I'm new to this forum and am just looking to find anyone who has undergone OS with Puregon before... I am set to start mine in just over a week and I am EXTREMELY nervous!!! My DH and I have been TTC for over 10 years and we have previously tried Clomid but it didn't work for us...
Does anyone have any advice for me in regards to having this treatment???
When the nurse gave me the pen and instructions I was so nervous. She showed me what to do and then gave it to me to do to myself. I held it in my hands and burst into tears. I looked pleadingly at DH and said I just can't do it. He took it from me and asked the nurse to show him. She did. I knew it was going to be okay and it was. My DH gave me all my jabs and yes, I eventually ended up looking little bit like a pin cushion but I bruise very very easily.
Sadly the injections don't really scare me... Guess that comes with the territory of being a nurse... Is going to be weird injecting myself though after always doing it to others, I'm more scared about this not working either...
Oh you poor thing. Yes, that is scary (sorry, my first thought was needles....shudder!)
I just took each day as it came. I had meltdowns and amazing highs. My moods went up and down (as DH later told me) and I was forever fretting about doing the right amount, right time etc., etc.
I remember telling DH one day that we were wasting our time and money on something that wasn't going to work - the next day I was window-shopping for nursery furniture.
My best (only) advice is to join in here. The only way I got through it was to pour my heart out in the Belly Belly forums. No question was too silly or insignificant and there was always someone who had been there before and could provide some advice or a shoulder to lean on. I also relied heavily on the nurses at the FC. They provided wonderful support.
Take care and don't be too hard on yourself, particularly if you are having a "down day".
Thanks Cass... My DH and I were so positive it would work but after my appointment I am not so sure now... The dr was confident it would but I just have this sinking feeling in my stomach... I think we want it so badly that it just won't work... Silly thoughts I know, but all I have ever wanted was to be a mummy and it has been such a long and hard road to get here, I just don't know how long I can wait for it to work...
Gah... Sorry for the negativity!!!
We used puregon with our IVF attempts. I think the biggest thing to remember is that the first cycle is all about learning how your body stimulates to certain levels of drugs etc. Depending on age and other things as to what dose rate you will be given, sometimes this is perfect and other times it wont be enough or even a little too much iykwim.
There are girls on here who are right where you are now or who have been there not too long ago. Ask all the questions you need and remember that there is always someone on here that will be a 'shoulder' for you
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