The mind numbing boredom of infertility III

[icy121]

Are you Barren & Bored? You've come to the right place!

We do: swearing, empathy, bitterness, tears, sardonic laughter, glittery shit and mocking idiots who know nothing jon snow.

We don't do: baby dust, relentless positivity, "u ok hun", "I had a friend who..", pithy advice or sentimentality generally.

Previous threads 1 and 2.

Now that you've got all that down, welcome to the barren ghetto.

Well that thread got my blood boiling. Then I felt sorry for the poor cow, she obviously has issues!! Some odd people knocking about MN.
Hello petite glad you found us. You've been through quite a bit of shit! Best of luck for now. Hope we can support you on here.
Welcome angelica sounds like you and DH could do with a bloody break. It's so hard to keep strong when everyone around you is popping babies out. Do you have an idea when you'll be ready to try another cycle?
banana you trooper!! Cannot believe you'll have EC tmz! It's all happened super fast! Hope you get a great yield for the testing.
pea be honest did it hurt? I just cannot imagine stabbing my self, suppose it's different when it comes to it.
bean how was the wine? Hope it helped loads, minus a hangover.
zenie hope the appointment went well

Better actually do some work now!

pebbles honestly, it didn't hurt at all. The nurse said to be brave and confident and just plunge it in and then it won't hurt, it is if you are nervous and start poking the skin trying to work up the courage to jab it in that it hurts as that is where the nerve endings are. Of course I imagine it will start to hurt more once I am into week 2 of stabbing and running out of new places to stab. It also helps that I am only on 75 dose so not a lot to inject. I imagine it might bruise a bit more if you were putting 300 in. The needle is really tiny and I really hate the things but I guess my desire to get up-duffed is greater than my fear....

Hi all, nice to see some new barrens delurking. Sorry to hear about all your travails but as everyone else has said, if you have to go through this shit it's great to have the support of the fab IVF fiends on this thread who just get the fear, sadness and boredom of infertility.

Hope all stabbing, EC, ET, 2wwaiting etc is going well. At this end I can confirm that waiting to ovulate is just as mind-numbingly boring as the rest of it. Have the fear that all my 100 million OPKs are broken. I know the follie is there. I saw it! Come on!

Lovely new stash of fancy drugs in my fridge. Been for my first ever acupuncture session and didn't punch the therapist (i am quite sensitive). Got a home loan. Pretty productive day, really.

Can I ask about dietary changes? Who's done it? What have you done?

On the stabs, I find pinching and then kind of pulling the pouch of fat away from body is the best way to help minimise pain. The fat pads right under belly button (don't pretend you don't have em too 💁) are best in my experience! I can't do the stab motion so I ice the area and kind of lean into it. Whatever works eh!

zenzie I did a higher protein lower carb diet, aiming for 40% protein and sub 30% carb. No snacking at all, stuck to either 2 or 3 "eating Windows". Taking met though because of pcos linked insulin resistance. What's your doc advised?

icy yes, I realised straight away that all the effort put in over my life to eat all the cake was extremely worthwhile now I have to stab every night

And today I ovulate! Not that it'll do much good, but at least the ovaries are pretending to be useful. I'm on night duty this week so extra grumpy and extra barren. Someone show me the cake!

Zenzie, I try to be low carb in general as I too have pcos. During my first cycle, I put loads of pressure on myself to be uber healthy and it stressed me so much I was more relaxed on diet for the other goes. Second cycle went better than first despite the occasional so I don't think diet makes as such of a diff as they say unless you are really unhealthy.

Pea the stabbing is honestly not as bad as I anticipated. The thinking about it is worse than the doing.
Pebbles - actually I'm ok. I think I did all my upset and anger when we heard about the fertilisation so I'm just pleased it's over and I'm not on any meds now. I'm not hungover as ended up feeling really sick so didn't drink! What a cop out. My near tea total 6stone dripping wet (but lovely) MIL is coming to stay this weekend too so won't be able to splurge then!
Banana - good luck. You've got the socks so what can possibly go wrong?

Echoing bean - the thought of the jabs is way worse than the actual doing thereof

Thanks to bean for the seriously awesome socks I shall be sporting to EC tomorrow

I mean - pink knee high duelling unicorn vs narwhal, what's NOT to love?!

www.sockittome.com/women/knee-socks-women/unicorn-vs.-narwhal.html

bananafish those socks are AWESOME! Best of luck for tomorrow, and good luck to everyone else in the thread (posters and lurkers!) who are stabbing, low carbing or waiting for the next step.

Glad to hear you're doing ok bean xxxx

Thanks ladies for the stabbing advice. Will use all of them. So I'll grab my fat, be brave and lean into the needle....got it!
Oh not the MIL bean what have you done to deserve a visit! Hopefully you can have a glass on her exit.
banana the socks are a must.
So zenzie you have your hands on fancy drugs, does these mean you will be starting in the next weeks/month?
forgive me nurse I have forgotten where you're upto. Are you still waiting to see the specialist so trying the good ol fashion way?

You lot are making me feel guilty I've ditched the super super healthy diet. Still eat very healthy main meals and breakfast but snack like a stoned teenage boy. I figure going the gym a lot and not drinking balance it out??
So now I am waiting for AF....bored!

Oh pebbles you can eat with me. It's mainly gin and Hotel Chocolat right now. And lots of potatoes, pasta and bread (that name's there for a reason ;-)

icy doctor hasn't advised anything except take folic acid and stop drinking when you start the ivf cycle. The acupuncturist suggested reducing red meat, refined sugar, gluten and caffeine (but not cutting them out). I already eat quite heartily but I do love cakes etc and probably should eat more veg. So I'm just mulling over options.

pebbles yep, first ivf cycle to begin whenever my period turns up, so within the next week I think. Eep.

The acupuncturist probably isn't a dietician, so I'd ignore the spurious "gluten free" and "refined sugar" stuff. If you're not coeliac, you can eat gluten!! Because PCOS is related to testosterone/insulin the dietary advice my doc gave was basically the same as for type 2 diabetes.

The nurses said something to me about limiting insulin reaction as means body can focus on growing good quality follies instead. I was fairly strict, but then because I've not done a cycle where my dies was lax it's impossible to tell if made a difference. I just thought this is costing me £6k so let's make it worthwhile.

Yes, I'm not too bothered about it! She wasn't hardline about it, just made some suggestions. I think reducing refined sugar isn't a terrible thing so I might see how I go. Haven't stopped drinking yet though... Having a couple of big dinner parties this weekend, so perhaps after that...

Bloody hell. 28 eggs!!

Just have to hope they're not all immature and there's a few decent ones in there....!!

Go banana! Throwing glittery dog shit in industrial sized quantities at your Petri dishes.

Well done, banana, that's excellent work

28! Well done banana (and the unicorns and narwhals). A truly epic number! Hope you're not feeling too sore.

You'll have a good amount of good eggs from those no.s banana hope you're not in any discomfort
potatoes can we be real life friends! The only other thing missing from your diet to make me jealous is Gin!
zenie we could be starting together. I am slap waiting for AF Please stick around for moral support.

Ladies, I am having a well deserved break this bank holiday. Will see you all in June

Fantastic banana!! Hope you're not too swollen/sore.

Feet up now and a slab of dairy milk I reckon! Immaculate timing also, got those little eggy buggers out in time for the weekend

Gin! Gin! Have one for me, ladies. Well jel. Trying to stop myself testing early; massive head fuck that would be.

Karla - are you out there?

Hey, yep I'm still here.. Been checking in on you all every now and then.

Had a bit of an up and down week.

Up= got a new job/promition(well done me!)

Downer= rumour mill got going when colleagues saw my 'congrats' bouquet and thought I was pregnant so got asked a few times about that.'ahh I though you were pregnant' 'are you not going to start a family then?' 'You're not getting any younger you know' etc etc.. Cue me just squirming in my seat..
Then I started stressing about appointments etc whilst trying to settle into a new job.

Currently 8DP5DT (is that the right way of saying it?) and obv's tested again! It couldn't be more negative.
OTD is Monday but feeling rather hormonal and pre menstrual.

Although I had a pretty easy cycle, feeling exhausted about doing it all over again! Contemplating a break for a couple of months..it makes me a bit relieved to think about that. Isn't that weird? It would be quite liberating to choose not to be pregnant for a while!

Anyway enough of my waffle, I am
thinking of all of you dieting, not dieting, stabbers, waiters and newbies and well done banana on your bumper stock of eggs! I bet ur in shock! Fx for some ripe ones .
Have a good bonk holiday weekend!
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