Stim Shot

[starcakes27]

i was on menopur and pregnol and i got pregnant twice the first baby born to early but the second is a sweet little boy 2 years old now i going again now now starting my meropur

[ihatekindrabrock]

does it hurt to inject your self???were u scared the first time?

[MrsStephanie]

Well, I can say that it doesn't hurt as much as one might think but, it does hurt a little.

The first time I had to do it, I hesitated for about 5 minutes staring at the needle and staring at my skin wondering how in hell I was going to stick a needle through it.

But, they need to be done at the same time each night so, I figured I better get on with it. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

[beabeaonblogger]

Some good tips in there. Can I just ask what it is you're mixing with follistim in your case?

Bea

[MrsStephanie]

I am mixing 400iu of follistim with 150iu of Bravelle.

[dvsrunt]

WOW! I give it to you woman! you are brave, I couldn't do that!! We are TTC, with clomid, hopefully I won't have to go any further. Good luck!

[pgy99]

How did you have 5 meals with small portion ?

40% full with Low Carbohydrates and lots of smoothie, what is the ingredients you mix or you buy for your smoothie ?

Don't mind would you disclose your weight before started weight watcher till after diet ? but did you do it before IVF ?

DID you have BABY ASPIRIN and ACUPUNCTURE during IVF ?

[MrsStephanie]

No, I followed the Weight Watcher guidelines for points and the 8 healthy guidelines for what types of food to eat. I had been doing it before the cycle so, I just continued.

[MrsStephanie]

For the smoothies, I just got different frozen fruits with no sugar added- just plain. I used greek yogurt along with the fruit and I added flax oil and liquid B vitamins and some water and an icecube or two.

[MrsStephanie]

I would mind telling my weight but, I wouldn't mind telling you that my BMI was 46 when I started Weight Watchers and it was 40 when I started the IVF cycle.

Yes to the baby aspirin.

And, I did acupuncture for the second IVF but, I really didn't feel like it helped. If anything, it was more stressful because it was yet another appointment I had to keep.

[dogchick81]

Good Luck Stephanie!!!!! I just finished my first IVF and I'm now in the 2ww

[pgy99]

What did you do during 2ww with your husband and what is the diet that you had from first injections to 2ww to maximise the successful chances of pregnancy ?

[MrsStephanie]

What did I do with him? I assume you mean marital relations. My doctor recommends nothing until the first ultrasound.

And, what I did with my diet was to follow the Weight Watcher guidelines for healthy eating (like I did in the previous 6 months where I lost 30lbs).

Also, I added a smoothie every day with flax oil, liquid B vitamins, vitamin C, and I also threw in some pineapple in case that turned out to be true about how it helps with implantation.

[pgy99]

How much did you take pineapple 1/2 slice per week ?

Your stim shot seems a lots of ingredients to mix before injections, the whole things how many months you had injections already ?

So anxious that when is your retrieval and transfer time ? how many weeks to go ?

How much did your IVF/ICSI cost per cycle ?

[MrsStephanie]

I just added a slice or two of fresh pineapple to the smoothies.

And yes, my shots were a mix of a lot of ingredients. But, it isn't a big deal once you get used to it. This was my third IVF cycle so, I was pretty used to it by the time I taped this video.

I have already had my retrieval and transfer.

For my cycles, I paid $24,000 for three including ICSI. Plus, $900 per cycle for bloodwork and then, of course, I paid for medications.