IVF January / February - anyone else?

[jonrik]

Hi ladies,

this is my first time doing IVF so a fresh cycle. My first day of my period was yesterday and I now officially have my first appointment in the calendar: Day 21 on the 5th of January to start the meds. Eek! Very exciting.
I haven't been able to think of anything else yesterday, walking through the calendar, when egg retrieval might be, when transfer might be, when will I know etc. I feel it's not going to be a very productive couple of months at work with me being so distracted.
I feel quite quite unsure of what all happens next - the nurses were very much of the opinion "we'll take it one step at the time, don't worry about everything that will need to happen now" but that also means apart from the first appointment and which week potentially may be egg retrieval, I actually know very little of what will happen next and that makes me a bit nervous.

Anyone else on the same schedule? We haven't told anyone we're going through this so it'd be great to chat to someone other than my partner about the rollercoaster this is!

Hi jonrik.. I am starting microgynon on 10th jan and then 26 days after that will start my stims. It is very exciting, I had a successful fresh cycle years ago and then a failed FET from that cycle so I’ve been through the mill somewhat, but still looking forward and hoping this fresh cycle is successful.

I know what you mean, it’s so time consuming researching and planning and thinking about it all! Re what’s going to happen once you start the stim injections it’s just that and going in for scans to monitor follicle development. When they tell you to take the trigger injection it’s all very exciting as you know you are ready to move to egg collection and find out how many eggs you’ve got etc.

After that it’s a fraught few days when you (may) get daily updates from the embryologist about how your embryos are doing and when your doc is thinking to transfer. This is how the cycle went for me a few years ago, it may be a bit different now or depending on what procedures you are having

In the meantime, rest up, and eat well! How is your partner feeling about it all?

Hi @mowglika,

thank you, that's great to hear. I'm trying to stay calm and trust the process. Not too much within my control at this stage anyway!

My partner is excited but he's quite happy taking it a step at the time and discuss when there's something to discuss rather than talking through what if's and maybes. He's much more pragmatic and will keep things 'in the real world of facts rather than potentials'. That's great but I quite like to chat even if things aren't yet clear :)
Have you been TTC for long?

I've just noticed there is already a Jan/Feb thread and you're over there also so I'll pop in there :)