A few questions about ivf

jennype

Ok, started bcp for ivf and we are supposed to cycle end of nov/ early Dec.

Did you start special diet? No drinking? Coffee?

Also, after baseline how many u/s did u have before trigger?

Thanks!

STL34

I started drinking half caf and then decaf coffee.  I didn't drink alcohol while on stims through negative betas.  

With my first cycle, I only had 2 u/s.  Baseline and 1 other.  But the number of u/s depends on what day of stims you have your first u/s and how your follies are doing at that point.

Good luck! 

njohnson1972

I don't drink caffeine, so not an issue for me.

I stay away from alcohol and soy.  I have egg quality issues, so I am probably stricter than others.

Good luck. 

mdluv21

I didn't drink caffeine or alcohol and I reduced my sugar intake greatly and cut out all white carbs, and no soy.  This was based on the recommendation of the acupuncturist who works with my RE.  (There are more food restrictions than that but those were the big ones.)

 I had two monitoring u/s before triggering.

vanessagorc

I stopped drinking booze when i got my period to start the IVF cycle...i started BCP's on day 3.

I cut down to 1 cup of coffee, and no other caffeine.  I did not change my diet, bc any impact diet would have had....i would have needed to start months ago.  I am healthy, so i didn't stress about my diet.

I prob had 7 u/s.  I responded very well, and they watched me very closely.  They had to change my does daily, and had me coast a bit.

traumarn03

There is a ton of data (from high quality studies) linking caffeine to infertility and miscarriage. I am on day 3 of my stimulation meds. I cut caffeine and caffeine containing foods (chocolate etc. boooo ) completely. I have greatly reduced my alcohol intake but I am a type a personality and deal with a ton of stress from work so I still allow myself a glass of red wine at night on bad days...I stick to red wine because it is full of anti-oxidants and there is also so much information linking high stress levels to issues with infertility. If you are interested in acupuncture the belief in traditional Chinese medicine is that liver health greatly influences the reproductive system so if you are a big weekend binge drinker you may want to cut down The key to life is moderation. I would start cutting caffeine as soon as you can because the Lupron headaches coupled with withdraw headaches from cutting out caffeine will not be fun . Can't help with the US question because I have only had my baseline, but from what my nurse told me I will have them with every visit until retrieval. 

Good Luck!

Stacey 

jennype

Thanks everyone, very helpful.  Now, to cut out the morning latte.

MrsRumpf

We are a bit different.

I did some watching of my diet but nothing severe.  

I haven't drank in MONTHS!!!  Coffee only a few cups of decaf since BCP.

But for u/s we had probably 10 after baseline.  They had to monitor me very closely because I responded so well to the meds.