First Time for IVF

Hi all,

We started our first cycle of IVF this week... We were diagnosed with unexplained infertility linked with my autoimmune illness... We are blessed to have an amazing little girl conceived naturally without issue 7yrs ago but no luck with a 2nd naturally. Still feeling scared, excited & nervous etc... Am having weird symptoms from injections... Have a lot of discomfort from gas & bloating... 1st ultrasound is scheduled for Wednesday & all going well hopefully get our first EC done Friday... Just hoping to hear from some more experienced IVF users, for some tips, advice, reassurance etc such a roller coaster of emotions... Feeling positive & hopeful ☺️

IVF can be really overwhelming. The first cycle in particular. I remember so many other people were excited for me. But I just felt sad. Sad for the loss of easy fertility.

The girls in the LTTTC thread are great. You might like to join them here... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...d.php?t=197702

I would not have coped the last three years without that thread. Met some amazingly inspiring women.

Just had my baby miracle after nine transfers - it was worth every tear xox

Good luck x

Oh wow that's awesome news congrats! Enjoy motherhood xx thanks for the thread link

Hi there, not sure where you're up to now ... I can tell you that I had trouble with the pessaries not the injections but when I went for round 2 and 3 I changed and they were much better. We didn't have many follicles during harvest.


Babydust :)

Hi all, I am brand new to all of this . My husband had treatment for cancer a few years ago and recently we found out this has left us with about a 1% chance of conceiving naturally. So here we are. Obviously we are happy he's ok but still pretty daunted by the whole thing. We are scheduled for next month to get started and I guess I was just wondering if someone could let me know what exactly we're in for. Feeling sad about losing the ease of natural fertility but also motivated (well getting there) to start the process. Thanks in advance to anyone that replies! I've never even been on a forum before so even writing this feels a bit daunting...

hi NH24!
welcome to BB!!
you will find alot of amazing women here each who has done their own journey, so will be able to help you. =) please check out other threads, and join the general chatter thread if you want. (link a few posts up).