Cycle buddies Oct/Nov 16

[Hope2409]

Hello,

Is anyone else about to start a cycle?
I start down regulating on Sunday, estimated embryo transfer week beginning 21st Nov, this will be my first round of IVF/ICSI after 3.5 years trying to concieve.

Mixture of emotions, excited to be starting after waiting so long to get here, nervous about side effects of drugs and injecting and terrified it wont work! The joys of infertility!

Xxx

Just off to take my second pill and had a flashback and realised that microgynon is the first pill I was ever prescribed as a horny teenager to STOP me getting pregnant... if you'd told me then that one day I'd be taking it to GET pregnant I'd have thought you were crackers!

Sending good luck and patience to everyone :)

Ooh Kez it looks more when it's all lined up like that! Good job on the ol' injections there!

Custard good luck with the blood test today!

Glass & Ekam good luck to you both for EC today! Hope you get some lovely strong eggs!

Fluffy thanks Hun, I'm actually looking forward to tonight's injections already. It's my 10 minutes where I can pretend I'm a scientist!

Hobbes I never had to down reg but from what I can understand, the baseline scan is the scan before stims so they can measure your uterus and ovaries before they get bigger

kez well done!!!!

Good luck to everyone!

glass let us know how yours goes.

Will do. Scheduled for 12.30.

Note for others: you can't wear perfume for ET.

I got up and went for full war paint/hair/outfit to distract myself and feel 'ready' for this. And now have to go and wash all my Chanel off before I go in.

Ditto for your partner if he's attending too.

Good luck to you both today!

Afternoon lovely ladies

Glass & Ekam hope all went okay at EC?
I did read that about no perfume, make up, hair spray or deodorant at EC, I'm gonna be a right whiffy stig when my time comes!

Custard hope the blood test went ok?

Day 2 of menopur injections for me.
To those that have taken it previously, any side effects? I've been groggy and a bit bloated all day, can't work out if it's the drugs or my mind playing games with me?!

Hi ladies,

Just got back. It all went smoothly. Lining was thick (they didn't tell me how thick) and they transferred the embryo in without any complication. The doctor was well nice.

It feels a bit weird going for a waz right after though, like I was gonna wee my baby out ...

I'm now just resting up. Any tips on the 2ww would be much appreciated. Hope it went smoothly for you glass.

kez sorry I didn't have menopur so can't commend. I'm certain it's the drug though, they seem to all have similar side effect.

I meant comment

ekam exact same here! Have been clenching since I left!

Fingers crossed for us both. God knows how I'm going to last until the 8th November.

Glass & Ekam
I'm so sorry I got myself totally confused, I didn't realise today was ET!!!
And there's me wishing you lots of luck and eggs shame on me.

I'm glad it went smoothly for you both. Sending lots of sticky thoughts to you both and keep busy on your 2ww!!
Did the clinic recommend anything that you do/don't do during the 2w?

Glass and Ekam glad your ET's went smoothly today and i hope your 2ww goes as quickly as possible, fingers crossed for u both xxx
Thanks for the info on not wearing perfume etc... i had read that somewhere but wasn't sure how true it was!

Kez well done with your injections it looks like so much! Have fun playing scientist tonight!

Xx

Glass & Ekam congrats on being PUPO! (Pregnant until proven otherwise 😊) Did you have 1 or 2 embryos transferred? My only advice during the 2ww is to look after yourself, get plenty of rest but keep your mind busy (work? box sets?) and don't be tempted to test early!

Kez yes tiredness and bloating are side effects of Menopur (and stimming drugs in general), usually it gets worse the longer you take the drugs. It would usually take me a few days to feel side effects but I wonder whether because you're on quite a high dose and you don't have regular periods your body will just feel it more? Were you advised to eat lots of protein?

Custard how did you get on today?

Fluffy yes it does feel odd to take the pill during treatment!

I have my suppression scan tomorrow morning.

Hope scientist moment over for one more day! Definitely getting quicker now, I'll be a pro after this 12 day course! .

Blue thanks for that, I thought surely it's too soon to be having side effects but as you said, high dosage and no periods will definitely take its toll on me!
Can I ask, did you inject in tummy or thigh? As last night I did 2 in the tummy, so I thought tonight I'll try thigh. The first one hurt way too much so did the second in tummy. I'm scared I'm going to be covered in red dots from all the needles all over my tummy
And thanks for the heads up about the extra protein, I wasn't advised that no! But will definitely up my intake as from tomorrow!

Kez my first clinic advised me to take stims in the evening, in the thigh, and eat lots of protein. My current clinic want all injections in the morning, in the tummy and don't think extra protein makes a difference

custard how did it go?

Everyone else, hello. I'm so bloated it's unbelievable, I look 5 month preggo 😓. And my cold/cough is getting worse ... Perhaps my body will focus on the cold and just let the embrie hang on.

Also, just checked the cyclogest leaflet and it specifically said "for women undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technology program the dose is 400mg twice a day by vaginal insertion" in bold and everything. It says front and back door can be used if it's used for PMS or post-natal depression. So think I will stick to the front door just to be sure

Good luck Glass and Ekam ! It's a bit strange after ET as suddenly you are left to your own devices for 2 weeks with no monitoring. I've no advice, I'm making a total mess of my 2WW, so don't listen to me.

Gosh a rollercoaster day yesterday. Started with a message saying my FIL has lung cancer, then found out a child has died (died!) from my son's daycare, then my husband finally got a job after almost 2 years looking... then found out the cancer ISN'T confirmed... I'm worn out emotionally. And of course I'm still hoping that all these symptoms are more than just progesterone, but not really believing it.

At least our slightly weird houseguests are gone, so we can settle back into normal life again at home. I'm feeling such an emotional wreak at the moment, and there is just no rhythm to my life. I feel like I'm lurching from one crisis to another.

Sorry, bit of a random rant. I'm just in a weird place today.

kmmr oh gosh I'm so sorry you have to go through so much. Please do look after yourself xx

kmmr what a day of mixed emotions. So sorry to hear about the wee one.

Super news about your DH tho, when does he start?

Morning all.
Blue thanks for that, it's strange how clinics can differ so much isn't it?!
My clinic has advised 2 injections in the evening, tummy or thigh. But after last night, and the lovely bruise that has appeared on my thigh this morning, I think I'll be sticking to the tummy!!
Good luck with your suppression scan this morning.

Kmmr gosh you are going through a lot aren't you!! Hope you are taking care though & looking after yourself. Do you have an OTD? apologies if I've missed you mentioning that.

Ekam hopefully the bloating is giving your embie lots of room to stick . Can I ask, did you have a 3 day or 5 day transfer?

Custard hope the blood test went ok yesterday and you're ready to start stims?

Hope all you other ladies are doing ok

hey kez, sorry I completely missed your question about dos and donts. My clinic didn't say a thing. I didn't even get to see a nurse after... the embryologist and the doctor in the theatre just told me to continue with pessaries, and test on 6th Nov. They don't do blood test either, we just home kit and let them know. I will just have to depend on google. Mine was a 5 day transfer.

I'd imagine it hurt alot more injecting on the thighs... muscles vs. fat. I have abit of a flap around my tummy so I'd like to think that's cushion for the needles.

blue good luck with the scan x

The scan showed that my ovaries are 'quiet' but my lining is not thin enough to start stims - not surprising really as I'm only a day and a half into what's usually a 4 day bleed for me. Sigh. So I'm going back on Tuesday where hopefully it will be thin enough. Also I'm feeling really crappy today, I've got a really bad headache and have been feeling sick 😞 Back in Feb, I had my suppression scan on 18th day of DR, but today is only 14th day so I know it's not a real delay but feels like it! Time has been passing quite quickly but now Tuesday feels so far away!

I suggest Netflix for the 2ww guys. Hope it goes quick for u!

Gosh kmmr hope ur ok and taking care of urself.

Blue - hugs to u.

Feeling rather crap and down myself after a nosy colleague who thinks I'm her friend asked me if there was any 'good news'. To which I replied well it's not really up to me is it. And then she goes 'I know I'm only joking.' well excuse me while I wee myself with laughter.

My bloods from yesterday were fine and I get to start the stims tonight. I've know been promised by 2 nurses that the side effects from down reg will go when I start the stims so hopefully I'll get a few days not feeling crappy before the side effects of the stims start! Will be having another blood test on Tuesday

Glass and Ekam glad ET went well, try to keep your mind busy but don't over do it. I found adult colouring books good for keeping my mind busy.

Kmmr sorry to hear your having such a hard time

Blue that's annoying about your scan but it does sound like it's just a bit early, fingers crossed for Tuesday for you

Hello ladies,

kmmr so sorry to hear about all that it sounds very full on, hope yr ok.

blue that is very annoying, hope tuesday comes round quick for u.

custard good luck starting yr stims tonight!

liberte sorry to hear yr feeling crap, that was really mean and insensitive of yr colleague, its no bloody joke.

Walked out on a conversation at work today, a group of colleagues were talking about people having children (most of them have several children) and how important they think it is that u have more than one and the benefits of children having siblings and they can't understand why people just have one, children need siblings blah blah. I was there thinking it would be amazing to have one at all let alone more and i wanted to scream it isnt always as easy as just having a child and then another u f idiots!
But none of them know im having ivf so thought a crazy outburst might be random so i made an excuse and just walked away savage and upset!!!