I've got my first EC on Friday and am so scared. I've been really chilled out about the injections etc and have really surprised myself but now it's so close I actually feel as if I can't go through with it. I know it's pathetic and I should pull myself together but I'm just so terrified it's going to hurt and they'll have to stop cos I can't stand the pain. I wish they'd let me have a general but they won't so its sedation and painkillers for me. Have also got to be up at 4am on Friday to get the 5.25 train to london and as ec isn't til 9.45 will be hanging around which will make things worse.
I'm sorry to be so pathetic but I can't help it.
Dawn
xxx
Hello Dawn, please, please don't be scared, you have been so brave with the injections, you are strong enough to do this....and you are NOT pathetic!
I don't know if they have explained what will happen so I'll tell you what mine have been like if it helps ....
After arriving at the hospital I have got changed in a cubicle with a hospital bed, like you get in A&E. Rick (DH) has been there all the time with me. I then had a thing put in my arm for the sedative to go in which was a bit like an injection. Then I get wheeled in on the same bed into the theatre and they put a tube in the thing in your arm and this is the sedative and painkillers. Also I had a little sponge on a tube in my nose which gives you oxygen, some people have a mask instead. I have then gone to sleep very quickly after about a minute and I won't pretend I haven't felt anything but it's like you're in a dream and I have only ever felt them going in but it hasn't hurt, I just could feel them doing something, then I have been asleep again. Then I have woken up a bit later and had toast & coffee! I have always bled a bit afterwards but had no more than period pain and have not remembered anything about the ec.
Please don't worry, I know it's easy for me to say but it really is fine and you have got this far, you can't stop now. Focus on why you are doing this, you WILL get through it
I'll be thinking of you on Friday and sending positive vibes your way...
Lots of love
Kat xx
I could have sworn that they did give me a general as i felt or heard nothing, but it was only sedation. After having the needle put in my vein in my hand i went 'off' very quickly and remember looking at the clock. 25mins later they were waking me up and i said 'you just woke me from a nice dream!' I was wheeled back to the recovery room and felt aware, just tried. Had a couple of hours sleep, then couldn't wait to get home. The first wee stung a little, but that was all.
Good luck, you are so close now.
helenxx
Dont worry hun! You will be fine. Like the other girls said you wont remember it! Hopefully getting up so early will make you even more tired so by the time you have the drugs you will be really sleepy!
None of this treatment is pleasant but you just have to be brave, hang on in there and chase your dream. Whats 30mins discomfort when you could be holding your child in 9months time.
Will be thinking of you tomorrow.
I know it is a scary experience because you just don't know what to expect but I think you will be fine to be honest. I had mine and it wasn't half as bad as I expected. I wasn't given a general but this is what happened with me. They told me to take my bottoms off and lie on the bed DH went to do his sperm sample while they was preparing me for EC. They sedated me and the nurse was at the top end holding my hand and the one who was doing EC was down the bottom. Admittenly I knew everything that was going on, Dh then come back and this is when they started EC. All that I can say I felt was a small pin prick when they broke the follicles to get the eggs out. It wasn't very painful but it was there, I ain't going to lie to you. When I was able to move I wasn't sleepy or anything but I did get period pain but that was all.
Its all worth it though in my eyes because I just wanted every possible chance of having a baby and this is what you have to think, remember why you are lying there why you are doing it?
I am now 40wks pg and don't regret going for IVF, lets hope you get a positive result.
Hi Dawn, it is quite natural to be scared - I think we all are the first time. I know I was petrified and really built it up in my mind as something that was going to be horrific and started crying the minute I walked through the door. Well, I felt very silly afterwards because it really wasn't so bad. I remember feeling a bit uncomfortable at times (but I have one ovary that is an awkward place and difficult to get to) - but other than that don't remember anything!
Good luck for tomorrow - I'll be thinking of you
Dolly
Me 38 / DH 40. TTC 8 yrs
3 natural pg - 2 ectopics and 1 miscarriage
2nd IVF +ve but miscarried
1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th IVF all -ve
Moved to the ARGC.
Just started for the 7th time (!) Feb/March 2006.
Sorry i didnt see youe post before haven't been on here for a few days as you know i still have it all to come but i know where your coming from i will be exactly the same i will be an emotional mess.
all i can do is send you and dh all my love and loads of +++++++++ vibes while your lying there think of what you could be doing in 9 months holding your beautiful baby in your arms, with a big big smile on your face thinking i did this. you are strong enough to get thro this we all are your superwoman hun you can do anything. you are most DEF NOT pathetic i'm thinking of you all the way hun in soul i will be there with you we all will be, i will watching for your post and how you got on thinking of you hun
lots of love
Ang
I have had 3 ec and to be honest the first was the easiest for me because i did not really know what to expect and i don,t remember a thing. the sorest part was putting that thing in your hand but they could not find a good vein. I think because you know what to expect it can make it worse but everyone is different. The third time i remember a bit more they had changed the drugs they used. I can remember telling the nurse that i felt some pain and they gave me more.
Try not to worry just you and your dh remember that in 9 months you could be holding a baby.
i just want to add to what all the girls have said.
i had 3 ec using sedation and 1 ec under general
have to say under the sedation i did not
feel or remember a thing honest !!!
good luck let us know how u got on.
Don't be scared. I can honestly say EC was the least traumatic (I was going to say easiest but I didn't want to sound flippant!) part of the tmt. I was given Lorazapam to take the night before and on the morning of EC (this is supposed to relax you - it might be worth asking if they will prescribe this for you). By the time I got to the hospital I felt like I'd had a few too many gin & tonics!
I didn't feel a single thing during either of my ECs. I don't remember anything, not even which consultant did the Operation. I just remember waking up and having some toast and feeling a bit tender - no more than period pain and then going home and resting on the sofa.
Thank you all so much for your replies, your all so lovely you've made me want to cry!! I feel better after reading your posts and am thinking well if I cry while they are doing it I'm sure they've seen it all before!! Must remember to shave legs and other bits tonight though or I'll be really embarrased!!!
I've just read through the info from the clinic again and I think I might be slightly overstimulating - I've felt sick since last night and had diarrohea this morning and it's uncomfortable when I sit down! My tummy is huge and really hard too. Maybe it's just nerves though. Am also only managing about 1 and a half litres of water aday but I don't drink tea or coffee so hope thats ok.
Am off to pack my little bag now and get myself sorted.
Thanks again for all being there for me, will let you know how it went tomorrow - think of me getting up at 4.15 won't you!!!
Love
Dawn
xx
Hi Dawn
Just wanted to wish you lots of luck tomorrow, hope you manage to relax a bit tonight.
I am really worried about everything too, so have been reading all the replies and trying to put a brave face on Have my day 11 scan tomorrow, they didn't tell us much on Tuesday (how big should follicles be at this stage?) I am very worried things might go same way as before. Scan at 8.30 so by the time I get home things will be happening with you.
Wishing you lots and lots and lots of luck for tomorrow. It will be fine I promise you.
I have had 3 EC's the first 2 were under general and the 3rd should have been too but when I got to the hospital there was a shortage of beds and they told me 30 mins before that it had to be done under sedation. I was petrified and cried like a baby all half an hour. But as I had sedation I realised that David could be with me during the proceedure which cheered me up and seeing him dressed in the blue scrubs he looked fabulous!!!! Any way I digress, I spent the whole thing away with the fairies and didn't notice anything It was a bit sore but not half as bad as I expected. The worst bit for me was waiting for David to get back from The Bridge Center and tell me how many eggs we had got. We have to have EC at The Mayday in Croydon and David has to take the eggs in a box to London and do his bit (if you get my drift) and wait for them to count the eggs and get the train back to Croydon. Such a palava but thats the way they do it at our hospital.
You really will be fine and I will be waiting to see your post tomorrow evening with positive outcome. Good luck sweetie.
DITTO
To all the others and best of luck for the count!!! I actually look forward to it cause it is seconds when you go off into the unknown and you feel a sence of calm with the drugs when you come round , wish I could do it for you
1st cycle own eggs Neg
2nd cycle own eggs Neg
3rd cycle cousins eggs Neg
4th cycle unknown donor eggs Neg
Going to have sisters eggs Feb 06
NEVER GIVE UP!
Don't worry, I felt no pain after my egg collection. The best bits were when they told me how many eggs I had after I had been wheeled out and when they let me have 3 cadburys chocolate rolls afterwards!
Like you I panicked at the thought of sedation and begged to be put under. As someone said the worst pain is when they put the needle in your hand.
Have my day 11 scan tomorrow, they didn't tell us much on Tuesday (how big should follicles be at this stage?) I am very worried things might go same way as before. Scan at 8.30 so by the time I get home things will be happening with you.