Tantee, I hear you. I was blocked up for a week after my stim cycle. I tried herbalax, a natural laxative which you can buy from the supermarket. It's got licorice in it tho, which is contra-indicated for pregnancy.
Personally, I only found All Bran to help. It'll take a few days tho.
GL!
Seph
Mitf, sorry to hear about your pop. I did a synarel dose 3 hours late and when I told my FS he seriously could not have cared less! He literally waved it away. I'm still fairly religious about it (I have alarms set half an hour before as well as at the time I'm meant to take it), but I don't stress over it if its late.
Daisie, my SIL got pg with a belly button ring. She had to remove it during the pregnancy because it became infected, but it certainly didn't impair her ability to conceive.
Tantee, I asked about this during my last IVF and was told to try prunes, dried apricots or pear juice. Or possibly all of them?
Afm, looks like IVF#4 may be a little later than planned. I've been constantly sick with one cold/virus after another since last cycle and the GP thinks I've just pushed too hard with the back-to-back IVF. So, at this stage I'm thinking I need to give myself a chance to recover. After 18 months of almost constant AC I guess it might be time for a small break?
I suffer at the best of times so dreading starting the stims on Thursday by the sounds of the stories from you guys. But I have found the Senekot helps - you can get it at any pharmacy and it's completely natural. Take a tablet before bed and it usualy helps by next day; if not take another. GL
Jasminstar, I only got constipation after my first EPU. I was fine the other two cycles.
Call me super paranoid (because I am), but I'd still check with my FS about the senekot if it were me. Mostly because I was really surprised when the nurse told me not to use metamucil (I never got around to asking the FS about it though). It's probably fine, but I don't take anything for granted now.
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