Egg Retrieval on NYE

[SparkleCock]

Hi lovely ladies,

After a horrific few days when I was told hormones had dropped and follicle numbers had dropped, by some freakish miracle they have gone back up again! I took my trigger shot last night and have my operation at 930am tomorrow. There are 6-8 little eggies in there.

Just a couple of questions:

1. How long til I can have a bath? So want to get warm and snuggly in the water.

2. How long til can have sex? Miss that too!

3. Can I use a hot water bottle straight away? I was told not to use one during stims.

4. I've heard this will make me hella constipated. Any tips? Or just smash Metamucil as soon as I wake up?

I will be doing a Frozen Egg Transfer in Feb, goddess willing, so will not be waiting for a BFP or BFN.

Thanks so much in advance and for all your support in my previous posts

xxx

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Oh that's great news. So happy for you.

Baths = avoid but if you have to have then make sure they are not too hot. Ask them tomorrow as they may say they are ok until transfer too

Hot water bottle = ok until transfer

Sex = ok but you will be asked to use a condom - they wont want you accidentally getting pregnant

Constipation = drink prune juice, plenty of water and eat lots of veggies

I am so excited for you.

Avoid saunas and Jacuzzis too. It's all to do with having an open cervix after ops and after transfer it's about temperature regulation.

The hospital should give you a hand out with some guidelines.

Xxx

[Lizzielizzielizzie]

Just letting you know I’ve had three egg collections and none of them made me constipated but if I do get constipated I usually find that eating prunes sorts me out.

[MissSaoPaulo]

I got horribly blocked up after EC - I think it was a combination of the anaesthetic and medication I was on to calm down hyperstimulated ovaries. I was not expecting it at all and ate pepperoni pizza when we got back from clinic, which was probably the worst thing I could have chosen!! Papaya is great for constipation.

Best of luck with your EC tomorrow, hope you get lots of lovely little embies to freeze. I did a freeze all cycle too. The waiting is hard but the opportunity to let your body recover and for you to feel 100% before transfer is totally worth it in my opinion xxx

[Lynnr54]

Hope EC has gone well. In answer to your questions - Baths and sex , even though you’re not having a transfer they’ll probably advise you wait a couple of weeks to reduce the risk of infection. Hot water bottle - don’t see why you shouldn’t use straight away but check with clinic. I was constipated after EC but not all ladies are. I drink fresh orange for a few days and it sorted me out but again, if your transfer isn’t for a couple of months I can’t think of any reason you shouldn’t use some sort of stool softener but again your clinic should be able to advise.