ET and brandy/whiskey

Hi ladies, I have a question regarding transfer and whiskey/brandy. I have been offered a shot of brandy & lemonade after two of my IVF ETs. The first time I thought they must be crazy; after all, I had just had my first embryo implanted and they wanted to give me alcohol. The second time I had done some reading about brandy relaxing the walls of the uterus to assist with impantation and transfer, so I had some after the transfer.

Here's my question: have any other ladies been offered brandy and was it always after the transfer had taken place? I was thinking if it is to be effective, shouldn't you imbibe the brandy before the transfer?

Many thanks!

Hey,

I had brandy after my transfer (at 7.30am on a saturday morning:D:D).
Got my BFP.

I had no idea why they were giving me it and I didn't ask. I was more than happy to have a wee booze when DH was offered a cup of tea :lol::lol::lol:

In my clinic though, I think that this is a relatively new thing as one of my mates had her ET 10 months before me and there was no brandy for her.

Hugs and good luck,
Sue xxx

Thats the most random thing I have heard in a long time...and I like it.
I wonder if its too late to take it now:lol:, probably given my BT for preg. is tomorrow. Oh well, hopefully I might get to sniff the cork to celebrate :pray:

I've always been offered a brandy straight after ET. It surprised me so much the first time that I didn't know what to do and said no. I've had the brandy every time after that (another 3 transfers). I figured there would have to be a scientific reason behind it.

Thanks for your replies, ladies. I find it so interesting that different clinics do different things. I'm QFG Brisbane. Is the alcohol just a Queensland thing? Are we all wee alcos here in Queensland? :p

Venus - Good luck for today! Fingers and toes crossed, and let us know how you get on.

Brunette, I'm with QFG too. ;)

Hehe, I'm with QFG too. Must be a bunch of boozers there :D:D:D

S X

Ha, ha! Well the stats are in and the science is proven: we Queenslanders are a bunch of boozers. Any excuse for a drink :D

Lol.. i know exactly who your doc is.... he has good stats so it must be a good thing...

im with dr de at qfg and hes been suggesting scotch for a few things

I think it's a QFG thing, not just Dr De (or Waz as he's affectionately termed). I was reading a post earlier this week, and Dr De told this lady to take a brandy and valium before ET! What a scream. She said she was so relaxed on the drive home that she hardly remembered it :D

Yeah, I was just going to say that, it's a QFG thing - after ET it's the nurses that look after you anyway so it's not just the individual Drs.

Brandy ROCKS!

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I think it's a QFG thing, not just Dr De

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Yep, I'm with a different Dr at QFG and I'm looking forward to my brandy! If everything goes to plan, I should have my transfer just before my office christmas party so at least I'll fit in!!

I like the idea of the valium too!! I can imagine she'd have had a very good afternoon!! Hmmm... :think:

i has scan this morning in prep for next weeks iui and when he was getting the probe ready he says now say ahhhhh lmao

He is an absolute riot!

I'm in Adelaide and have never had that offered...though it's been a year since I've done a cycle or had a transfer. very interesting, I'm going to have to google this.