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[quote=Anonymous]I was a patient at Dr Rifka at Columbia Fertility, pregnant on first IVF and 27 weeks now. 
1) At your "orientation" with the nurse, be sure to take a LOT of notes. I was surprised they don't write it all down for you and she seemed surprised that I asked for pen and paper. this is critical info on when/how to give shots.   Ask every question you can its disturbing how much info is NOT volunteered to you.
2) Keep your schedule as flexible as possible, especially at the end of stims.  The # of days you stim can change no matter than they predict.  It really goes day to day. This may also inlcude ordering last minute from the pharmacy (I was told at 3pm on day 11 to keep going and thank god Grubbs can get meds delivered by 7pm dame day). Use Grubbs pharmacy for same day delivery for this purpose.
3) try acupuncture.  I was going weekly for months. But I do think it helped mature some of my follicles around day 6 that didn't seem to be going anywhere.
4) I also did one hypnosis session for relaxtion ( I think I had a groupon) about 2 weeks before starting. Not sure if it made the difference but I did feel super relaxed.
5) I made a huge mistake of attending a fertility support group about a month before IVF. this was DEVESTATING and depressing.  I needed to hear only success stories. I felt terrible for the women but two hours of crying, failed IVFs, multiple miscarriages,.still birth at 38 weeks,  sent me into a depression spiral...thus the hypnosis.
6) You tube is great for learning how to give a shot, especially the ones in the butt. My husband drew and X on me and hit the target every time.
7) Ice the hell out that butt shot before you take, its a big needle but I swear I never felt it 70% of the time. 
8) take time off for retrieval AND transfer.  Again, keep your schedule as open as possible.  You have no idea if it will be a three or five day transfer.
9) Keep every bill from CFA, they are notorious for fucking up billing. I just got a $500 bill last week for stuff I swear we already paid 6 months ago.
10) When I got the giant box of meds, we spent one evening putting each days needles, quanity, Q caps, swabs in individual zip lock bags.  Yeah it  wastes bags but its easier than doing that evey single day.  having everything all separated meant we could just grab that days bag and know everything we needed for AM and PM was ready to go. 
11) have your vitamin D checked.  Studies show low D can affect implantation.  Mine was shockingly low and I went on supplement. No idea if that made a difference but it can't hurt.
Good luck to you!!! [/quote]

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