I had my little girl on the 30th of January 2019 whilst still breastfeeding my little boy who was 2.5yrs old at the end of February. I lived in the UK for nearly 8.5 years and my son was born via IVF in August 2016. I moved back home to Australia in June 2017 with my English husband and son and our one remaining frozen embryo was left in the UK. When we had IVF, my eggs had been harvested at one hospital (my local one) and put with sperm at another hospital (as the first hospital could only harvest eggs at the time) and we also transferred at this hospital. We wanted to do a frozen embryo transfer before moving back to Australia, and had been told at the first hospital to stop breastfeeding, but my son was too young at that point anyway. We moved back to Australia and still kept our embryo in storage. We looked at transferring our embryo from the UK hospital to Australia even though is expensive. In the end we got a referral to a local fertility clinic and they told me it was better to do our frozen embryo transfer in the UK due to transfer costs etc. The timings were perfect as we were about to go to the UK in May 2018, so we started our protocol for a medicated frozen embryo transfer so the transfer could be controlled easier due to travelling overseas. I started by taking progynova (estradiol valerate) on the second day of my period. I had a scan to check the lining of my uterus before we travelled, and started the endometrin pesaaries (progesterone) on the flight over (we controlled the timing to make sure the tablets were taken at the correct time due to time zone changes). In the UK, my bloods were taken and consent forms were signed on the 21st May, then the frozen embryo transfer went ahead on the 23rd of May. I did not tell the clinic I was still breastfeeding. My supply dipped a bit but didn't go completely. I had no pain and my little boy still nursed and was nursing after she was born. He went through a period of not wanting to nurse when our little girl was 6 weeks old, but is still going now at 18 weeks. My milk came back 100% but it took awhile as I had a post partum haemarrage at home when she was six days old so had to have another trip to hospital, including going to theatre and staying in hospital. All went well and we came home and had some relaxing days as much as possible; i'm very glad my husband had some leave. Thank you for the support to keep breastfeeding whilst doing the frozen embryo transfer. I have found this page and the people in it very helpful for sure. Written by Sarah Edited by Ali
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