hormones

catkids3 · January 2016

This isn't so much of a question as it is a vent - I'm seriously over these hormones and I've only just begun. I'm not the most mentally stable to begin with - have dealt with a lot of depression and anxiety - and now that I have these extra hormones going on, I can't even stand myself. And I'm not even pregnant yet! If was pregnant I feel like I would at least be able to accept it, but I honestly cannot stand myself. I can't stop eating. I'm constantly angry. That's all. Just anger. We are in the middle of our first round of IUI. First. Pretty sure there will be more round I don't know how I will survive. And my husband? My poor husband. At least he's busy with work so he can avoid me. Is this normal?? How am I supposed to handle this? On top of it my brother and his wife tried for like a day and got pregnant. My best friend's husband got a vasectomy and they got pregnant. They say they know how I feel. Really?? I'll refrain from saying what I'm thinking at this point.

amandaleigh2181 · January 2016

I was just thinking the same thing. I HATE the hormones. Today wasn't a great day physically or emotionally as we did our third IUI and I just found out my friend is naming her 4th baby the name that I've been saving. Neither one of us cares if the other uses it but it just sucks! And, I totally get the anger and poor husband. It's awful! Hopefully we'll get a BFP and through this soon. GL to you!

Cmartin6706 · January 2016

From a husband's perspective, I wanted to tell you I've never been more proud of my wife than during this process. We've been through our share of stress due to being foster parents etc. (none of it relationship based) and this process tops it all. If I could take away some of this, share the duties, the needles, the blood draws; the guilt I would in less than a heartbeat. The least I can do is be incredibly supportive and understanding. I'm guessing your husband feels the same.

AandDM2014 · January 2016

@catkids3 I totally get you! When I was doing an IUI round last year my hubby and I had to go on a car ride together... oh man did I want to murder him. So unlike me, and it was definitely due to the hormones (which I don't normally have, thanks PCOS). We decided that when we were ready to start trying for a baby I would leave my job as I was expecting to get pregnant easily, as all the women in my family have. Fast forward 7 months, not pregnant, starting clomid to induce ovulation and a hubby who works from home, with me home full time as well. I'm sure I tried his patience many times but luckily he never let it show if I did. He was always very supportive and loving, no matter how awful I felt I was being. Just go easy on yourself. It'll get better.

Wow @Cmartin6706! That is just beautiful. It actually brought a few tears to my eyes reading that. It's nice that you're on this board and can offer us ladies a bit of insight as to what our DHs may be feeling.

KLake42 · January 2016

I feel you.

And I know that everyone's different but, if it helps, the moodiness got better with me. I'be been on one medicated cycle or another almost non-stop since April. I learned how to tolerate the hormones, I think. Somewhat.

AS33 · January 2016

I can totally relate!!
We are taking a month off after our 3rd IUI. The hormones were making me insane!! I've never been so irritated, emotional, weepy, just all over the place. I hated it.

I just turned 34 so we feel like we have this one year left to give it a good try (without IVF... No insurance coverage) and I just am not sure how many more medicated cycles I can take!! If I just had a number I could get thru it easier... If someone just said, "2 more months of drugs/feeling crappy/having someone up in your "business" every two weeks/doctor's appointments etc" it would be so much easier!!

Good luck to you!! Hang in there

tvh1982 · January 2016

Jupp, those bloody hormones! They really mess up a stable-ish person..so let alone when you are a little less stable then others.
I too have had a depression before starting all this, and am very afraid to fall back. But haven't yet!
No hubby here to vent at, but boy am I glad for my two besties (and that they actually still want to hang out with me) as they have gotten the full load way too many times.
Its difficult to handle, and for some it gets easier for others it stays the same.
I'm an up-and-down kind a girl...some days I am doing fantastic, other days I like to murder someone...and not the clean kind of murder, no the-full-on-horror-story-like-murder-where-there-is-nothing-left-in-the-end...and whoops, I am back to being a kitten!

GL and keep going strong x

ultratomato · January 2016

I totally agree it's like a roller coaster of emotions. The TWW being the worst of it all and to find out it's a BFN is so fustrating and then you see ppl having no problems conceiving. And all u can think of is why not me I'm on all these damn meds. I could vent all day lol

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