I’ll preface by saying I’m new to this community and new to the fertility journey, so am quite ignorant to basically everything fertility related. Reading through this sub, it sounds like many people are dealing with a variety of difficult circumstances, so I’m frankly embarrassed to be posting this in the first place (but clearly not embarrassed enough to stop myself from posting anyway!). You all are soldiers.
I wasn’t planning on doing a retrieval until later in the year, but due to an unexpected change in circumstances relating to fertility benefits, we basically decided last week that I would do a retrieval this month.
I’m 31 years old. I went in for my initial ultrasound yesterday and learned that I have over 50 follicles. In October, AMH was over 8.4. Low to normal androgen levels and normal periods/ovulation seem to cut against PCOS.
When the PA was going the ultrasound and counted my 50+ follicles, she turned to me and said that I would have a “very hard time” with this process. I had my first dose of meds last night. I woke up early this morning to mild cramps, and am thinking, if I’m cramping after a single dose, I am totally screwed in 7-9 days from now.
I have a pretty demanding job, and am in the process of interviewing for new jobs over the next few weeks. I’m terrified by the uncertainty of what this process will do to me physically and emotionally and how I’ll be able to juggle everything going on with this process playing out in the background.
Any advice on how to cope with the physical pain (and emotional sensitivity) would be greatly appreciated.