Thanks everyone for your support - much appreciated. Tried some retail therapy today seemed to help!
I think we are going to keep going with the cycle - I'm just going to try and focus on that as a positive and not be so harsh on myself when I have a wine or deviate off my eating plan to help with the stress!
i have done hellish cycles- one i even ended up on school camp for a week whilst i was injecting- that was fun - and then after pickup i ended up hospital for 3 days and pickup went yuck.
and you know what- it was the cycle that worked and we got our twins from it
just stay focused- cut out all the crap that you dont need stress from- find time in the day to regroup and spend any time you can doing something of quality with your DH - even if its just sitting and talking with the telly off for an hour one nite
How are you going? Sounds like a lot is on your plate at the moment. Sometimes I feel like saying to other problems: please take a number and I'll be with you when I've got this IVF worked out.
Please keep your eyes on the prize. Have you thought about acupuncture to help you deal with stress? Or a relaxation tape. Yes these things aren't going to make the issues go away but they might equip you to better deal with them and keep going strong.
For me what makes a difference is having faith in God and knowing that he loves me greatly and that he is trustworthy. God's in control of all things even when I can't see it, so for me it's about placing my trust and my life in his hands...
farmgirl - I am so sorry to hear all of this.
I felt personally with my cyles a couple of times everything was working against a particular cycle. The best thing for me (not self imposed but I was made to do it by my FS) was a 2 month break.
After that the cycle was sucessful. sometimes when you are so stressed you need to take a break - deal with your family stuff and then start again.
EPU's are hard enough without additional stress and panic.
Whatever you choose good luck .... just a different suggestion. x
Hello all,
Thanks for checking in. I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry at the moment...on the day we started our gonal-f injections, my mum decided that drinking 500ml of gin was a great idea (on top of 250ml the day before), as was abusing the nurses in the ED after she had a fall, and then to top it off, she discharged herself and came knocking on the door of my Aunts where we were staying at 1am in morning (we had left her at the hospital as they were doing tests, and mum was being so rude etc so I left)! (ps. she did this the day before my BIL's fathers funeral - I think she does it on purpose to seek attention back on to her...) Then, we find out that her surgery is scheduled the day before our likely pick up date! So fingers crossed we stay on schedual and dont go early as I'm the one having to pick her up, drive her to Melb and stay with her to be there when she wakes up! She does not know about the IVF and I dont really want to have to explain why I cant be there at this stage in the process! I have not yet planned how I then get back home, pick up DH and get back down to Melb in prep for pick up - I'll deal with that one once we have a confirmed date
Waiting1 - I like your thinking and I do wonder at how we can ever be succesful with all this going on- we prob should have cancelled the cycle, but I have this mistaken belief that by keeping going that I was focusing on us, and what was important to us, what I did not factor in was that everything else would keep going as well. Plus, the stress with my mum will never decrease, it just is always there and then explodes at undefined times - so chaning the timing does not mean much in terms of finding a better time. Maybe I just get drawn into things too much so its my fault, but stressful things just seem to keep happening around us and I cant control that.
Ruth - thanks for the suggestion - yep I was going to acupuncture, but due to work pressures I just cant get there anymore - up here it is not open on Sat, and it takes too much time out of my work day, but I might get to the library and see about a relaxation dvd - thats a good suggestion.
Reflecting on what I've written, it is really pathetic, and I wonder if I want this enough - 'cant find time from work for acupunture'! Pls, like I'm the only busy person in this world! I dont know - its just to hard to work this though - and I'm crap at letting go and saying I cant do it!
Anyway, it is nearly the weekend, which means no work, and sleep ins looking forward to that! Thanks again for checking in, and sorry to just continue the rant...
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