IVF first round anxiety

I’m in the exact same boat! Starting my stims tonight and super anxious…but also excited and then nervous again that it’s not gonna work. Good luck girly 🩷 I’m following this thread cuz I’m 100% relating 🥺

@Aman Congratulations and good luck to you too ✨️✨️ So special to be able to connect with people who are on the same journey and timeline. Feel free to message me if you'd like ❤️ The stims are not bad at all, I barely felt mine at all, and I've just been a bit more careful with my body this month, less stress and strain. You've got this 💕

You are not alone in feeling this way. Ivf is a roller-coaster of emotions. My IVF doctor gave me the best advice, "Try to stay neutral." Of course, it is easier said than done. To that advice, I would add, don't fixate on numbers, that can drive you insane. I did so much math each round, trying to predict how many healthy embryos I would end up with. I was always wrong and super anxious. IVF is an amazing thing. It isn't easy, but it is worth it and so wonderful when you get to hold your baby. I'm now holding my almost 6 month baby girl, my 1 healthy embryo from my first egg retrieval. I did 4 egg retrievals, 1 embryo first round, 0 second round, 3 third round, 3 embryos 4th round. I was so anxious, afraid it would take multiple transfers until it stuck. That's why i did multiple rounds. I was almost 40yo when I sround, and did 4 retrievals back to back. My daughter was born exactly one week before my 41st birthday. Best of luck. Reach out if you have questions or want to vent.

Thank you for the encouragement @Molly and @Bela 🩷🩷🩷 it’s nice to connect with people who are going through/have gone through similar things 🙏🏽

Yes completely normal to feel that way. I never expected it to work for me. It’s a huge unknown. There are no guarantees with IVF and that’s so scary! As much as I looked at people’s success stories I just didn’t believe that I would be one of those people. However, it can work and can work first time. Currently sat here 20 weeks pregnant from my first round and first transfer. Forever grateful for what science can do. I wish you all the best with your journey.

It worked for me the first time! Our first egg collection we ended up with 6 genetically normal PGT-A embryos. We did a frozen embryo transfer (because we tested) and that was successful the first time. I’m now almost 28 weeks pregnant with that little baby boy embryo. Success does happen!

Just go with the flow. I’m on my first round and I just took my trigger shot this evening with an egg retrieval scheduled Saturday! Wish me luck

It’s so hard not to get your hopes up. You wouldn’t be doing it if some part of you wasn’t hoping it would work. Just try to gird yourself for disappointment and try to distract yourself in the meantime.

I’m on the same boat :) just doing my first cycle of IVF , I have a scan on Monday and they will schedule the egg collection xx I’m feeling so moody and stressed and anxious , my belly is bloated and I feel a bit lonely because I didn’t tell anyone about it other than my mum x I have lower dose of Injection as I could develope OHSS , I’m on a short protocol and Freeze All as my husband has low sperm count and they suggested this could be the best option. I really hope we all get our rainbow baby soon ♥️

I’ve just done my frozen transfer 😊 I had it on the Friday and found out I was pregnant by the Wednesday! I couldn’t believe it worked first time … but it did 😍 it’s such a rollercoaster of emotions but just keep believing and find as much hope as you can! (Which is easier said than done). A couple of things people told me to do was drink pomegranate juice and wear fluffy socks, always staying warm 🙈 you’ve got this 💪🏼❤️ xx

Good Luck! Be kind to yourself and just go with the process🫶🏼 sorry to be a negative nelly but just try not to put all your hopes into it working first time, I’d say be very open minded about it all❤️ unfortunately we wasn’t one of the lucky ones and I’d put all my hopes into it working first time so when it didn’t my heart was even more broken so my advice would be try and stay open minded🥰 sending lots of love and baby dust xx