General or Sedation?

thegruffalo · Post by **thegruffalo** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:40 pm

With regard to egg collection, what would people recommend if they had the choice? A sedation or general anaesthetic?

Dizzie · Post by **Dizzie** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:05 pm

Hi Gruffalo,

If I had a choice I would have been knocked out completely. I had to get extra drugs so I wasn't with it anyway, and I wasn't with it the rest of the day either. Some places do generals for EC, but I think that's there choice, not ours unfortunatley.

souris · Post by **souris** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:57 am

Hi Gruffalo!

I did not have the choice for my first IVF, i was under General. I still woke up in a lot of pain! I guess EC went a bit wrong for me!

I am doing IVF in Jan and i have the choice, i will discuss it with my doc, but i think i will choose sedation, i cant be more painful than last time anyway!!

Wish you the best
take care
souris
xxx

sophie · Post by **sophie** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:54 am

I had a general. I had more than 30 eggs in there so it was a long process. If I had the choice I would go for a general but only because I would prefer that to any potential pain!

Good luck with your decision.

Sophie

Kate21 · Post by **Kate21** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:19 pm

I had sedation for my EC. I remember it being painful but I don't remember the pain if that makes sense! To be honest I think I would choose sedation over general only because it takes so much longer to recover from a general. Whichever you choose the pain afterwards is going to be pretty similar!!

Kate

DebraP · Post by **DebraP** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:45 pm

Hi, I would always choose sedation as GA makes me sick and weepy and who needs the extra recovery time?

I've had EC 4 times and always with sedation. I may have been one of the lucky ones but I tend to fall asleep half way through (although it's interesting and I wanted to stay awake) and not suffer anything more than mild AF type pains afterwards, although I've never had more than 10 eggs for collection which might be a factor.

My clinic don't offer a choice, I think most have their one way of EC and that's it.

Good luck
Debra

Jen1d · Post by **Jen1d** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:36 pm

I have just completed my first cycle of ivf and was really worried about the EC. I shouldn't have bothered. I was highly sedated and can't remember a thing abouth it. I was only under for about 20 mins and had no pain when i came round or over the next couple of days.

It does depend on how good you are with needles, pain etc, but i prefered not to know or see anything.

Hope this helps

Love Jen x

Luellie · Post by **Luellie** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:55 pm

Hi Gruffalo

I was told by my hospital that some women say they didn't feel a thing and others say it was the most painful experience of their life! I didn't have the choice and was sedated (and given Pethadine). I found it very painful and if I was doing it again would opt for a general. I also had a bad reaction to the Pethadine.
Ellie x

thegruffalo · Post by **thegruffalo** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:04 pm

Thank you for your replies. We went to see our clinic today for our information / implications appointment and they suggested that General was best as it meant that I would not be wiggling around! It was a very long appointment - two and a half hours - all about injections/sniffing and complicated legal forms. At least it gives me something else to worry about other than the General Anaesthetic!

General or Sedation?

General or Sedation?

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