Sick from Pre-IVF BCP

[Anonymous]

I feel terrible from the pre-IVF BCPs - moody, anxious, headaches, exhausted. I'm sure some (or all) of it is anxiety, but does feeling this crummy already mean I'm doomed to feel even worse on stims?

[Anonymous]

No answers, just empathy. I am right there with you. I take them at night and that helps a little but, ugh.

Hang in there.

[Anonymous]

Aside from the bloating on stims, I actually felt worse on BCP. Hang in there, OP!

[Anonymous]

I felt AWFUL on the BCP!!! Major mood swings and extremely emotional. Once I started stims I was fine. Have heard the same from many people - hopefully it's the case for you too OP. Hang in there.

[Anonymous]

What kind of BCP did they give you? I'll be starting mine tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kind of BCP did they give you? I'll be starting mine tomorrow.

Not OP, but the 17 days of Ortho-novum made me feel awful. Then my cycle was postponed due to high TSH levels. Gah! I'll have to do this all over again next month.