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I have ER tomorrow and I have a Valium to take before I get to the clinic. I've never taken anything like Valium before. Is this enough to make me not really care or at least not be a nervous wreck? Once I get to the REs I will have IV drugs. What has been your experience with ER?? I am very nervous and I have to leave my house at 4am, my doctor is 2 hours away.
soojin
soojin
Valium calms you down and makes you relax. The IV drugs will really make you "out of it" or completely "fall asleep". You are going to do great, you have made it this far. ER I was not awake for but when I did wake up I experience some cramping, like major menstural cramps. I relaxed for most of the rest of the day. Good luck!
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I hope I am out of it. I am really nervous all of a sudden. Maybe because I am in my final count down. I leave my house in 3 1/2-4 hours. I hope I get some sleep!
me2007
me2007
Janlei! Good luck. I hope everything goes well. I am also having my ER tomorrow and I am also nerveous.
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deleted_user
I had my ER on Thanksgiving. I was put to sleep for the procedure. I had a lot of cramps and pain through Saturday. I had 21 eggs removed, so the RE told me I would have more pain since there were more eggs to remove. I had codine to take to help. I think I made everything worse by going Christmas shopping, carrying my three year old niece around, etc. My advice would be to take it as easy as possible for a few days after ER. On a positive note, ET was a breeze!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I had a difficult ER experience. I was put to sleep but had a lot of pain after and for a few days following. The good thing is if you do have a lot of pain, it does go away.
I am praying all is going well for you since you are already there. :-)
deleted_user
deleted_user
I took a Xanax on my way to the clinic (was worried taking it on empty stomach but it didn't bother me at all). I felt pretty calm from it. Then when I got there, they gave me a shot of Dilaudid. That made me really dopey! I won't lie to you, it was still painful for me. Not the entire time, but I was overly sensitive on my right ovary. I was somewhat distracted by looking at the ultrasound monitor, cause you can see everytime they penetrate the follicle with that needle to drain it. It took me a while to recover, but I hear that's normal when you more eggs (I had 19). And you know everyone is different, maybe I was being a little sissy. lol Just try to focus on the fact you're going to have a baby from this and that makes it worth while. It also helped me that DH was by my side, holding my hand!!
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