The problem is that there are no symptoms of a failed IVF cycle.
After the embryo is transferred, no one knows whether or not the embryo will implant, which means you don’t know whether the IVF is going to succeed or whether it’s going to fail.
The symptoms and signs during the two week wait are exactly the same in both successful as well as failed IVF cycles, because they’re the result of the estrogen and progesterone which are given to you for luteal phase support.
This is why it’s impossible for you to make out whether the embryo is implanting or not, even though your mind will play all kinds of games with you.
You can only find out the outcome after you do your blood test for checking your beta hCG level. If it’s negative, you know the cycle has failed. The blood test is the only reliable test , and even urine pregnancy tests aren’t very accurate .
Of course, the next question is – Why did the cycle fail ?
However, there’s no point in allowing your mind to play games with you during the two week wait , since you can’t influence the outcome in any case. Thus, even if you bleed during the two week wait , you could still be pregnant, so hang in there , until you get your beta HCG results !
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