My very first IVF!

@Liza yes, apparently the injections get less as you progress but I promise to give you more info as I know...at this stage I'm also a little in the dark The cost is directly linked to how our bodies react to the meds, the sooner those eggs do their thing the better!!

Retrieval is prov scheduled for the 18th, but all depends on how I've reacted to the meds. I was hoping it would be sooner but will have to wait and see!! Trust me the walk is worth it. They say the key is to try stay relaxed and I must say, with summer on its way, a morning walk does a lot to lift one's spirit!

@ Leez thanks for the info. I almost got a fright a the FS told us that the meds in total would be around 8 to R10 000. And your first batch was already R8000! I think the second batch would not be so many meds as the first hence the price they gave me.

Think i also need to do some form of exercise. I only start work @ 9 in the mornings and drop my son off at school @ 7. So i could get in a walk in between. It's just to much effort in the afternoon after work!

When is you retrieval scheduled for?

Hi all!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

@Liza - Feeling very different at the moment. Very bloated and have lower back pain (almost where my kidneys are) but I've read this could be due to the growth of the ovaries. Will know more when I see him on Wednesday to ask... Oh and a few cramps this morning but I'm getting used to the feeling. I'm still very positive and trying to do my 30min walk every morning, must say the walk does me the world of good!

The scan was external don't worry! I was worried about the same thing but it's basically just to make sure all is well and that no cycts or stuff have appeared in the interim as the hormones can cause them to grow drastically! I got the 1st batch of injections on the same day as my CD2 scan, cause you start injecting on day 3, and will probably get the next batch on Wednesday when I see him again. I don't know if each clinic is different but this is how ours works!

So glad you have an alternative to the coffee. I bought some decaf over the weekend cause I had a coffee craving and read the decaf is fine. Other than that I'm coping well. Must say I'm struggling to find an alternative to drink otherwise. I'm a dry wine drinker when we socialise and cool-drink is very sweet. So I'm down to just water but still looking for an alternative

@Ladysa - how are you doing? Did you start the injections? Been thinking of you a lot!

Hi Ladies

Hope you all had a good weekend!

@ Leez how are you doing on the meds? Have you noticed any difference in effects? The scan that you went for on CD2 was it internal? Just freaks me out seeing that you are on your period that time .
You mentioned in one of your previous post that you have a first batch of injections before the first scan, do we get a second batch as well? Sorry, i'm not very on top of this.

So i found an alternative to coffee, Rooibos Peach Ice Tea pods. So great!! I still have my one cup a day and water but later in the afternoon i'll have a cup of Rooibos. (Not as bad as i thought)

For me its 7 days and counting today ... I'm a bit anxious and exited all at once. Think its only the injections that i'm a bit squirmy about. Hope that AF arrives on time so we can start our journey,

@ Liza - No, the way you were explained is 100% correct and how I got mine as well. Call the clinic once I'd started, had my scan on the 2nd day & was then given my meds to start injecting on day 3. Well done with your 1 coffee!!

@Chanti - I'm doing two injections daily at the moment, one in my tummy around my belly button and the second one in my buttocks (cause it has to go into the muscle). Trying to move the needle around a bit that I don't keep hitting the same spots!

Morning Ladies

Trust you all are well!

@ Chanti I wanted to stop at Dischem yesterday but was way to tired! We close @ 12 on Fridays so i'll see if i can get there this afternoon. My inlaws are visiting from Bloem , they came last night. Good way to pass the time!

I managed to have only one cup of coffee today. Now on the water!

I'm wondering, so i was told to phone the clinic on CD1 so that we can see the FS on CD2 and get our meds. Then we would start on CD3. But as i read here it seems that you all got your meds before hand?

@Leez - How many injections are you having to take each day? I hope it doesn't get too sore over the next few days

@Ladysa - Any news?

@Liza - Have you managed to find your alternative yet?

AFM, still riding this emotional roller coaster, hating it... Have no idea what is going on with me.. Would love to go home, grab a bowl of popcorn and sit and watch movies all day!