hi Chrissy,

nice to hear from someone else who is close to the same place as me in the IVF journey. I've taken Synarel 3 times so far and I don't feel queasy afterwards (yet) but I hope I'm taking it right. I tried ringing the clinic yesterday and they said they'd call me back but didn't. It's frustrating. I'll try them again today. I have a shocking head cold at the moment and my nose is blocked so I had trouble taking the Synarel (have one nostril fully blocked so couldn't use it, the other nostril is okay - after lots of blowing!!!).

It is frustrating when you feel that you can't ask your doctor any questions. In my case I have only seen the doctor twice (once when I first started AI and once when I changed to the IVF program) the rest of my appointments have been with the nurses. I find the Doctor seems very short with me but the nurses had seemed okay when I was doing AI but once I changed to IVF they have seemed quite short with me too. Probably because I now have lots of questions and feel quite nervous because I was pretty clued up on AI but feel like I know nothing when it comes to IVF.

Good luck with your egg pick up (hopefully there will be a few good ones that will fertilize).

Thanks for the pointer about drinking water (that is going to kill me... I'm normally lucky to drink a total of 1.25 litres per day in total of any fluid - if I drink more than that I feel bloated and like I need to run to the toilet all the time).

Lori