Buserelin

[IVFhadenough]

Hi ladies,

Has anyone found with repetitive use of buserelin that they have gained a lot of weight? I am the heaviest I’ve ever been and I’ve not changed much at all about my lifestyle (if anything more active as I’m trying to combat the weight gain) and I don’t know if it’s anything to do with the buserelin??

It’s getting me down how much weight has piled on with the past year of FET after FET and the extensive buserelin usage.

Orr am I just being silly and trying to find an excuse? 🤨

@IVFhadenough I'm with you, had a full on melt down this morning, have been really healthy all week, even running daily and have put on 2lb. I get that doesn't sound much, but I have 5 weeks of these delightful meds, I can't afford to put on 10lb!!!! I'm already borderline for my bmi :( it feels the harder I try the worse my weight is... how are you doing now? X

@ExhaustedPigeon1988 I am done with the buserelin and moved onto the progesterone bloat, so I look like a piñata on a regular basis in my clothes.

A full round of stims/collection and then three (and a half with one cancelled) rounds of FET I have gained a tonne of weight.

I made the mistake of looking though myfitnesspal and I’ve gained over 12kgs. Makes me feel rotten! 😭

I feel you with the BMI. I’m lucky they didn’t weigh me this time as I am currently over the threshold for treatment ☹️

@IVFhadenough it's really awful isn't it, feeling crappy in yourself and the scales hating you too :( I have put in a stone in 2 months, part of that was the crash after first failed ivf, and the rest appears to be buserelin :( 30 more injections and counting lol x

@ExhaustedPigeon1988 oh bless you! I’m right there with you, you’re not the only one! I almost can’t wait to have my body back, and to be back to feeling less frumpy and looking like a barrel. I also get how ungrateful that makes me feel, as I should just embrace the process to get my little. But I can’t help but feel a bit rubbish about how this side of it makes me feel rubbish.

Fingers crossed we can be back to our former supermodel selves soon 🤦🏻‍♀️😂🤞🏼

@IVFhadenough, supermodel? Me? Why thank you! I'm sure those drugs must effect eyes too lol 😂 I completely agree, I often say to my other half mid rant or mid tears that I feel I should be grateful there are many that would love this opportunity, and then I have this horrible guilt. But it's so bloody hard too, it's no wonder we all feel slightly unstable and cranky! X

@IVFhadenough how are you doing these days? I'm now on another round of buserelin :-/ 18 more and counting this time. Weight is still creeping on :( x

I am on my 3rd cycle and I feel like I have gained a good stone if not more since I started IVF. I've not changed anything really, have stopped drinking which should have meant I lost weight but didn't, and am on thyroid tablets now which I was never on before IVF - again should have helped me lose weight and didn't.

I feel so crap and hate it. If this cycle doesn't work, that will be the end of trying for us. We will be out of options. At least it will mean I can get my life back on track and get my weight back to what it was pre-IVF. I'd obviously rather be pregnant though.

I feel you pain x