What do you cut out while cycling?

cls78

I start BCP this evening and I am feeling guilty about my daily coffee. Should I cut out caffeine completely now or is it to late? Also I have a wine tasting party tomorrow and not sure if I should drink. I usually don't drink, so not drinking alchohol isn't a big deal to me. Sorry for the lame newbie question!

cls78

Were doing ER sometime in April, but not doing a fresh transfer. FET would be in May. I think. This happened kinda fast since we were excepted into a study the other day, so I had no time to cut out caffeine. Luckily, I have cut down to a small iced coffee instead of the medium I use to get.

happygirl1013

@IFinTN‌ said, it's a personal choice. I quit all caffeine, alcohol and try to cut out sweets. I treat stims like a trial for pregnancy, so I just try to only put things in my body that will nourish it and get it ready to grow a baby.

dreambig1021

I cut caffeine back a TON. I use to drink 5-6 cups a day now it's 1 cup to 1/2 cup a day. I cut out drinking alcohol use to have 1 glass of wine a night on the days i didn't have school (Monday and Tuesday). Now I have total 0-2 glasses of wine for the entire weekend.

pblge

There's evidence that alcohol in the months leading up to IVF can reduce effectiveness, but that's more for regular drinkers.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21173655

I reduced my coffee while on the BCP down to my minimum level of one cup of [EDIT] caffeinated tea per day. Any less and I suck at my job.

Good luck!

katib77

pblge said:

I reduced my coffee while on the BCP down to my minimum level of one cup of alcoholic tea per day. Any less and I suck at my job.

Good luck!

One cup of alcoholic tea? Where do you get this alcoholic tea?! LOL.

For my IVF in Oct. I started reducing my caffeine to one can of soda a day during BCP so that come stim time it would be easier to be cold turkey.  But then the need to poop outweighed my wish to be caffeine free and my U/S tech said even PG women can have a cup of coffee a day so I used that as a "natural laxative" of one cup of coffee in the morning and one small glass of prune  juice.  I cut out all alcohol the month prior to ER and ET.  

pblge

Ahahahahahaha!! ***CAFFEINATED tea!

LooneyLife

Nothing. I'm already caffeine and alcohol free, so no changes necessary there.

jlr96

I cut out caffeine when I started doing IUI's.  It wasn't that big of a deal because I only had one cup of coffee a day.  I cut back on my wine consumption during BCP's & totally stopped drinking once I started Lupron & stims.  My nurse said the occasional glass of wine is not going to hurt anything but I wanted to be on the safe side during stims.

Musicianlala26

I cut out all alcohol and rarely had a half a cup of coffee if I craved it (maybe twice) during Stims all the way up to ER. Once ER was over and I felt better I had one drink a night on three different occasions but I plan not to drink anymore after AF shows and I start Estrogen. Thats just me though, everyone is different. I'm not gonna go crazy but I'm also going to indulge if we go out to dinner and I want a glass of wine as long as it's before I start Estrogen and PIO's for FET.

LizBlue

I have one cup of coffee every morning that I usually don't finish.  My doctor thinks it's fine.  I cut out drinking when I started stims (but really cut back before that).  I did "cheat" and have about a half a glass of wine on stim day five, but when I asked my nurse she laughed and said, that's fine.  

kz's_girlygirl

I cut out energy drinks-they are a huge vice! I drink decaf usually anyway, but still have a full-caff a few times a month maybe. I don't totally cut out alcohol but don't drink often usually anyway. I keep it to 3-4 drinks/month.

I also cut out heavy lifting and intense cardio. I usually lift 4 times a week, but drop the weight down significantly when cycling. I cut out interval training and keep my elliptical strides/min below 120ish and walk on the treadmill at 3.5 or less.

LizBlue

I cut out all intensive exercise as well --- about ten years ago.  

I have aerobic fitness goals when this is all over.

babydreams13

I hardly drink caffeine to begin with but if I have a little bit here and there I think its fine.  During Lupron and stimming I rarely drink alcohol.  If I am out and it would be odd not to drink I order a glass of wine and drink a little bit.  Last IVF I cut out Gluten. This IVF I will eat a limited amount of Gluten but not cut it out completely.  

As for exercise I'm not sure what I will do this time. In the past I did light cardio and weights while stimming.  For the last month I have been working out really hard weights and spin class.  So I will probably keep going to the gym up while stimming but lower the intensity.  Towards the end of sitmming if I feel uncomfortable I'll stop.  

gldnbearz

I kept my one cup of coffee in the morning, but cut out any additional during the day.

I don't drink alcohol so did not have to cut that out.

shelbeans82

I like many others just have 1 cup of coffee in the morning and cut out all alcohol once stims start.  My alcohol intake is just a glass of wine here or there, so I just cut it out completely again once stims start. 

BankerBSN

I cut out alcohol and caffeine once we decided to start IVF.  

It was interesting- on my instructions after transfer this time I was told to avoid all NutraSweet.  That was NOT on the instructions last time.  I am going to ask about it when I go in for my beta.

I had cut out all pop and artificial sweeteners about a year ago (when we started treatment).

gsancho

RE said I was ok having my one cup of coffee per day, although I usually have it more every other day.  The no wine is tougher for me.  They said in moderation was fine (1 or 2 glasses a week) while on BCP, but nothing when starting stims.  I've also been cutting back on sweets, but that's just in general to be healthier.

Mozzarella13

I'm on decaf coffee now (the Newman's own special decaf is my current Keurig fave, but I'd love suggestions), but I've admittedly been imbibing since I've been benched and on BCP for a cyst. I will cut alcohol completely once I can start my cycle.

RunCC37

I cut out alcohol in September and caffeine in October. I'm so worried about my egg quality. I don't want to do anything to further compromise our chances. At this point, I'm sure my eggs are what they are, but I don't want to have any regrets. At least when we get to the end of this, I'll know I did everything I could.

cls78

I just cancelled on the wine tasting party. I know I will get questioned if I go and not drink. Plus it turned out to be one of those home sale parties and I will feel bad not buying anything. (the traveling vineyard). I still need to work on the coffee, but that is harder for me to give up. I plan on not having caffeine during stims.

absolutelymaybe

I didn't completely cut out anything, but I cut down on caffeine to maybe a few servings per week. I was honestly drinking so much powerade zero I couldn't really drink anything else. I didn't drink any alcohol after starting stims because I was trying to stay as hydrated as possible. Other than that, I didn't cut out anything. 

But egg quality wasn't really a concern with our diagnosis. 

jbasore1123

Per my doctor's request, I cut out alcohol completely, cut out almost all caffeine (I can't give up chocolate!), and greatly reduce carbs (or at least I am trying). I don't cycle again until May but I started this in February (at least the first too, the carbs are hard!!)