AB, Lfish, Tish & Kell - thanks for your thoughts and well wishes. You guys are awesome and have left me feeling really good today!

Lfish - good luck for OPU on Thursday, hun! I'll be thinking of you! I hope to hear lots of good news about eggs and embies when I log back in next week!

Tish - you're almost there with those orangutan injections - it's almost over! I think both synarel and the injections have their pros and cons. LOL you killed me with that one. Orangutan. I love it I'll be thinking of you on Saturday too - hang in there - it sounds like everything is going along really well! Good Luck, hun!

rather hazy - welcome to the thread. You're definitely in the right place for talking about IVF I wish you lots of luck, that you're IVF journey is a a short and successful one and I hope your appointments go well in the next little while.

HJ - Hi I'm sorry to hear about your angel babies. It's good to see that your FS has found out a reason and can help you through it. HCG and progesterone supplements are often prescribed to women going through AC as well as in your situation for luteal support (the TWW). The most common of these is progesterone. It's usually given in the form of a pessary or a cream that you administer internally, as AB has said. HCG is often given in combination to help boost your pregnancy hormones even further by supplementing the normal HCG (pregnancy hormone) your body produces when it becomes pregnant. So overall, HCG and Progesterone supplements can help supplement your normal pregnancy hormones, or assist a great deal if they are lacking.

Pregnyl is the HCG injection. I'm not sure about the Progesterone injections or what they are called. HCG/Pregnyl is also used in a large single dose to trigger ovulation in IVF patients before collection of their eggs, and this is what I think you may have googled. But it is often used a number of times in smaller doses as a supplement after ovulation. The injection is administered sub-cutaneously, which means directly under the skin, usually in the stomach or the thigh, as your doctor has said. It's not usually given in the muscle (IM). Having to have both progesterone and HCG injections would definitely be a lot, especially if needles are an issue for you. Maybe you could talk to your FS about having the pessaries if it is too much, and just having the pregnyl injections.

I know this might sound flippant, but try not to stress too much - I was pretty freaked by the first injection I had to do, but after you've bitten the bullet and done it it becomes a little easier the next time and the next time after that. Is there someone (i.e. partner) who can help you with the injections?

You can always speak to your FS again and ask him any questions that you may have and I'm sure they will help ease your mind about the supplements. I wish you lots of luck for this next time!


Miss C