N2L - Glad to hear that you are feeling better and they at least know what caused it.
Williever hope you are feeling a little better today. This journey can sure take it's toll some days.
Happybaby - How are you holding out on your tww, when is your BT?
Blossum - Congrats on your smooth transfer, sending you lots of sticky vibes. I considered asking about the valium as I stress heaps at transfer but have never taken it before and not sure how it would affect me.
Jaye Jaye - How did you go today?
Melissa - How is your tww going, hope you are not going as insane as I am?
Loops, Kass, Joeve, JBM, 1moreplz and everyone else... hope you are all going ok.
AFM - Well Hcg has just over doubled from 44 to 101 in 48 hrs which is still quite low but, again, my FS called to reassure me that, although low, it is looking ok as he knows what a stress head I am (I truly try not to be!) I have to go back for another BT on Monday, by which time it will need to quadruple but at least it is heading in the right direction for now. This is the longest 2ww ever, IVF is a true lesson in patience!
tantee - It sounds good hun x Numbers moving in the right direction. I hope Monday makes you feel more confident x
jayejaye - I hope you get to go through all thsoe symptoms x
blossom - I hope your little eggie gets comfortable in there x I am still a bit sore after the op. I keep wondering when it will stop. I want it all to stop NOW so that I can have on 'on board'...........
kass - Thanks hun. You're right. I am a control freak and I kind of hate not having any control, but now I'm not in and out for BT's and scans I feel semi-normal again.
Hi everyone x
I can't believe how well they have done...Very happy. Trying to have a chilled night, but work is massive at the mo. So tired and feel we should be celebrating.
Does anyone know how long after EPU the bloatedness should ease? Still painful after op. I'm hooping that fades soon too. I want my body back in tip top shape ready for next cycle.....come on body!
Quick one again - my nips are so painful still.....I still feel weak and exhausted..........After EPU when should this end? I know I need to stop rushing my body, but I'm beginning to worry.....
Article in today's Age newspaper I thought would be of interest to other stress heads like me!!!
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Stress no barrier to IVF success
Julia Medew
February 26, 2011
STRESS does not affect a woman's chance of getting pregnant with IVF, research has concluded.
Doctors from Cardiff University in Britain examined 14 studies involving 3583 infertile women undergoing fertility treatment to see if anxiety levels and depression measured before treatment were linked to the outcome of a successful pregnancy or not. No link was found between the two factors.
A report on the research published in the British Medical Journal yesterday said although many women believed emotional distress contributed to their infertility and lack of success with treatment, this review showed it was not the case. The authors also noted that it debunked the fertility myth that relaxed women conceived more easily than other women.
''This [allows] doctors to reassure women that feelings of tension, worry or depression experienced as a result of their fertility problem, its treatment, or other co-occurring life events are unlikely to further reduce their chance of pregnancy,'' the authors wrote.
However, they said more should be done to help couples through infertility treatment because it was often arduous, causing about a third of people to drop out prematurely.
A cycle of IVF typically involves nine to 12 days of self-injection to stimulate egg production, followed by retrieval of eggs, fertilisation of those eggs with sperm, and then implantation of the embryo into the woman's uterus.
According to the Fertility Society of Australia, about one in six Australian couples experience infertility and about 10,000 IVF babies are born each year in Australia.
I hope you get to go through all thsoe symptoms x
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