u/Glittering_Bunch_764

I started my first day of stims last night (menopur and Follistim). In the past I’ve suffered from panic attacks but things have been under control without the need for medication for the last 8 months. Did my first stims should last night, immediately had a bit of panic that we may have mixed the meds wrong, injected wrong, etc.

I had a really hard time sleeping last night (at this point I was no longer anxious - just tossing and turning all night) which is unusual for me.

Today I am very tired but my anxiety just came back. Unfortunately this manifests physically for me with shortness of breath/air hunger so then those symptoms freak me out more and the roller coaster ensues.

Could the anxiety and insomnia be a direct symptom of the medication already that I should expect to get worse?

Could anyone share their success stories with MFI? I would love to hear any stories similar to mine. I am about to go into my first round of IVF and have no idea what to expect. I know it’s different for everyone!

I am 33. My BMI is 21. My AMH is 5.07ng/mL. My AFC is between 24 and 29 depending on the cycle. PCOS has been ruled out. Because of these things, I feel like I *should* yield a good amount of eggs. I go to an amazing clinic and their success rates are the highest in my state. I am doing an antagonist protocol with a dual trigger. Starting estrace patches in my luteal phase 10ish days before I start stims. They will monitor me every 2 days during stims and adjust my protocol accordingly. They said they are not conservative when it comes to egg retrieval and will take everything they see.

My husband is 36. He has high sperm count and high motility but low morphology and 33% DNA Fragmentation. We are doing a TESA and using testicular sperm + ICSI. We will be doing PGT-A testing and doing a frozen embryo transfer after ER cycle.

Has anyone had similar parameters and willing to share how many embryos you ended up with?
My husband got me pregnant 2 years ago but it ended in TFMR for a de novo mutation. I have not even so much as had a chemical pregnancy since, but my TFMR caused Ashermans for me so it’s hard to tell if our problem was creating a healthy embryo or just implantation. I am kind of terrified that we won’t end up with any embryos because of the DFI!