So you are about to start IVF….. CONGRATULATIONS! IVF uses the most up-to-date technology to get you pregnant in a jiffy. But there are a few things you might want to know before you start.
In no particular order:
- Are you tired of sleeping through the night? Do you wish you could wake up every night with soaking pajamas? Is your partner bored of being married to a rational individual? Do you want headaches tinged with tinnitus, or hot flushes that make your face red and blotchy? Well, thanks to your downreg drugs, you can! Just a once daily injection can bring on early menopause and make you feel 55 — years ahead of schedule! Side effects may occur.
- Hysterosalpingo (HSG) -contrast sonography. An ultrasound scan where they inject dye into your fallopian tubes to check they are not blocked. Eye wateringly painful, and totally unexpected. There’s a reason they advise you to take ibuprofen before you this procedure. DO IT.
- Also unexpectedly painful – the egg transfer. Not the transfer itself, which is done with a syringe with a thin tube attached to the end. But the jacking open of your lady bits with one of these sadistic tools? THAT is painful. It looks like something invented by a man, no?
Now to be fair, some women don’t experience any discomfort during this procedure, or they compare it to a smear test. But I am here to testify – and give fair warning! – that this may hurt a bit. Lou sobbed throughout the entire procedure, which took a full 5 minutes. I don’t know whether it was the speculum positioned badly, or if it was cranked open wider than normal. Either way, it required chocolate and a nap afterwards. - If you are needlephobic – IVF will either cure you…. or break you. Counting the downregs, stims, trigger shots, blood samples, and even the anesthetic for egg retrieval, I estimate you get stabbed about 70 times per cycle (on the long protocol). To add insult to injury, most of the those you have to stab yourself. We filled 2 sharps bins with needles and syringes, and almost ran out of belly space to inject onto. Also, never in your life will you feel more like a drug addict. I hope.
- By the end of stims, each follicle is 2cm in diameter. About the size of a green grape. Assuming the average woman has 8-10 follicles on each ovary, that equates to two bunches of grapes hanging out in your ovaries. God help you if you have poly-cystic ovaries, and will grow as many as 30 on each ovary. You may have heard it is painful, and it can be, but the worst part is how you can actually FEEL your ovaries, heavy and stretched to the max. Don’t even THINK about wearing heels, exercising (especially crunches – OW!), or doing anything that requires you to be on your feet for more than about an hour. A hot water bottle is worth its weight in gold, plus it encourages growth. And as strange as it seems, all you will want is for them to get BIGGER! Which leads me onto the next point…
- Waiting and obsessing. Once you get on the IVF rollercoaster, it starts to feel more like one of those kiddie trains they have at the zoo that goes about 2 miles an hour and stops at every station. Time magically slows down, and your entire perspective on life flies out the window. You used to be a laid back, casual person who didn’t care for plans or looking into the future, but now you have developed a desperate preoccupation with your next appointment, next injection, next prescription, pregnancy test, next scan, next _______ (fill in the blank). Whatever the next thing there is to do with the IVF, that’s the next defining moment in your life. I can hardly remember most of these crucial moments, but I certainly remember that my work (which I loved) became at best a distraction, and at worst irrelevant. Exercise can provide a good focus, and so can meditation, holidays, and socialising with friends. Try to keep yourself busy, and remember:
- If you’re journey into fertility treatment takes you straight to IVF (as opposed to via IUI, boosted ovulation, or other) as ours did, you may at first feel overwhelmed by the lingo. From your first visit, the doctors and nurses sound like they are speaking another language. And don’t think that internet will help! Blogs and fertility message boards are even worse with the lingo, and you will just come away all like:
It is ANNOYING. But then again, you feel you should be an informed IVF consumer, or an “expert patient,” and of course, if you love to Google like me, you won’t understand half of what is written on t’internet about IVF without knowing some of it. So you resign to learn this ridiculous language. There are two main types of acronyms: the medical acronyms, such as ICSI (intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection), AMH (anti-mullerian hormone), ET (egg transfer – not the alien), and the message board acronyms, such as BFP/BFN (big fat positive/negative), POAS (pee on a stick), TTC (trying to concieve) and 2WW (two week wait). I wish I could signpost you to the ultimate lingo guide, but I never found one. Eventually you just work it out, and then the truly most annoying thing happens: You begin to use it yourself. SMH. - So now you’re pregnant? Most excellent news! But you’re still on the IVF rollercoaster for now… because guess what? Remember how you took those downregs to shut down your cycle and bring you early menopause (see #1), and then you took stims, the hormones that made you produce lots of eggs (see #5)? And then you had the eggs removed from your ovaries then put back all fertilised (see #3)? In doing this, the doctors created an artificial cycle and played all sorts of trickery on your body. At the end of your IVF cycle, your body’s is going along, happily making eggs, then abruptly the hormones stop and suddenly all the eggs go missing, and just as suddenly, they come back and one or two happen to be replicating at an alarming rate. Your body is not quite sure what’s happening, while it’s flapping about trying to figure out what hormones to produce and how much, your fragile little embryo needing to be nurtured by your uterus, and your uterus need progesterone to do this. So you take progesterone supplements, until week 15 of pregnancy, when your body has created the placenta. The progesterone Lou took were pessaries, like these, that dissolve inside your body.
Two of these bad boys are inserted into the front or back passage (your choice, we recommend front!), twice a day. For 13 weeks. That’s 364 reaches into the nether region. And unless you want leakage, you need remain prone for 20-30 minutes after insertion. It’s OK at night, but in the morning it means waking up early to put in your pessaries. It isn’t painful or irritating, but it is tedious. And it does give you some early pregnancy symptoms, such as painful breasts and bloating, which during the 2WW can be a total mindfuck. I recommend keeping wet wipes beside the bed, and carrying some panty liners in your bag. - Around week 7, you will go for an ultrasound scan. And if you have a little scare, you will get a couple extra scans. All scans before 12 weeks are done transvaginally (dildo cam) as baby is still very small. The dildo cam is used throughout IVF, and after the first time it’s really no big deal. Number 9 on my actually list relates to what can show up in the scans. Flatulence. Basically the ultrasound can see if you need to toot. This can be fairly embarrassing if, when the ultrasound tech is prodding you with the dildo cam, she tells you she is struggling to find the baby because there is too much gas in the intestines, and asks what in the world you ate last night! This happened to us three times. So let this be a word of warning: avoid beans, lentils, broccoli, cauliflower, or Quorn before a scan. Vegetarians beware.
- So you make it to 12 weeks, discharged from the IVF clinic and into the general antenatal clinic. Everything is going perfectly well, so it is surprising to be told that due to the IVF the pregnancy is “high-risk.” I do think this depends on local hospital policy. But at our hospital, we were told that despite Lou being young and healthy, and the baby growing beautifully, we need to be monitored more closely, and care would be doctor-led rather than midwife-led. We might get an extra scan (yay!) but, due to an increased risk of stillbirth, they will induce labour between 39-40 weeks if it does not happen spontaneously (boo!). Therefore, we are very unlikely to give birth in the birth centre or use a birthing pool as we had hoped. It seems a little unfair that after so much medical intervention to get where we are now, that we may have yet MORE medical intervention 9 months down the line. I thought we were a “normal” pregnancy now. But instead we are facing a pretty high chance of artificial induction and possibly C-section. We are hoping the obstetrician will use his judgement as the pregnancy progresses, to assess our individual risk. And so the IVF journey continues…
I know fertility treatment can be a very difficult thing, but it’s healthy to keep perspective and see the funny side of things, so read this post with all the humour and light-heartedness that I intended, and I hope you learned (or can relate to) something on the way.
And it goes without saying, that we would do it ALL again in a heartbeat – and we probably will!
Thank you for this post. I have a egg collection at 8am it is now 3am I could not sleep because of the nervous and your post made me laugh ( very needed).
Congratulations on the BFP lol hope all goes well 🙂
I’m glad it made you laugh! Good luck tomorrow! Fingers and toes crossed that you get your BFP and you’re up in 9 months at 3am to feed your baby (like me!)
Thank you for posting this! It made me laugh! 😀 I am busy going through my 2nd cycle of IVF and I’m at the wonderful 2ww stage! Waking up through the middle of the night due to my inability to sleep and ‘googling’ my ‘symptoms’ is so much fun! Lol.
It is always great to hear stories of success, many congrats to you 🙂
I did the same! Good luck to you!!! xxx
I am a friend of two amazing women that are on this IVF journey… we have had an interpersonal conflict and I started thinking about what they were going through… this has really helped me hold them close in my heart and know that my love and adoration for them will let me drop the stuff that seems so small right now! Thank you! I am going to be the supportive auntie of baby to be now!
Thank you for taking the time to learn about IVF and how challenging it can be. I am sure your friends will appreciate it, and you will be a great and mindful auntie 🙂
Hi. I just came this post and thought its very honest and informative.. im right.at the start on the process on down regs.. and have this all to look forward to lol.. im glad you were sucessful x
I start ivf in March. Reading this made me smile, I’m sure I’ll be reading it again. 🙂 xxxxx
When did you start your meds? I started the Lupron yesterday, 3/30.
I think a mature follicle is around 16 mm, not 2 cm. Loved this entry! Soooo good, so funny. Thank you! 🙂
I’m going through my first IVF cycle and this is all so true and so funny! Very we’ll done. Thank you very much for this! All the best to you, Lou and the baby!
Your awesome. This is the best laugh I have in a month. I am also in my 2ww – going crazy. This was a great compliment to my 5 min contraband bath. Gotta go before anybody catches me. Journey on…
This is a brilliant post! I am still getting to grips with the lingo and felt very bad when I thought AMH was actually something to do with mallaria! This post is the only thing that has made me laugh on a long and sometimes angry journey. Thankyou xx
My friend is in her 2ww after cycle 3 – I have everything crossed for her and more. I was so lucky to get my amazing son after our second cycle. This is a fantastic article – congratulations on your bundle x
Sharp and witty truth to IVF journey…on my 2nd cycle in middle of the night awaked by tinnitus exacerbated by blood thinners they have me on. Thanks for the relief that I am not alone in these feelings.
Holy cr*p. I found your blog by googling “ivf hormones causing fits of giggles” as I’ve just started experiencing this rather odd side effect. THANK YOU for such a wonderfully funny post. I tried to read some of it out to my partner but was laughing so hard I couldn’t get the words out (“364 reaches round the nether regions” was particularly tough).
Pls am an ulcer patient and preparing for ivf hope is not going to affect it.
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this was a funny spin on some of the Ivf issues. I would say however don’t complain that your not getting the birth you wanted. at least your getting a baby in your arms at the end of it all. 🙂
Thanks for making me laugh though this IVF situation. I needed that. ;/) I related to a lot of your post!
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I hope my husband finds it as funny as I do. During this stressful time, I think laughter is essential. Thank you!!!!!!!!
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Thanks for this post…I’m on TWW of first ever IVF cycle…totally freaked out because 6 days past the ET, my boobs aren’t as sore as they were before. Been googling like crazy to read some similar stories and I found this article…really made me laugh….
I’m hoping that the baby sticks to me like glue and only leaves me when it’s 9 months plus…
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I googled “IVF red” face and your blog came up. I literally cackled at dildo cam (I’m giggling as I write this). And WhY do they put a condom on it before? So insulting. Anyhow, your blog made me very happy. Informative and so funny. IN the middle of all this crap you really need a good laugh at how ridiculous it all is.
Great post. I’m on the ‘stims’ injections at the moment and enjoying exhaustion, headaches, the worst migraine of my life, low mood, and feeling tearful. Looking back I see from your post why I got tinitus with the night sweats in the first stage of injections.
I appreciate your honesty re. the pain of the hysteropingogram or whatever it’s called. I was in agony and they had to get the senior in to do it. I know the egg collection will be painful and I don’t believe the clinic when they say it will not be. Not meaning to scaremonger as I know most don’t find it painful, but it’s good to know I’m not alone in being one who has found all procedures down there horrendous, apart from the scans (which have the amazing camera that allows you to see your eggs on a screen).
All this aside, I’m keeping it in perspective, and the more knowledge that is shared of the reality of the side effects etc, the more it feels a normal part of the course and nothing to worry about.
Congratulations on your baby. Good luck to all on this strange but privileged journey. We are so lucky to have the opportunity for this treatment.
Good luck with it all Moonlightguide. You are so right, at least we have this option. So glad to have other peoples experiences for support. Hope all is well xx
Thanks for this…I am going through IVF and managed to inject myself with the wrong meds on the first day! The nurse said it was ok tho…hadn’t realised how complicated it all was, and you are pretty much left to do the injections yourself. Feeling dehydrated and have a dull ache behind my left eye, and IVF brain is definitely full throttle! Bring it on baby.
I’ve just came across this and it made me chuckle, we started our ivf journey back in 2014 and sad to say our first round failed we where devastated to say the least.
it’s so hard to put into words what you go through during ivf but you have hit the nail and the head, thank you so much for sharing this.
ding ding bring on round two, we are half way through we have two scans next week and if all goes to plan one step closer to egg collection
once again thank you for making me laugh xx
Hilarious! Thank you for providing some much needed humour in this journey – I’m due egg collection on Monday and currently rocking the ‘bunches of grapes on both ovaries’ look – hunched over and bloated. Thank you x
Thanks so much for this post.
Hilarious indeed! Made me smile all through.
I’m about to have my 5th try and I’m positive this is final. I’m still on multivitamins. Protein diet. Cut off carbs entirely because of pcos. My procedure will start end of May. Congratulations. I’m sure the baby has arrived.
Would appreciate advise on fruits to take during this period. Congratulations in advance to all and best wishes.
Thanks for this blog i really enjoyed the read xxx
Great… Thanks for this post. I’ve been crying for 15 min. straight. 😦
Thanks for sharing such info,I’m planning to get on this journey next year,we are still trying to save enough funds for the ivf treatment.this process is tiring.
I’m on day 6 of the stimulation meds and I’m one of those with PCOS – I have 30 on one ovary and 20 on the other. I was looking to find out whether the overheating and sheer exhaustion was just me and came across your post. It made me laugh and I really needed that right now. Thank you! (Also, I am a Brit living in the US and have a non-birth mother US wife, so appreciated your other insights as well! SO nice to read a post that wasn’t “get your husband to give you the shots”).
Thanks for reaching out! The hot flashes were the worst! Hope you are enjoying the good news today 🙂
This absolutely gave me the laugh I needed. After being told I have low ovarian reserve and starting my first IVF cycle 3 weeks ago I was disappointed to go for an ultrasound to find out I only had 4 eggs. This journey is tough… but I”m very hopeful. Thanks for the laughs!
After 2 years of ttc, drs told us yesterday our best option is ivf due to low morphology numbers. Was a kick in the vagina to be honest with you. Especially after 3 iuis, 2 rounds of chlomid. would have been nice for them to realize that on hubby’s first sa.
Thankyou!!!!! In my second IVF treatment now, this was a much needed chuckle!!!
Thank you thank you thank you for the insight and the giggle. My husband is asleep, but I can’t wait to tell him about dildo-cam! We are having IVF in September – nerves are kicking in!
Thank you! !!! I am starting my first cycle next month and I just wanted someone to be straight up with me about all this. I figured there is no way with all this stuff being pumped into us that it’s no big deal with no side effects. and good Lord don’t get me started on the forum lingo! I just tried to guess everything on context out of stubbornness and finally had to give in and look it up. Thank you again! It feels good to not be alone.
Thanks for posting this! So true! We are on our first IVF cycle and it’s refreshing to hear that we’re not alone:)
Thanks for this post! My IVF journey begins next month. Im just so worried about OHSS (hyperstimulation thing) will definitely be reading this again! =)
Thank you for writing this. I am day 6 of ovarian stims and it was the bit I was dreading. I have endometriosis, pcos, adenomyosis and for the last six years my left ovary has given me hell. Now with the stim the pain is awful. On my way for tv-scan and bloods. Feeling sorry for myself and can’t wait for stim to be over. Doubley hoping I don’t get hyper stimmed. Gah. X
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this! I LOL’d at number 5! This was VERY helpful, as I’m in the stimulation process and feel exhausted and about ready to cry at the drop of a hat!!! Thanks for explaining this is all normal!
Oh, yeah…and I guess that was a hot flash I had on my way from the store today. Weird, lol!
Hahaha – This is golden. I’m about to start IVF early november and I have to say this is the best thing I’ve read lol!
Husband and I are diving into ivf directly for the very first time on October 12 and I couldn’t say thank you enough for writing this blog as it’s both funny and informative I wish you well in your pregnancy and or raising your future baby and really appreciate just putting it out there being honest. With all the acronyms out there and not speaking the language in the country that you live in it can be really hard and it’s nice to know if say not the only one that doesn’t get it Right away.
BTW A friend sent me this how she found it idk and font want to but since you mentioned it above I thought I’d share.
HERE ARE A LIST OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS
BFP – Big Fat Positive
BFN – Big Fat Negative
AF – Aunt Flo/period
2WW – 2 Week Wait before testing
PMA – Positive Mental Attitude
BD – Baby dance (sex)
BF – Boyfriend
BIL – Brother-in-law
CD – Cycle day
CM – Cervical mucus
DD – Dear daughter
DF – Dear fianc/span>
DH – Dear husband
DPO – Days past ovulation
DS – Dear son
EDD – Estimated due date
ETA – Edited to add
FIL – Father-in-law
HPT – Home pregnancy test
HTH- Hope this helps
ICSI – Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
IMO – In my opinion
IRL – In real life
IUI – Intrauterine insemination
IVF – In vitro fertilization
IYKWIM – If you know what I mean
LMAO – Laughing my arse off
LOL – Laughing out loud
MC – Miscarriage
MIL – Mother-in-law
(((Name of person))) – Hugging that person
OMG – Oh my god/gosh/goodness
OPK – Ovulation prediction kit
OT – Off topic
PG – Pregnant
PUPO – Pregnant until proved otherwise (following ET)
ROFL – Rolling on the floor laughing
SIL – Sister-in-law
TMI – Too much information
TTC – Trying to conceive
VBAC – Vaginal birth after caesarean
Also you see 2dp5dt – This is 2 days post 5 day transfer.
Thank you for this!!!! I hope readers will find it useful 🙂
Thank you!!!!! My husband and I are brand new to this game. I have 1 more day of birth control and 6 more days from today we officially begin what our doctor calls “mini IVF” but as I was trying to find as much information, as small, large or scary as I can I stumbled upon your post, and laughed out loud while eating lunch at my desk, not a good look. But this was GREAT!!!!
Think this is great, we start blood tests next month with our consultation to
Thank you for this!! 😊
Thank you for the post. I really enjoyed it. Me and Hubby are seeing the Specialist on the 13 November 2015. I had my tubes cut 10 years ago after the birth of my son. Got remarried. My husband doesn’t have kids so we decided to have IVF. I’ve been doing research for more that 2 weeks now. There is a lot of information and things to do. Lots of questions. I’m scared but also excited about the whole journey that lies ahead.
Good laugh and oh so true. Im currently at 2nd ivf cycle (1st success by miscarried in 1st tri) and tomorrow have my appt to check on follicles with possible ET early next week. Ugh the stress lol
Wow enjoyed the post and comments by all. On day 6 of 2ww , crazy wait but encouraged after reading this. Baby dust to all
Love this article! Thanks for a candid attitude and covering pretty much everything that I was unsure about in my new world of IVF that I’m now living in!
I hope that it has been a success for you too!
This was… Terrifying. Lol I’m due to carry a surrogate pregnancy and I’ve never experienced IVF so I’ve been reading everything I can. I don’t know how similar my experience will be because I won’t be providing the egg, but I appreciate your candidness! 🙂
So glad I found this article. I’m almost at the end of stims and beginning to struggle physically and mentally, this has really cheered me up and given me back some perspective, thank you ☺
Lol brilliant, ive just started FET cycle after a failed fresh one!!!!
Made me laugh, spot on with the details hahahaha!!!
Congratulations to you on this whole journey. My girlfriend and I are starting IVF hopefully within the next year and being the person I am I have to read every blog and post way before starting the journey. I love how honest you were and that it gave me a laugh lol I’m excited and extremely terrified all at the same time
Great blog ladies 😉 Xx
Thank you so much for this post. Honest but with the humour intended. I’m already calling myself a junky as did one if the nurses. This post made me smile (while my ovaries are keeping me awake) so thank you so much.
Hahaha I’m on day 2 of my IVF cycle and was really anxious but your post made me laugh and feel really good about this procedure.Hope everything goes well with us too and thanks for posting this !! ❤️
I loved this! I could relate to it all. Currently in the middle of my fourth FET cycle – Good luck to everyone out there in the same boat – you are doing great!
This was perfect! I’m on day 3 of stimming in my first ICSI cycle and trying to find info about feeling ovary twinges already (I have PCO so not surprising, really). I stumbled across this post and loved it! Dildo cam!!!!! On my forum, we call it Juan the Wand, the unfaithful lover! Thank you for making me laugh/cry!
This is the best and most fun information i’ve ever red on internet about ivf. Thanks for cheering up those who are still in the “drug addict” phase counting needles in the trash bin! 🙂
Had a good laugh reading this because it’s all true, had my embryo transfer 3 days ago. Hoping for this to be my first and only IVF cycle…Godwilling.
I’m about 10 days after egg transfer and you’re the only one who managed to make me properly laugh since ! So magic how you lightened it up, and finally understood what BFP means lol
Thank you so much for this blog post. I am on day 9 on my stims – bloated, nauseated with a tight stomach. I have ER in two days and I cannot wait for it! Your blog post gave a chuckle and I couldn’t agree more. I can totally relate to everything on there.
This is probably my hormones acting up, but big hugs to everyone going through this. Its a rough journey but is all worth it in the end.
I appreciate the candor in your post! I’ve just started my cycle. I feel hungover from the stimulation cycle! And a bit emotional too (from hormones). I found myself sobbing because I could not find an outfit to wear . Also, am feeling brain fog – all things I did not expect 😦 Trying to keep positive. Thanks for your post 🙂
Hahaahah same here keep forgetting my phone everywhere
My husband and I just found out that we are jumping straight into IVF. This was incredibly helpful!
Thank you was really feeling a bit down it is hard sometimes for people around me to understand what I’m through with the IFV feeling very sensitive and cry at smallest things so silly but glad to know I’m not alone in this expecting the retrivial in two days 🤗
Brilliantly written! Thanks for bringing humour into such a wrenching journey. One thing I’ve found amazing is the immediate bond you feel towards a perfect stranger because they to are an ivf champ. Hope all worked out perfectly for you🤗
Exactly what I needed today! Loved your humor and candidness.
Thanks so much for this post. I’m just about to start on the crazy IVF jouney and this bit of humour was a refreshing, relatable and welcome perspective that made me actually smile about this whole bizzarre set of events ahead! These were the best tips I could have read 🙂
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I’m towards the end of my stim meds and my ovaries definitely feel like they’re full of grapes and ready to pop…not fun! Thanks for this article, I can relate to ALL of it!!
I have just started my first cycle of ivf and have been stressed out about every little thing I’ve been feeling. This made me feel much better and not so alone with how I feel. Also it gave me a good laugh. Thank you
Having eggs put back in this weekend for the third time (third time lucky?)
Reading this after a very full on summer (and IVF treatment!) was by turns funny and comforting; IVF is NOT for the faint hearted and it’s good to read about others’ experiences.
Thank you.
Thank you for writing this! I’m undergoing IVF right now and honestly just needed a laugh – thanks for providing that!
I will mention that the HSG for me was not at all painful. They did advise Tylenol beforehand, which I took, but I found it more interesting than anything because the nurse kept the monitor in my line of sight, so I could see how different the real thing is from all the medical diagrams we’ve seen all our lives. So I can personally testify that it’s not always painful; like anything I’m sure its case by case.
But what a bummer that natural birth is a lower likelihood now! Bah!
Hope you’ve all had luck in your pursuits on here and thanks for the article!
Really nice post..I m feeling so light and easy going..
Thanks
This is the best I’ve read so far and nailed it to how I am feeling and what I’m experoencing as well as what I apparently get to look forward to! Thanku for the awesome sense of humor ◡̈
Such an amazing post for all those who are going through the traumas of ivf. Thanks. And may god really answer all our prayers.
This was so fun to read!! Thanks for the humor. I just had my egg retrieval on Wednesday and scheduled for my transfer on Tuesday. Oh the rollercoaster of emotions. My poor ovaries, my constipation, my bruises, my poor back, my poor husband haha and SOOO excited at the same time. Thank you for the laugh. I can totally relate right now! 🙂
I’m having to do progesterone im shots…. so much worse than the stim shots! I had one week my butt muscles cramped so tight I couldn’t walk right, and in general the tiny upper butt area on each side where you do shots gets very sore and I’m starting to get scar tissue. Just a few more days and hopefully I’ll be done! If only everyone had to work so hard to be a parent…. only people who really wanted it would go through this!
“Dildo cam” is my new favorite word and captures it perfectly – thank you for the laugh! 😂
Thanks for an article. Do not listen to negative opinions about IVF. I took IVF in Czech Republic, Europe and everything went well, now we have a nice little baby 🙂 If you are curious what clinic we visited, it was https://www.medicaltravelczech.com/
Thank you for posting this. This was a refreshing read as we have about two weeks until the egg retrieval. Made me laugh in which is rare with all this early menopause crap going on. Thanks 😊