8 day post frozen transfer

[babyhope0411]

i had a transfer 8 days ago and now i'm on my couch with cramps. i took a hpt on sunday and it was negative. i'm worried. is any of this normal?

[neangel]

i also did a 2 day transfer on the 21st from a donor egg. i started having cramps from day 5 of pt. i also have this pain iin my back and yeaterday being day 7, my mouth started testing bitter as if am going to have malaria.  no other sign but still cramping from time to time.  took a home test today and iy was BFN.  what do you advise.  yhis is the second ivf.  the first one was successful, i have a 14 month old baby girl, same donor egg but cant remember having these signs. kindly advice me.

[Elaine Brown, MD]

Hi!
Cramping after IVF is very common.  Bleeding is relatively common too.  Neither one can be interpreted as a good or a bad sign.  You are extremely close to your official HCG test, and should be able to know very soon how things went with the embryos.
Tylenol would be OK in the meantime! And be sure to call your doctor if you have any elevated temperatures with the cramping (>100.5F).
Good luck!
Dr B