Shot 1 with tablets

I started my Estradiol tablets 2 days ago ( Saturday, bank holiday weekend). The clinic has informed me to take these for 10 days, 3 X day.

Bank holiday weekend was coming up, and so was the day when I begin my tablets. I didn’t want to whole bank holiday weekend be based around taking my tablets 3 times a day followed by my shot at 6:30pm everyday. Hubby and I therefore planned a spontaneous 1 night trip to York.  It was difficult planning somewhere to go initially as –

  • it’s advised we shouldn’t travel abroad whilst going through FET process,
  • I didn’t want to go to a spa as the thought of wearing a tight swimming costume on my stomach ( where we do the shots) put me off.
  • We also couldn’t go for a day trip too far as we wanted to be back home by 6:30pm to do the shots
  • We couldn’t go and visit family ( who didn’t know we were undergoing IVF) and stay the night as  1) I would get peer pressure to drink and I shouldn’t drink 2) we would struggle doing shots in their house.

We therefore took our counsellor advice and spent some quality time as couple in York. We carried my shot and tablets and were able to take the medication when I needed without worrying about hiding it from people. We checked into a little a guest-house and made sure we came back from a day of shopping and eating in good time to do the shot, rest and then get ready for a fancy dinner together :).

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York

Side effects

It’s only been 3 days since I’ve been taking the tablets and it hasn’t ben too bad. I’ve noticed at different times of the day I feel bit nauseous/ feel sick but I’ve not actually been sick. Food doest seem that appealing…. this feeling isn’t constant. It’s just at odd times of the time.

Book

One of my previous posts talks about how I felt at failing at IVF because it was unsuccessful. My mum recently shared a magazine article by Elizabeth Day talking about a book she has realised which has a chapter named ‘Failing at having babies’. It caught her eye and shared the article with me.

I read the article and it felt very relatable. The book doesn’t just centre at failing at IVF but talks about various things people fail at in life.

I’m planning on spending the rest of the bank holiday weekend getting stuck into this book 🙂 – so far I’m enjoying it!

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