Starting my 1st IVF cycle soon

Hey everyone,

Well I have finally received my info pack in the mail yesterday advising my when to start my meds. I have to start on provera the 14/9, 1 tablet per day and Synarel on the 18/9, one puff every 8 hours. I knew i would be starting soon and living in a regional area I decided to go to my chemist and start organising what i needed now. Gee i am lucky i did. They had the provera in stock, but with the synarel they had to order it in. I went in the next day to pick it up and they couldnt find my script. After they searched for what seemed like an eternity they told me that they didnt get it in as they wanted to let me know of the cost ($90+). I gave them a blank look and told the lady that this is for IVF and $90 was nothing in the whole scheme of things. So they said they would order it in again and i was to go and pick it up the next day. So off i went the following day to pick it up. Alas it was not there, due to no supply from the manufacturer. Now i stood there shaking my head wondering what the hell i was going to do and was my luck ever going to change. The lady told me she would call another manufacturer....i stood there waiting. They said they have some in stock and would be arriving in two days. So thats tomorrow.....fingers crossed it gets here.

So now i am nervous about the whole thing....what if meds dont get here? What if i do something wrong? Then the is the whole needle thing....i dont care about giving myself needles, im sure i will be fine with it but what if i stuff it up? I know i am making a mountain out of a mole hill but it just sometimes it feels like i have the worst luck. Im sure i will be fine....thanks for listening

C

Goodluck with your IVF journey :)

hi Curmon,
yes it is a little scarey at first starting your first IVF cycle and you feel as if you have so much to remember and do - but it does get better believe me. I gave myself the needles and you will be just fine too - you will not stuff up! Just take your time, don't rush it.

we are here to listen whenever you want. All the best to you on your journey.

Thanks for the support!! I think i was just having one of those days. Well good news, chemist rang and my Synarel is in stock. Im pretty sure i will need a 2nd bottle so i think i will just order it in now to be safe.
Claire

Hi Claire :hello:

I've just completed my first IVF cycle & can totally understand your feelings. It has got to be one of the scariest thing I have ever done!! It really is hard to stuff up the injections, as long as you remember what your dose is, you'll be fine. The first one is by far the worst as you've got no idea what to expect, after that it's a breeze & you'll wonder what you ever worried about ;)

And yay for the synarel being in stock, good idea ordering the second bottle in now, so you want miss any doses.

Good luck :crossfingers:

Welcome to BB curmon :)
We are about to start our first cycle in a few weeks, but I am sniffing synarel at the moment for my endometriosis. I didn't bother going to our local country chemist. We drive 200klms to pick up my synarel, and I have a 2nd bottle as back up just in case.
Goodluck with your IVF.

Nic

Thanks ladies, I now have the Synarel in my hot little hands and have ordered in a second bottle. I have calmed down now and cant wait for it all to start.
Claire

hi hun well best of luk with your first ivf cycle i to am on my first cycle and on day 4 of the spray,its not that bad at all ..good luk

Hi Claire,

I am also from Nowra and have just started my first IVF cycle. I started my provera on the 2/9 and just finished my last one today. I am taking Lucrin instead of Synarel but I also had to get that ordered in, it took about 3 days to arrive. I got it through priceline and it was actually cheaper there than they sell it in Wollongong, $207 instead of $215. Not much but every little dollar counts at the moment!

Are you doing your IVF through the SIVF in Wollongong? I am through Dr James. The girls there are great and we have been made to feel very welcome, I have already had to ring them several times to make sure I was doing the right thing! I had my first blood test on Thursday and Thursday night I started the Lucrin which is by injections. I was a bit scared about it at first but I found it didn't hurt at all. So now I wait until my next blood test and my periods before I start the puregon injections and then looking to do egg pickup around the 27th or 28th of September. I am very scared and very excited at the same time.

I wish you the best of luck

Jane

All the Best on your IVF Journey

Opps Sorry about the double post. I didn't see the note flash up about posts not showing up until approved, so when it wasn't there I just did another one! If Moderator notices this please delete my second post. thanks

Jane

Wow another Nowra person! I am doing it through the RPA fertility clinic which is done by Sydney IVF. I have been seeing them for about 2 years now and cause there are only a few nurses i have gotten to know them quite well. Its a bit of a pain living here in Nowra as far as bloods go. I really dislike having to drive up to Wollongong to get them done. Ah well thats the small price i have to pay. I have been getting my meds from Junction St pharmacy which is now called Blooms. I thought i would stick to a smaller chemist.....not sure it was the right thing to do.

Anyways good luck with your IVF and fingers crossed for you. Keep me posted on your progress.

Claire

Wow Claire, That's a bit of a pain that you have to go to Wollongong to get your bloods done. What pathology company is that through? The SydneyIVF Wollongong clinic gets all bloods done through Southern Pathology and I am able to use the Nowra Collection room in Junction street. If I have them done before 9am results are back the same day at about 4pm. I also used to work at Mayne Laverty Pathology (now called Symbion) and we used to get SIVF bloods in there all the time, I think from the Liverpool clinic, and we could get the results back the same afternoon too. Maybe your SIVF clinic isn't aware that results can be back the same day from Nowra and therefore send you to Wollongong?

I am not sure which company I will be having my ultrasounds with yet but it will be one of the Nowra ones as well. So I really only need to go to Wollongong to pick up my meds and then for Egg pickup and then Transfer which are both done at Wollongong Day Surgery.

I am on my fourth day on the Lucrin and only 1 bruise so far so I am doing well. By the time I get to the Puregon I will be an expert at giving injections!

You must be gettnig excited now, you will be starting your Provera on Friday! Good luck with everything and I look forward to hearing about your progress.

Jane

I suppose my story is a little different. I am using donor sperm and have been doing AI for about 7months with no success. Due to my allocation of sperm running out (using a unknown donor) IVF was the next step. When i was having the AI i had to go to wollongong as my results would come in the arvo and it wouldnt give me enough time to get to sydney for the insem. I can get 2 of my bloods done down here but because i have been using the wollongong system i prefer to leave it that way as i know everyone there and i havent had problems thus far.

Yeah provera on Fri, its all exciting. I have so much going on at the moment....all in a good way though. I am kind of nervous because i was doing the AI for soo long that i am worried that the IFV wont work.....i dont know i suppose it just the nerves.

Im glad that this are going well with you and you injections. I was talking to my Partner the other day about you and that you are from Nowra. She said that its probably good for the both of us to have someone close by that is going through the same things. She also thinks it great just incase we encounter any problems also to share the up and downs with someone else apart from her. She is great support but its hard as she doenst know what its like. Anyways keep jabbing with no brusies...

Claire

I agree sometimes it is best just to leave things the way they are if it is working. I was going to have my bloods done where I used to work but it isn't worth the hassle, as my IVF nurses are used to getting the results from one place and if I mess around with it something may go wrong or results get lost. Just not worth it.

I totally understand your feelings that IVF might not work. I am scared of the same thing. My partner and I have been trying for 4 years and have been diagnosed with "unexplained infertility" which just sucks. We went through a lot of tests and exploratory surgery for me and they just can't find anything wrong. And I guess after 4 years of being heartbroken every single month I sort of don't know how to be any other way. I am just conditioned to being disappointed all the time. Now I am so excited and so nervous and scared all at the same time. I am trying to get on with my everyday life, which is pretty hectic at the moment as well, and every now and then it just hits me and I go all weak at the knees and feel a bit panicky.

Are you going to be doing IVF with ICSI or just the standard way? That is the other thing I am worried about. We are doing it the standard way because there is no reason to suggest it won't work, but then my specialist added it may be at this stage they work out what is wrong and then have to go another cycle doing ICSI instead. I know a lot of people go through many IVF cycles before it works for them but I am just hoping and praying that it happens first go. :pray:

I agree with your partner and I feel good to know there is someone close by going through the same thing as me. My other half is very supportive as well, but he can't really experience what I am feeling and he is such a big chicken S*** he won't even give me my injections!! I have to do it myself. Will your partner be helping you with your injections or is she a bit squeamish? I gave myself another little bruise tonight:doh:

If you are anything like me you may feel a little disappointed when you start taking the Provera and you get absolutely no symptoms. That must sound really strange to some people, but I sort of just wanted to some way feel a bit "different". It is hard to believe it is actually working otherwise! I haven't even really had many symptoms with the Lucrin expect from feeling a bit headachy.

Anyway, I seem to have written you a short novel almost and my other half wants to use the computer so I'd better go. Please feel free to send me private messages or use my email address which is koda28@hotmail.com. It would be great if we could meet up sometime and share stories, hopefully very soon we will be sharing success stories!:dance:

Take care

Jane