all sorts of tests run on me and my husband and maybe even go for IVF with PDG in case the miscarriages keep happening because of genetic abnormalities (which is apparently very common, we might be carriers of some kind of mutation without knowing it). It's very encouraging to hear stories like yours x
@@bookishfairygodmother Thank you xx We'll see, maybe I won't have to go down the full IVF route. But it's comforting to know that the option is there and that it has worked for other people.
First, congratulations and may God bless you and your baby😃 I’m new to your channel, so if I may ask how old you, please? I’m asking because I have low ovarian reserve. Thank you so much, and I loved watching your video
Thank you April for sharing your experience, it is really helpful to get insight into your IVF journey. I appreciate your honesty and clear description of each step. My husband and I are considering IVF after trying for over 3 years too..! It’s a big decision but so pleased it worked for you both first time round! Congratulations! Your baby must be with you now? Is it a boy or girl? I hope you’re all well, God bless Xx
Thank you for sharing your story & a massive congratulations. Xx I also have low ovarian reserve. Just had 1 failed fertilisation ivf, next cycle will be with icsi. Xx
i am on cycle .today is day 14 just found 2 folicles 12mm and other 4 are below 10mm.they didnot give any patch to me. i feel pain while i was having menopur. i am happy for you.contratulations
I had my transfer today but it took some time. Not painful but catheter was not going. They changed catheters etc. And did not show me on ultrasound. Doc told they placed it successfully. Embryologist also checked under microscope to make sure embryo not sticking to catheter. Hope it works😊
Hi! So glad I found your chanel... have same exact issue low ovarian reserve, already had one failed round of egg freezing :(... I watched your first video with your vitamin recommendation- for this last and successful round did you only take ubiquinol and high dose Vitamin D + melatonin prior to procedure?
Hi Tina! I'm not really sure when we'll try the transfer. It'll probably depend on finances - we have 12 months of parental leave here in Canada. It'll probably depend on when we feel ready for another newborn. Of course all of this is assuming it will work which is totally not something I should assume! That will be a really big decision.
do you think you would try to do an FET for your frozen embryo in the future? You are very lucky to have had success on round 1. We have had 3 failed transfers, and 2 failed rounds of IVF. I'm in a similar boat as my body is poor responder and now I'm getting older and just worried if its going to get harder.
I definitely feel lucky that Nora is here. I think it’s a BIG misconception a lot of people have about ivf. They think it always works. But it’s really hard. I don’t think we will do a fet on our embryo. I am wishing you so much luck Katherine. And I’m sending you a big hug. Infertility was the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced.
I'm happy for you. I just saw your video that was 3 years ago and you were explaing your plan for Jan IVF. I guess you didn't get pregnant in that cycle right?
We only ended up doing IVF in December. I ended up getting pregnant naturally before then. I ended up having a miscarriage with that pregnancy which was very hard. We were lucky that our first round of IVF worked
Hello I’m going trough IVF right now and I have a few questions. Did you do PGT test on the embryos? If not, why you decided not to do it? Also, by watching your video, it looks like you didn’t have to wait too much between retrieval and transfer. Can you elaborate how this part worked for you? Is just that my retrieval was on May and I don’t even have transfer until August or September… I don’t know why they are having a huge gap and making me wait so long😞. This is making me very anxious. Thank you I hope you can respond. 💕
Hi Sheila! Wishing you the best of luck with your IVF process. For myself, we live in Ontario and are lucky enough to get IVF for free. BUT they don't do PGT testing. And for myself we did a fresh embryo transfer meaning I did all the retrieval part and then a transfer soon after (same cycle). That said they also froze my other embryos that I had as well. I think you need to ask your doctor why you need to wait. Sometimes it's for the sake of the woman's body to let it rest.
I just got some bad news from my doctor, and was curious about your story. Did you have the antimullerian hormone test done? If so, what was your result? So happy for you and your family!
Hi Trisha. I'm sorry you got some bad news. My doctor didn't want to test amh. I'd really recommend reading It Starts With the Egg. If it's low ovarian reserve you're dealing with, her supplement routine might help! I was only focused on the amount of follicles I had the whole time and making the eggs as good quality as possible...
I just came across your channel and I think this is the story I need to hear..that there is hop and light at the end of the tunnel. I want to go for my 6th IVF. it is davistating mentally, emotionally and financially. However, I am trying to see what other couples went through so i get some tips of what went wrong and what did not. I just have a question if you don't mind. were you late 30s when you did your IVF? I am 42 now and I've been trying for 13 years now.. with one successful IVF but had a miscarriage after the first trimester. Please let me know! Thanks
Sending you so much light and love. I was 37 when I did ivf. I read a book that really helped me called It Starts With The Egg by Rebecca Fett. I did her advanced plan. That said it really is exhausting and I’m wishing you so much luck
@@bookishfairygodmother thanks dear! I am in Canada too and here doctor did not care much about the Natural killer cells in which in my 2nd IVF the doctor told me I had them and he thought I should have medication to make my immunity drops so my body doesn't fight the embryo. I am not sure if this doctor would do something preventable this time 😤🙁
Congratulations April! I live in Ontario. I’m wondering, do you live in Ontario? If yes, what fertility clinic did you go to? I’m currently researching clinics here in Toronto.
@@bookishfairygodmother Hi..I live in ottawa too and consulting at ottawa fertility center..I m also diagnosed with low ovarian reserve last month and was very disappointed..I m 33 yrs old and It was kind of shocking for me..I would love to connect with you if you dont mind please
@@dr.kavitathanki453 Hi there! i hope you know that there's still lots of options for you even with low ovarian reserve! IVF is a wonderful thing for us! :)
I agree on the Ubiquinol. My Ivf doc put me on 300mg twice a day at the start on my cycle, going for retrieval in a few days. Pray for me, my pain tolerance is really low I am so scared. Baby dust on all the ladies who are ttc🥰🤗. Thank you for sharing your experience and congratulations
I couldn’t stop smiling at this end of this video!! It’s so amazing, I have my IVF consult on the 23rd, we’re struggling with infertility on my husbands end, hoping for our rainbow baby and this video brought me so much hope. I hope you and your family are well 💛✨
Oh I really am hoping all goes well for you!!! If it helps one of my best friend’s cousins had male infertility. Very extreme. I think he had like 10 sperm (not hundreds) and they did ivf and it worked!
You you yu
Congratulations! So happy for you! My hubby and I did ivf last year and we had our little warrior in January!
Congratulations Mandie!!!
Congratulations. Where did you do ivf? Can you show for me?
kim kieu nguyen lols 😂
This makes me really happy. As someone who also has low ovarian reserve. Thank you for this video ❤️
Oh my gosh thank you so much for sharing! We’re on our journey now and my husband is traveling for work this week so tonight is my first night of Gonal F shots on my own. This is our 3rd cycle and I’m one of the ones who gets migraines, bloating, mood swings, etc. It is SO worth it but it’s also so hard and easy to feel alone in the process so I really appreciate your transparency! Congratulations!!!
Thanks Chloe! I'm wishing you the best of luck with this cycle!!! You're not alone and I'm cheering you on!
This is one of the loveliest things I've seen on TH-cam. Congratulations April! I wish you the best in your journey
Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing this story. My husband and I are about go to through IVF and I've been feeling nervous for a while. Hearing your story helps comfort me a little more! Congrats on a successful story!
Hi Ashley! I’m wishing you the very best of luck!! It’s an exhausting journey but I’m really glad that I did it. Sending you love and a hug.
What a beautiful energy. Currently on stimulation for IVF cycle 2 and watching you made me feel really great 😊 I also have low ovarian reserve. Thank you for sharing your story!!!
Wishing you the very best!
Even though I knew the outcome I was so nervous for you hearing the story from the start. The waiting had to have been excruciating. So so happy for your little miracle - can't wait to hear more about your pregnancy as it goes along.
Hi Judi! Yes it was nerve wracking for sure! I'm so glad we did it though! :)
I’m so happy for you!! Thanks for sharing your story with us!
I know this is an old video but congratulations! This is such a lovely video, me and my partner have just started our first ivf cycle. I have low ovarian reserve so this gives me hope ❤
I’m wishing you so much luck!
It sounded intense and I am so happy it worked for you guys and seeing you so happy and radiant. It gives me really hope in some way.
It was intense and I was happy when it was over but you know...it was really only a couple of weeks that were super intense.
@@bookishfairygodmother from my years as an AuPair I would say these couple of weeks are worth it. My host kids were such a joy I didn't even mind the sleepless nights with the little one 😅 and I really love my sleep.
I am looking forward to see how this journey continues for you.
Thank you for sharing your IVF journey, April. I'm so nervous about potentially having to do IVF in June after six IUI attempts (currently on our 5th IUI cycle) with unexplained infertility. But hearing someone's real experience and feelings helps so much! So much happiness and joy awaits you with this pregnancy, it gives me so much hope :)
Hi Joann! I will be thinking of you! IUI is such a similar journey in a lot of ways to IVF. I did IUI once but it didn't work for me. I don't know if you're in prep mode or feel like prepping at all. I really found reading Rebecca Fett's It Starts With the Egg helpful for me. It's not just for people with low ovarian reserve - she has tons of plans (supplement wise) for different people. Fertility treatments are amazing but can also make you feel out of control and it was my way of trying to take some power into my own hands. If that makes sense... Wishing you the best of luck!
@@bookishfairygodmother Thank you for the suggestion, I will definitely be picking this up soon! Yes, the feeling of being out of control is the worst part. I feel better just changing my diet or going to acupuncture simply because it's something I CAN DO myself. Can't wait to finally join the motherhood club someday :)
Yes yes yes! Congrats! IVF is one of the hardest processes to go through... certainly worth it in the end... but still terrible. Took us years to find success, too. Yay!
It really is a hard process. Nervewracking. But I was thinking about it the other day and I think it was the most hopeful thing I've ever done. After all the years of infertility and my miscarriage, I was feeling very hopeless and also like I didn't want to put my heart out there to get crushed. I was debating whether to do it at all. But I decided ... just the once. And I'm very grateful that it worked. It's all so much about luck. So happy you have your little one!
@@bookishfairygodmother It's oddly empowering, right?! Crazy.
I know this video is old, but I really appreciate you sharing your story. I'm going through infertility as well, and it helps so much to know you're not alone in it
So excited for you guys! My son and daughter in law adopted frozen embryos from a couple who had all the kids they wanted, but still had some embryos frozen! My darling grand-twins (boy/girl) turn 7 next week :)
Oh that's so wonderful for them! :) This makes me so happy !
I am so glad I stumbled across your video. I am due to start Stims tomorrow after 4 years of unexplained infertility and I am a bag of emotions today, but this was very encouraging. Thanks for sharing! Massive congratulations to you and your husband ❤️
I'm wishing you so much luck! Thinking of you today!
I found this video as I am searching for IVF videos in anticipation of starting my personal journey in 2 weeks. Thank you so much. This was such a beautiful and genuine video. I am 39 with DOR Amh 0.192. Priming in a few weeks and plan for ER or start of IVF June ❤
Kristin I'm wishing you the very best on your IVF journey! It's such a stressful experience but my hope is that you'll be successful.
Congrats! We have our IVF consult tomorrow. So nervous but really excited to become a mom ❤️
How did it go? x
I have 12 week old boy/girl twins from our second transfer/first FET!
@@libbyrose1996 Oh that's amazing congratulations!!! I'm so happy for you! I'm an identical twin and so is my mother !!! It's supposed to skip a generation however my dad had the gene too. xx
Thanks for this video! I am starting my ivf medications next week. I've had 2 miscarriages and this will be our first try at ivf. This video makes me feel 1000000 times better!!!
I am thinking of you and hope it goes so well!!!
Congratulations so exciting. I started ivf so your video has helped me overcome my fear of it. You did really well the video was not long it was very informative. Good job!!
Hi Savannah! I'm so glad that it helped you! And I'm wishing you the very best of luck with IVF!
Thx for this. My husband and I will be doing IVF in January and hearing success stories gives me so much hope
I'm wishing you the very best of luck with your journey. It's an emotional one for sure. I hope you are so very successful!!
@@bookishfairygodmother thx! 🙏🏾 appreciate it!
Thank you for sharing your story. This gives me so much hope and I'm so happy you journey was a success 💗
I’m so glad it all worked out so well, and this is just such a cool video because I never knew exactly how it worked so thanks for sharing ☺️ so, so happy for y’all ❤️
Thanks Laura! It was a neat process. I didn't know all the details until I was in the midst of it really!
Congrats!!!!! So happy for you two!!!! Would love updates on how pregnancy is going . Love those kinds of videos!!!
Thanks Sheri!!! Will do!
I ran across your video on low amh so I watched that 1st then I saw this one. You really gave me hope and encouragement. Thank you so much and I understand I'm late to the party but this has really helped me. I was just told I had low amh but anything is possible.😊👍🏼💗 Congratulations to you and your husband!
I’m 33 and we just recently started our IVF journey. I have low AMH and when I find out my whole world felt apart because the doctor I was seeing before told me that I wasn’t not going to be able to conceive with my eggs. I switched to another doctor and needless to say that was a great decision. I know that IVF doesn’t guarantee a pregnancy but I’m grateful that another doctor gave me a chance to try to conceive
Hi April, I’m so appreciative of your candor. My husband and I are just about to embark on our assisted reproductive treatment journey so thank you for sharing your story. Congratulations to you and your husband :)
Hi Erika! I'm wishing you guys the very best of luck!
Thank you for sharing your experiences.
I'm in 2 weeks wait. So excited.
Wishing you the best of luck!
I‘m so incredibly happy for you two 😍🥰🥰
Been praying this whole time
Thank you for sharing your story! Of course, we have prayed, are praying and will continue to pray so this journey ends perfectly well and happily! Take much care of yourself and thank you for being so open with us! :)
Hugs!
Thank you so much!!
Wow ! You look so genuinely happy! I’m so happy for both of you! I wish you all the best throughout the pregnancy 🤰
P.S. I love your channel!
Thank you so much Ashley!!
Amen
Thank you for this. They just let us know that this is our best option. Happy for you!
I hope your ivf journey goes well!
So happy for you and Barry! Sounds like a very nerve wracking few weeks with the IVF process but I’m so happy that it worked!!
Thank you so much!
Amazing story, it's lovely that you shared your experience and how it made you feel. Your an inspiration, I've just started my ivf injections FSH ... Really hoping I'll be able to upload my own success video
Thank you for sharing.
I also had fertility treatments to get pregnant though fortunately we only needed as far as injections.
Congrats on the pregnancy and cant wait to hear the progress along the way.
Thanks Jane!
Seeing you smile about everything makes my heart happy 🥰
Thank you Mili!!
Congratulations! You are 2 weeks further along than my daughter. 😊 2 of my daughters have conceived easily, but one of my daughters and her husband have been trying for 7 years. Very heartbreaking. I lost 3 babies before having my 4 children. Conceiving, pregnancy, and birth can be difficult... I'm very happy for you.
Thank you so much! And congratulations to your daughter! She must be feeling very happy that she's in the second trimester now. Is it your daughter who has been trying to conceive for a long time? Infertility is incredibly hard. I'll be thinking of her.
@@bookishfairygodmother no, different daughter. My 2 daughters that have children and is pregnant all conceived easily. My other daughter who has been trying for 7 years with her husband found out the difficulties are on his end. They are looking into adoption now...and hoping to adopt siblings...2+.
April this video means a lot. I have been following your videos and reviews and also am going thru IVF. I have been searching for IVF and you popped up in my search results. You’re a familiar face to hear this journey from. Today was my first shot. Second shot tonight. It’s nerve racking this whole process. Thank you so much for sharing xx 😘 congratulations on your pregnancy. I was happy when you revealed your pregnancy. I had no idea it was via IVF (I guess I missed that video hahah).
Hi Jamie! I’m wishing you the very best of luck on your ivf journey. It is a nerve wracking process because it means so much. I really hope it works for you! I know how lucky I am that it worked for me. Very very grateful. Sending you a big hug
Thank you so much April, this was so interesting! I'm struggling with infertility myself (three miscarriages) and I think I'm a similar age to you. The good news for me is that there was a medical reason for them which is now being treated and myself and my partner are in the middle of trying again 💪🏻 I'm so happy that you and Barry have finally got your little one, all the congratulations in the world - you'll make amazing parents. 😍
I'm so sorry you went through three miscarriages. They are incredibly hard and heartbreaking. But I'm glad to hear that you found a doctor who is helping you! Thank you for the congrats!
God will see you through, He has gone ahead of you sis
I am sorry about the miscarriages. I like how positive you are. You don't get down because of a medical condition instead you are happy that it's being treated. I am going for an hsg tomorrow and you have just made me more calmer. Thank you
Miss November stay strong, you will be okay and lots of luck for tomorrow. 😘 you’ll be fine I promise. Thinking of you xx
@@elizabethmoffat4734 Thank you so much. I am more positive now ❤
Happy for you... its my portion in Jesus named❤
Amen
Hi! I just started the IVF process and researching on TH-cam and I found your channel. Also happened that I love to read, so was a win win! Thank you for sharing your story! 😊
Hi Pauline! I'm wishing you so much luck on your ivf journey. It's not always easy but it's also such a relief to get to that stage! I'm so glad you also love to read. I hope you enjoy my channel. :)
So how are you now after the process? Did you get pregnant?
Very very happy for you. Your story is inspirational and gives us hope.
Thank you Rudy!
Congratulations!! You'll be in my prayers. My husband and I just started our own infertility journey. We are about to make our first appointment with an infertility clinic. Keep the updates coming. We are thinking of doing a vlog too.
Thank you so much! And I'm wishing you so much luck on your journey with the fertility clinic. It can feel like you're making progress slowly but it is all progress! All the tests really do help and tell so much.
Thank you for sharing. It means a lot to hear your story. Our stories are similar as I have a low ovarian reserve. While I may not have the same results as you it was nice to hear about your experience. my IVF journey is about to begin. Fingers crossed!
Wishing you so much luck on your ivf journey
thank you for sharing this, we are 3 years of infertility, two miscarriages. we are scheduled for IVF in sept
Good luck to you....you have this!!!!!
Blessings 💗💗💗😍😍😍
Wishing you all the best
You are done with the process? How was it for you?
I was literally crying while watching this video. ♥️
I hope, if you are going through some fertility struggles, you will have all the luck in the world!
Congratulations 😘 keep smiling 🤗happy for you!
Aww April I’m so happy for you, like over the moon happy! I’ve been following you for a long time and have been grateful for you sharing so much of your experiences!
Thank you so much!! We are very excited!!
Singing Beyoncé on drugs - that’s hilarious!
This sounds like such a chaotic and stressful experience but I’m so amazed how this all can be done!
So happy for you guys!!!
Hee hee! Yes apparently I sang XO lol. Thank you so much!!
So encouraging! Great that you share your story, really.
Lovely story! Thanks for sharing it was very encouraging 🤍
Thank you so much for sharing your story in such an honest and authentic way. This video has been hugely helpful! ☺️
I'm so happy for both of you. Thanks for sharing this important part of your life with us. I'm so happy to know that others realize what was also my desire.
Thank you for being happy for us Simona! Sending you a hug!
I love your video!! The types of vitamins are great, but would encourage higher quality brands
I'm VERY happy for you! But you never know... My twins went undetected until my 3rd ultrasound at 20 weeks! I hope the rest of the pregnancy goes well for you.
Holy crap!!!! That’s crazy! I’ve had 4 ultrasounds at this point but you never know! Ha ha!!!
Oh wow, listening to the egg retrieval. My doctor has a surgical suite in their office and an nurse anaesthetist, so I remember nothing 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
Me too
Congratulations!!! Blessings to you and your family!
Thank you Mary!
I really appreciate you sharing your journey with us, April.
Thanks Kerry!
What a wonderful out come with your IVF !!
Thank you! I feel very lucky
Congrats I tap into your blessing
Best of luck to you!
I love your IVF journey story!!
Congrats !! I really enjoy this and this was so interesting !! ❤️
Oh thank you Grace!
Thanks so much for sharing, April :) It's so good to hear that ivf has worked for you! I'm starting to consider it myself because I keep miscarrying. Right now it looks like I'm going to have another miscarriage because the doctor didn't see any embryo, just the gestational sac at 6+0 week... there is still a chance that I got my dates wrong and the embryo will appear in the next few weeks, but I'm a bit pessimistic as the last miscarriage was very similar, although a bit further along. So, if I do miscarry again, I will have all sorts of tests run on me and my husband and maybe even go for IVF with PDG in case the miscarriages keep happening because of genetic abnormalities (which is apparently very common, we might be carriers of some kind of mutation without knowing it). It's very encouraging to hear stories like yours x
I’m so sorry to hear about your miscarriages. I have had one and it was the hardest thing I experienced. Sending you love.
I really hope ivf works for you. Please know that I am here to talk anytime you like
@@bookishfairygodmother Thank you xx We'll see, maybe I won't have to go down the full IVF route. But it's comforting to know that the option is there and that it has worked for other people.
Congratulations!
You are looking beautiful April!
Oh thank you!!
First, congratulations and may God bless you and your baby😃 I’m new to your channel, so if I may ask how old you, please? I’m asking because I have low ovarian reserve. Thank you so much, and I loved watching your video
Yay!! I’m so happy for you & your husband ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️welcome to Mommyhood 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thank you so much Nancy!!
Thank you April for sharing your experience, it is really helpful to get insight into your IVF journey. I appreciate your honesty and clear description of each step. My husband and I are considering IVF after trying for over 3 years too..! It’s a big decision but so pleased it worked for you both first time round! Congratulations! Your baby must be with you now? Is it a boy or girl? I hope you’re all well, God bless Xx
Thank you!! I am wishing you the best of luck!! Yes! I had a baby girl named Nora! I think I did a video on her birth!
You’re welcome, thank you hun! Aw how lovely! I will check out that video! Best wishes Xx
Wow. What an amazing story.
Thank you for sharing your story & a massive congratulations. Xx I also have low ovarian reserve. Just had 1 failed fertilisation ivf, next cycle will be with icsi. Xx
Hi Andrea! Thank you! I am wishing you so much luck and I'll be thinking of you.
Getting Hygge With It thank you. Xx
Congratulations 🎊
Im on 2ww ...
Please pray for me guys 🙏🏻
@@Music23257 Thank God for you and His faithfulness
Soooooo happy for all! Of you
Oh I am so happy for you !!!!
Ahh I know the feeling all too well! 5 IVF Survivor and Fertility IVF Coach now if any of you need help ladies !
Hi
i am on cycle .today is day 14 just found 2 folicles 12mm and other 4 are below 10mm.they didnot give any patch to me.
i feel pain while i was having menopur.
i am happy for you.contratulations
Wishing you all the luck in the world
Thank you
I had my transfer today but it took some time. Not painful but catheter was not going. They changed catheters etc. And did not show me on ultrasound. Doc told they placed it successfully. Embryologist also checked under microscope to make sure embryo not sticking to catheter. Hope it works😊
I'm really hoping that that little embryo can hunker down and get cozy for you!
@@bookishfairygodmother thank you very much!! Wish you happy and healthy 9 months.
Hi, thanks for sharing your journey very helpful. Can you share the name of your IVF clinic?
I am so happy for you!
Thank you!!
Awww congratulations girl!!! 🥰
Thank you so much!!
Congratulations and good luck
Wonderful story!
Congrats! Quick question, can you remember what supplements you took or avoided after embryo transfer and during the 2 week wait? Thanks xxx
I know that I stopped DHEA, but I can’t remember what I did after that. I’m so sorry
Hi! So glad I found your chanel... have same exact issue low ovarian reserve, already had one failed round of egg freezing :(... I watched your first video with your vitamin recommendation- for this last and successful round did you only take ubiquinol and high dose Vitamin D + melatonin prior to procedure?
I didn’t do melatonin but yes did the rest! Definitely pick up It Starts with the Egg by Rebecca Fett. It helped me! Wishing you the best of luck!!!
What an amazing journey. I was wondering if you have thought about how soon you will try again with your frozen embryo once your baby is born?
Hi Tina! I'm not really sure when we'll try the transfer. It'll probably depend on finances - we have 12 months of parental leave here in Canada. It'll probably depend on when we feel ready for another newborn. Of course all of this is assuming it will work which is totally not something I should assume! That will be a really big decision.
do you think you would try to do an FET for your frozen embryo in the future? You are very lucky to have had success on round 1. We have had 3 failed transfers, and 2 failed rounds of IVF. I'm in a similar boat as my body is poor responder and now I'm getting older and just worried if its going to get harder.
I definitely feel lucky that Nora is here. I think it’s a BIG misconception a lot of people have about ivf. They think it always works. But it’s really hard. I don’t think we will do a fet on our embryo. I am wishing you so much luck Katherine. And I’m sending you a big hug. Infertility was the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced.
@@bookishfairygodmother thanks! I will need alot of luck!
Congrats and I missed if you had to take anaesthesua to retrieve your eggs.
Congratulations!!
Thank you so much!
I'm happy for you. I just saw your video that was 3 years ago and you were explaing your plan for Jan IVF. I guess you didn't get pregnant in that cycle right?
We only ended up doing IVF in December. I ended up getting pregnant naturally before then. I ended up having a miscarriage with that pregnancy which was very hard. We were lucky that our first round of IVF worked
Can I just say how happy I am for you?????
Hello I’m going trough IVF right now and I have a few questions. Did you do PGT test on the embryos? If not, why you decided not to do it? Also, by watching your video, it looks like you didn’t have to wait too much between retrieval and transfer. Can you elaborate how this part worked for you? Is just that my retrieval was on May and I don’t even have transfer until August or September… I don’t know why they are having a huge gap and making me wait so long😞. This is making me very anxious. Thank you I hope you can respond. 💕
Hi Sheila! Wishing you the best of luck with your IVF process. For myself, we live in Ontario and are lucky enough to get IVF for free. BUT they don't do PGT testing. And for myself we did a fresh embryo transfer meaning I did all the retrieval part and then a transfer soon after (same cycle). That said they also froze my other embryos that I had as well. I think you need to ask your doctor why you need to wait. Sometimes it's for the sake of the woman's body to let it rest.
Congrats!
I just got some bad news from my doctor, and was curious about your story. Did you have the antimullerian hormone test done? If so, what was your result? So happy for you and your family!
Hi Trisha. I'm sorry you got some bad news. My doctor didn't want to test amh. I'd really recommend reading It Starts With the Egg. If it's low ovarian reserve you're dealing with, her supplement routine might help! I was only focused on the amount of follicles I had the whole time and making the eggs as good quality as possible...
@@bookishfairygodmother Thanks, I will definitely get my hands on that book!
I just came across your channel and I think this is the story I need to hear..that there is hop and light at the end of the tunnel. I want to go for my 6th IVF. it is davistating mentally, emotionally and financially. However, I am trying to see what other couples went through so i get some tips of what went wrong and what did not. I just have a question if you don't mind. were you late 30s when you did your IVF? I am 42 now and I've been trying for 13 years now.. with one successful IVF but had a miscarriage after the first trimester. Please let me know! Thanks
Sending you so much light and love. I was 37 when I did ivf. I read a book that really helped me called It Starts With The Egg by Rebecca Fett. I did her advanced plan. That said it really is exhausting and I’m wishing you so much luck
@@bookishfairygodmother thanks dear! I am in Canada too and here doctor did not care much about the Natural killer cells in which in my 2nd IVF the doctor told me I had them and he thought I should have medication to make my immunity drops so my body doesn't fight the embryo. I am not sure if this doctor would do something preventable this time 😤🙁
Congrats did u had pgs test for the embryos
Congratulations!! How old are you?
Thank you! I'm 37.
thank you for your sharing. Please Have you take dhea in this cycle?
I don’t remember now
Ur an inspiration.
Oh boy. Thank you!!
Congratulations xxxxx🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🥰🥰
Thank you!!
Congrats 🥰
Congratulations April! I live in Ontario. I’m wondering, do you live in Ontario? If yes, what fertility clinic did you go to? I’m currently researching clinics here in Toronto.
Thanks Maria! I live in Ottawa so I went to the Ottawa Fertility Centre. There's just one in this city...wishing you so much luck on your journey!
@@bookishfairygodmother I could tell by your accent you had to be ontario!!
@@bookishfairygodmother Hi..I live in ottawa too and consulting at ottawa fertility center..I m also diagnosed with low ovarian reserve last month and was very disappointed..I m 33 yrs old and It was kind of shocking for me..I would love to connect with you if you dont mind please
@@dr.kavitathanki453 Hi there! i hope you know that there's still lots of options for you even with low ovarian reserve! IVF is a wonderful thing for us! :)