Slept poorly night after embryo transfer - worried I hurt my chances
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Anonymous
| Yesterday I had an FET, and slept poorly last night. Fell asleep very late and woke up in the middle of the night to toddler crying. Every little thing during this process feels so potentially important - does anyone know if lack of sleep after transfer impacts success? Sleep is one of those things mentioned on random websites along with eating right, lowering stress, etc, so I don't know how important it actually is. This was a 5-day blastocyst and I know they implant in the first 1-2 days so I am so nervous. |
Anonymous
| Don't worry a single bit about this. A healthy embryo is a little parasite and will happily burrow its way in. |
Anonymous
| Don’t worry. I’ve had three post-ivf miscarriages and after my last transfer I had essentially a low level panic attack for 2-3 days post transfer (elevated heart rate, wasn’t sleeping, overwhelming anxiety). And now I’m 27 weeks pregnant! I totally thought I screwed it up too. |
Anonymous
| Thanks so much, PPs. |
Anonymous
| Definitely not! People say these things because they want the illusion of control, but it’s mostly just luck at this point. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| I really would not worry about it. I was so worried about my 6th round. I had been commuting back and forth to NY to cycle with Cornell. For the most part I didn’t stay there, I took ~5am buses or trains and then came home in the afternoon. On the day of my transfer my bus broke down on the side of the road in New Jersey! It was SO stressful. I called an Uber which had a hard time finding us. Eventually got in an Uber, eventually got through to clinic and told them I’d be late. Spent the whole ride stressing about the insane cost of the ride. I was not in a calm or receptive state of mind for the transfer! And after all those cycles, that was the one that worked. Good luck to you! |
Anonymous
| Do not worry! I was sick when I had the transfer. Came down with the flu and was throwing up for days. That transfer resulted in my 16 year old son who’s now sitting across the room from me studying for his history final exam. |
Anonymous
| I might be the outlier but I slept poorly a couple days and the day leading up to my transfer and it failed. I think it did because of lack of sleep and stress. Planning on making some changes. |
Anonymous
| Sleeping poorly or wonderfully has no impact on whether an embryo is going to take. Good luck with your cycle. |