FET/IVF July 2023 - Thread 3

[Olivia199]

As always, huge apologies if I miss people, all welcome!

@IVFfirsttimer91
@10degreessunny
@wtawtaw
@EllieCatMom
@DauntedAF
@Lauralozzle
@Walker12
@loulamay
@beehappy19
@SH998
@ASGIRC
@orchid29
@IVFround1
@Sangels267

@ASGIRC - So glad you're not feeling sick at least! It's so frustrating not finding a single thing you want to eat. Nothing sounds good, nothing looks good. But stomach wants SOMETHING.

I lost weight last time as I couldn't keep anything down but keen not to this time as I don't have much to lose!

@Olivia199 Im just glad Im not the only one feeling like this... So frustrating!

A few years ago, I felt like this, and posted on FB about it, and a friend said "last time that happened to me I was growing my daughter". I was on the pill at the time, but ran to buy a pregnancy test! One of the very few scares Ive ever had, but it was negative, and about a week later I was back to normal.

Ive given up on lunch for today... ill take some lunchables, babybels, nuts and cereal bars to work... I probably wont eat most of it, but at leats Ill have something to snack on for when the hunger becomes unbearable...

I think I'm having the opposite problem to you two today. I feel just constantly vaguely nauseous and the only thing that seems to make it feel temporarily better is eating, so I'm snacking on ginger biscuits and counting down the minutes to lunch!

Hoping this doesn't continue for the next 8 months :/

@loulamay Ah it sucks, I’m sorry you’re still testing negative.

Re working out dpo, your transfer is like 5dpo so for example 3dp5dt would be the same as 8dpo

@EllieCatMom - Ah don't worry. I'm with you on the nausea! If it's any consolation it absolutely improved after the first trimester!

Is anyone else really struggling today with just general life stuff? I’m at work and I’m honestly flitting between feeling so sick I can’t concentrate and nearly falling asleep in my chair.

Thank god for working from home, I’d never survive in the office feeling like this!

Oh bless you @IVFfirsttimer91. Thankfully I'm off today so quietly moping on the sofa but absolutely understand how you feel.
Honestly it should be illegal to have to work through first trimester!

@Olivia199 i envy your sofa moping lol! But I’ve just had a week off so I can’t really complain, it’s just a shock actually having to force myself to do things when I just want to sleep! Got a meeting at 4 and then I’m on autopilot for the rest of the day.

Im ok, apart from not having managed to eat anything, and now being quite hungry... ive snacked on a couple of things, but it was an effort to even eat them.

However, today is gonna be a bitch of a day at work and I am already over it.

Think im with you @EllieCatMom I seem to find eating helps the nausea- my nausea seems to be at night then very early mornings so I'm going to be absolutely huge if this continues!! Keep waking up at 5/6 and having toast..then a second breakfast later on. I still have a bit of a round belly from the OHSS but not sure what's carb bloat now😂

I bought a pack of avocados with all good intentions to be super healthy and I think they are going to end up in a sad mouldy pile!

Tbf the nausea is only very mild for me at the moment, could even be psychosomatic at this stage (this is what my anxiety brain is telling me 😑)

I've been trying to eat healthily and drink water but I'm getting really snacky - that's not unusual for me though, so not necessarily pregnancy-related.

Still unbearably anxious - I've run out of tests so couldn't do one this morning (ran out to Sainsbury's to get more on my lunch break!) and now of course I'm convincing myself that when I test later it'll be negative, or fainter than yesterday. The pain I was worried about being ectopic has stopped, but now I'm fretting about whether it's a CP/MMS. I wish I could just relax and stop worrying taht something's going to go wrong - still 2 1/2 weeks until scan! 😣

@Walker12 the thought of avocados right now. I can’t 😂 they’d definitely end up in a sad mouldy pile at my house. Food aversions are weird!

@ASGIRC @Olivia199 I'm totally with you on the food thing, I don't want anything to eat but when I force myself to eat I feel better. The thought of getting tea each night churns my stomach though! For me, as long as I eat every couple of hours I'm ok but first thing in the morning after getting up is the worst 🤢

@IVFfirsttimer91 same on the life stuff too - I feel exactly like that and struggling to concentrate at all, also thankful I work from home 80% of the time! I spent the whole weekend in my pjs on the sofa and that is just not me!!

@wtawtaw if I didn’t have a dog who insists on dragging me around the streets twice sometimes 3 times a day, or the gardeners coming at the weekend, I would have done the exact same thing.

I couldn’t face cooking on Saturday at all, I was supposed to make Thai green curry, but I just wanted beige, so I got us kfc instead. Sadly half of it is still in the fridge downstairs 🥲 the only thing I seem to really want to eat right now are croissants and bananas.

@wtawtaw I dont even feel better when I eat, though...
Just had a cereal bar, and it was such a chore to eat it... However I am STARVING! My stomach HURTS, im so hungry... but nothing sounds good, and when I eat anything (because I have to), it all kinda feels like cardboard, and im getting no joy from eating it.
I have realised that cold things seem more appealing than non cold things... Maybe I should get some fruit... but that doesnt usually make me any less hungry. But a fruit juice doesnt make me think "nahhh", so maybe I need to just get some and drink them, in the hopes of feeling full...

Thank you for creating another thread @Olivia199

I know I'm a bit late....I'm from Portugal (hello @ASGIRC ) but I've moved to North Wales 9 years ago.

I've been away of social media/internet the last 3 days. I was so stressed about my bleeding last Thursday that I felt better stepping away and stop goggling things. The bleeding was small and stopped in the same day. Just had some light brown spotting Saturday and Sunday. Saturday morning the nausea and sickness have started, never felt so bad in my life. I feel like I've gone off of most food but I'm taking that as a good sign.

I have my "emergency scan" this Thursday 17/8 at the EPU and I will have my scan at the clinic on the 24/8. I'm feeling anxious and excited at the same time for the scan. Hopefully everything will be ok 🤞

@Sangels267 I also have my scan on Thursday, but it is my clinic one.

How far along wil you be on Thursday?

I'm glad your bleeding has stopped!

Random question but is anyone taking omega 3, specifically vegan omega 3 such as algae oil? I'm not vegan but I've read mixed things about toxicity in fish oil supplements so thought the vegan option would be safer. I have bought some vegan ones and they say they are pregnancy safe (Cytoplan) but don't know whether I should wait until I have my first midwife appt. Why am I not trusting when the manufacturer says they are safe during pregnancy?! Gah!

Hi guys, just catching up on the posts.
Funny reading about all your weird cravings and changes, so far I feel exactly the same as normal, trying to make the most of it!

@EllieCatMom really sounds like you're getting yourself in a right panic. Would really try and let yourself relax a bit and let your body do it's thing. You can't change how it's going to be so testing is just triggering more worry. I am really avoiding any more testing and then will go to the clinic and it will be what it will be. I know if I start testing, I would compare the test lines and could cause worry that isn't needed. Maybe consider counselling so you can try and help your way round this anxiety. Sorry this message may not be helpful but it sounds like your worry is effecting your wellbeing in a way that must make your life very hard at the moment and it doesn't need to be that way xx

@loulamay I'm sorry the testing isnt going to plan for you, really hoping for late implantation as it is still early day xx
@wtawtaw no I'm not taking omega, just vit d and a pre pregnacare supplement
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@ASGIRC I will be 5w+6d. I'm very aware that probably we won't be able to see a heartbeat but hopefully will be able to see if everything is ok.

I will do my official scan with the clinic when I'm 6w+6d

@wtawtaw I'm not taking omega 3, sorry can't help

@Sangels267 since you'll be on the cusp of 6 weeks, they might be able to see something. I'll be 6+6 so fully expecting to see everything there is to see!!

@wtawtaw I'm taking it as its part of the supplement I'm taking, which has folic acid, vit d, omega 3,etc. Not taking it separately

Eating things I dont fancy actually makes me a bit nauseous...

Decided to have a more substantial dinner, since I had barely anything to eat all day (3 slices of chocolate salami, 1 thingy of laughing cow cheese dippers and a cereal bar) which was a pork sandwich and some chips... And while the chips went down pretty well, the sandwich definitely was not what I wanted or needed...

I did buy some juice boxes, in the hope that fruit juice will go down well... and while it isnt food, at least it has some nutrients!
Because otherwise, the only thing I can actually stomach is chips!

@ASGIRC - Embrace the chips!

I feel horrifically sick today. I'm sat on my sofa waiting for the cyclizine to work before setting off to the hospital really far away again. Hopefully it's only for today but I'm not looking forward to the journey and absolutely could use the extra hour in bed.