I thought I would do an update as the side effects have now taken hold.
I think its safe to say I am in full down regulation mode, down regulation is the shutting down of the pituitary-ovarian hormones and turns off my ovaries temporary so the Doctors have full control and a clean slate as such. I am having lots of difficulty sleeping and when I do get off I wake up in full night sweat mode! The headaches are an every couple of hours occurrence .
Today I also got my period, I was not prepared for this at all and it was not explained to me that this would happen, so when I found I was bleeding I panicked a bit, I shouted out to hubby which was a bad move as this bought back a lot of memories from our past miscarriage (when you are pregnant and you tell your husband you are bleeding its the worst feeling in the world) So I composed myself and thought logically, I had a look at the fact sheet they hospital gave me with the list of meds and the side effects and I have every side effect for the buserelin one of which is bleeding.Further to this I also have a book a friend gave me called Zita West’s guide to Fertility and Assisted Conception so I had a look in there and it says after around 7 days of down regulation I should get my period and then 3-5 days after that I should be booked in for a scan, which makes sense as to why I have my follow up booked in the day it has been. I am going to call the clinic anyway to check but am slightly (very) irritated that I was not told this by my Nurse as I was freaked out for a while. The cramps are unreal and it making me feel quite exhausted!
We are off on a mini break tomorrow for a couple of days so I plan to chill out ! I have also made April my month of drinking , Nurse L said I could drink on the drugs and hey it may be the last time I drink for a while so bring on the bubbles!
Thanks for reading and hope you enjoy the pic above it shows my current state !
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