I started birth control pills for my FET cycle on March 19th. It is the same prescription I took for IVF and had no mentionable symptoms while taking them. This time, every night I sleep poorly in sweaty discomfort. Unhappy dreams. I can't seem to shower away the sweaty feeling in the morning. I am tired from not sleeping well. According to Dr. Google this is not a common symptom of starting or stopping birth control pills, but rather a symptom of menopause, HIV, tuberculosis, diabetes or fatal infection.
I do admit to eating too much sugar last week and needing to cut back for this cycle. It could be diet related or a combination of things. We even turn the heater off at night and the house gets down to 58-60 F.
Also, abdominal twinges--of the premenstrual kind. Sometimes accompanied by bloating. I think this is common after starting the pill. As are tender breasts, but mine are hardly tender. In fact, they seem to have shrunk to a smaller shape since after the miscarriage. Weird.
And acne. This too is common. bleh.
My primary complaint is the sweats. I keep thinking of the film, Tiny Furniture, when Aura shares her bed with a male acquaintance who asks something like, "You don't sweat the bed, do you? Girls always sweat the bed." She says no, she doesn't sweat the bed but in the morning he informs her that she did "sweat the bed."
So I am not the only one who sweats during sleep, but I still worry about night sweats. Especially since I will be adding Lupron on Monday. If I am feeling estrogen depleted now....
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Ugh. Those BCP side effects sound horrid. I hope your body starts to get used to the hormones soon. And, that the lupron isn't so bad.
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