Injectables question - Infertility Message Board

dknees · 07-07-2003, 07:05 AM

Okay, this is my 3rd cycle with injectables/IUI and I decided to "mix it up a little" and do the shots in the morning when I get up rather than in the evening. I'm trying to add a little good karma to the mix since my IUI days are numbered....

But, this time, I'm really feeling the meds. I feel kinda "out of it", really tired and a little nauseated when I don't eat for a while. And, I've also had a persistent headache. Not bad, but enough to be annoying. I got migraines on clomid, so I know I can be fairly sensitive to hormones.

Can all this come from taking the meds in the morning rather than at night? Or could it be that 2 almost-back-to-back cycles are messing with me? Or does the stuff linger in your system? I know the 2nd round I responded to the meds much quicker than the 1st and ended up doing 2 fewer shots than the time before....

Anyone have any insight?

mommawannabee · 07-07-2003, 07:09 AM

Hi Denise - I'm no dr., but I can probably safely say with certainty that it has a lot to do with taking your meds in the morning, only because you aren't sleeping off any after effects from the meds. I do know too that it stays in your system from the cycles before, my lab results(estrogen and progesterone) were always better when I cycled back to back.

Hope your nausea and fatigue subsides a bit - and hoping for that BFP to make it all worth it!! Good luck!

Lisa

ams37 · 07-07-2003, 03:49 PM

I hope u get a BFP!
I am sure u are getting some side effects since u are doing them in the a.m. like momma said....you usually sleep off the meds and dont notice any side effects...But if its first thing in the am..that could play a big role in it.. Did the doc say it was alright to switch it to the am hours? anne

dknees · 07-07-2003, 04:31 PM

Anne,

When I took the shot classes back in Jan, the nurse told me I could "shoot up" any time of the day, as long as I stuck to a time (within 2 hours) for the entire cycle. She originally recommended the am, but I chose right before bed time because I figured I didn't want to have to get up early on the weekends just to give myself a shot. This cycle I figured I could just shoot up on the weekend and go right back to bed (which is what I did) I just wanted to change something in the routine to give myself a mental edge.

Part of me is afraid to get my hopes up again just to have a BFN, especially if I'm going to be out on the road for work with a guy I only casually know. He might freak out if I fall apart

Then again, I keep saying to myself, "the 3rd time's the charm!"