Signs Your Embryo Transfer May Have Been Successful

No symptoms after your embryo transfer If you haven’t experienced any of the above symptoms, don’t worry–10 to 15% of women don’t have symptoms following their embryo transfer, and these side effects are often a combination of progesterone and estrogen.

When this happens, a woman’s body begins to produce the pregnancy hormone (hCG) from cells in the developing placenta. Home urine test: Depending on when implantation occurs, pregnancy may be able to be detected in certain early home pregnancy tests as soon as five days after a transfer of a 5-day embryo.

1. Spotting.
2. Cramping.
3. Sore breasts.
4. Tiredness.
5. Nausea.
6. Bloating.
7. Discharge.
8. Increased urination.

In fact, even if you have no pregnancy symptoms, you may be pregnant. It’s really impossible to tell. Pregnancy symptoms can be attributed to side effects of progesterone supplementation, the fertility drugs you’re taking, and even stress. Who doesn’t feel nauseated and fatigued during IVF?

Remember, a negative test does not mean you will never get pregnant or that you have ‘failed’. Although some couples have successful IVF first time, it is not unusual to need more than one cycle to conceive. It also does not mean that IVF and fertility treatment will not work for you.

This is because hCG levels are often elevated from medications used to harvest eggs for IVF treatment. Because of this, women who undergo fresh embryo transfer are advised to wait two weeks before taking a pregnancy test.

Cramps. Period type cramps are very normal during the period between your transfer and the pregnancy test, especially quite soon after an embryo transfer. You might also experience them approximately seven to 10 days after an insemination.

In the case of in vitro fertilization (IVF), the fertilized eggs or human blastocysts normally hatch out of their shell and start to implant about 1 or 2 days after the 5th day of the IVF blastocyst transfer. This means the implantation takes place about 7 to 8 days after fertilization of the egg.

What food should I eat? Think lots of fresh fruits, vegetables, good quality proteins, nuts and seeds, healthy fats and whole grains. The key here is blood sugar control to support implantation and early embryo development, so limit the junk and focus on real, nutrient-dense food.