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[quote=Anonymous]I froze my eggs last summer as insurance that may prove to be useless, but I knew that going in, and accepted that I may just be saying good-bye to $12,000.

Here are some tips/things to think about-
1. Prescription Emla numbing cream was $10 and made the injections painless and so easy to do.

2. You will need a lot of flexibility in your schedule for the twice daily injections, and you'll be going in for blood draws about every other day for two weeks.

3. If you have plenty of eggs, I'd use birth control if they recommend it. I didn't because I was worried it would lower the number of viable eggs, but it actually helps all the eggs grow at the same rate so they can all be mature and viable. During the ultrasounds I would have between 20-30 follicles, 17 eggs extracted, but only 10 were mature.

4. Start taking your vitamins several months in advance. I ended up taking a prenatal, vitamin D, and CoQ10 for a year because I decided to delay my procedure because of Covid. I also upped my protein and tried to gain some healthy weight.

5. Eat before your blood draws. I passed out at one of mine. The nurses were lovely, but I was very embarrassed. I also used the numbing lotion for the blood draws as I found them surprisingly painful.

6. All the hormones are hard on your body. Perhaps it's because I'm petite (I was under 110 lbs), but I realized after freezing my eggs that I really don't want to do IVF, but we'll see what happens.

7. The retrieval was painless, and I experienced no pain afterwards.

8. My period timing has been wonky ever since.

9. I developed melasma, hyperpigmentation often called "the mask of pregnancy," afterwards from all the hormones. I've also had hair loss that may or may not be related, but it lines up time wise. [/quote]

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