Glass of red wine whilst on the pill..

[Tryingtostaycalm]

I hope I don’t sound stupid but I’m up worrying so thought I would come on and put pen to paper (so to say)..

My IVF consultant told me to abstain from alcohol from when we met her in December. Since then we have had some delays in the IVF cycle treatment beginning and I did have 2 cheeky glasses of wine in Last month. I’ve now started the pill to get ready for the injections and this evening I was with colleagues who I had never met before on a team night out and I had half a glass of wine and now am annoyed with myself as I feel like I’m not giving myself the best of chances. I wouldn’t drink when the injections start and this is the last drop of alcohol I have now.. but hoping I haven’t ruined my chances :(.. any advice or stories that would put my mind at ease, greatly appreciated!xxxx

[LizzieBW]

Hi 👋 The cycle that created our wee boy & tbe best embryos (now frosties) that we've had I drank during down regulation. It was a one off but in all honesty it was quite a bit of alcohol and much more than I'd planned. It had absolutely no adverse effects but I'm a worrier about things like that so instantly regretted it and worried until I saw those lovely follicles growing. Waay easier said than done but try put it out your mind now. Wishing you loads of luck! Xx

[Tryingtostaycalm in reply to LizzieBW]

Sorry for the super late reply - I had abit of a break from fertility forums as I was getting myself in all sorts of worries! But thank you for this! It instantly put my mind at ease and I didn’t spend another minute worrying! Congratulations on your little boy and good luck for any future treatments.xx

[Millbanks]

Oh love, there are so few fun things involved in IVF, you don’t need to bear yourself up over a couple of glasses of wine. It won’t have made the blindest bit of difference.I changed my whole diet etc when we started IVF and as time went on I relaxed it so much, I would have alcohol if I wanted, just not get blitzed.

For my last FET I had a girls weekend just as I’d started fyremadel and progynova- this was my 6th transfer and our first ever BFP…

Xxx

[Tryingtostaycalm in reply to Millbanks]

Thanks for your Millbanks and so glad you got your BFP - congratulations! You are right, there are few things involved in fertility treatment, Im in the middle of stimulation and look back fondly to that glass of wine I had that evening!!x

[Twiglet2]

It’s absolutely fine 🤗 I tried all that not drinking at all/eating super healthy stuff to begin with (every clinic says ‘don’t drink’) but it didn’t work anyway, the time that worked for us I had a big night out 3 weeks before transfer and a glass of rose wine and lemonade actually during the 2ww so a glass of red wine before you’ve even starting injections is defo not gonna do any harm and it sounds like you have been doing amazing prep already. I genuinely believe your mental well being is just as important (if not more) to the success of IVF so if relaxing those food and drink suggestions by clinics helps that then everything in moderation is my suggestion. Good luck with it all xx

[Tryingtostaycalm in reply to Twiglet2]

Thank you so much Twiglet2 - I absolutely love this story and totally agree about your mental health being such a priority. We lose so much of ourselves going through fertility treatments! I don’t regret that one drink I had last month lol (especially as I’m in the midst of stims and bruising like a peach on most of the injections!) xx

[Positivechangeplease]

Not quite the same as you as I think I abstained from alcohol when I started my injections. But i really can't remember. imo caffeine is a much bigger fertility offender. and what i can say is whilst i'd done ivf and was waiting for my polyps to be removed i had no hope of getting pregnant and had a drunken wine night and got pregnant. Sadly ended in miscarriage. But then fast forward a year on my second FET I also had some wine on the weekend before my transfer. I was annoyed with myself especially for having more than I meant to but wasn’t going to beat myself up. From transfer no alcohol at all and I’m now in my third trimester of pregnancy. So please don’t worry the odd glass is not going to be a problem

[Tryingtostaycalm in reply to Positivechangeplease]

Thank you so much for your response! And congratulations on your pregnancy! I hope all is going well, and wish you a safe delivery of your bubba!xx