IVF , do you inject ovaleap injection in thigh or tummy?

[ShareLove]

Hi just wondering where you inject yours thanks

I’m sure my next ivf cycle FET will fail again , I’m 100% sure . I just know it , everything is against me , I mean EVERYTHING , it’s seems like I’m never ment to be a mum and I don’t know why I don’t deserve to be a mum . I am so so strong going through 5 losses already and still managing to work live life ect but I’m just wondering when will the time come when I say enough is enough ??? I just can’t imagine my life without a child and people asking me when I’m going to have a child ……

@ShareLove
You've got to try and remain positive. I know you think that it will never happen, but stressing out about it isn't going to help you. You'll be making your self poorly.

Not that I'm comparing our situations, because we all have different situations. But you do have time on your side. I'm 41 in August. And whilst I know fact that we have left it too late, I think we are doing all we can and if it doesn't happen it doesn't happen. I know that's easy for me to say right now. I just keep thinking I'm gonna be 60 and having a 21 year old. Then I get upset thinking will I die and leave my child motherless. I've had my sisters boys today, and they are growing up so much . 14 and 11 thankfully atm they love coming to my house. And I get delighted when they ring and ask to come over. But I know that one day they won't want to. They'll want to rather be out with their friends than sat with there old aunty.
Don't think I'm patronising you, but have you thought about councilling ? Would you consider adopting if this never worked out ? How does your partner support you ?

I'm 1 of 5, and all my sister have kids. I know they'll all be think when are we/why haven't we had kids. They'll think im fkn crazy if this happens . They all have teenagers and they drive them nuts. But like you say everyone deserves to be a mother. And that's me !!

I get so anxious about going to see people with babies dreading that they ask me when are you having one . I really don't know what to say. One guy asked me the other week 'are you wanting children?' My response was "well yeh if your offering" !!

Truth be told me and my partner haven't havent had sex since we started this IVF journey in august. I think we both feel that we will let the science do it for us. I'm happy to go with that if it brings us our joy.

I feel for you x. And I hope what I've said helps you, even if it's just in a small way .x

@Justawannabemam hey ofcourse you helped me thank you ! And about adopting ect , I think first I will try every single thing I can to have my own , even private clinic when my nhs funding finishes .
And I’m glad I’m 29 still so I am great full that I have bit of time left to seek different methods and medicines .
And also I have been offered councelling but I’m thinking what’s the point ? It won’t bring me my baby , what do I say to them ? Iv never been so i have no interest in councelling because I don’t know what to expect and they can’t say anything to me to make my situation better .
And I am not sure about adopting , iv never thought about this yet . I still belive I’ll have success one day with my own ivf jorney but I’m just too impatient . I think when I’m 36 and still no baby then I’ll think about adoption 😊
I’ll try for the next 6 years still and then I’ll decide .
Do you have any kids already ? Xx
I hope you don’t mind me asking but what made you wait in your late 30 to start trying for a baby ? Did you try many years before and it never happened like me or did you actually only started trying when you were late 30’s? Thinking there won’t be any problems ?
The only reason I found out I had problems is when I fell pregnant at 20 by accident but obviously lost it . So I got so used to the idea that I wanted to try again and then I got pregnant again and again but lost all , then I stopped for few years to give myself a break as I was still so young . But started trying again at 27 and now 29 and had one pregnancy but lost it again but I very much expected it to happen , now hoping for ivf miracle hoping that maybe my progesterone levels were low or bad egg quality ect ? Only way for me to find out is to get pregnant by ivf and see if it works or not , if I get pregnant by ivf and I lose it then I know it won’t be progesterone progesterone problem but something else , And then I’m planning to do immune testing to see if my body rejects my pregnancy’s . You know natural killer testing ? Xx that’s my next step . But it’s in London and I live 5 hours away so that’s my next step if ivf pregnancy fails at the same time again like all the others I lost at 6 weeks .
I hope we both get 2022 pregnancy happy news I’m praying it works for us both it’s so hard isn’t it ?! It’s just constant waiting and waiting for ivf cycle to start and when it fails then wait again for months to start again and again it just takes a lot of energy out of me .

@ShareLove
Of course I don't mind you asking . So I met my partner when I was 27. I just started a good job. So before I was 30 it never entered my head. Then I lost my dad, which hit me hard. We bought a house and done it up. So at this point I'm about 33. We started trying and just said we'll see what happens. After about 18 months nothing. Then suddenly my partner lost his best friend to cancer. And so as a result he suffered badly with depression and anxiety. We drifted apart a bit then we were good. So by then im 35. We said we'd try again but timing never seemed right. I work shifts. He works days . Sometimes I wouldnt see him for 4 days .and when you only have a small window that's a bit hard. I went to my GP around 36, but she ran some bloods n checks and said there wasn't a problem. I went back after about 9 months and got referred to the hospital. I waited and waited for an appointment. I eventually got to see someone in 2019 . Then covid hit . I had app after app cancelled. Had checks done and we found out he had a low sperm count. Never did we think it might have been that. Then we got referred to clinic snd here we are.

@Justawannabemam oh wow yeah that sounds like massive amount of time waiting and waiting with genuine reasons behind it ! I really hope now is your time as well as mine , I hate it when things happen in life where you have to wait for trying to conceive . It’s feels like lifetime , I see you tried quite a long time after 33 and nothing happened ! 18 months , did you use ovulation sticks ?
I really feel for you lovely ! Well I am 29 and I feel like I’m getting old , so we are both very different really, at 30 you didn’t even think about kids yet , yet I am already 10 years into infertility when I hit 30 this year .
So very very different ! I am sooo happy I didn’t start trying first time ever at age 29 (now) because I would have had to lose 3 pregnancy’s first to have blood tests and checks etc , so I’m glad at Neally 30 I’m already at IVF route . Now only just beginning to realise there is a problem with me .
I had all the blood tests done ect , and all is fine ! My partners spend test was also great ! My problem is not getting pregnant but staying pregnant after 6 weeks . So hoping for ivf miracle 😀
I can’t wait to start my FET again !
Rang the clinic today to let Them know that my monthly cycle started so starting norethisterone in 19 days . At least i feel like I’m doing something . And also they be in contact with me about my New medicine delivery ect so I got the ball rolling again
Do you have any frozen embryos left ? Xx are you doing FET ?

@ShareLove no we don't have any frozen we only had 2 made it to blast stage and we put them back in. So it's another fresh cycle.

I'm glad your ahead of the game in terms of age. You'll get there one day my lovely. We both will. Don't be so hard on your self your doing all that is possible and no one can ask anymore than that. X

Hi both,

@Justawannabemam just know every step of the way you are one step closer than before! Same for you @ShareLove!!!

It's understandable to take some time off - mental health is very important and this journey can literally take over your life... For me i think thats why i turned to these forums cus i felt less alone. But it's also true sometimes you just need a break from it all.

I hope you both are doing well and i have my fingers crossed for you both. 2022, new year new start. Sending positive thoughts and also now the docs would know to do things differently in terms of medication and dosages for more chance of a successful cycle!

@ngy21

Thank you . Hope you are well

Yes I think a break from this is in order. X I find my self ready stuff all the time. X

Hi ladies, how are you both?
Lots happening this month - @Justawannabemam you have your scan next week?!

@ShareLove did you have a consultation this month also? or starting meds soon? Sorry have been a little off track!

Hope you're both doing well!

@ngy21 heyyy !!
My consultation is today as they messed up my other appoitment on the 12th of jan ? They accidentally didn’t book me in . And on the 27th I’m going to start the downregging hehe so exited ! Starting again ! Meds arriving next week too !
Hope you both doing good!
@ngy21 how’s your bump growing ?

@ngy21 I know we don’t visit this thread often but it’s just stress and I don’t often feel in the mood to see mumsnet as I get jelous haha

@ShareLove ah nice! hope your consultation goes well :) sounds like you have everything set for next round!

Bump is definitely there now! Before i just wondered if it was just additional layer of fat but can feel it getting more hard/rounder!

And completely understand, as you mentioned in previous post sometimes its just nice to get your mind off things and not visit these posts. Glad you have dates etc and meds on way!!!

Fingers crossed for you that everything goes smoothly and as to plan!!!

Yeh I had my scan Tuesday. I'd had a bleed which had stopped and I've moved onto the next stage . But since he proved about I've started bleeding again. I've rung and they said it's nothing to worry about and keep taking overleap. It's my hormones adjusting she did say if need be they can do EC and freeze. But im not keen in that as we could loose on thaw and because my numbers were low and quality not so good. It could be a wasted cycle . But I guess we wouldn't know . So we will see what happens on Monday . @ngy21.

How are you both feeling ?

Hey both !
I started my down reg today ! Well it’s called zoladex which is injected under my skin and it’s lasts for a month , it’s like a small bullet . So I don’t have to take anything for downreg . I had to go to clinic to get it injected . So I should get my next bleed in about a week , and then I start the estrogen patches again for 4 weeks before the trasfer :) so my trasfer should be in 5-6 weeks from now .
Got all my meds ready !
I had a good chat with consultant who also put me on blood thinners injections , because of my history of misscarriges so that’s great news , also helps with implantation . Anything new is a worth for me . trying so I’m happy about that .
I have 2 times 3BB embryos left so hoping that at least one will be okay , I’m praying ! Last time I got 2 but they didn’t thaw well even when before freeze they were great quality ! So I’m hoping I get better luck next time . Hopefully the other embryos are going to thaw better .
Also good news is that one cycle includes all frozen transfers so I won’t be wasting this cycle for what might be bad quality embryos again. So one cycle counts as fresh new cycle . For example if I get 5 embryos again after fresh collection then I get 5 trasfers again I’m still on my first cycle as I’m using up the 2 other embryos I made first . If they don’t work then I’ll have fresh cycle again and then that’s only my second cycle then . Hope you both well and wishing you @Justawannabemam lots of luck xxx hopefully you’ll get a fresh trasfer ! And yeah I know what you mean about the freeze , you can lose embryos , I lost one already and 2 didn’t thaw well I wish I could have had fresh with my perfect embryo before but I couldn’t as I had OHSS and after freeze it was crap quality !
And @ngy21 hope you exited for you baby to be born not long now ! ]Neally half way there !

Hi ladies,

I know you guys have been chatting for over 6 months now so I hope it's okay for me to join in!

I haven't ready every post but have read throuhh quite a lot of the first ones on this thread and it's been quite helpful to know your journies.

My husband and I have jsut started our IVF journey with CARE and tonight would be my 3rd ovaleap dose. I'm doing alternating doses of 150 and 75 and tomorrow will also add 250 fyremadel in the mornings. I dont feel any different yet and I'm so worried it won't work.
Is it too early to tell do you think?

How are you guys all getting in currently?

@Konnie1991

Hi there

Welcome .!!

I didnt feel any different until about day 7 . I was on 450 overleap. I've just had egg collection today. Thus is our 2nd cycle. We got 7 eggs today . Which is double what we had last time so im hoping we get some fertilised to day 5. They doubled my does and I had an extra 2 days so fingers crossed they are a bit more mature than last time.

Hope it goes well for you .

X

@Justawannabemam Hiya

Oh wow, how are you feeling after the egg retrieval? I wish you all the best with the embryos! Hopefully, you get some healthy ones this time and you don't have to freeze before transfer.

I'm trying not to have my hopes so high but I can't really help myself. I know a lot of people who it didn't work for on round one. In fact, most of the stories I'm seeing are from people who didn't succeed on round one. It's hard to stay grounded for myself regardless. Especially when I'm speaking around so much, trying to keep it from all my relatives, hiding the pen at the back of the fridge and sneaking off at exactly 8pm every night to inject. I kind of just want it to be quick.

@Konnie1991 you sound like me 😂😂. I was flitting off for appointments which is a 5 hour round trip . My family would be ringing asking where I am lols.

Weve only to my MIL and a couple of friends.

It's hard not to get excited trust me !! Everything (I thought,) In our first cycle went perfect . I was probably a bit nieve. I got excited at 4 eggs. When now I see how many others get. Looking back now my last cycle should have been cancelled and started again. But hey I'd have been gutted if they even suggested it

I'm knocking the shine off your journey, just remain positive but like you say ppl often don't succeed on their first round. Infact when i mentioned to the nurse she said exactly the same . They want to see how your body responds. Fingers crossed it works first time for you.

I felt fine yesterday . I was in bed by 730 last night. Had a really good sleep. Hopefully I'll have some to transfer and some to freeze . Fingers crossed .
We got 3 cycles nhs.

Are you private or NHS? Where are you having your treatment ?

*I'm not knocking the shine .

That was meant to say . Sorry @Konnie1991

Hi all! Sorry have been a bit MIA! Lots going on with the house at the moment and getting a little stressful. Got a holiday booked in for next month tho before arrival of little one in June!
Welcome @Konnie1991 :) Don't worry if you're not feeling too much, i think your mind will be more at ease one they do your scans etc. Hope all is going well? My only side effect on stims were headache/nausea for one of the evenings but that was it!

@ShareLove very excited indeed! 23 weeks now, it's crazy! although the other day i had such bad side pains i got worried and was asked to go in to get checked out, all is fine and they suspect it is probably just ligament pains... but i've never had it for 30 mins straight before! Baby's heartbeat was fine and i've been feeling movements still so all good. Got my MW appoint in 2 weeks for a check up and i guess that's when they will start measuring growth as well?

@Justawannabemam congrats on your egg retrieval! did you manage to any updates on embryos? Are you doing a fresh transfer?

@ngy21 Glad your progressing well. June will fly in .

Yeh I got an update 5 have fertilised. 1 wasn't suitable and 1 never fertilised. So being where I was last time I'm happy.

Back on Monday for transfer . No update in between.

A holiday sounds like a good plan . I hope you enjoy it. X

🤣 OMG 5 hours! Idk how you did it. Mine only takes 10 mins to get to. I get 2 cycles on thr NHS and doing it through a company called CARE Fertility.
And no, you're not knocking the shine off at all, dont worry! There's like two of me in my head and one of me knows the importance of being realistic 🤣 Oh god, idk how ill react if they have to cancel the cycle! First scan is booked for tomorrow so hopefully it's going smoothly... we'll see.

Good luck for the transfer on Monday! You're so close!

@ngy21
Thank you! I know I'll feel better after tomorrow scan.. at least for the day 🤣
A couple of spots have appear on my face but idk if thats the drugs or not. I've been trying to stay hydrated but not a great water drinker and struggling to understand how people manage 2 ltrs a day. I'm mean... 2 ltrs?! Surely not.
Congratulations on your pregnancy! 23 weeks in so not at all long to go now! Eek! How exciting. So happy for you. Xx
A holiday is definitely a must after this whole journey!!!

@Konnie1991 welcome :)
@Justawannabemam wow your trasfer is just around the corner , so exiting ! Mine is in 4 weeks 😀
Well hopefully , hoping my 2 embryos survive thaw .
@Konnie1991
When I did ovaleap, I also had headache for few days into injection and nothing else . I was on 125 ml a night . And that’s quite low . And yes it’s normal to be anxious , I was very naive thinking first cycle would work but it didn’t , I had a FET as I got OHSS. My next trasfer is in 4 weeks frozen cycle .

I’m just down regulating now .
I had 17 eggs collected 😃 but end result was only 5 in Freezer . Wishing you all the best and just know it’s hard jorney to be on ! Very unpredictable and things can go wrong at every point in the cycle . Very stressful , but try to be positive and hopeful that all goes to plan ! Xx

@ShareLove Thank you! X
I never know if something I'm feeling is caused by the drugs or just would've happened anyway tbh. I've decided to take the "dont think too much" approach now. Some things, you can just never know.
I'm still very hopeful for this first try though. Baseless as that is!
Good luck with your transfer! Waiting is the hardest thing. I really hope you get a good one to transfer and it takes!

How was the OHSS?

@Konnie1991 yes best things is to go with the flow , don’t worry too much ! Xx
My OHSS wasn’t even bad , I hardly noticed it , but my blood told nurses otherwise ,the numbers were way too high so didn’t get fresh trasfer . I remember when I had OHSS , I had no pain nothing at all , but when I laid down I could feel fluid in my chest area so I guess it’s good that I didn’t go for trasfer after all cans yes ,waiting is a killer specially when first cycle fails and you have to wait for 2 periods to start again xx