Oh no, help!

[Maruschke]

It's friday arvo and the clinic nurse has gone home.

I was supposed to meet her 6.30 am monday morning to collect meds etc, based on AF turning up tomorrow. Well AF is here a day early, so Monday will be CD4 not CD3, and they like to start injections CD2 or 3. What do I do?

[Babyluv]

Is there No one else there who can administer it?

[Maruschke]

Well, I can still go on monday, but it will be a day late... I didn't pick up the meds yesterday like I thought, only talked to the nurse.

[nothing2lose]

I don't think it will make much difference. Day1 is open to interpretation anyway. I am sure you will be fine x

[Maruschke]

I just feel really nervous about it all... seems that everything that can go wrong does for me and now we aren't even starting right. Egads. The receptionist said the nurse has gone home and the FS might not return my call til Monday anyway. What the?

[nothing2lose]

Isn't your clinic open every day???
Or, can you email your FS for reassurance? Mine answers my emails pretty much straight away.

[Maruschke]

N2L I've never tried them on a weekend. I'll try the email thing, thanks heaps.

[rollercoaster2117]

Hi there,

I had the same thing happen to me. I worried all weekend and stressed, but the nurse said it was ok to start a day late, they will have a chat to the FS and go from there. Seriously, please dont worry, its not worth it. I was suppose to start on CD2, but didnt start injecting until CD3, on saying that though, my body is way strange and i have been on injections for 22 days.. they had to take things very slow because of my past with OHSS.
It will work out

xx

[Maruschke]

This will be CD4 though, not even CD3. It's so late. Darn my FS, why won't he call and put me out of my misery.

When I saw the nurse, she said we were supposed to start CD2, but CD3 would be OK though she wouldn't want it any later than that. So I don't get it. Why can't this be easy LOL.

[nothing2lose]

I always start my jabs cd 3. Honestly, it will make no difference.

[Maruschke]

Thanks N2L. I will promise to try to relax .

[onthefly]

I think it will be fine

[LuluHB]

My clinic doesn't count CD1 until you have had a full day of AF. I got AF on a Friday, but not until about 2pm so they didn't count my first day until Saturday. Likewise what N2L said - I started injections day 4 too.

[Maruschke]

My clinic doesn't count CD1 until you have had a full day of AF. I got AF on a Friday, but not until about 2pm so they didn't count my first day until Saturday. Likewise what N2L said - I started injections day 4 too.

Was that cycle successful? How many follies did you get? Full flow arrived for me about 4pm, so I guess technically monday is CD3. I'm just a nervous nelly .

[nothing2lose]

Exactly what Lulu said...cd1 is a full day bleed.

[LuluHB]

I'm 11.5 weeks pregnant from that cycle so was all good for me - ovulation stimulation though not IVF. Same basic principles though at least for this stage of things. It is so hard not to stress - bad enough when you're just doing "normal" baby making stuff but this intervention stuff is just the pits. Will keep fx for you.

[Maruschke]

But ovarian stim is only aiming for 1 or 2 follies rather than 5-15? I just read a paper that suggests the later you start, the fewer eggs, lower quality and lower pregnancy rates. Darn you Dr Google.

[LuluHB]

Dr Google is evil - stay away ;-)

The clinic uses the same philosophy though whether you are OS, IUI, IVF or ICSI. OS uses significantly lower levels than IVF/ICSI so as not to stimulate more follies. Timing is more to do with where your cycle is and what your own natural levels should be doing and when they should be doing them.

Either way, if you only got "real" AF this afternoon, then you're still not technically day 1 until tomorrow so if you are due to go in on Monday then you are still day 3, which is when they told you to start. FWIW, a gf now has a 2.5 year old from an ICSI cycle. She didn't start injections until day 5 cos she had to fly out to site after a death. I remember her being beside herself thinking she had missed that cycle, but her FS wasn't too stressed about it - apparently for good reason.

Damn this stuff. It shouldn't be so stressful for good people to have babies.