Experiences with

Froben

hello ladies… Just wondered if anyone had late periods following retrieval? I had my withdrawal bleed not long after but I’m now on day 42 waiting for my period. Just wondered if this was normal? We unfortunately didn’t have any eggs that fertilised so are planning on going again at th end of

For those who’ve tested positive for Antiphospholipid antibodies (I’ve had two samples 12 weeks apart with raised IgM cardiolipin), what dose of clexane/inhixa/enoxaparin were you prescribed? My new clinic seem to be keen on 20mg but my old clinic only used 20mg when it was empirical (best guess) treatment

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I have one sided buttock pain that makes walking/sleeping difficult- the same thing happened last year at this time but receded after some months. I'm on 5mg pred, after 8 years, have some niggles, and it's a struggle to have enough energy to get through them. Paracetamol and voltarol help a bit, but

Hi All Has anyone had this treatment for any of their cycles, I’m doing Ovulation Induction with IUI and was just wandering if you all had any tips of how to deal with side effects and self injections with either Menopur or Gonal. Any help/advice would be appreciated x

Hi Everyone, I was diagnosed with Hashimotos 12 years ago and it has been a challenging journey finding the right combination of medication and self care strategies. Thanks to this forum and all the wonderful people who have shared their stories and advice with me, I now feel pretty good at 88 mcg Tirosint

Thank you for your replies, I spoke to my rheumy nurse and it looks like I am one of the rare few people who has had a reaction to the drug and instead of helping it has made my phsoriatic arthritis worse. I have taken the fortnightly injections for 15 weeks and suffered thinking it was just bad side

When I finally went to see the GP back in early August after a long slow recovery from Covid at the start of the year, my shoulders, upper arms and legs felt constantly as though I was walking uphill lugging two heavy suitcases. I was so relieved with my diagnosis because in the two years previously

Hi ladies,I was on menopur 600iU dose & synarel nasal spray. My AMH is low already. The ultrasound only showed like 1-2 follicles & they were growing very slow as well. Still the clinic wanted to go with egg collection. I was due for last scan tomorrow to make sure those 2 follicles reached appropriate

Hi. Reducing pred only 5mg a day. But lots of pain. Now right shoulder is soooo painful. Can hardly lift my arm. Wondering if it could be a frozen shoulder? At moment cannot get appt for GP. Told to go to A and E. Any one had a problem like this? Thanks.

Hi everyone, I'm just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. I have unexplained infertility and have had absent periods for 2 years. I was first put on letrozole for 3 cycles which did not help me ovulate, before moving onto injections (Ovaleap). I'm on the wait list for IVF but Dr said

Hi ladies 💖 I’m currently down regulating with for my third cycle of IVF with ICSI and the only change in protocol is that when I start stims it will be with menopur rather than ovaleap. My previous 2 cycles with ovaleap resulted in: Cycle 1: 18 eggs, 12 mature, 6 fertilised and 2 blasts which were

I posted 8 days ago and I was grateful for your advice. I increased to 8mg and have been on that dose for 6 days now but still have the same symptoms. The usual ones that keep coming back. Buttock pain with weak legs and shoulder and neck stiffness and generally feeling off colour. I have been in

Hi relatively new here diagnosed October 2023 with GCA. I've tapered off my steroids now completely and am on Roactemra. Recently blooda showed low neutrophils so now take Roactemra fortnightly. Recently have had a very painful shoulder GP thinks rotor cuff. Wondering is it related in anyway to GCA

I have suffered for so many years with various things such as bacteria vaginosis urinary tract also had walking pneumonia and I get sinus infections constantly I believe that I have had the mycoplasma for many years waiting on treatment now

I’ve had two rounds of IVF so far. And haven’t got anywhere near transfer so looking for some advice and to see if anyone has experienced difficulty getting the drug dose right? First round, I was given 150 menopur and the last two days my does was increased to 300. At egg collection they got only

Hi all, I'm scheduling for aka Comprehensive Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery (Rotator Cuff Repair, Subacromial Decompression, and Shoulder Tenotomy). Fun! I live alone. I've arranged for cleaning, for grocery and food delivery, for errand running. I will try to schedule physical therapy and gather meds

Hey everyone. I’m on my 2nd round of IVF going through stims currently. Scan on Wednesday shown good growth, follicles around 16-17mm. After taking my bloods they then rang me and said to not take menopur for the next two nights to prevent OHSS as my hormone levels were at 24,000. Apparently it’s called

Hi i started day 1 of my period today called the clinic and they called me on day 4 of my period . I was really worried about this and they said they couldnt fit me in on the wednesday (day 3) and that it will be totally ok to start stimming on day 4? I was really anxious and pleaded them to start

After two chemicals with donor eggs, my overseas clinic has recommended doing a thrombophilia screening but I am struggling to find anywhere to do this privately I can only find one clinic that charges nearly £800! Has anyone done the privately and can recommend somewhere in Surrey / London? I’ve