See Ya Later Evil Pills January 9, 2006
I popped my last birth control pill of this cycle today. Woo hoo! I can’t say I’ll miss those evil things.
Can I just say that I am loving this short protocol. I went back and looked, and last cycle (long Lupron with 4 weeks of BCPs) was 7.5 weeks from the first BCP to transfer. This cycle (MDL with 10 days of BCPs) should be about 30 days. What a difference.
On a completely different note, I thought I was going to have to kick some magazine ass again. Over a year ago (has it been that freaking long?) Conceive Magazine’s debut issue pissed me off. I thought I might have to climb up on my soapbox again when I was reading through the latest issue of Health Magazine and saw a blue box with the caption “in brief.”
The title of one of the blurbs in that section caught my attention. It read Dear infertility patient: Chill out. Of course, I almost threw my magazine across the room after reading that, but I continued on. Good thing I did. Here was what followed:
Swedish researchers have four words for in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients: Stop worrying about worrying. Yes, the procedure is stressful and anxiety-provoking. But fretting that the stress will reduce your chance of success, as many women do, is worry wasted, according to a recent report in the journal Human Reproduction. The study is the largest to look at the effect of stress on IVF success, and the first to examine stress both before and during the treatment. It found that women who reported high stress and those who were calmer during the procedure experienced similar success rates. Telling patients about this could reduce the psychological distress of IVF, the researchers say.
Go, Health Magazine. I think you might want to rethink the title of your blurb, though.
- Posted in : IVF Part 6: IVF #4, various other ramblings
- Author : amanda
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Yeah for no more BP. I hope you never need them again, because this cycle is the one that works for you.
Yes, that magazine needs to rethink its titles. Good to know about the stressing. I’ve been somewhat less stressed this cycle (except for current troubles), but have worried about whether feeling anxious (its hard not to) makes it worse.
Bring on the lupron! You made my day with that post. I am going to happily worry myself to death for the next 2.5 weeks and know that it won’t effect the outcome. No matter who disputes it, that article has become my mantra.
Thank you.
Short cycles have my vote! Crossing everything like mad for you, my dear.
And that box — aside from its title, which was probably one of those shameless “Read me” ploys that journalists can’t resist — said a very good thing.
Must be weird to work for that magazine.
I couldn’t read the exerpt because I just knew it would wreck my night. I can’t stand Conceive magazine BTW. Ugh. So much assvice and non information.
466.. Reposted it :)
466.. Smashing :)
466.. Huh, really? :)
466.. Peachy :)