The two week wait, honestly
What symptoms can and cannot tell you after a transfer, what the tests actually mean, and what is worth calling the clinic about. Written by someone who has been through it.
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Can You Feel Fertilisation After a Transfer?
The search assumes fertilisation happens inside you. In an IVF cycle it happened in a dish, days earlier, and was phoned through as a number. Here…
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Where the Cramps Are, and Why the Map Is Wrong
Forums map cramps by side and by centre. Pelvic pain does not work that way. Here is what is actually causing the ache, and the few…
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Clots in the Two Week Wait: What They Cannot Tell You
Bleeding happens in pregnancies that continue and in pregnancies that end, so a clot separates nothing. Here is the question it can answer: whether to phone…
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No Bleeding, No Symptoms: Why Absence Is Not Evidence
Most pregnancies involve no implantation bleed at all. Why a completely quiet two week wait is not a result, and why the forums make it feel…
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Quantitative Beta hCG: Why Your Clinic Draws It Twice
A quantitative beta hCG reports an amount rather than a yes or no. Why the second draw does the work, where the expected rise figures came…
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Types of Assisted Reproductive Technology, in Plain Language
IVF, ICSI, IUI, fresh and frozen, donor options and genetic testing, without the acronym soup.
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Home Pregnancy Test After IVF: The Trigger Shot Problem
A trigger shot can produce a positive that is not a pregnancy. Here is how to think about testing early.
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The Beta hCG Test: What That Number Actually Tells You
Why the day matters, why one number means less than two, and why comparing yours online will hurt.
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Discharge in the Two Week Wait: What Progesterone Does
Almost always the pessaries rather than the embryo. Here is what is ordinary and what is not.
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Implantation Bleeding or Period? Why the Usual Test Fails
The standard comparison assumes a natural cycle. Progesterone support changes it, and here is how.
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Brown Spotting After Embryo Transfer: What It Usually Means
Brown usually means older blood. Here is what causes it after a transfer and when to call.
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Implantation Bleeding Symptoms: Why They Prove Nothing
Less common than people think, and after IVF there are several other explanations for spotting.