IVF, anyone had the same?

[Littlelantern]

Have started IVF (unexplained infertility) apart from being so bloated and a little emotional it's going ok. Doctors seem positive, we are fairly young and all of our tests have come back good.

I don't know how to explain this but my period doesn't stop for anything. For example I could never take the pill to stop my period (for a holiday or event), I would still bleed. I can be stressed etc and it may be a day late but I have never missed a period! I am so worried that even though everything might seem 'well' that I will have my 2ww and af will rear her ugly head. Will a possible pregnancy be strong enough to stop my period ( I know that doesn't even make sense!)

Is this just a fear because of the amount of times I've had my period each month and just wanted to cry?

I just can't face the thought of what happens if this doesn't work.

If it's IVF, then presumably even before your embryo transfer you're going to get some meds to help. Also, IVF doesn't work more often than it does so there are no guarantees... just take it one day at a time and see what happens.

You might also post in Infertility as that would be more relevant.

I want to reassure you.
If you are pregnant, the hormones present in yoUr body WILL be strong enough to maintain the pregnancy.
That's because your preuods are due to the progesterone levels dropping (rather than rising) and they won't do that because of the pregnancy.

What you are describing is pretty normal. And I agree with you, this is more about fear after such a long time trying.

Good luck with it :):)

Oh an de yes, they also normally give women progesterone to keep their levels up just in case!

Completely understand your fears - the medication you will be prescribed will 'take over' your cycle and the doctors will adjust the doseage accordingly. Best of luck with your cycle x

Thank you @eternal and @clickncollect It's all making me so irrational!

The hormones will be up and down so you're bound to feel irrational - I remember the feelings well.
What stage are you at? Really hope it's going well for you. I'm certainly no expert (or doctor!) but have been through the process myself so completely understand what you're going through.

Thanks @clickncollect I've kept it really private so no-one knows what's going on which is good but also hard. Have been doing injections for the past week and a bit. In for my first scan and bloods this morning to see how the injections are going. I'm finding the menopur hard and have really bruised my tummy with it so feeling a bit sorry for myself!!
How did yours go? Really hoping all went well for you.

I was the same - didn't want an audience while we went through it. Much preferred it that way.
Thankfully I do have a 14 month old DS as a result of the treatment - we produced 5 embryos during the fresh cycle and the first one they transferred didn't work. I was completely devastated. We then went back for a frozen embryo transfer and transferred two, one of which is my DS. We've just had our initial appointments to start an FET for a sibling.
How did your appointment go today? Hope all went well.

So pleased for you! It's so nice to hear a positive outcome.
It went ok thank you, I've had to increase the menopur and had quite a lot of follicles. Back Monday to check again.
Do you have some embryos reserved from last time? Exciting for your family, hoping all is well for you.

@clickncollect also did you do anything differently for the 2 cycles?

Hop over to the infertility board, lots of great support over there too

That's brilliant @littlelantern - really pleased to hear the appointment went well. It all
moves quite quickly now so you should t be far off egg collection!
In terms of doing anything different - I had an endometrial scratch and acupuncture for my frozen cycle. Whether they did the trick I don't know, but I'm hoping to do both again for my FET. My clinic only offer the scratch to aged 37 and under which I was last time but I'm 39 now.... so yes we have two embryos left in the freezer. I would love it to work again but I am forever grateful that I got one baby so if that is my lot, then so be it and I'll still feel like I won the lottery.
Best of luck for tomorrow's appointment.