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Oct. 23

So, the clinic I go to recently changed it's FET protocol to include oral Estrace every day instead of Estradial valerate injections twice weekly. So, this is my first time taking Estrace and I feel like it might be giving me major food aversions. My husband makes this awesome vegetarian tortilla soup and we had it last week. I usually love it but I could barely choke it down and now whenever I see the leftovers in the fridge my stomach gets a little queasy. We are supposed to have chicken tacos tonight and I'm not sure that sounds very good, either. I just want to eat fruit and veggies and drink water. 

I did a quick Google search for food aversions and Estrace and am not yielding overwhelming results, but that has got to be what's causing it. I haven't started taking any other new meds lately. REALLY though, I should be studying while my son is still at his after school program, but instead I'm doing IVF related web searches because I can't concentrate on much else these days. 

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