Anxiety during tww

[Purple_skies]

Update: I have gotten my blood hcg level and it was 27. Three days later, I repeated it and it was only 40. It has not doubled after 3 days. Nonethless, doctor asked me to continue progynova and crinone gel. I will go for a repeat blood hcg level in 2 days' time. I can only hope for the best. My anxiety continues..

Hi All,Coming friday is my blood hcg test day. Having alot of anxiety about the result. On one hand, I had no obvious symptoms and already failed 1 fresh and 1 frozen embryo transfer. On the other hand, I am praying so hard that it worked. I can't talk to others about it as my friends and family never go through ivf before. I feel like I am on this tiny island called tww....

I find ivf is like sonething I cannot control.. like no matter how hard I follow a good diet and exercise there is no guarantee that it will work. I know my weight is on the high side and I managed to drop like 1kg before this FET but I know I need to eat nutritiously during tww and no high intensity exercise during tww which I enjoyed before tww. I start to worry if I did anything wrong which will jeopardise my chances. My husband is supportive as well but it is hard talking to him about it because he did not do the ivf itself (except giving sperms) so I find that he cannot understand what I am going through.

Just want to ssk if anyone has any sound advice for anxiety during tww?

[StarsAllAround]

Avoid Google and try to find things to occupy your mind. Like binge watching something, read a book, trying a new hobby (I took up jewellery making as it is fiddly I had to concentrate while doing it so wasn't able to think of anything else) and plan nice treats for you and your partner like a date night, meal out, film night, weekend away etc that way you will have something to look forward to regardless of outcome. Good luck x

[Purple_skies in reply to StarsAllAround]

Yeah I started to learn knitting and to piece nanoblocks (require lots of concentration) but I cannot control myself not to google. But I managed to control myself not to do urine pregnancy test before OTD. Thanks for your suggestions!

[Minniemouse88]

Sending lots of hope and good wishes to you. Anxiety wise, I am probably not the best person to advise but I kept busy with work and where I could, tried to find things to do that would help me feel more in control (even though I know there isn't much that can be controlled) Eg, making beetroot salads, doing some gentle fertility yoga. Also resorted to googling at times so don't give yourself a hard time about that! Sending lots of hope 💕

[Purple_skies in reply to Minniemouse88]

Thank you! I love beetroot so I will go and attempt to make a beetroot salad!

[Hopewhite]

hi I hope you’re well, try to be kind to yourself and take one day at a time xx

I know the wait is horrible , so like the others said try to find something to engage your mind with , and pamper yourself doing nice things xx. Try not to read much into the symptoms each body reacts differently, and anything and everything could be explained by the medicines, so only way to know is wait till your test xx

What helped me was going for a few walks a day, every time I realised I was feeling anxious I tried to go outside , It can be just a short one xx perhaps you can try and see if that helps , apparently is good for keeping blood circulation too

Sending you loads of hope and best of luck in your journey xxx

[Purple_skies]

Thanks. Will try to go for walks to distract myself.

[CarlottaD27]

hello! I’m also on the TWW and also really struggle to distract myself. Might not be your think but recently I’ve got into doing my nails - it requires quite a bit of focus so does disctract me and in the end makes me feel a bit better about myself (knowing it’s easy to let my appearance go a bit when absorbed with worry!) best of luck x

[Purple_skies]

Wow good interest since you kill 2 birds with 1 stone!Will see how I am tmr. Fri is my otd 🤞