{"id":1229,"date":"2020-02-03T16:34:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T16:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.theduff.co.uk\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2020-11-18T14:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T14:57:35","slug":"ivf-side-effects-cyclogest-fragmin-menopur-progynova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theduff.co.uk\/ivf-side-effects-cyclogest-fragmin-menopur-progynova\/","title":{"rendered":"IVF side effects:<\/strong> what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I LOVE THE INTERNET MORE THAN I LOVE MOST THINGS IN LIFE<\/strong> but I'm also incredibly aware of its shortcomings \u2013 especially when it relates to conversations about fertility treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the many problems with fertility-related message boards\/forums is how IVF drugs and their side effects are discussed. For every medication, there'll be three trillion side effects noticed by the people who took it \u2013 even if those “side effects” are just coincidence or imagined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how can you know if your insane bloating (for example) was definitely caused by your IVF drugs, or if it was actually because you nervously chewed through a packet of gum while waiting for your first transvaginal ultrasound?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leaflets inside your medication boxes are a good first step, but there are also lots of scientific studies that go into more detail and provide more comprehensive lists of side effects. This article aims to give you a summary of all the research and science I've read (rather than, say, a random forum anecdote from someone in Swindon who had itchy cuticles after taking Progynova back in 2009).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skip ahead to your drug of choice: <\/p>\n\n\n