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Started sniffing morning and night last Tuesday, and I was completely expecting to be gagging on the stuff.
I had my highly concentrated glass of green cordial by my side, took a big sniff . . . and, well, not that bad really. YAY me :clap:
If everything in this first IVF cycle is as easy as this, bring on the ER!
glad you arent finding it too bad :)
good luck with this cycle.
I personally dont find it to be too bad, but not too great either! It gives me headaches and makes me feel a bit sick for a while...but then that passes and all is ok again
Hi,
I agree with you. I have been taking synarel for a week now and apart from a bit of a runny nose (which I attribute to a headcold) it is not as bad as I thought. The pharmacist and nurse advised me only to do a normal sniff not an overly big one so maybe that is why?
It looks as though we are going through things at the same time. I am on my first IVF cycle and am booked in for my scan on April 22nd, if all goes well will start injections after that, it seems to be taking forever just to get to the actual procedure!!
Wishing you luck!
for me to start off with it wasn't 'that' bad! however the longer i was on it the more it began to make my nose hurt! the fact that i always get a little stressie during cycles doesn't help.
I remember the first couple of cycles that i did i said to my DH, i dont know what people are talking about IVF is not that hard! after so many cycles i am now starting to see the emotional strains that it is putting on me, and probably was much earlier that i had wanted to see myself!
Everyone is different and i hop for you synarel is easy on you for the duration of your cycle. GL
Ugg. Syneral. It really affects me badly. I get headaches instantly and feel consistantly ill.
On my first cycle I wasnt doing deep enough sniffs and I was not suppressed enough so had to go onto 2 sniffs, 3x a day.
My FS said that if I cant taste it at the back of my throat after 5 minutes, I havent sniffed properly. I am being really careful to get it right this time and just had my ostrodiol a few days back. It came back fine at 52. Yaay! Feel as sick as a dog all day though :(
the sniffing and the taste didnt bother me, it was the side effects that got me, i was suffering terrible migrains with syneral and also was feeling so drained, i struggled to get out of bed in the morning to go to work and was in bed by 8 everynight totally exhausted.
i would take puregon and crinone any day, i hate syneral!!!!
best of luck with your cycle, fingers crossed
Funny because I was just saying this to my acupuncturist! I was beginning to think I was doing something wrong with the sniffing because I was not finding it as awful as everyone was saying! There is just a bit of a chemical taste but nothing overpowering. I have had a couple of headaches and I did get a bit of a flu on about day 4 of injections (which i don't relate to the treatment anymore) but the sniffing bit is fine.
I can't say I find the Gonal F injections delightful though. I am sick of drinking water, sick of going to the toilet every five minutes and sick of feeling bloated!
Sammiejam - I'm sorry you have such a hard time with the stuff. I haven't noticed any side effects yet, but then I've only been taking it twice a day for 5 days now, so maybe the bad stuff is coming:rolleyes: I'm glad to read the bit about knowing you've done it right if you can taste it at the back of your throat after 5 minutes. Looks like I'm doing it right then, because at first I can't taste anything, then after about 5 minutes I feel it run down the back of my throat. It's not that bad though, nowhere near as bad as I had expected.
Cadence - we are pretty close in our protocol, I have my scan on April 27th and hope to start stims that night. Best of luck to you.
Poppyfairy - I know what you mean about drinking water. I've been told to have 3 litres a day from stims to ET and I just know I'll be running to the loo every 10 minutes. I hate the feeling of a full bladder, so I might just put a porta-potty in my office ;)
I am sure my DH would disagree - apparently i am moody and grumpy due to all the headaches i get from synarel
I often refer to myself as being in a 'synarel fog' as it makes it harder to concentrate for a while...along with the headache...that does however get better after a few hours
i found i didn't get any problems from synarel and even thought maybe it wasn't working , it was. i didn't get many symptoms at all apart from tummy bloating when i was growing my 14 eggs.
it wasn't until i was taking the crinone gel that i got ALL the symtoms. yukky stuff.
hope all goes well for you.
Hi Darily,
Just wanted to check in and say hi!
Had my down reg scan this morning and all is well so am starting puregon tomorrow, not looking forward to injections again, my last ov induction cycle I had to do injections for 3 weeks straight not fun!! Nurse today said that as long as you are sniffing and not sneezing or blowing your nose within 5 minutes of taking synarel then it is working. I told her that sometimes I can taste it and other times I can't and she said that being able to taste it shouldn't make a difference.
Hope all is well with you and that your scan has the same result so you can start your injections. My next scan is next wed so fingers crossed for us both, Take care:crossfingers:
Hi Darily and Cadence (and everyone else), looks like I've started this cycle around the same time as you both, how exciting! I've got my first follicle scan on Friday, been on the Puregon injections since last Friday.
I haven't found the Synarel too bad either, not nice of course, but not enough to make me gag. I do find that occaisionally it will give me a headache though, they can be a bit much. The things we do for our kids, right? :rolleyes: And they're not even here yet!
I have found that the Puregon seems to have made me more bloated this time around though (IVF round 2 for me, first was in January). I'm in a high risk category for OHSS too, so hoping that it's not that already! Being younger and starting overweight and having PCOS is not the best way to be, but if conditions were ideal, well, I wouldn't be meeting all of you lovely ladies in the LTTTC threads :)
With the Puregon this round, I'm finding it hard to do up my pants already, even though I'm currently dieting and it seemed to be working REALLY well up to the start of the injections. And I can feel things growing in my pelvic region already, so hopefully this scan will show some good results and it won't be too long to EPU :pray: We're going with ICSI this time around as last round we got 6 eggs, 4 mature but one blighted emby so no transfer. DH has some swimmer issues, so we figured we'd get the best and get them into the eggs and see how our chances improve. Here's hoping!
Good luck to all, it must be our turn soon, right? :dance:
Hi Meo,
Great to have another person going through all this at the same time. Well not great that any of us have to go through it at all but good to have support iykwim!!!
I have found that puregon doesn't really agree with me but don't think that I will have a problem with ohss if any of my previous cycles are anything to go by.
I hope that all goes well with your scan on Friday and will be thinking of you!
Keep us posted- hope to hear some good news very soon.:crossfingers:
Hi ladies,
Cadence - great news that your down reg scan went well. What clinic are you with and what dose of Puregon are you on? I'm at Melbourne IVF and I'll be starting on 150iu next Monday is the scan goes well. I'm still having no troubles with the Synarel, no headaches or anything. Hope I'm doing it all right!
Meo - Looks like you're well on your way. What dose are you on? Sounds like bloating can be a real problem. I've only ever been on 50iu of Puregon and had no side effects from that, but I'm sure 150iu is a different story. I guess it will be stretchy skirts for me while stimming if I get too bloated :lol:
Hi Darily,
Just did my first puregon injection (well first for this cycle). The dose is 200 and I am also with Melbourne IVF. Dr Kate Stern is my doctor. I am so hoping that when I go next wed they will say yep you are ready to have your epu in a coupld of days- wishful thinking but I get very down and miserable on the puregon so don't want to be on it for long.
Meo how are you going? Good luck for scan tomorrow keep us posted!
Hi Cadence,
I've heard Kate Stern is great. I'm with Fleur Cattrall, same rooms.
Just out of curiosity, have you had the discussion with Kate yet about how many embies you're putting back? I've been told 1 and only 1, no further discussion! And it will be a 2 day transfer, which I think if pretty common at MIVF.
I hope the 200iu does the trick for you quickly and you get to EPU before you know it :D
Hey Darily,
How funny, same rooms, it is a small world.
At our initial appointment we discussed the idea of putting 2 in with the nurse and she said to email Kate about it which I did. Kate's response was that she also recommends one but said she is willing to discuss the prospect of 2 with us at the next appointment. I think ours is a 2 day transfer also. Yeah I am hoping that 200 does the trick the less time I have to take puergon the better. In regards to the synarel I have been experiencing really bad leg cramps and muscle soreness in my back and legs- does anyone know if this is related to the synarel in anyway? Have also had a couple of headaches and a weird stitch like pain in my left side since yesterday, don't know if it is anything to be concerned about or not.
I didn't even think about emailing Fleur, that's a great idea.
What is Kate's email address (you can PM it to me). I'm sure Fleur's will be the same, just change of name?
That's wierd about the leg cramps. I haveb't heard about that as a side effect before.
Cadence, I had leg cramps when I was sniffing Synarel, along with horrible mood swings, the hot flushes and headaches and migraines.
I was sniffing twice a day for 3 months, and found it didn't agree with me all that well, but it was what I had to do.
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you can just Google staff at MIVF and their emails are listed! GL
Hey all,
Quick post am not feeling too great today! Hope everyone else is well.
Darily it is kate.stern@mivf.com.au
Hope everything's OK Ann and you're feeling better soon.
I have my down reg scan tomorrow morning, so hopefully I'll be starting stims too.
Then we can both feel hormonally crap together :rolleyes:
good luck ladies... it is a process isnt it
i start sniffing tomorrow...glad to be moving forward, but not looking forward to expected headaches
Possums - I'm on day 13 of Synarel today, and still not much to complain about.
I mean, every now and again I feel a little heavyness in my head but by no means is it a thumping headache or anything to really worry me. I hope you have no problems with it either.
I had my down reg scan this morning and all is clear, so I start stims tomorrow night. I go back for my stim scan to check out what my follies are doing next Monday.
I am hoping, wishing, praying that I respond well to the meds and have a good little nest of eggs to choose from :pray::pray::pray:
Hi all,
Possums, I have lurked and read lots of your posts in the past. I am glad that you have joined in this thread and I really hope that this cycle is the one for you. :hug:
Thanks for your post Nic, it is good to know I am not alone however the leg cramps have lessened a little lately.
Darily am glad that your down reg scan went well and that you are starting stims! Fingers crossed for you, thanks for the offer of being hormonal and crappy with me, am feeling a little better today.
AFM I have my scan on Wed and am hoping and praying that they say yep you are ready for your epu even though I highly doubt it.
To everyone else, I hope that good news is just around the corner.
:grouphug:
How did your scan go today Ann?
I hope everything went as planned and EPU is just around the corner for you.
Hi Darily,
Thanks for asking about me, I posted in the other thread earlier but didn't get a chance to post here! It went well, will be having epu on with Mon or Tues next week, had 20 follicles which I guess is good, Kate said that all is going to plan. I will know on frid afternoon whether it will be mon or tues. How are you going?
That's a great response, 20 follicles . . wooo hooo!
How many days have you been stimming for? Looks like the 200iu suits you well.
I'm hoping I can get a number in the teens with 150iu. Time will tell, I have my stim scan with Fleur on Monday morning.
Fingers crossed I'm heading to ER late next week.
candence- sounds good so far!
Darily- glad you are feeling ok
afm- sniffing and like last time it is making me feel sick/get headaches etc. Ah well...if it brings us a baby at the end it will all be worth it!
good luck everyone
Hey all,
Darily I will be having my epu on Monday and my trigger tomorrow night!
That will mean that I will have been on puregon for 9 days by time I have epu so pretty good result considering last time when doing OI I was on injections for 3 weeks before creating even 1 follicle!
Possums, am sorry that synarel is not agreeing with you and hope you feel better soon.
Am nervous/excited about egg pick up and transfer, anyone have ideas on what to expect or any tips?
Good luck to everyone
Hi ladies,
Just posting an update.
I had my first stim scan on Monday after 6 days of 150iu Puregon and I have 5 follicles on the RHS between 10-14mm and 4 follicles on the LHS between 10-11mm.
Fleur has upped my dose to 175iu for Monday and Tuesday, and I'm back for another scan Wednesday morning. She said I should end up with around 10 mature follies at ER which was her plan.
I am looking at EPU either Friday or Saturday at this stage, but maybe even Monday if I need to stim a bit longer. I'll know for certain at tomorrow's scan.
I was hoping for between 10-15 follies, but I can't really complain about 10. I just need to keep telling myself that it's the quality not the quantity that will matter in the end!
How did EPU go yesterday Ann? Do you have a fert report today as yet? I'm hoping they got lots of mature eggs from your 20 follies and that they are fertilising well.
Emily
Hi Darily,
Thanks for asking about me. I hope all goes well for you and you have your epu soon! I posted in the other thread. They collected 9 eggs and I am going in tomorrow morning for my transfer but I don't know how many eggs were mature or how many fertilised. I guess I will know more tomorrow- will keep you posted.
Take care and thanks again for asking about me.
On the Synarel part - I got pins and needles in my hands and lower legs/feet. Burning sinuses after a week or two, and those horrendous hot flashes. I started to get the headaches when I find out it wasn't working anyway. Give me Lucrin any day. Not a single side effect of note thank goodness.
sonya- that's good to hear...glad thats been better for you. yes, i rather hate the synarel! I so hope it is working this time
darily- good luck..and yes, quality, not quantity...my friend recently got 24 eggs, but most were imature..she ended up with 3 fertilised....so more isnt always better
Hi ladies, I've been posting in the forum but wanted to put in my Synarel symptoms here for those looking. I found that I got really itchy skin, particularly on my legs and fingers. It was very weird.
For some reason I had really bad s/e for IVF#1, but have been okay for #2 and #3 (so far). The first time I had constant headache and fatigue and I couldn't concentrate on anything! I had trouble remembering simple words and I just couldn't think straight. I was in this constant brain fog. :(
But then the 2nd time around was fine (just remember being really tired) and so far so good this time too (constant dull headache and tired, but no cognitive impairment). :)
Hi Cadence,
I'm new to this. just signed up today. Started my syneral treatments on Tuesday and have been very surprised not to be feeling too bad at all after all I'd been warned. Funny enough I signed on to see if there were other people who had mild effects to make sure it was working and when I read through and saw your post I thought wow that's exactly the effects I have noticed. I had pain down my left side abdomen today and have been having back and hip pains for the past few days. Nothing too bad but a bit uncomfortable. I don't know if it's the syneral - thankfullly no headaches just a little nausea on that. Today is normal period date so I dont know if that's related either. Wish you the best of luck,
Jasminstar
IVF #1 :pray: