Starting ICSI this month

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• Orangegerbera

  Oct 7, 2011 5:46AM

  hi Vicky - welcome to the site.
  
  
  
  I am on round three of ICSI. what specific concerns to you have?
  
  
  
  my advice would be stay calm and focused and use this site to support you - its an emotional rollercoaster and the support you get on here will really help you.
  
  
  
  dont panic about the injections (says the ex-needle phob!) - they are fine. drink loads of water, eat loats of protein and everything else in moderation. i'd say if you fancy a glass of wine have one!!!
  
  
  
  best of luck - mail me if you have any specifics.
  
  
  
  lots of luck OG!
  
  
  
  xxx

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• mrsshep

  Oct 10, 2011 7:53AM

  We have just finished our first ICSI cycle (failed - Absolutely gutted!) Unfortunately no frosties for us so gonna be starting from scratch again - probably January.
  
  
  
  For me the whole process, physically, was so much easier than I had expected. The injections were fine and I hardly had any side effects, just hot flushes really. Once the injections start it goes quite fast. I took the physical side in my stride, a necessary evil, but the emotional side was hard. I am a pretty strong and optimistic person but our BFN has crushed me. Having said that if been a positive result I would have said that IVF was quite easy!
  
  
  
  I found the hardest part was after embryo tranfer, the 2 week wait is such an emotional rollercoaster, you can't help symptom spotting. I was on such a high (but an anxious high)and was convinced it had worked, boobs grew, dizzy spells, bloating and me and the hubby rubbed my belly and spurred them on every night - until AF Arrived
  
  
  
  Good luck, hopefully you will be one of the lucky ones who work first time and you'll breeze through it!

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