Hello all, hope you can help! I've had a check through old threads and not really found what I need.
We had our first trip to the IVF clinic last week and it was all very efficient if a little impersonal. They worked out the dates and said that based on my cycle etc they would plan to start the down-regulation injections around the 5th January. I think the injections are subcutaneous Suprecur. Great that we can get started ... but I have a set of exams for two full days shortly afterwards (real bastard-hard exams too, that cost me hundreds of pounds for the fees). I could of course delay until the next month, but I'm nearly 39, and my NHS funding expires at 40 ... it would be awful to run out of time before I run out of cycles (funded for two fresh + two frozen).
They said the possible side effects of down regulation were hot flushes/night sweats and irritability. I'm probably going to be irritable anyway due to exam stress but I can probably stay on top of that, but I'm worried that I might not sleep well. I'm also worried that the down-regging might affect memory / concentration / cognition - basically, I'm worried it might make me stupider. This would not help with exams!!
So how did it feel for you?
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How did downregging feel for you?
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CatnipMouse · 14/12/2014 21:54
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