IVF chat

Hi all

Quick question. We met with nurse mid last week and went through our treatment plan - we have cuonselling mid this coming week and once police checks etc come back we can start. I have 1 coffee a day in the morning and that is it. I have tried to not have this for the last couple of days but find it hard to get moving without the cup - am more than happy to try decaf. The nurse said dont have coffee throughout the treatment but what about before you start?

Also another question about alcohol. I have about 2 glasses of wine per week. Is this okay to keep doing this or should I also stop even though I havent started the injections etc yet??

Thanks for your help.

Sorry Sharpie, have no idea on the answers to those questions

Also not sure about the coffee thing, I have been told that it is not good for fertility so if you can stop it would be a good idea.   Decaf can be just as bad for you unless you get a good one too....not sure what brand. I am having one instant coffee a day and decaf tea.   I drink Ovaltine at night, I hope that doesn't have caffine!

I haven't conciously stopped drinking but don't really do it anyway. Probably best to stop just prior to egg pick up??

I pick up mu drugs Tuesday as that is first injection day....... yikes!!!!

PS another thing - has anyone travelled while they need to carry out the injections? I am starting down reg when I get AF which should be any day now and then hopefully commencing injections mid November which could cooincide with trip to NZ in early December. Has any of you travelled and had any issues travelling with the medication etc?? Just need to work out dates with FS to ensure I am back in Aussie for EC etc otherwise I will see if I can delay starting inject until near end of November as will be back in Aussie by mid december..

Hi guys- Sharpie- have been reading your posts over the last few days and thats so normal to be feeling like this. As for your question re sore BBs a lot of the girls who have got BFP have commented that their BBs werent sore prior to BFP- so hang in there x

AFM- I start Busc on 24th Oct and EC will be the week of 21st Nov. I dont go on the pill as I get migraines so I do a long course.

I just pray that we get a BFP for xmas, I have so much coming up that I think will I or won't I be pregnant for it. After our 3 fails its so hard to have hope. Though this is our second with donor so who knows. Am P'd off at myself for not losing more weight, but have signed up to WW online for 3 months so either way will be good. And I am taking Selenium, Propolis and Royal Jelly on top of my Elevit. BRING IT ON!!

Seems we all take some additional extras on top of the Elevit! I take fish oil tablets (3 a night) plus have my smoothie packed full of berries, sunflower seeds, walnuts, brazil nuts and kiwifruit. Yum!

SNOOZE: Know how you feel but you're right, you are older now PLUS you have had a child! 4kg is nothing, you should be proud of yourself! Not everyone does that well after having a baby. I've put on about 8kg since I was 18 (10 years ago) and I said to DH that I think that's pretty damn good! I wouldn't mind losing some though (and I did!) but the drugs just put it right back on

HOPE1: Not long till you'll be jabbing away! I think you will be starting jabbing around the time I get my results! Eek!

ROOELLA: Any sign of AF yet?

TROUBLE: Not sure about the tarvelling think with the drugs . . . they do need to be kept in the fridge though so could be tricky. You might want to start after your holiday if possible or it could just be added stress. As for the coffee . . . I LOVE my coffee! This is the part I find hardest about IVF but you really need to stop drinking it. And decaf is apparently not the best either but I probably had one or two a week just for the flavour. And I was guilty of treating myself a flat white maybe once a week! OOPS! I've been good the last two weeks though! I replaced it with green tea.

ISTTCDIVER: Yes, I'm with Fertility Associates Wellington and have no complaints but you wouldn't be the first to vent about FAH (just quietly) Not sure why but maybe they're just busier? It sucks having to inject after cancellation huh! I had to do that too. Boo!

SHARPIE: Wow, not long to go now!!! GOOD LUCK! Are you going to HPT or be a good girl and wait it out?

AFM: Egg collection 10.30am tomorrow morning! I have MS this time. Hoping he'll be gentle with me! I'm nervous but not . . . just hoping for a good result but starting to feel a bit like an old hand at all this!

Hi Nightingale,
I'm going to wait it out because I'm fairly certain it will be negative so I would rather wait for the proper results instead of maybe getting a false one.
I didn't know that decaf was almost as bad a real coffee. I love coffee too and I thought I was such a good girl switching. I am now as addicted to decaf as I was to regular. I guess I will have to try cut that out next time aye! Should have come to this forum earlier.

Good luck tomorrow Nightingale. I've not met MS - I think he's the only one there I haven't seen. Are you taking much time off work?

Trouble - Happygal travelled to AUS with her drugs - and it was fine, though I think that was only during the down-reg stage. I think the only real problem would be if you were away once the stims have started - as you wouldn't be getting the appropriate monitoring. You should let your clinic know now about the trip and see if they can work with those dates. Leaving things later could be problematic with it being close to Christmas - if the Aussie clinics are anuthing like the NZ ones, they'll be shut over the Christmas/New Year period.

Everybody else - hope you had a good weekend!

Edited by Leilani

Trouble - the injections are usually for 10-14 days. If you were away for the first few days of stims that would probably be fine. How long are you here for, and what are you going to do/see? Are you sure you're not pregnant already?

Good luck today Nightingale with EC, thinking of you!

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Hi ladies, just wanted to pop in and wish Nightingale all the best, hope your EC has gone well and you are resting up. Sending lots of growing vibes your way xxxx

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Edited by Paulab