I feel dumb!!!!!!

[jeneis]

you guys are taling aobut all these medicines and dates and stuff and i guess being a newbie i just don't understand.

[AMITHIS]

Hi Jeneis,

It is all very confusing at first. My clinic required that my DH and I attend a introductory IVF seminar prior to beginning treatment. Does your clinic have that sort of thing? In addition, there are many websites on the internet which do a good job of explaining things. Have you read the IVF informational sections on this board?

Staci

[Dagny]

Hi there Janeis

Don't worry or feel like you are dumb (you are not) as the whole IVF thing is such a minefield of different things to know. Like Staci said you will be taken through what happens and what you have to do by a doctor or nurse or at a get together run by your hospital or clinic.

I can remember my 1st treatment and I was really worried about whether I was doing the right things but you soon get the hang of it. I feel like I am a bit of an old hand now as I am my 4th TMT and I know too much for my liking.

All the girls on this website will have answers for you if you have any specific questions so please feel free to ask. You'd be amazed at some of the questions that do get asked but everyone will answer as best they can.

Best of luck and keep in touch.

Love Dagny xkx

[jeneis]

i would say confusing, our clinic didn't tell us about any class or anything, all we had was a talk with the doctor and a nurse, which for a newbie like me was way to much info at one time. i have been looking at other posts and am kinda understanding things, but all these abbreviations are confusing

[Traci]

jeneis
Hi there , certainly dont feel dumb , really when you start all this there is so much to learn and you get the info from people that Know not clinics that just fob you off , we are living it like it is and I have learnt loads on here , in fact I dont think I have asked many questions at the clinic cause most of the info is on here .

You will get the hang of it all

Trace x

[ANGELA]

def with trace on that one i got most of my info from here and a few other web sites read read and read again thats my advice and slowly it will make a little more sense to you i managed to read up a lot b4 i got my first consultation at my clinic the doc there was actually really impressed as to how much i knew about it all which made me feel good hehe

it takes time to understand it all as there is so so much information
but ask anything you like on here someone will always have the answer
Love Ang xxxx

[alicia]

I have to confess that I tried to read this board before my IVF and just could not understand A WORD of it! After my IVF failed I came back on and it started to make sense, having gone through it once. Then I was so glad it was here! I wish I had stuck with it the first time, as the support would have been very helpful.

Welcome to the list!

Alicia