Oh no, help!

[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.

[Maruschke]

Gosh I'm sorry for being such a twat. I will relax as best I can. Thanks for being a sounding board ladies .

[sunshine 11]

I fibbed about my AF date to my FS for my DD (IVF #1) and so I started TWO days later than I was supposed to (we decided to do IVF at the last minute after upteen rounds of other things). I got 10 eggs/5 fertilised and my DD was my fresh transfer. My clinic doesn't count your AF if you get it after 12 noon (ish) if that helps - but it's NOT an exact science, it's a rough timeline. As someone who has lived all the stress and worry, I promise you it will make NO difference at all.