Steroids for IVF?

[Blueflower]

Has anyone taken steroids for IVF? Did they affect you at all? I don’t want to put on weight and not fit into my clothes or get hairy or anything!

 

[RAFMrs]

Last cycle I took 16mg from egg transfer onwards (would of been up to 12 weeks pregnant), they didn't affect me at all if I took them in the morning, if I took them in the evening I couldn't sleep!
This cycle I'm starting on 25mg from 2 weeks before my cycle starts so I'll see if I feel different. When will you start them? What dose?

 

[Blueflower]

25mg from a week after stimulaton starts and until the trigger. The consultant said to take them in the morning to prevent insomnia but after a meal so I'll have to make sure I have a proper breakfast!

 

[mishi]

I was on quite a high dose during my successful cycle and until I was about 8 weeks pregnant.

I did start to get bloated on them and developed a but if a 'moon face', but it went quickly once I stopped them and it was a small price to pay.

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