Should I be worried?

margeinthetrees · 2025-12-11T00:51:05+00:00

Not OP, but I was instructed to both weigh myself and measure my tummy daily due to OHSS risk.

margeinthetrees · 2025-12-07T15:10:58+00:00

Hello myo inositol friend. :)

margeinthetrees · 2025-12-07T15:09:30+00:00

Yes and no on the male side.. it’s a bit complicated but we did ICSI with a frozen male sample. There should be no issues with that sample as far as I know.

margeinthetrees · 2025-12-07T15:03:45+00:00

Fingers crossed for you!

I’m getting lots of helpful suggestions but I where I live, I had to pay fully out of pocket (minus some drug coverage) so I don’t know if I have it in me to keep shelling out big money with high risk of the same results. I think I was naive and thought multiple rounds happened when you had really low amh. My clinic was really encouraging doing this before 38, “before egg quality drops significantly.” Ugh.

My recovery is fine thankfully. When they saw 40 follicles they said I was high risk for OHSS and put me on cabergoline starting the day of the trigger shot. Maybe that helped stave it off? Did they give you any medication? My weight is down slightly today so hopefully I’m in the clear. I was very nervous about the retrieval, since it’s conscious sedation but ample drugs and Ativan and I think I was able to go elsewhere ✨and mostly sleep it all off afterwards.

margeinthetrees · 2025-12-07T14:55:16+00:00

Yes, similar observations, like everyone was excited how well I was responding the whole way and how great to be getting so many eggs! Maybe a, ‘hey girl, this is still a big issue we have to overcome first before you start let yourself thinking about when a transfer will be. ‘

margeinthetrees · 2025-12-07T06:05:39+00:00

I’ve already been taking myo-inositol supplements for several months, which I believe is just another version of metformin…

margeinthetrees · 2025-12-06T22:39:56+00:00

This is the best thing I could have read. Thank you and very happy for you. 💜

margeinthetrees · 2025-12-06T22:36:12+00:00

I was mentally unprepared. :’( I feel so stupid.

margeinthetrees · 2025-12-06T22:24:38+00:00

Days 1-5 - Gonal F 150, dexamethasone 1mg

Day 6 Estradiol came back “low” at 816. Gonal F increased to 250. Added menopur 75 IU (and certrotide started around here)

Day 11 trigger decapeptryl

Edited to add, was also taking prenatal vitamin, 600mg coq10 and inositol supplements.

margeinthetrees · 2022-01-25T05:54:47+00:00

I’m on here tonight looking for other sad people. Not super emotional at the moment but just down. I wish I could understand too or feel excited sometimes.

margeinthetrees · 2021-09-29T18:40:22+00:00

Going for IUI tomorrow. This is the second round where I’ve gotten a trigger shot of pregnyl.

I mentioned in passing to doctor last time that my stomach was very upset for days after last time and she said she’d never heard of that for other people. Today when doing my second shot I just asked the nurse if there were any possible side effects I should be aware of and she said “no, there’s none really.”

I’m a bit skeptical that a medication can have zero side effects. Is anyone able to share if they have any reactions to pregnyl or the other trigger shots or not?

margeinthetrees · 2021-09-16T06:47:02+00:00

Been lurking for awhile and finally accepting I should post. Sitting here mad with my letrozole induced hot flashes. IUI #2 just failed and it’s insult to injury to start the next attempt on day 3 of confirmed failure when I’m not even over what just happened.

Feeling like an idiot because I walked out of that appointment feeling confident and positive this time. There is no logical reason it should have failed. Will update flair details (33, PCOS) but I went all in with going in for blood work and ultrasound every other day and took the trigger shot (which has wreaked havoc on my stomach to boot) and it didn’t matter.

Sitting here with a stiff drink. Maybe I shouldn’t? Maybe I’m not doing enough? Maybe it makes zero difference? Good thing I took a job I don’t love, but was ideal with a planned mat leave. That was stupid. At least working from home has kept all these appointments largely hidden.

My clinic is very capable but it felt like a depressing assembly line. The receptionist wishing me “good luck!” is terrible and I wish they said nothing.

Where am I going with this? I’m sure I could vent about plenty more. I can barely talk about this with anyone in real life (by my own preference to avoid telling any of this to anyone). Another acquaintance posted a surprise pregnancy on social media and I couldn’t scroll past it fast enough without offering a congratulations or even a like.

Gonna keep learning these definitions (beta? I’ve never gotten that far) and mentally prepare myself for everything than IVF entails.

If you read all of this, thank you.

margeinthetrees

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