my first ivf cycle

[sarah4kurt]

hey girls xo
well ive finaly taken the plunge and have just had my first day of gonal f shot done by my dh!! omg he did realy good!.. not even squeemish!
its realy duanting and im a little nervous but im quietly hoping that it will work as we all are!
so over this LLTCC thing!
does getting the eggs out hurt much, afterwards when u wake up?
i cant believe we pulled the money together last min to do this cycle and Dh is actually going to be home from working away to give a freash batch for this IVF lol
gotta be meant to be right?? ugh any bit of hope!

well heres to hoping xoxoxo
i wish all you LTTCC'rs tons of good luck xoxoxo

[myturn]

Good luck Sarah4kurt - you'll be fine!!!

EPU is not too bad - you are knocked out so after its like you are achey and bloated which is annoying. But not really painful. I had a Panadol or two on that day and was better by the time transfer came around. It's probably the meds that bloat you up too!!!

Come join us in the LTTTC and AC thread its very helpful!!! I am on my phone so too hard to put the link in for you!!

Well done on your first 'stab' !

[Muraho]

Oh all the best with it - thinking of you!

I work for one of the major clinics in Melbourne; so I do a lot of OPUs/ETs and the like. It really can depend on your own reactions, as well as how many follicles you have and eggs are collected (often if there are a large amount it can hurt a lot more; generally moreso on the second day), but regular panadol and a heatpack works for most women.

If it gets any worse than that, you should be calling the IVF nurses and talk over it with them.

[RhiChiChi]

Good luck Sarah4kurt - you'll be fine!!!

EPU is not too bad - you are knocked out so after its like you are achey and bloated which is annoying. But not really painful. I had a Panadol or two on that day and was better by the time transfer came around. It's probably the meds that bloat you up too!!!

Come join us in the LTTTC and AC thread its very helpful!!! I am on my phone so too hard to put the link in for you!!

Well done on your first 'stab' !

Pretty much what myturn said. I felt a little sore and bloated & that was it. I have good recoveries from surgery though.

Best of luck

[~ Mylitta ~]

Best of luck!

I'll be totally honest and tell you that for me, egg collection was the worst part of the process for me. I would feel ok the day of collection, just a bit sore and tender, but for a few days afterwards I would be bent over in pain when moving about. After my first egg pickup my husband stayed home the next day to help with our son. After my second pickup it was much worse for me. I could hardly move the day after and my Mum came to help me look after my son. The pain continued for longer the second time as well. About 5 days after the procedure I felt something come out when I went to the toilet and found a stitch on the toilet paper. I freaked out and felt inside myself and could feel another stitch inside still tied and secure. I freaked out and rang the clinic. It turned out that I had experienced excessive bleeding during the procedure and had required stitches in my vaginal wall to stop the bleeding. It's apparently fairly rare, and absolutely unheard of to not be told about it. It seems there was a major communication failure and they forgot to tell me about it after the procedure.

Hmmm, don't really know why I told you all the scary stuff as it's probably the last thing you want to hear about, but at least you know that what happened during my second procedure is rare, and that my extreme pain afterwards is not the most common reaction as the other girls that have posted haven't experienced it that badly.

I wish you all the best and hope you have some fantastic news shortly

[J.Bear]

Good luck sarah4kurt it is all a bit daunting but fingers crossed all goes well & it'll all be worth it in the end.

[sarah4kurt]

thanks so much girls :-) xoxox i have egg pickup on monday im very excited but nervous lol... cant wait till sun as i have no needles at all :-)yay!!!!!

[J.Bear]

Good luck on Monday hope u get lots of good eggs : )

[sarah4kurt]

awww thanks so much xxx.... they rang me this mornig to say we got 8 fertilised this morn!.... cant help but be a lil ecxited about that! heres to hopng this whole ttc thing can b put to rest!! ... fingers crossed.... will be back later xoxoxoxo good luck ladies!!!!

[sarah4kurt]

i got a BFN and im so shatterd and so empty and so lost .... really thought this was it and it was the first time i dared to get my hopes up in such a long time!!
i wish somebody could help me

[Joeve]

Oh sweetie I am so sorry you got a bfn. My heart just broke for you reading your post x

[Maruschke]

So sorry Sarah do you have any frosties?

[sarah4kurt]

thanks so much joeve and maruschke xoxo and just as i left the clinic after my bt today dh's friend rang him on hands free loud speaker to say they just had a little girl yesterday and would he come to the pub to celebrate....!!! like why does life have to b so cruel? right at that moment i had only just stopped bawling and then he rang with that and i lost it all over... raw raw raw, i dont undwstand why it has to throw such upseting coincidences at such times...
i wish somebody could say dont worry it will happen and really it does! if i knew it would i could relax and just wait but facing the fact it may not ever is just life shatering to say the least.
sorry im not so good xxxxx
i hope u are going well maruschke, your like my hope and inspiration xoxo give yr tummy a rub for me..i have 3 lil frosties but imthinking why shold they work if our best freash emby didnt... im not so hopeful right now. all the pain needles,bloods and money and worst of all the highest hopes i dared to have in a very long time just shatterd

and how are you joeve?xxxxx

[myturn]

Big hug Sarah - FET feels much nicer on the body - less stabbing and jabbing and snorting and sucking.... So the frosties might work.

But look after yourself - it's a big sucky unfair situation you are in xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[sarah4kurt]

aww thanks myturn xxxxxsucky is the word lol xxx i hope it is your turn this time , good luck xxxxxx

[Maruschke]

Yep, for some women, frosties work so much better than fresh. The theory goes that if they have survived the thaw, they are pretty strong, AND your body isn't so stressed after going through a stim... there is a fresh lining not affected by all those drugs. Thinking of you xoxo.

[sarah4kurt]

thanks maruschke xxxxx that helps me feel a lil better
i dont want to give up, sometimes i wish i could! but i cant!
thanks girls its good to know your here xxx