First time IVF Start injections on Saturday

[tiggerlinda]

I agree with Janie come join us!

Injections are easy once you do a few I prefer to do my own control freak \

Sending you some

[JBM]

i made sure when i pinched the skin where injecting i did it real hard . i think it helped to not feel needle as much, i did it myself too and only got one bruise 1st time. good luck

[Princess_Fiona_01]

Hi there,

i found that numbing the injection site with an ice pack for 5 mins before you inject does wonders - you wont feel a thing. Also, once you finish injecting, count to 3 before you pull the needle out. This way all the fluid goes in, and no little bubbles of it on the end of the needle, which can be disconcerting for some.

Good luck to you... fingers crossed on a BFP!

Cheers.... Fi

[mialou]

Thanks everyone! How wonderful it is to know that there is so much support available.

I actually had my first session of acupuncture this morning too. I thought it was worth a try. The amount of needles I had sticking out of various points on my body this morning has given me some confidence for tomorrow morning. I saw an amazing woman Margaret Morris who works as part of Ruth Trickey's practice. Was a very nice experience. I will be going back next Friday and then I will have a pre and post embie tramsfer acu session. Fingers crossed!

[Nixon]

Hi everyone, i've been checking out the posts for a while and it's so great all the support and info that is supplied here.

I started on Lucrin last Wednesday and I'm going in for my blood tests, hand in the consent forms and pick up my FSH meds tomorrow.

No one I know has been thru IVF and I find it is really difficult to talk to my friends. Most of them have kids or haven't started trying yet. I feel like I'm whinging about it when I talk to them. I don't hate the fact that I have to do IVF and I'm quite optimistic (maybe that's because I haven't even started FSH yet).

I go thru periods of quite high expectations and then periods of depression and feelings of having no hope.

I have tried reading some books but I have found that they tend to send me into the depression state. Maybe I'm in denial and looking at the real-life disappointments makes me realize that it could quite easily happen to me.

My husband is great - he's doing my injections (he has to brace me against a hard surface otherwise I jump a mile) it's getting easier though. He holds me and lets me cry - stupid baby white lions on the animal planet channel - and I haven't even started the FSH injections yet.

I go thru periods of complete clarity where I feel like I can see every single leaf on a tree miles away and then periods of walking around in a daze - forgetting what I'm saying half way thru a sentence.

I'm scared about how many eggs will be there when I go for collection, I'm scared about how many will make it to the stage of ready for being put back, I'm scared about how many will be viable to be frozen. So many things that are out of my control.

I'm sorry to go on and on - I think I just need to unload somewhere.

I wish all of you the best for you journeys . I would like to hear more of your stories - both triumph and disappointments.

All the best
Nix