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ivf: have you been told NOT to bd?

lily_721lily_721 member
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The nurse told us to abstain for the entire cycle. I was a bit surprised by this. Not that I expect it to work, but wouldnt they want us to try all that we can?
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Re: ivf: have you been told NOT to bd?

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    KdgTeacherKdgTeacher member

    No.  I was give a certain point/date that we do have to stop and another date when MH has to ejaculate before the transfer. 

    I suppose if you're doing a quick cycle, no BCP/Lupron I could see it maybe?

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    We were given no restrictions during the Lupron suppression cycle.  However, we are not having sex during stimming.  DH was told to ejaculate every 2-5 days throughout the suppression and stim cycle though....
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    Ms H13Ms H13 member
    We were told to abstain for a few days before ER and after ET - not the whole cycle though.
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    Raggedy1Raggedy1 member
    We were told to abstain from about 8-10 days before trigger and we're still abstaining now... we were told we could be abstaining for the whole first tri if we get a BFP... DH is pretty befuddled about that one.
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    Rvnsgrl81Rvnsgrl81
    We are because of my uterine polyp surgery. No sex for two weeks which will drop us into the middle of stims hopefully. DH is in for a surprise...haha. He didn't go with me for surgery and had to work the last few nights so he isn't aware.
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    Wifey xoWifey xo member
    We had to abstain 4 days before ER until our Beta 9/4. No orgasm from ET until our Beta- maybe longer...........torture......

     

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    imageWifey xo:
    We had to abstain 4 days before ER until our Beta 9/4. No orgasm from ET until our Beta- maybe longer...........torture......

    No orgasms?  What's that about?  They didn't mention anything about abstaining during my consult so now I'm curious about that...

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    Wifey xoWifey xo member
    imageJuicy71:

    imageWifey xo:
    We had to abstain 4 days before ER until our Beta 9/4. No orgasm from ET until our Beta- maybe longer...........torture......

    No orgasms?  What's that about?  They didn't mention anything about abstaining during my consult so now I'm curious about that...

    Yes, this was an instruction during our group orientation. When I asked the OR nurse after transfer, I think she thought I was messing with her (I joke alot) and my husband and I were not really clear. I do see this instruction on the website's of other IVF clinics as well, although not always.

    Fun times! GL!

     

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    We were told to abstain before ER and ET but not the entire cycle.
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    KershnicKershnic member

    imagelily_721:
    Not that I expect it to work, but wouldnt they want us to try all that we can?

    To clarify, it sounds like you might not completely understand how IVF works.  If your IVF goes properly there's no possible way that having sex could "work."  You would have to ovulate and have an egg or eggs available in your fallopian tubes in order to get pregnant from sex.  In IVF they do anything they can to make sure you don't ovulate because they harvest all of the eggs just before you ovulate in order to do the insemination. 

    I'd guess there are a few different things they worry about - number and timing of ejaculations can affect your H's sperm results, and the motions involved in sex and orgasm can sort of "shake things up" to use a totally technical term.  :)  Abstaining the whole IVF cycle sounds a bit extreme, but you can see many people here got some variation on your instructions.

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