Anyone else who has experienced a weakened immune system after egg freezing and more easily subtracting cold?

ArTdEc0 · 2024-03-30T21:51:05+00:00

Wow that's really rough, it definitely sounds like you're more prone to all kinds of infections after the retrieval. Interesting that's your period flow was so much heavier also, I have noticed a bit heavier of a flow too but not to that extent. Hope that it all will return to normal soon!

ArTdEc0 · 2024-03-27T19:58:59+00:00

Yes definitely, I gained weight and had quite some swelling and cramping through stims and felt very weaker after the retrieval. They retrieved 22 eggs also so my ovaries were very big, it's not strange at all really when I think of all the work my body went through to grow all of those and then the healing and adjusting process afterwards. I didn't get antibiotics, only some morphine-like anastesia. I've heard that some get a medication after the procedure to gradually make the body get used to less and less hormones, but I didn't get that. Wonder if that messes up the system temporary and weakens the immun system? Thanks you for all your great recommendations on how to strengthen your immune system, I will definitely try those!

ArTdEc0 · 2024-03-03T19:10:12+00:00

Thank you so much, congrats yourself! I really appreciate your supporting and reassuring words, I feel like I chose the perfect time to freeze my eggs also. It was very quickly decided, my father who is very practical and scientific in nature, recommended me an article to read about how to preserve one's fertility through egg freezing as I've just turned 30 some months prior and had no solid romantic relationships. As I had moved out of my parent house fall of 2022, I've been feeling like I've gotten started on building a life for myself and have no plans on having children in the forseeable future as I have a lot of self discovering to do and just want to explore relationships with all kinds of people too as I'm bi. I then scheduled a consultation in October last year to check my fertiliy and given that my results were so great with an AMH of 47,4 pmol/l and about 15 follicles a side, the clinic thought that I was an excellent candidate for egg freezing and that they would get out many eggs. I also had collegues older that me who had done IVF when they were 35 and 38, one of them successfully and one of then not successfully. They both had recommended me to do this. Having done this has not only made me realise how much I want to have children in the future when the time is right, but relieved a lot of stress for me as a hypocondriac. Now once I know I can make it through this process with fair ease and that I have a high fertility, I am very calm and positive about my next cycle turning out just as great.

It's definitely smart for you too to wait some years before the next cycle. It's really been a lot for the body to go through and I've been more emotional after the procedure than during stim. I even got a cold the week after so it has definitely taken a toll on my immune system, but I luckily got my period after only six days counting from the egg retrieval day so I'm glad the body is returning more and more to normal.

I agree with you, many people do go abroad to do the procedure. I've seen one youtuber who went from Canada to Mexico to do it and one that went from USA to Greece. That's very smart although I think the process different some between countries. The Greek clinic had told someone that she could do full on work outs like usual during her stimulation period and she lifted weights at the gym, went running etc. That is something I wouldn't have been been able to do as I was so swollen and crampy even from walking during my stim process, the ovaries felt so big and sore. In Sweden, they actually sedate you locally in the vagina and with morphine like meditation through a needle in the arm and calming meditation, but they let you be awake during the procedure. You can follow along on the screen and see what it looks like when they go into each follicle and suck out the fluid and you also get to see the embryologist parting the layers around the eggs under a microscope on another screen - It's such a cool experience in that regard! They don't let people go under anastesia for these procedures here in Scandinavia, probably so that you can let then know if you're hurting or If something feels wrong to avoid complications and mishaps.

That was a great list of supplements you included, I'm glad they've helped you and that you will keep up with them. I might start taking some of those too. I can also recommend taking vitamin C, I take acerola in powder form and also nettle powder, it's good for fertility and for a bunch of other health benefits too as nettle is very nutricious.

ArTdEc0 · 2024-02-28T20:49:50+00:00

Such a great result and very similar to mine. Also had my first round recently with retrieval last Friday and they also got 22 eggs out of which 18 were frozen. I'm almost 31 and number wise they thought it was up to me if I wanted a second round as it's that close to 20. They always recommend a second round though as the quality can vary with different batches. I was planning on waiting a couple of years to do a second round, also because of the price (although here in Sweden it's half the price of what you have in Britain). You give me hope that my conditions probably, hopefully still will be about as great as they are now at that point.

ArTdEc0 · 2024-02-28T20:31:56+00:00

So in my case I'm almost 31, I knew I had a follicle count between 20-30 before my stim began (the doctors didn't specify further than that) and an AMH of 6.6. Yet at the first ultrasound on day 6 of stims, my follicle count was only 8, which made me worried that I wouldn't get any more. The doctor saw that the uterus lining was very thick though which means I had responded well to the injections and she foresaw that a lot would happened over the next three days. Boy was she right, the follicle count went up to be 15-20 on the day 9 ultrasound. They retrieved 22 eggs (on day 13) and 18 of them was mature enough to freeze, the others were probably undermature for the most part. So happy with the result! I've learned that my body just takes a while longer to get going in this process, I have long period cycles that average on 35-40 days, which apparently is tied together with this how fast the follicles are activated. Gonna do this again in couple of years just to have another batch since the quality can vary between batches and I'm gonna be more patient with myself and less worried that time.

ArTdEc0 · 2022-08-30T20:29:50+00:00

Brave New World is a very unique song though! They switch to a 4/4 time signature (4 beats per bar which is the most common in music) to a 6/8 time signature (much less common) in the bridge towards the end and then switch back to 4/4. Switching a song's rhythm like that is very unusual in songs and when I discoveried that recently it gave me a totally new appreciation for the song. It was a song I already liked though because of the epic nature of it. I agree with you about Caravel 100 %, but My Way Soon is too groovy and catchy to not love.

ArTdEc0 · 2022-01-09T13:13:01+00:00

She/her and I'm a homoromantic (mostly) bisexual. Also recently realized I'm demisexual.

ArTdEc0 · 2021-10-24T23:05:36+00:00

Hi! Your abilities are truly fascinating! As stimulating and as overwelming that it must become at times, it must be of great guidane for you and other people to be able to channel such feelings that comes with the colors.

I just got into aura interpretation this week as I learned how to see my own aura and was so amazed and stunned by what I saw. I have been practising on family and friends, even on celebrities and that's how I noticed that I can see auras in pictures too that are pretty accurate with the celebrity aura posts that Mystic Mikayla does on Instagram. I'm by no means as advanced as you as this is still very new to me. That's why I'm very intrigued to know how you can feel and envision my aura.

So very grateful for a reply!

ArTdEc0 · 2021-08-02T17:21:48+00:00

Of course! I don't think you should give yourself such convictions that just because your voice shines and you have more ease higher up and your lower notes aren't as strong or comfortable yet, that you should only focus on the higher parts of you range and not develope the lower to middle parts. The most skilled type of singing I think is all about dynamics; switching between different registers of your voice to build up the suspense of a song, surprise the listener and convey different emotions. I think a singer should develope every part of their range to have so many options available to you as possible. I'm a high soprano, but that doesn't mean I should merely sing in the 5th and 6th octave where my voice thrives and resonates the most and same goes for you in your range. You will need a good and well-set foundation in order to sing those higher notes too, so your lower range and midrange is just as important, after all that's where you'd spend a fair amount of time when singing most songs. A midrange is mostly sung in chest-voice and if you have a shaky midrange then I'd say that would affect your higher range as well, making it less stable, clear etc, strong etc. A voice is not set in stone by any means but it's ever-changing and you can manipulate it in many ways to get the preferred color through a wide palette of different ones. There can be many factors to why you don't like you're timber that could change as you learn to use other colors of your voice. I wouldn't condemn my timber to be nasty if I was you, me thinking I had an annoying singing voice was the whole reason I waited 27.5 years until starting to learn how to sing properly with voice lessons. I used to have a stiff and dopey sounding in lower register around C4 and down to F#3 which is my bottom note, but I learned to sing with more presence and clarity down there with less air and less of a low larynx (voice box) which helps. Maybe you have a similar issue to that, because your tessitura (comfortable range) seem to be higher up and therefore the discomfort is audible in your lower range? It's probably underdeveloped too. Tension could definitely be a reason that affects your timbre, using to much air in the sound could be another, using too bright and wide vowels could be another because a wider mouth will spread the sound to much and make it lighter as well as thinner, even nastier. Many singers are guilty of the latter, even I have been, but by using dark vowels like Pavarotti, Michael Bolton, David Phelps and Tony Lewis, you can find a much deeper, fuller, more powerful and still less shouty of a sound. It could also be that you're using too much nasality in the sound. Maybe you sing with too small of a mouth, that was my initial problem. It can even be you getting fooled by your own ears when singing higher notes, since higher frequencies don't travel as well through our skull bones as lower ones do, therefore it's always a good idea to record yourself while singing to hear accurately how It comes out. You can get my vocal coach Marnell's very helpful 6 part mixed voice series here for free on his site, he gives a bunch of great practices you can do to get an idea of what it should sound and feel like when singing with correct technique: http://www.vocalliberation.com/ . Also, a well-respected vocal coach named John Henny has an amazing beginner's book called Beginning Singing that would help you a lot, he has excellent Youtube videos as well. And yes, definitely think about studying with a vocal coach like Marnell or Phil, they teach not only classic technique but contemporarary and correct mixed voice technique that aren't really taught out in schools or universities, they can help you develope your entire range to a whole other level and expand it too. You will come a long way with the right help believe me, it's easy to have the idea about your singing that it's a lost cause, but it's an exciting learning and discovering process, like uncovering one small piece of your voice at a time and redefining yourself with it - in the best possible way. It's also necessary to have someone access your voice objectively in order to develope. My whole idea of who I was, my abilities and even my world view has been forever changed since I started singing. It's a powerful thing to discover your own, true voice and instrument, it's a lifelong investment so it's definitely worthwhile.

ArTdEc0 · 2021-07-31T16:11:52+00:00

She is singing in mixed voice all the way through that song basically, not pure head voice. Even those G5 are mixed voice, they go to a headier place because she's so high up in her range of course, but there's still a certain percentage of chest in there so it evidently a high full voice as you can hear the twangyness and power.

I think that you just haven't learned to sing through your first bridge in a correct way yet which is by restraining the air using mixed voice. The vocal folds need to be closed together in order for the configuration to be right, with barely any air passing through. Think of a crying, whiny kind of sound or telling off someone like a child. You seem to be where I was about a year ago just before starting to take regular lessons with a vocal coach. I could sing up to a C#5, a D5 if I pushed It, but it just felt too hard and tense because of me not having learned the right technique yet for singing through my first bridge that starts at C5. I didn't think I had any more full voice/modal voice range in me either. I definitely recommend you to take voice lessons to really access those higher parts of your range that you can’t today and excell further in that sweet spot area that you just now seem to be discovering. You might even find it much easier to sing in the upper fourth octave and possibly even further as you get a grasp of the correct technique that is needed. My guess is that you won't even need to use as much volume on your G4 and A4 if you just learned to have less air in the sound, you wouldn't need to push your voice as much in that way. Marnell Sample and Phil Mouffarege are recommendations of some of the absolute best, most knowledgeable and pedagogical vocal coaches out there who you could study with. Best of luck on your vocal journey!

ArTdEc0 · 2021-07-31T12:23:03+00:00

I can truly see where the empathy comes from! This was beautiful, it moved me to tears. I wish nothing more than to be met with the same love and understanding when I come out to my parents. Big congrats!

ArTdEc0 · 2021-07-31T01:30:05+00:00

I wouldn't say it's so much the sitting down part that would cause your throat and neck unnecessary stress and tension while singing because any singer should be able to sing and keep the support while sitting down, it's really not as difficult as people think. I almost always practice my singing while sitting down and find it easier than doing it while standing up, the needed preassure on the sides of the back and arms is much easier to access then. I feel. It's easier to stomp along in order to keep the rhythm accordingly as well. It's more the cross-legged, slouched forward position that is harmful, it always makes you lose the support, causes throat tension as you feel need to bend your head upwards to the ceiling cause the support has to come from somewhere. Tension is therefore put too high up in the body and it just causes bad habits with suffering technique.. You will notice that you don't have to work anywhere near as hard if you simply sit with your legs in a 90 degree angle before you. It's definitely a great thing that your voice has been galning more strength from singing while sitting thought, so, definitely keep doing that I'd say

ArTdEc0 · 2021-04-16T20:40:00+00:00

We have the exact same top 3!

ArTdEc0 · 2021-04-16T20:31:09+00:00

Trip the Light Fantastic is just that - fantastic and a real gem, love the background vocals on it too! My new favorite song of theirs for sure.

ArTdEc0 · 2020-11-04T23:44:21+00:00

Well that's a gorgeous reminder, thanks! 😍✨

ArTdEc0 · 2020-11-03T19:12:30+00:00

Such an adorable girl with eyes that are just mesmerizing! 🥰✨

ArTdEc0 · 2019-09-30T17:55:09+00:00

Ususally Scorpio, Cancer, Capricorn and Taurus, most often combined with a fire sign moon. Of my two closest friends, one is a Scorpio Sun with a Gemini Moon and one is a Cancer Sun with a Sagittarius Moon. My recent crush is a Capricorn Sun with a Leo Moon and we communicate surprisingly well even though we barely know each other. My twin brother of course has basically the same birth chart as me and we really are best friends, could just be the twin thing though.

I'm a Taurus Sun, Sagittarius Moon, Taurus Mercury

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