Is alcohol bad before ivf ? I like a drink now and then but I feel if I do then I'm not prepping my body enough for ivf treatment & success?

[stellawaddingham]

Do anyone have any success stories please.

[MrsMarsh]

I have been told to stop drinking altogether now I have just started the down regs..x

[stellawaddingham]

Good luck with that. I've not been given a date yet but hopefully start meds next month around 17th? I feel really bad every time I have a tipple but the waiting game is really stressful as the clinic said I was starting in January and now it's end on March. Just woundered if anyone had drank up until meds time x

[MrsMarsh]

I did. Only just stopped, when I started doing the injections, they have also said I need to drink at least 2 litres of water a day. Remember you need to be very healthy when your follicles are growing to make good eggs!! Hopefully... I don't know wether you will need the down regs or not but I'm surprised with it, it doesn't hurt and no side effects apart from hot flushes! X hope you get a date to start soon x

[stellawaddingham]

Thankyou I need some tips as they have not said Anything apart from take folic acid. I'm also a bad water drinker so that will have to change too.

I don't mind injections at all I'm just worried about finding the time to do it with my job. I'm not aloud to take injections to work but I work night and days earlies and late shifts. X

[MrsMarsh]

That was an awkward one for us too but you can do it within 2 hours time gap, so we chose 11pm just before bed, if we are out, the latest we can do it is 1am or 9pm

Is there a certain hour where you don't work? They will give you all the info when you start your meds, are you private or NHS?

[stellawaddingham]

I'm private but also being an egg donor. Every week is different and I'm never at home at a certain time. I sleep out at work too so no time in the evening is good and then that will be followed by and early shift without going home.

[Katrina13]

My clinic told me not to worry about having 1-2 small drinks during the process, but stick to red wine which is the lesser evil. I believe it's more important to concentrate on diet.. We did really well in terms of eggs (15) and embryos (14) and I credit this to the fact that I haven't eaten any processed food for months. Especially as soon as I started treatment, I upped the protein and ate organic where I could. Lots of eggs, whole organic milk and good quality meat and veg. If you do that, I reckon you can get away with 1-2 glasses of wine.

[stellawaddingham in reply to Katrina13]

I'm a poor dieter so thanks for that advice. I am trying my best but then it gets amotional and all I think of is a sneaky glass of wine. Xx

[Katrina13 in reply to stellawaddingham]

Just get a simple cookbook like Jamie Oliver 15 minute meals and give yourself a challenge to eat fresh and unprocessed! I genuinely believe it can make all the difference.

[stellawaddingham in reply to Katrina13]

I will definitely try this. Thank you very much x