1st time IVF in Jan12 and looking for sme +ve experiences & advice on what to expect
Hi Ladies,
Been TTC for 3 years now. Had Clomid, Metphormin, IUI and then fell utd naturally early last year however MC'd at 6 1/2 weeks.
Started seeing a new FS and now, after I had a D&C for possible polyp (which ended up being nothing), FS has directed us to IVF.
Am excited however nervous aswell, we have our first nurses appointment on Wednesday at westmead.
I'm on CD20 so still have another 10 or so days before AF is due so I can "properly" start but they said its perfect timing to have the
appointment.
Can anyone advise what the first appointment might intale? Will they weigh me or something?
FS gave me the whole speil about what will happen but I suppose they'll go through it again??
How possible is it to be successful first go?? (Im hoping beyond hope)
Anyways hoping for some feedback and maybe an answer as to why I'd have to be on the pill for the first few weeks of IVF??
Best of luck with it. Yes, many women have success first go.
The pill is to down regulate you... get your hormones back to baseline before the artificially stimulated hormones start. Not every clinic does this type of cycle (I skipped it).
I was never weighed at all for my IVF's.
Hang in there, by doing IVF your odds of success have gone up dramatically .
Thanks Maruschke It makes a huge difference and help to get some answers and positive news on first time success so THANKS!
I might ask the nurse if we can skip the pill portion but I guess it will depend on how they do things right?? I would rather get on with it but I'm sure they're
used to inpatient women like me LOL
I have never taken the pill either. Different protocols, different clinics I guess.
I can't say you will definitely have success first go. As M said, lots do, but lots don't. Trick is not to get your hopes up. Yes, i know - impossible The FS will likely use your first go as a bit of an experiment to see how you respond to meds, etc.
I was weighed I think. I am also weighed at each pickup. I guess to determine anaesthetic amounts.
Mia, I had (yet another) BT and was then was on Synarel from CD21 of the previous cycle to the main stim cycle. Synarel 'regulates' your hormones in preparation for the stimulation part of the cycle in a different way to the pill - it actually supresses your brain's control over the reproductive hormones, which gives the FS complete control instead. But different clinics have a different range of protocols, and different couples with different sets of problem will use different drugs at different dosages... My theory is that they know what they're doing, and make decisions for what are usually really good reasons, and they're perfectly happy to explain those reasons if you ask (if they're not, find someone else to ask!) There are lots of elements of the IVF process that are not well-proven one way or another, and different clinics do differently because of the opinion of the FSs that work there. My clinic is pretty clear whether a decision is made based on solid research, less solid research, theory or purely as 'finding out what works best for you.'
So it'll be a good chance for you to ask all those questions, to get and sign the consent froms, to find out what the details of the next step of the process are, and to learn how to inject/sniff/insert, etc.
And I was never weighed, even for the anasthetic, but they did ask and record my height and weight. I look like I have a healthy BMI (which I do, just) so perhaps that's why they were happy enough to take my word for it.
It's a pretty exciting journey, but for me it's been tougher than I expected, especially the final 18 days while I wait to find out if it's all gone to plan or not (I find out tomorrow! )
I agree with n2l, it's advisable but impossible not to get your hopes up, but I think you probably already know that from you experience with Clomid and IUI. I think IVF just magnifies every aspect of the experience because of the extra financial, time, risk and emotional comittments when you take the IVF step. The emotional bit is the hardest for me - because I know there were genuine, fertilized, growing and developing embryos transferred, and I'm already emotionally attached to them in a way I wasn't with the imaginary and hoped for egg/sperm combos with other froms of ttc.
Anyway, I wish you all the best for a sticky bub at the end of your IVF cycle!
As you know I have no experience with IVF but I just wanted to wish you every success with the IVF. I hope everything goes smoothly for you and you get that little Mini Mia. Good Luck hun.
I have no idea what sticky thread etc mean... Can someone redirect me if we have to chat through somewhere else.
Thanks girls, forgot about the nurofen thing!! will have to stock up on panadeine. xx
Amy and Mia, My hubby LOVED my boobs... sadly for him he wasnt allowed to touch them because they were so saw that even taking off my bra made me wanna cry. xx
Amy, start my LUCRIN injections on the 10/1 at my appointment then start PUREGON on the 18/1. what about you? I didnt get hot flushes with it last time- but prob will now cause of the heat wave. If you start orgalutran on the 25th (roughly).. when does that make harvest due?
1st time IVF in Jan12 and looking for sme +ve experiences & advice on what to expect
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It makes a huge difference and help to get some answers and positive news on first time success so THANKS!
The FS will likely use your first go as a bit of an experiment to see how you respond to meds, etc.
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