I have had trigger shot yesterday for first time

@Melpainter hey it was my works Christmas party yesterday so that was a busy tiring day! Our party starts in the morning so home by 6. Ooh that’s a great size follicle!! How do they know it will rupture by itself? Could they not give you a trigger anyway to be sure? I did the trigger Wednesday night I haven’t felt anything I don’t think but I don’t really know what I would feel! 2ww starts today for me and hopefully you will be in it to!!xxx

Morning, how are you both?
I’ve had my scan this morning and I’ve got a big fat juicy follicle of 18.2mm a thick lining and a positive ovulation test so they said I won’t need to trigger because I will do it by myself apparently…I did mention that in one of my cycles I had a 17mm follicle and it never ruptured so are they sure I will defo ovulate on my own ..? But she said you wouldn’t have a positive ovulation test if you weren’t about to rupture. So here’s hoping fingers crossed it happens either today or tomorrow. So can start tww with you @Alexis7890. how are you feeling? xxx

Thank you I will, I’ve been thinking about your situation and I’d be raging if they missed my ovulation because of an inexperienced sonographer especially by how much they charge per protocol I’m so relieved for you that they didn’t miss it! Excited to symptom check with you too! Did you inject last night? I ovulated exactly 36 hours after my last trigger I felt every little niggle. The nurse told me to use second morning wee on their tests (onestep test) cheap ones from Amazon strange cause they usually says fmu for tests x

Everything crossed for you for Friday! You never know the ovulation tests might have a good result tomorrow 😊 hopefully we will be going into the tww together!! Keep me updated and here if you fancy a chat xxx

Yer I have enough for tomorrow so will keep going on my own protocol until Friday
I pray they say I can trigger on Saturday as much as I get frustrated with the tww I can’t actually wait to be in the tww, strange mind lol.
have a lovely evening 🥰😉 xxx

@Melpainter thank you, I can only assume the Monday nurse didn’t check properly! Why wouldn’t they listen about your clear blue one? That’s annoying! Are you going to do 2 more high doses?xx

@Alexis7890 OMG that’s awsome
news!!!! So they called me and said carry on with injections and go back Friday for scan to hopefully trigger on Saturday, they also gave me two ovulation kits and said do them tomorrow if they are positive I have to call them, I said my clearblue one has flashing smiley face but she wasn’t interested in that lol x

That’s good! Have you heard from them yet? Yeah no point telling them but shows it worked! I think the nurse I saw on Monday didn’t check properly, a different one had grown to 17.5 so she said to do an extra gonal f injection this afternoon then trigger it tonight! That was progress I didn’t see coming and clearly it was bigger than 9mm on Monday xx

Fingers crossed for your one 🤞 they said my follicle is now 14mm on the left side they going to call me later to see if I keep going or just go straight for the trigger I didn’t tell them I’ve been upping my dose! She just said to me that’s the beauty of ovaleap it’s very effective! Yer if you give us the right dosage! x

Ah exciting! Good luck for your appointment! I’ve got one for today at 10:30 xx

that sounds frustrating! I am a little excited because I just did a clearblue fertility test and I got a flashy smiley face… my protocol (not theirs) may have done the job! Fingers crossed 🤞 xx

@Melpainter i don’t even officially have an appointment yet…..so might not be going and go Thursday instead! She was trying to book me for 10:30 tomorrow as the patient that is booked at that time was keeping it in case she needed it, the doctor doesn’t think she does but they can’t get hold of the patient to say if she does or not. So if they can’t get hold of her they can’t give the appointment away….if not tomorrow I think they can squeeze me in at 11 on Thursday which is a really awkward time for me but will have to just make it work! How about you?xx

@Alexis7890 how you feeling about tomorrow xx

@Dachshund1 hope you are okay, nothing you said was rude. I am also here if you ever want a chat, we can definitely keep the chat open and going. It is fab chatting to you both and people going through the same thing. Be kind to yourself and try to enjoy Christmas as much as you can xxx

@Dachshund1 you didn’t come across rude at all I’m so sorry to hear that you started with a bleed today, could it be implant bleeding ?
i will be here if you ever wanna chat lovely it’s so nice to be able to speak with people who understand each and every little frustration xxx sending big big hugs xxx

I understand completely, for me I want to stay positive and optimistic but get a niggle of what if it never happens am I being happy for no reason but then I also believe that you gotta think lucky to be lucky! Ask, believe and receive and all that lol we will get there in the end lovely xxx

Yeah maybe! I do wonder if they realise the extent it affects mental health as it consumes my whole life, usually I’m the most Christmassy person I know and this year I keep trying but can’t with this not working xx

Maybe we should go bold next time and tell them what’s what! x

They keep telling me to stay low and gradually increase to avoid over stimulating….well stimulate something!!! Mine was 13 last Tuesday now is 11 6 days later so god knows what’s happening with either of us! No one can seem to give me any answers though xx

Well I don’t blame you for wanting to crank it up! Tbh I’ve already done that tonight cause I know 75 won’t do s#!t 😉 watch me now go on Wednesday and have them say I’ve over stimulated lol yer that won’t happen!
what I would like to know is how long can a follicle stay at 11mm cause it’s been that for 6 days! x

I have googled all sorts, saw one thing saying drinking milk can help, I’m lactose intolerant but still considered trying it! It is so tempting to crank the dial on the pen up to a higher dose to try to get the follicle moving!! I’m not sure how long they will want to keep trying to grow the same follicles before cancelling it and saying stop and start again on a new cycle

I know what you mean, it does feel a little like they are just dragging this on for their own benefit and pocket! how slow do they have to go!
so I’ve read stuff on helping the follicles grow

1.Eat foods rich in antioxidants

1. Eat a bigger breakfast
2. Avoid trans fats
3. Cut down on carbs if you have PCOS
4. Eat fewer refined carbs

The list goes on here is the link below

www.healthline.com/nutrition/16-fertility-tips-to-get-pregnant#10.-Get-active

@Melpainter im on 75 now as well. I feel like they should have changed it on Friday when it hadn’t really progressed since Tuesday. I have quite a few small follicles and 1 that’s around 12mm so I think it’s shrunk but nothing really going anywhere. Convinced they’re going to do a couple more checks then say nope cancelling this one start again after Xmas. I can’t see them wanting to do monitoring between Xmas and new year and it’s not far away now!xx