Hi girls. kDezzy, I would think your right. Pain increase your blood pressure and stress and one would think that taking a pain pill would be better. hineschica, you can't have soft serve!?? What the??!!!
And that's probably what you are craving too. I love DQ blizzard. Reese cup is my fav.
I feel so much better since being off stims. The PIO isn't bad other than I can't poop and I have cold sweats and have to get up to pee every hour during the evening. Any suggestions on getting things A"moving along"? I am already taking 3 stool softeners a day. No fun being FOS.
Transfer is tomorrow! I am excited and hoping for a BFP!!

Hi ladies! I am new to all of this. This is my first IVF cycle. I'm getting excited and anxious. I am on my 5th day of meds and I've had one follow up appt. So far everything is going smoothly. My stomach is starting to get tender but I would assume that is expected. This looked like a fun and friendly thread to join in on. I look forward to any advice that any of you ladies have to offer. :-)

Welcome mjwall! Your stomach will be a bruised bloated mess. I recommend drinking A LOT of water and getting plenty of rest. The stims really exhausted me and made me feel like a dried up prune. Speaking of prunes, you also, may get constipated. Hopefully, it will all be worth it in the end!

Thank you lilchos! I've definitely been loading up on the water but yes, a bloated mess seems to sum it up. And I've definitely been a lot more tired. I have had the opposite of being backed up, I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing. :-( I just keep telling myself this all going to be worth it in the end.

Hope all of you are doing well I still in aewww about my positve test and the high number and I am still praying my numbers tomorrow and my second bata are rising !! *****Sticky Baby Dust to All!!*********

Muchas gracias, kDeezy! Enjoy that mudslide ;) And don't beat yourself up for taking a Vicodin. It's not like you're poppin' 'em every hour; the fact that you have criteria for taking it is impressive to me. I think the added stress of the pain is worse than the one measly Vicodin. Hang in there! Two more weeks!

lilcmhos, my RE just told me eat a lot of high-fiber food and drink prune juice if the constipation got too bad. You might check to see if they have any other suggestions. I'll be thinking of you tomorrow! Sticky baby dust!

Welcome mjwall! You might also try lightly icing your stomach a little before injection time. That helped me immensely with some of the injection pain and bruising.

Keep us posted, rbcurly!

Tomorrow's transfer day! Finally!!!!

Lil GOOD LUCK!! And drink prune juice. I'm telling you that shit will get things moving like you won't believe! Don't eat prunes, it has to be the juice.

Mj welcome!! Isn't IVF fun? For bloating try drinking Gatorade or, if you're a nut about not ingesting chemicals like I am, try coconut water. It makes a huge difference!

As for me, tonight I will be having a strawberry margarita on the rocks with salt. This time tomorrow I'll be whining that I have to wait until 3 to get an update from my nurse!! My ovaries feel like they're trying to strangle themselves so I know I've got some fun stuff brewing in there.

Thank you ladies for such the warm welcome! It's so nice to hear your stories and now know that I am not the only one feeling uncomfortable and honestly, tired at times. Am I supposed to feel this tired? I have another ultrasound and blood draw today, I'm keeping my fingers crossed everything looks good and we can do the retrieval on Monday.

Mjwall, absolutely! Stims made me extremely tired. I almost felt hungover without all the fun the night before.
ET went well. We transferred one blastocyst and one early blastocyst. I hope they are getting foxy in there!

Deezy: No worries about the meds! You need to be comfortable, or at least be able to bear the pain. So sorry :(

Welcome mjwall! Good luck with your cycle and I'm so excited we have another cycle buddy! You seem right on with stims. I bruised and felt tender and was bloated. I could deal with the pain, but the looks at my stomach when I was most bloated made me angry. Pooping up a storm is a good thing! Live it up! The girls warned me about retrieval back ups, and yup, it's true. Haven't pooped in 2.5 days. Where is all the food going? Yikes! It will all be worth it! As of now I have 5 embryos and it makes it all worth it! Oh and yes to being sleepy too. I got through the days, but I was just tired.

rbcurly: You kick ass! Love that you are still on cloud 9!

Lil, yay! I hope they get foxy in there too! Happy PUPO!!

Lol! I meant cozy!

Hello all my levels went from 756 to 1,653 today Iam so happy I got back Friday for one more blood draw then sept 3 rd I go for my first ultrasound to see how many are in there we trasferd two embyspraying both made it !! And Iam praying the rest of the pregnancy goes well Iam 4 weeks 4 days today :-)hope you all are doing well ****** Sticky Baby dust to All!!!************

Rbcurly, great news. What beta level means pregnancy? I have read 5 or greater. Is that right?

Oh thank goodness! It makes me feel better that I'm not going crazy thinking I'm tired for no reason. Just 5-6 more days of stims and then so far it looks like we do the retrieval on Tuesday but everything is progressing nicely. I'm hoping the rest of the process continues to go smoothly. We have to do a freeze all cycle and won't be able to transfer for a month. Patience is definitely going to be one of my strong suits. Anyone else have to do the same or has/is everyone doing a fresh cycle?

lilcmhos - Yay! That is so exciting! I hope their getting cozy in there too! :-)

Rbcurly - That is great news! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that both embies make it.