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- Lost in Space
- On the planet since 1973. Living in sin with M since 1997 and honestly since 2002. Failing at baby-making since 2005. And whining about it here since 2008. Come on in and sit a spell. This train wreck never seems to end.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
BCPs suck......
I took birth control pills (BCPs) for a short period of time over 8 years and stopped them when I finally figured out they were the culprit to my migraines. It has been so long that I had forgotten the other nasty side effects. These came rushing back to me today after my first pill last night. I woke up to horrible stomach cramps, headache, very tender breasts, and nausea followed by dry heaves and then me lying on the bathroom tile in an attempt to let the coolness help the nausea subside. Ahhhhh, yes, the joys of artificial hormones. I stayed in bed until around noon and am feeling a little more human again. My poor darling husband (DH) is still trying to wrap his head around me taking BCPs to get pregnant. My understanding is that my RE wants to quiet my ovaries and reproductive hormones in order to optimize his control over the cycle. As horrible as I felt this morning I will gladly take the pills and give my RE all the control. My body has not listened to me since we started this journey so maybe some RE boot-camp can kick it into shape and actually get me pregnant.
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Doh! I was reading your posts in order and just now saw that you're on BCP before stims. I start BCP (for 3 weeks) on Tuesday before starting stims, so it seems like our cycles are pretty close together! I was on BCP last cycle for a cyst and I had similar side effects as you :( . Somehow the nausea on BCP feels worse now than it ever did before... yuck. Hopefully this will be the last pack of pills for us for at least a YEAR!
Those side effects sound horrible! It sounds like you're on a microdose flare protocol with the 10 days of BCPs. That's what I think I'll be doing (follow-up appt 2/6). I hope you get through the next week or so okay and it all works out to give you a baby in the end. ((hugs))
I just finished my BCPs. I never took them until trying to get pregnant (with IVF). Go figure. I hate them too. They make me an emotional monster.
I love the title of your blog, so I added you to my blogroll. Come on over an play sometime!
Sorry the BCP's are putting up a good fight ... will they at least settle down as you get further along and your body gets reacclimated?
You girls are too sweet. I hope the damn things do us all some good and get us babies. Maybe the fertiles do have it right - just go on the pill and you'll get pregnant.
Claire and Polly~Hope it's okay if I add you to my Blog Roll!
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