Wow

Without intentionally meaning to bump this thread up being one from so long ago (and a thread I started, to boot! ) and after having gone back and read through my comments on my first cycle and the hormone rollercoaster, 5 months ago now, I just thought I would add the perspective I now have given that I'm going through a natural FET, that being the last point of discussion in this thread.

I can honestly say that the emotional and mood impact that the range of hormones from IVF treatment, and in particular progesterone has had on me has been enormous.

I guess my personal proof of this is my current FET, being a natural one, has been like a breath of fresh air. I feel like I've come out of a artificial mood swing fog I've been in for months! I can however admit that my mood is swinging more now during the TWW, and I've become more emotional, but I do believe that I can separate that down to the stress of the TWW. I just no longer feel the fog I have in the TWW of the medicated cycles I've been through.

It's been interesting to read my original comments and note the experiences I've had on the hormone rollercoaster since.

Sushee had said a few posts ago that she didn't think that the hormones had much of an impact on her emotional state as she felt as emotionally/mood affected during natural FETs and I'm just interested to hear whether other people's experiences of the comparison emotionally and mentally (hence mood) between different types of IVF cycles with different hormone protocols have differed? In particular between stimulation cycles and FETs, both medicated and natural.

It's still such a grey area to contend with - how to separate your natural reactions and emotions from the affects of hormones and treatment. I don't think it's something that will ever have a clear answer, but I now believe there are ways to understand the separation between the two, and would love to hear others comments on what they think also.

Feeling a little silly for bumping my own thread from 5 months ago , but really think it could continue to be an interesting discussion.

Miss C