m2c - i guess it depends on the clinic, but we've only ever been told to avoid sex in the couple of days before EPU, and for at least 24 hours post embryo transfer.
i would take it easy on the tennis front in any TWW - high body temps aren't good for small embryo's - heat packs etc are a no go after ET, so i'd think if you get very hot while playing tennis, it's not the smartest move... speak to your FS about it though - they might say it's ok - i guess i just look at the amount of time, money and emotion invested in getting through IVF, and i'm not keen to do anything to risk it...
best of luck for your up and coming cycle, feel free to jump in and ask questions everyone here on bb are just wonderful and very helpful. look forward to hearing all about your journey.
ok lol i have another question!
i have been feeling a little off for the last 3 days, i am not sleeping very well but i put that down to what is happening and is about to happen with the ivf, but i have been really struggleing with feeling upset in the belly, to the point that i am affraid to put anything in there cos i am affraid it will make me feel even more sick and i am so scared of vomiting, i cry and carry on like a baby.
the only thing that has been different lately is that i am on the pill and taking elevit. do you know if any of these things could cause me to feel sick in the belly??
the pill messes with your hormones and can mess with you physically and emotionall big time! i have only used it for four weeks in my life, and refuse to use i again because of the side effects. my suggestion is to perhaps add blackmores ms tabs (ginger and b6) to help settle your tum, and behave like you're suffering morning sickness - small meals regularly, don't let yourself get hungry etc - it will help!
i thought it might of been the pill! and its exactly like i have ms, i am struggleing to eat anything and what i am eating isnt alot, i start eating then i either feel full straight away after only having a few mouth fulls or i feel sick, cant win either way.
might go get some blackmores like you said, where do you get them from?? we have a woolworths here can you get them from there or are they a chemist thing?
i honestly don't know if they have them at the supermarket - when i was desperate, i was in the chemist to get sea bands anyway, so just looked in there!
given that blackmores often have displays in supermarkets you could check i guess...
m2c, I'm so glad to hear that you have started IVF
Like the girls have said, yep it's pretty normal to be feeling the way you are. I had the same thoughts, would we have any eggs? would there be enough?, the right size? will they fertilise? will we make it to transfer? ...you get the idea.
One thing we were told by our nurse was that because we already had a child, we could have confidence in my body to have another bub. We were young, which she said was great, as any eggs we got would be the quality of a 30 year old, and we could go back in a few years with ?oung quality' eggs.
For me, (and DH) we just had to break it down in stages. We made it through the Synarel stage (I had to sniff for 3 months leading up to starting IVF) the injections and scans to see how many follicles. We made it through EPU, fertilisation and transfer. We just broke it down into little stages, congratulated ourselves for making it through each one, then would say to ourselves, 'we just have to make it through (whatever stage was next)'
Which FS did you end up with (if you don't mind me asking)
eta: you should be able to get blackmores at woolies, it's where I got my pregnancy and breastfeeding ones from
Nic
hows that gorgeous little boy of yours going?? i ended up going with leyden and was a bit worried meeting him and all of that but he really was lovely and he made me feel comfortable plus i had dd with me at the appointment and she was being alittle pain at the time and he was really good with her, he was talking to her and making jokes, dd thinks he's great she want to come to the doc's with me all the time
i went down and got the seabands and i currently have them on, hopefully it wont be long and i will feel better soon. i was going to get the ms tablets but my belly is that sensitive at the moment that i am worried it might make me sick just trying to get them down iykwim.
i am a little worried, if this is what i am like now how am i going to be when i start the syneral next wk??
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