Mel, I had all the same symptoms on the pill. I took mine at night so I could sleep through the nausea at least, but DH can definitely agree that I was extremely moody and tired all the time.
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Mel, I had all the same symptoms on the pill. I took mine at night so I could sleep through the nausea at least, but DH can definitely agree that I was extremely moody and tired all the time.
Megan - thanks for the words of wisdom re the injections - i've heard a couple of real nightmare stories from a few years back, but not so many lately (and very few on here - so maybe that's a good thing!). i guess i should be ok - my next appointment is thursday next week, so i'm guessing i'll start injections either then or on friday - hopefully any bad side effects will be settling down by the end of the weekend (i can only hope...).
Iris - it's good (in a not so good way) that i'm not the only person worried about all the drugs we have to take - it seems so full on, and sometimes i just wonder about what it's doing to me (i suffer IBS pretty badly normally - with the metformin, it's horrible) - i guess i've just taken the approach that the docs know what they're doing, and i'll do whatever i'm told. i'm generally a control freak big time, but have had to take a step back and allow someone else to control this part of my life - i hate it, but i have to do it!
Hey ladies
Hope weve all going ok for this long weekend?
BG - i was so nervous the first time i did the injections and dh gave them to me but it ended us being safer doimg them myself.lol its all very simple with the instructions that they give you now. i too worried alot about what all the drugs would be doing to my body and hopefully my bubs to be. im a little more relaaxed now but each cycle i have done have been so different from the other. i do have trouble going to the loo but mot dignosed with IBS, i had no idea that metformin effected it in that way as its always helped me to stay regular. i think! dont worry were all here for you.
Megan - i can believe you so close to having your TF and i really hadnt any idea where you were at(being back at work has knoced me about.lol) I know what you mean about wasting a cycle cause of christmas. it really sucks!! how was your BT and when do you think your go in? i have to start using OPK on Monday but more about that later.
Melb - Hang in there girl. the pill part i found the hardest i guess some people get effected but it more than others. for one of my stim cycles i didnt have to have the pill which was great but i was soubeling up on the spray. yuck! i dont know whats worse. what pill are you on as some are lighter than others, for example i have always been on dianne but when i changed FS she put me on a micro something which i was very anxious about as i didnt wasnt to have the pill at all but it was much better. thinking of you
lara- funny you sould mention o pain i dont think i ever really noticed, i get period pain through my cycle on and off all the time and have it today really bed but im not starting my OPK til Monday so i dont know what to do about that. but i do suggest that you do mention your worries to you Fs after all then they know and your not stressing that he may be missing a piece if the puzzle so to speak. some one told me that its common to get pain with PCOS but i dont know if that is around the same time? sorry not much help really but good luck.
Alex - sorry your not feeling that crash hot at the mo, hoping that things will pick up for you.i hope your accupunture is good - i used to love getting it done but now i always get anxious about it , dont ask me why as i cant say - i just dont know, keep praying it will happen my NP told me to pray and bubs sprit will hear. she says to talk to bubs too. you may suprise yourself this cycle.xx
Keen - i hope the change in clinic is going well, i know it did for me emotionally, sometimes it gives you a resh start too and you feel like your starting to get somewhere. i felt less of a number when i changed so i hope you have a positive start too.
sorry for the long personals but some nights i come home and can just about manage to read and catch up with what all you ladies have been up too. plus DH moans if im on too long.lol
I know i have missed a few but i am thinking of you and wishing that where ever you are in you cycles they are going well..
As for me ive just got back from shopping nothing too exciting just FOOD.yum i never manage to really get anything to have for dinner though. but i felt really crap at the shops i think i may have a UTI so i bought some cranburry juice 100% which is sometimes so hard to find it taste as bad as i feel and to top it all off it cost me $25 but im hoping that it works as i dont want any more infections at all anywhere believe me i have had my fare share.(my whinge for the day)
so im just waiting, waiting start OPK on monday so im sure ill be on line finding out if im doing it right, i have no idea.lol
Ok best let your eyes rest
Lou, hope you can get rid of the UTI. I had one during my IVF cycle and it was awful (never had one until then). Don't worry, you probably didn't know where I was at in my cycle because I haven't been around much lately with updates.
Well, I had my BT yesterday and was told there was no LH surge yet, so back again this morning for another and was told that my levels are rising. So, I still haven't O'd. I have to go back AGAIN in the morning for another BT and hopefully this shows something a bit more promising. I told them I O'd late in my cycle, but they didn't believe me. (Currently on CD16 of a 26 day cycle) If a pg doesn't come out of this cycle, hopefully they will realise that my luteal phase isn't long enough.
Anyway, lets see what tomorrow's BT results bring.
Good luck megan - i too can be late not that ive really tracked my cycle. are you doing OPK at home MIVF sent me home with some to start on Monday - i have no idea what im doing but a GF has also loned me her Maybe baby, so ill try that too, proberly should b4 Mopnday though!!lol i wish i was having more BT to see the surge thouh as im not too keen to be measuring it at home IYKWIM i dont want to miss anything
Lou, I did 5 OPK's at home and all were negative. I started testing last Saturday, but my last OPK had a very feint line so they decided to bring me in to for a BT. But unfortunately, nothing has happened yet and it's probably going to cost me a fortune in extra BT's. Have to say though, I feel better having BT's than using the sticks cause at least I know the results will be accurate.
Really freaked out here...
After 90+ days without a period, my FS puts me on the pill... First week ok, second week I start getting light bleeding. Entering into the third week and I've now progressed to very heavy bleeding (and all the joyous cramps and joint pains I get with AF :rolleyes: ).
DH wants me to call the clinic again, as the first nurse I spoke to said to call back if it didn't stop, or got heavier. The second nurse I spoke to when it didn't stop managed to make me feel like a complete idiot and gave me the impression I should just deal with it. I have a bit of a phone-phobia, so the thought of calling them and being made to feel like an idiot again is reducing me to a quivering mess.
I've just emailed an ob/gyn friend of mine to try to get some idea of whether I should panic or not (and call the nurses and demand something be done this time!)... but I'm really scared here! Part of me thinks that it's just my body deciding to have a period anyway, as I'm only on a low dose pill, but part of me is freaked out and convinced something is going terribly wrong!
:wall: :help: :crying:
BW,
Call them. If you get the nurse who didn't want to know, explain that you can't get in touch with your FS and you would like to get advice on what to do, and that you were TOLD to call back if it got heavier. Do not hang up until you are happy, and if she still stonewalls you, explain that you are new to this and am not happy about being left to flounder like this.
remember you are paying them for this service!
BW, I agree with Sushee. Did you call them back? I hope everything is ok.
Hey Ladies,
Thought I'd check in after being MIA for a while....had a FET on the 14th Jan. Went for BT on Tuesday and got a HCG of 4. Was told not to get my hopes up and to come back for another BT on Saturday (today). Started AF last night so unfortunately another BFN!!!
Could this have been what they call a bio Chemical pregnancy?? I guess the embryo needs to implant to give off any HCG reading doesn't it??
Anyway - hope everyone is well and I'll try to post more regularly this time. Have no Snow bubs left - only had the one..which was put back as an expanding blast so we thought we were in with a really good chance. Man this IVF thing really can suck!!!!
I think I will try a Naturopath - get the body back into harmony - has anyone had any experience with that??
Chat soon
Love Alex xox
DH took me out shopping and let me hurt the credit card a little to make me feel better. It's a passable substitute for when one is not allowed chocolate! Unfortunately, it meant I missed the time in which the nurses are available for calls on a Saturday. Current plan is that I will call tomorrow. I'm on anti-depressents for anxiety problems, and I'm currently weaning down, but if I know something stressful is coming up, I take myself up for a few days to get passed it and then I'm right to continue. I will go back up a step tonight so I can call in the morning... and it will help with going back to work on Monday, too. I wish I'd noted the names of the people I spoke to, my FS is also the director of the clinic, so it may have been handy to be able to grumble at him about nasty nurses when I next see him again. I'm more than half convinced it's just related to having gone so long without AF, and that possibly the weight loss and reduction in insulin levels with the new super-low-carb diet have been enough to get things moving again. Seems a bit silly that it's got things moving so well it can over power the artificial hormones in the pill, though! I will call tomorrow, when hopefully the anxiety levels will be lower.
BW
Bw i also agree with sushee, and if it helps get a little book for IVF in this you can write when and who you spoke to. i have had a few problems with some IVF nurses in the past and wish i had done this cause when youve really had enough you cant remember where to begin with your complaint (not that i always entend for this but it has come to it twice).
I think i should take my own advice and start a little book too.lol
You do sound a little more relaxed i think venting and retail thearpy always help.
Were all here for you xx
Thanks, Loula. I think I will start a little notebook like that - could also be helpful for other things too - like jotting down all the questions you think to ask the specialist, but then forget at the appointment! The retail therapy certainly has helped, but strangely I'm more excited about the fridge full of fresh fruit and vegies than I am about the new shoes! I suspect there's something in my brain not wired right at the moment!
As much as I know I should have called today, I've learned with the anxiety issues to put it off until I feel I can cope, rather than forcing myself to do it then and there.
Alex, I missed your question earlier - I don't have much experience with naturopathy, but I'm really getting a lot from acupuncture at the moment. I've been going to someone who works with a lot of IVF support so I'm hoping it will help when we finally get to start in a couple more weeks.
BW
BW, yay for a bit of retail therapy ;) I think Lou's idea is great and a book to keep all your details and questions in will help you heaps. That way, you can compose yourself and prepare what you want to say/ask when you call.
Well, things are finally happening here. I am having a FET on Wednesday after today's BT showed an LH surge. Don't know any other details as yet. I have to call my nurse Tuesday afternoon to find out the time. One minute I feel like I'm doing nothing, and the next I'm going in for transfer! :)
Ok, I have instructions from my friend the gyn reg. She's working nights at the moment, so didn't get my email until she got to work, so I called her there.
First instruction is to STOP TAKING THE PILL, at least until I have spoken to the nurses at the clinic tomorrow. If I stay stopped, fine, if not, I'm only taking one tablet a little late, and it's not as if I need to be concerned about lack of contraceptive effectiveness!
Second instruction is that I MUST CALL THE CLINIC. I must be assertive with the nurses and tell them I have a big problem here, and I've got the words of a gyn reg at a hospital to back me up! I need to enquire from them about the possibility of getting cyclocapron to make my blood clot and stop the bleeding. It's non-hormonal so shouldn't mess the IVF plans up.
Third instruction is that if it gets any worse GO TO HOSPITAL! :eek: I figured soaking through a super tampon (as in it was completely saturated and falling out) in about two and a half hours was getting pretty extreme. If I go through them in an hour or less, that's hospital time.
In a way, even though I've been told that "yes, this is something I need to worry about", I'm feeling much more relieved. Probably because I know I'm not just being irrational and silly about things. I'm already feeling a little dizzy and faint, but it's not just from blood loss, it's also from having myself worked up into such a state and not drinking enough today. I even went back to the highest dose of the ADs so that I KNOW I can get through that phone call tomorrow morning.
BW
BW - i am thinking of you and i hope things have started to settle down a little for you, what a great friend to have for a sound board, if she were my friend i would be driving them crazy.lol
I hope you have called the clinic today and i await eagily to hear from you to make sure you are OK, please keep your fluids up (easier said than done, im shocking)
i wish i can come with you and sort that clinic out - why cant people realise that they are playing with our life. im here for you when you need me.xx
Megan - CONGRATULATIONS nearly there,Wednesday wow that has come around quick. good on you, looks like we wont be far behind each other again "(i hope, my body does what its ment to)did an OKP today and nothing, but the FS did want me to start on Monday anyway. so im still feeling a little like im not doing much.
still thinking that i have an UTI but yesterday after guzzeling cranburry juice i felt much better although after dtd this morning when i go to the loo it really hurts so im at a loss, have no idea.just hoping it will go away
bbl to check in on BW
BW - i'm so glad you managed to get some advice from someone you trust - hope you called the clinic this mronging and got some real help - i can't believe that they'd be unhelpful about anything! hope things are going better for you today
Lou - hope the UTI is clearing up ok for you - they can be really nast, can't they.
i'm just kinda in a holding pattern at the moment (or that's how it feels anyway) - only a few more days til next FS appointment - yay!!
It's been an interesting day!
I heard back from the clinic... my specialist is on leave at the moment, but the nurse managed to get hold of the other specialist to get some instructions for me, but in the absence of doctors couldn't organise scripts or medications for me. So we've just spent a bit of time waiting at the after hours GP clinic at the local hospital here.
It's an interesting experience to walk into a GP you've never seen, attempt to give him the short version of the story (which can't really be done, anyway) and then say "I need cyklokapron" and then find that the doctor has never heard of the drug at all!
But, I have my cyklokapron now - it's a non-hormonal drug to help reduce the bleeding, but as the pharmacist said it was an anti-inflammatory drug I'm going to have to call my friend at work again tonight to check whether it's ok to take with my other arthritis drugs. I'm also on a 5-day break from the pill on the advice of the other FS at my clinic before I resume again.
What have I learned from this little episode... if clinic nurses brush me off and I'm still worried - INSIST ON SOME SORT OF ACTION!!
Yes, BW has learnt something here at least! :)
BW
i think this whole journey is a learning experience BW! i'm just happy for you that you finally got some action and not just attitude from the clinic!
That's great BW. At least they didn't try and brush you off again and you got to speak with a FS.
Definitely don't hestitate asking to speak to someone else if you don't get the answers you are after from the nurses. Are you allocated one nurse, or do you speak to whoever is on duty?
I have to say, I love my nurse so I don't feel anxious when I have to call and it makes such a difference just having to speak to the same person all the time. Although she has been on holidays this last week and I felt a bit lost with all that was going on,but thankfully she is back tomorrow before I go in for transfer.
I'm not sure how it all works with the nurses, yet. I suspect it's a matter of talking to whoever's there at the time. I'm sort of in a grey area as I'm a patient of the clinic that hasn't really started treatment yet. I do feel a bit silly for not having called them sooner and letting it get to this point, and I keep thinking that I should have at least made an appointment with my GP who takes me seriously when I wasn't happy with the answers I was given... but I do realise that a lot of the way I reacted was down to my anxiety issues so I'm being gentle on myself.
Currently sitting back, taking it easy with the ever-present glass of water and stuffing my face with last night's left over lamb rissoles and lots of fruit. I don't give a damn about the eating plan and the food diary and the exercise I'm meant to be doing! I figure I need to take it easy for a bit and let my body restore itself. With the fridge fairly bursting at the seams with fresh fruit and veg it's hard to eat wrong, anyway!
Thanks everyone for being so supportive and caring as I had my little melt-down.
BW
If you call that a little melt down what am i going to call mine.LOL glad to hear that you are feeling better.
Just found out from a GF that the white cube bookcase in IKEA is no more, that is they are discontinuing the line....................Now what am i going to do, you see i had told a GF that it is the ideal nursery acsessory and a must have. so she bought one and loves it...........now i have another GF that is also on BB and shes just been to pick one up as she is due later this year and she just told me that they have a few left, but what should i do, do i go and get one and worry that im ginking myself or do i just let it pass me by and not (but i do love it)
Girls please your help
BW glad to hear that everything is good now. Take care of yourself and relax.
Lou I say buy it. Don't look at it has though your jinxing yourself but preparing yourself for the baby that you WILL have.
It seems to me that it could be a bookcase for some other room in the house for now... and later on it can be moved to the nursery for bubs. It's all about the way you look at things.
If you really love it, buy it *for yourself*, and use it somewhere else that's not the nursery and move it later. I guess that changes the whole idea just a little. Sometimes it's the way you see things that is the scary part of it, and looking at it at a slightly different angle makes things just that little bit different and more tolerable.
People may have different ideas, but you need to do what you are most comfortable with. If you let it pass by, you may just find something else that you love even more.
And yes, Loula, that was a melt down on my end - although most of my freaking out was done in email and over the phone to my gyn friend. She's a dear friend and I love her to bits, but I'm so damned thankful for her career choice right now!
BW
Lou, I would buy it. It is something that you WILL need for your future bubs room and if it's no longer going to be available, go for it!
Wow, just when you think no one is around and you come to my rescue. thanks i know its far for a bb subject (kind of) but i will go to IkEA tomorrow and pick one up and if theres none there then it was ment to be.hehe
thanks ladies now i just have to convince DH!!
Hope you're able to convince DH Lou! ;)
My DH doesn't want to buy anything so have absolutely zero baby stuff in the house. It doesn't stop me looking though. There's a couple of things around that I want to buy at the moment. I am sick of being cautious or superstitious or whatever you want to call it! I just want to go shopping!!! lol ;)
hehe....I so know that feeling!! I bought a beautiful brand new bertini pram when we were first pregnant off a lady on ebay who discovered she was having twins. It is living in what will be the nursery one day and still has its tags on and everything (just in case). DH has told me that it has to go to the garage for the duration of the wedding so people don't ask too many questions... :eek:
I guess that is something I would do.....hide items, especially big ones if we were having people over that might stumble across a stash of baby furniture. I wouldn't want negative comments (some people just can't help themselves) or looks of pity because we haven't been able to get pg so far.
Wow, not long to go until your wedding now Mel. :) How exciting!!
DH says no, and in one way i dont want the same as what my friends have but i wanted it first (sorry to sound like a spoilt little so and so) ive had my eye on this item for our nursery for over a year.
i dont really think there is anywhere else to put it around the house but bugger it.
Bugger DH I say....if you have wanted it for over a year that means you must really want and have thought about it carefully...so buy it I say
i know what you mean Lou - it's hard when you have your heart set on something for so long but for one particular reason - and then someone else uses it for the same thing.
quick question - do you have any friends or family that are handy enough around the house to whip up something like that when it comes time to need it. i know i've seen some awesome things, and in my head i have a nursery all designed - but i didn't have the funds at the time to buy them then - i have a brother who will make it (i have something very similar to the cube bookshelf in mind) - but will make it to be exactly how i want it - so that it's wall mounted and fits around other furniture properly - maybe it's an idea to think about... and no, it's not selfish to be upset that your friends got to use them when it was your idea!
BW - i'm glad you have a friend you were able to vent to through your little "meltdown" - and i agree, you're really really lucky that your friend is in the job they are. i guess we're all prone to meltdowns of different types at the moment!
:D cyklokapron is wonderful stuff! I had one tablet about 3ish, and it's now 9, and everything has got back to easily manageable levels!
I had a much less teary and stressed-out chat with my friend before she went to work this evening just to check out dosage and everything a little more thoroughly as neither the GP nor the pharmacist could tell me much, and I've also been given strict instructions to commence eating lots of red meat and make sure I'm on a multi vitamin with iron, drink lots and rest up until I feel normal. Going to be interesting with going back to work tomorrow, but the first day has no kids, the second day has half the kids, Wednesday we'll have everyone back but still lots of admin-ish type stuff to do, so it shouldn't be too bad. I just hope the mental fog that has me currently forgetting how to operate my own microwave lifts soon! (so if anything I say sounds weird, or doesn't make sense, that's probably why)
I'm certainly going to take things more seriously next time when I think something's not right - I got scarily close to needing to be admitted to hospital there!
Loula, you don't sound like a spoiled so-and-so with regard to the bookshelf! I think it's perfectly understandable to be reacting in such a way.
Willow - where are you? how are you? Not long to your EPU if I'm remembering things correctly right now. Hope you are ok.
BW
BW, I am here, just catching up on the last few days and glad things have settled for you.
EPU is tomorrow, please everyone, say your prayers for me!
Best of luck Willow....I will be thinking of you tomorrow morning and sending up lots of eggie prayers for oyu.
BW glad to hear you are feeeling better
Megan best of luck for Wednesday if I don't talk sooner
Willow, wishing you well for today. I hope your eggs are of superb quality and fertilise wonderfully!
Me: I'm glad I was told what the maximum dose of the cyklokapron was... had a few dramas last night (gotta love waking up in a pool of blood - NOT!) and I'm a little worried about going back to work today. I have learnt something else though... lay on your back and everything pools and doesn't gush out. Lay on your tummy, and it drains. Sorry for the grossness. I've taken a higher dose this morning, and I will see how I go. If it weren't the first week of school, I'd take myself off to my GP and take a few days off work to fully recover, but missing those first few days is a bad way to start off the year and will make life much more difficult for me in the long run. The first two, maybe three days shouldn't be too bad though.
BW
Oh BW you poor thing, the timing is awful. Hopefully it'll be stress-free, easy days for you.
Willow, crossing all fingers and toes for you today!
Lou, the Chinese believe that having baby stuff in your house invites children's spirits to come to live, therefore making it easier to fall pg! I don't know how true it is, but what an argument for you buying whatever you want! Lol!
BW - you really are a strong women, i hope the week goes well for you.
Willow - Fantastic luck for today, i hope you get all you want.
Sushee - i love that. how beautiful it sounds, im going to get one now.lol i hope to go and get one today. we have DH grandma's funeral tomorrow and so im baking finger food today, easy you might say but i dont cook, i am blessed with a DH that a)enjoys cooking and b)is really good at it.
Willow - best of luck today, I've got my fingers crossed for you ;)
Hi Girls,
Its been a few weeks since i have posted, but am stalking you all on your progress. Ive been flat out and very very tired. Looks as though there are quite a few of us on schedule for EPU's in the next month or so.
Willow - Best of luck for today - very excited for you. Look forward to hearing about your BFP in a couple of weeks.
BW - I hope your first day back at work goes OK for you. I've read back a couple of weeks and it certainly looks like you've had a couple of drama's to deal with, I hope things calm down soon. Just on the bleeding, I too recently had a similar issue (not as bad I think). MY doc put me on Microgynin after my last IVF cycle in December, so that he could "flatten" things ready for next IVF. Almost a week after I started taking it I staretd to bleed daily for almost 4 weeks. This is very unusual for me as AF is always light and short. I rang clcinic but Doc was on leave and his PA couldnt really assist, asked me to stay on the protocol and keep taking in. I did my own research and found that Breakthorugh bleeding is very common on that brand of pill. I also put on about 3 kg and my weigt never fluctuates much. so - I was weondering if you were taking Microgynin?? ANyway I did keep taking it and when I staretd my Lucrin I stopped taking the pill and then got full AF! I was worried but when Doc retunred from holidays he said it was all fine, and that despite the bleeding the pill had done its job perfectly as all the hormones were suppressed perfectly..... bizarre.
Lou - Go for the cabinet, it would always make a great bookcase until bub comes on to the scene! Happy baking and sorry to hear about DH's Grandma.
As for me I've been on Lucrin for 3 weeks (I use Lucrin by injection instead of Synarel as I have bad allergies/hayfever and it all runs staright out!). Started on FSH injections one week ago and went to the Doc this morning, was surprised to hear that I already have 14-16 follies around 14 mm! Very pleased with myself, I had a feeling that there were a few as my abdomen is definately more swollen than usual and my jeans dont fit! Anyway so I am set for my next EPU on Friday and looking forward to a big haul of qulaity eggs.
I have a question :confused: Has anyone every been put on steroids and Aspirin as part of their protocol???????????. My doc recommended them, however with the fuzzy brain I have at the moment I cant remember why. I am not back to see him till Wednesday so I will check then but I would love to hear if anyone else has had any experience with Steroids. Apparenlty there are some side effects, but if they help I dont mind.........
SO there it is......... Lucrin injections, Puregon injections, Fishoil capsules, Multivitamins, Premular, Elevit, Steriods, Aspirin, Xtra folate, Pilates, Acupuncture, Physio, High protein diet and the most god awful potion ever from the Naturoath! My personal baby recipe....:D
This will be full Stim cycle #9 - my lucky number and EPU one day after my birthday - hopefully all good omens.:pray:
Ciao