Until this weekend, I have very much had a fairly positive experience with my meds. I have been on short protocol, 225 Menopur, Framedel and then had my trigger last night which was changed the last minute due to risk of hyper stimulation. Since having had my last jabs last night, I just absolutely haven’t felt right at all. Last night I felt sick, everything hurting, sore boobs, pains, absolute exhaustion. In the morning today I have had my last blood test and I seemed to feel ok but this afternoon I am back to feeling absolutely shattered and all of the above. I am feeling apprehensive about tomorrow. My dr has recommended we may need to delay transfer for a month which is fine but right now I am feeling very fed up, sick and just downright awful. I am hoping for success as I have a high AMH (male fertility difficulties) but right now I don’t feel invested either way because of how rough I feel! I just needed to vent because right now, I have had enough x
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Egg collection tomorrow - feeling ill and have had enough
Ah sorry to hear this. I always felt pretty rough on the meds and always developed OHSS before an egg collection, which made me feel rotten. Like you, we did IVF-ICSI due to male factor infertility. All my stats were really good. I found it's a tricky situation to be in as there always seemed to be less understanding and support. I found most help is geared around female factor infertility.
But there is light at the end of the tunnel. I now have a gorgeous 4 month old son (despite the rough time I had when going through treatment). It took us 3 years to get there (mostly due to a crap protocol - we had far more success on a new protocol), but it sounds like you're in a decent position. Stay strong X
Hey! Congratulations on your little lad. Amazing news.
I am currently in bed. I just go through waves of feeling so poorly and then feeling sudden bursts of energy. I am feeling a little apprehensive about tomorrow having never been sedated before.
Thank you for your reassurance. I completely agree with you regarding support. It’s almost like well nothing is really wrong with you so don’t worry about it type of thing! X
hey, I was high risk OHSS too. I felt horrific the day before egg collection - barely knew my own name, and couldn’t really move - had no idea what to do with myself. I was nervous about sedation too - but if your experience is anything like mine was, you’re going to be grand. Sedation was lush (I counted down 2 numbers then was out, and don’t remember a thing!) - it felt like the sleep I didn’t know I’d needed, and when I came round, I felt immediately so much better. There’s so much fear in the unknown which I totally appreciate and remember so well, but I told them I was nervous (and also felt so awful I didn’t know what to do with myself) and they were so kind. You’ve got this. 🫶
Thanks so much for your message and I am sorry to hear of the discomfort. It’s very hard to explain to others who haven’t experienced it but yesterday I couldn’t even walk properly.
Well, I am now home! Sedation was just absolutely fine I didn’t even realise what was happening. She asked me where I lived twice, I shut my eyes and then woke up! Lol. I am still in discomfort but I would say probably not as much as this morning. They took 23 eggs. We have decided to freeze embryos due to all that I have been feeling and to be honest, they pretty much said I needed to. So there we go! Now I just need to recover and get well. What an experience. X
Congratulations you! I had similar - they took 21 of mine, and did a freeze all. Shows how hard your body was working, now time to give it some rest. Be proud of all your body has managed, and embrace gentleness with yourself and looking after your body and giving it grace and time to recover now that bit is done 🫶 thinking of you as you await embryo news in due course xx
Thanks so much. I couldn’t really believe the number and people were laughing as they said well that’s why you may have felt so unwell but honestly… it was just such awful discomfort and I am definitely still not out the woods. Even just walking around right now is tiring! Well I will give an update as to how it’s all going. I am really hoping that this ICSI is successful. I still find this thing such a minefield. X
Just read your update - that's fantastic news! Very wise decision to freeze the embryos until you're feeling better. I had 21 eggs collected (19 of which were mature). We then did PGT-A testing and ended up with 7 embryos (one of which is our little boy and we have 6 in the freezer). So things are looking really positive for you! And no wonder you were feeling rubbish - your ovaries will have been hella swollen. Take it easy! X
Oh that’s fantastic. Congratulations on your little lad.
Oh honestly, they still feel swollen. Yesterday I felt I was falling apart lol! I can walk around now at least but I still don’t feel I am walking right if that makes any sense. Such a lot for the body to go through x
How are you doing now? Have you had any embryo updates? Xx
Hello! Well, I am feeling a little bit better as I forced myself to really slow down on Wednesday which seems to have helped. I am also drinking electrolyte drinks as they are supposed to help according to something I read online and I am using a hot water bottle most of the day. I will see how things go... I am not feeling back to usual by any stretch but some improvement.
So, we're on Day 4 right now, but had an update yesterday. I can't remember what I shared previously, but 20 out of the 23 eggs were suitable for fertilisation. We have been told the embryos are all growing as they should with the right number of cells and the grade was good. In all honesty, the update was rather rushed and it was an embryologist I haven't spoken to before and I couldn't understand much else she said after that due to being in the car and her rather heavy accent, but thankfully, we will get an update tomorrow and Sunday. Having spoken to one of the other embryologists via email, who has been in touch with me throughout this journey, she was very much of the view that really it is tomorrow and Sunday that will give us a more clear indication where we go from here and what numbers we have to freeze.
I am planning on freezing them all and transferring one when I am definitely feeling back on my feet and back to 'normal'. Perhaps March/April time... xx
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