Pregnant after IF

Numbness and tingling in torso, hands and legs?

Hello, I’m day 8 into my shots of my first (now only) IVF cycle. Around day 4 I started experiencing numbness in my hands and by day 5 my entire torso is almost like a numb feeling. It’s progressed down my legs and into both of my feet. I feel very sluggish and SO SO uncomfortable. I have 5 more days until my trigger shot. Is this normal?? My doctor doesn’t seem to be concerned but I feel terrible. When should this feeling subside? Any and all input is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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  • coco305coco305 member
    Honestly, I've never heard of that happening to anyone? I got numbness from the progesterone shots but that was after like 8 weeks of injecting them. Sluggishness and discomfort are part of the stim cycle side effects. But the tingling and numbness, I don't know. I only stimmed for 10 days, started tapering at day 8, hopefully it's almost over for you. Definitely keep mentioning it to your doctor. 
  • @andreajane85 on my first FET after 7w 2d I started having numbness and burning sensation in my upper outer thighs. That was back in March 2017. Then few days later I stopped PIO ***tw*** after a confirmed MMC ***end TW*** for the next 5 months the numbness remained (but it slightly got better!) and the burning sensation did go away after few months. Then, from about August I had few more cycles so I would start injecting PIO again for few weeks at a time. So my numbness got worse again  

    I had my last transfer in mid March and I’ve been injecting daily since. 

    Few werks ago, I started feeling in one leg as if I have water. At first I thought my jeans was wet. But that wasn’t the case. It’s another nerve damage, also from PIO. 

    Whenever I’m in between cycles I go to acupuncture and try to treat it. It helped but for over a year now I still have the numbness. 

    Sometimss I’ll make fists and hit my outer thighs (almost trying to wake it up :D ). Also if you have foam roller you can try that. (It was too painful for me so I stopped). 

    Im counting the days for when I stop PIO. But I know that the sensation won’t come back in a day.  

    It is interesting though that you have numbness in your hands and not only legs. 
    TTC history in spoiler box:
    Me: 42, single
    Hysteroscopy: 2013
    IUI #1-2: 2013 BFN
    Surgery 10/2015: Planned to start trying again but had a surgery. (Not related to fertility)
    Surgery 5/2016: Planned to start trying again but had another surgery. (Not related to fertility)
    IUI  #3-5 (with Clomid): summer 2016 BFN
    IVF #1: 11/2016. 30R; 21M; 20F; 8B (6 day5 & 2 day6); 4 normal after PGS
    Medicated FET #1: 1/31/2017 transferred 1 embryo 3AA. BFP. Embryo stopped growing at 6w 1d. MUA at 9w 3d.
    Medicated FET #2June 2017 - cancelled...
    Hysteroscopy #2: June 2017
    Medicated FET #2: 8/7/2017 transferred 1 embryo 5BB. BFP. Ended in CP.
    Medicated FET #3: 10/11/2017 transferred 1 embryo 3AA. BFN
    ERA: December 2017 - need an extra 12 hours of PIO
    Medicated FET #4: 1/24/2018 transferred 1 embryo 4AA. BFN
    Out of embryos.  :'(
    IVF #2: 03/2018.

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  • Just one more comment I also never felt sluggish because of the numbness. 
    TTC history in spoiler box:
    Me: 42, single
    Hysteroscopy: 2013
    IUI #1-2: 2013 BFN
    Surgery 10/2015: Planned to start trying again but had a surgery. (Not related to fertility)
    Surgery 5/2016: Planned to start trying again but had another surgery. (Not related to fertility)
    IUI  #3-5 (with Clomid): summer 2016 BFN
    IVF #1: 11/2016. 30R; 21M; 20F; 8B (6 day5 & 2 day6); 4 normal after PGS
    Medicated FET #1: 1/31/2017 transferred 1 embryo 3AA. BFP. Embryo stopped growing at 6w 1d. MUA at 9w 3d.
    Medicated FET #2June 2017 - cancelled...
    Hysteroscopy #2: June 2017
    Medicated FET #2: 8/7/2017 transferred 1 embryo 5BB. BFP. Ended in CP.
    Medicated FET #3: 10/11/2017 transferred 1 embryo 3AA. BFN
    ERA: December 2017 - need an extra 12 hours of PIO
    Medicated FET #4: 1/24/2018 transferred 1 embryo 4AA. BFN
    Out of embryos.  :'(
    IVF #2: 03/2018.

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