I think it's all to do with how your body reacts to the hormones. For me, it's not progesterone - my highest level was 725 and I wasn't even tender! In fact I've only had slightly tender boobs once, which was immediately after trigger this last cycle and it lasted 3 days tops. So that was hcg, but, my hcg is now much higher than it was then and I still feel nothing! From what I've read, if you tend to get sore boobs around the time of af, then you're more likely to get sore boobs from ivf. I don't know if size has anything to do with it? I'm a pretty small A, so I guess there's not much tissue there to swell!
Hi ladies, I am only just starting my IVF journey, but wanted to comment on the sore boobs. I have no experience yet how the drugs will affect my boobs, but i have found over the years the statement Saffy said about them getting sorer as you approach 40 to be true.
I am 38 and my boobs get intensly sore each month the older I get and even though I pray I dont get Af in exchange of a pregnancy at the same time I find myself hoping it would hurry up and come just for some relief, however in saying this, I have also found if I am being really good and keeping up with regular exercise before I ovulate I have no pain at all. Not sure what the scientific explanation is for this. i would love toknow if other women have found this.
re exercise easing sore boobs- lymph flow is poor across the the chest in women as there is a lot between the lymphatic system just under the skin, and the muscles just over the bones. The lymphatic system has no pump and uses the movement of muscles to get things going. Modern firmly supportive and uplifting bras make this issue worse- hence the increase in breast lumps and bumps in Western culture. Fluid build up premenstrually is eased by exercise because it gets that lymph moving- all over the body. Breast swelling can be eased by breast massage (either professionally or a good joobling by a caring friend) if exercise seems too hard!
-just noticed you said before you ovulate...in that case I'd guess its possibly due to an increase of androgens which antagonise oestrogens which can cause some sorts of breast pain...
Last edited by JosieJo; May 24th, 2011 at 02:48 PM.
It's interesting because I had a pregnancy blood test yesterday and it was negative (low hcg levels) but my boobs are still swollen, sore and veiny (big blue road maps). I wish it would go away!
I had sore boobs almost straight away, im now 8 weeks pregnant and they have nearly doubled in size!!! ahhh They dont really hurt now though. Good luck )
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