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Hey Hey everyone,
Well the last 3 days I have been injecting 75IU into my belly now my concern is when injecting i pull the top bit out then push it in to inject my pen clicks twice when I do this is that right or am I doubling up I am soo worried i have doubled up!
Any help would be appreciated xx
if you've pulled it to the correct measurement, it won't double dose you - there are probably markers on the pen at regular intervals and that is the clicking sound. i haven't used gonal-f, but i know the puregon one works similarly - and when i was injecting i'd hear about 8 clicks as i pressed it in... i assume gonal f would work very similarly
hope that helps to put your mind at ease a bit - i'm sure one of the girls that has used gonal f will pop in and confirm shortly
Nothing to worry about. I've used Gonal f and so long as you dialed up the right dose it won't double. I was on a much higher does and it would click about 8 or 9 times.
Excellent thanks heaps ladies I was stressing :D
You are ok babe, i was on 37.5 at the start and i remember that being one click. I think i went up to 75 and that was two clicks. I'm sure you are spot on.
your going good hunny 2 cliks is normal i was on 225iu and that was about 6/7 clicks
good luk
pollyanna and Smithy thanks for the advise ladies that makes me feel more safe :)
pollyanna - Did you fall preg on Gonal-F???
Goodluck for your cycle! I was on clomid for about 18 months and didn't fall pregnant, then we did IVF ICSI on the Gonal F and I have fallen pregnant twice. Although we did have to up the dose a few times in the first cycle as the follies weren't growing - I ended up on 225iu after a few weeks of injecting. I only got one viable embryo the first round, but got pregnant all the same. For my second bub I went straight on 225iu and had one transfered and I have four sno bubs waiting.
Wishing you all the best.
Carrie THANKYOU sooooo much! It feels soo good to hear a good story it makes me think positive :) Did you not ovulate at all? Thats my problem I don't ovulate at all....
Hi MissK, yeah I didn't ovulate at all - my periods were all over the place. However it wasn't until DH had a really thorough anaylsis of his sperm prior to IVF that we found out that the majority of his sperm are abnormal in head shape (so that they can't penetrate an egg), so we kind of had that double wammy! I was so so so lucky to fall pregnant first time on IVF for each of our bubs - it appears like the major problem was getting the sperm and egg together.
I hope that it all goes just as well for you! Plus - my DD is proof that it only takes one!
HI Carrie,:
Like Miss K I also was so excited to hear your story - your issues are EXACTLY the same as mine, I am on my first cycle of IVF on gonal F and having my stim scan on Friday. Hearing a good story like that is just what I needed.
Thanks again, and good luck Miss K...
Aleenta- Best of luck with your first cycle and scan! What IVF doctor are you seeing?
Thanks Carrie!
I am seeing Geoff Clarke at MIVF
I also went to MIVF but saw John McBain.
Hi Ladies
I am also under MIVF, I think they're fantastic, very professional and they all care so much. I am currently under Michael Gronow and he is out of this world, couldn't ask for anyone better. Five Star Treatment.
All the best for BFP's :bfp:
I have BT due on Mon 14th July. :pray:
Yvette,
Good luck. I was with MIVF and thanks to thier wonderful treatment and the amazing Manuela Telodo I have my awesome DD:dance:
Hey girls,
thanks for the encouragement. Despite having overstim issues this cycle I have been very happy with MIVF.
Yvette my fingers are crossed for your BFP!! And jmmum lovely to hear about your success..
I am now waiting for a down reg scan on tues and hoping I can start again
Aleenta
It must have been devastating to go through all those sprays / injections and over stim. Do you know what dosage they will be putting you on this cycle? What were you on last cycle?
I was on 225 for 5 days until my scan revealed 18-20 eggs, they quickly reduced my dosage to 75 until my trigger injection. OPU collected 20 eggs.... Very painful. 19 Mature / 1 Immature.
Only ended up with 4 quality embryo's for transfering out of 19...(How's that!!) Transfered 2 and froze 2.
I am sure you will be fine this cycle. I'm guessing they put people on such high doses the first cycle incase people don't react to the drugs straight off.
All the best for some embies this cycle
Hi Yvette,
yes a bit disappointing, I was lucky that I started pill and sprays while I was OS on hol's so the time went quickly, I was only home for 3 days and then I started my injections. I was on 225 for 7 days. I had a scan yesterday to see if my ovaries had calmed down as I had a bit of a period on the weekend, but alas still crazy in there so I have to rest them for a while. My FS has been away and is back on Monday so he is going to follow up with me on next steps. My period is quite irregular so who knows when it will come next. The fill in FS said he thought they would probably give me around a third of the original dose next time, and I am going to ask if I can have an earlier scan like you so they can adjust before I overstim. Apparently because I my age it's pretty unusual to get such a reaction, but they said initially that I was borderline PCOS so it looks like that might be the case, even though I don't really have any other symptoms.
I really hope you get a BFP in a few days time.......then it won't matter that you got 4 from 19!! Once I get some embies I am planning to put 2 in at a time as well - may as well go for it.
Looking forward to hearing good news from you,
Aleenta
Well I don't have any good news. A :bfn: for us this time but I didn't have my hopes up too high anyway. From what I have learnt from this website is that a lot of people have had two / three / four shots and then got a :bfp: so I am just taking it one day at a time. I have two more eggs frozen and I am just starting the process for a FET. So fingers crossed. I am just hoping that I fall in before the end of the year for the simple reasons of the Medicare safety net...lol I am not unhappy, as I said before I didn't expect a miracle first time round.
Anyway enough about me, I can't believe they started you on 225 for 7 days and did not scan you during that time to see how you were reacting, considering it was your first cycle? No wonder you over-stimed. I hope they pay you more attention this time round!! I hope your ovaries stop partying and settle down soon and you are well on your way to some healthy embies.
Anyway, stay tuned and let me know how your going. Love to hear some good news from you soon.
hi there Aleenta
I'm sorry to hear your news....must be really hard and I am thinking of you and your partner. like you said some people go through several cycles before success. My sister went through 4 cycles and ending up having a baby boy two weeks ago!
I've just started on the gonal-f (first IVF cycle) and noticed I was feeling a little dizzy and light headed at work today. Have you felt this as a side effect?
p.s. found it pretty funny this morning when my husband nearly fainted from watching the needle go in, ah men...soft!
look forward to chatting and getting as much info as poss on the whole IVF stuff...huge thing to go through, eh?!;)
Hi Yvette,
I am so sorry to hear that your cycle didn't end up with the BFP. I have to say that I think you have a wonderful and positive attitude though about taking it one day at a time. I agree, I think it's all we can do really. I have decided that in between active cycles I have to live a bit so I am socialising and having a few lovely wines etc. And it's great you have some frosty ones to try again without having to go through stim cycle. Good luck with starting the FET cycle - fingers crossed it's your lucky one.
I am calling my FS tomorrow to see what I am meant to do next. I am definately going to demand closer monitoring next time, and at least I know what it felt like last time to overstim so I will also be on the watch out for it. Will let you know what my next steps are..
Hi Haeljet,
Thanks for the positive message about your sister - that's great and always good to hear success stories! The whole injecting thing is so strange, and yes it's funny how soft the men can be - it's kind of humorous in a black comedy kind of way - you should have seen the look on my husband's face when he had to watch me do a 'practice' one at the clinic before we started our cycle - priceless!
In answer to your question about gonal f, I didn't actually get any dizziness or light headedness, in fact the irony of my overstim situation is I didn't have many side effects: I only felt tight in the stomach, kind of bloating and like there was no room in there, and I had no energy for exercise, I normally like going for a run or gym or something at least 3-4 times per week and I just felt really tired, and had no motivation to exercise. Other than that I was ok.
Good luck!
thanks heaps for responding to my nervous question, reallyappreciate it. Yeah, still feeling the dizziness, got it again today, but noticed it when I walking out in the really cold air (12 degrees in Adelaide every day this week!). We had to go back into Flinders today to have a scan and the little buggers are hiding behind my uterus....little peanuts wont come out and show themselves, so gotta keep taking Orgalutran injections which are on top of the gonal f injections. Wow, they are much bigger and sting more than gonal f.
Go back on Thursday to see if they can find the Follicles? I think they call them. Well if they decide to show their little furry faces I'll be one happy chappy becuase I think that means I go in for egg collection on Monday - beauty means another day off work whoohoo!! Hope you are well mate, and look forward to keeping in touch. :lol:
Good luck for your scan tomorrow...Monday is always a good day to have off, and for such a great cause too!
I am interested to hear about your Orgalutran injections, as I went and say my FS today to get me back on track after overstim, and he is putting me on that next time instead of Synarel. So basically I am waiting for AF and then I start on gonal f and Orgalutran. Not that excited to hear it's a bigger injection - yuck that sucks. I was ok with the gonal f as it doesn't seem like a real one, oh well guess I have to psyche myself up for that one!!
It's freezing in Melb too at the moment - have been treating myself to a few glasses of good red wine whilst my ovaries are resting...
Hope Thurs is good news..