Corona Virus concerns?

Question

I had a big work conference planned for the end of this week in Southern California. My doctor advised me not to go to any big events or be around large crowds. I’m a little more than a month out from my FET. Has anyone else asked their doctor what to do? If so, what was the advise?

Answer

To anyone who is worried about corona virus because of health conditions or an elderly/sick relative here are some fact based, non-panic buying tips :) : 
1. Avoid using public transport as much as possible- if you do have to use it wear gloves AND DO NOT TOUCH YOUR FACE. The virus can live on surfaces for hours and sometimes days so if you touch a surface with the virus on and then touch your face you could infect yourself. 
2. Wear gloves whilst in busy public places like shops, libraries, work places etc. If you don't have disposable plastic gloves (can be bought online) you can wear material ones (have a couple pairs in your bag so you can change them throughout the day) and just put them in the washing machine and the end of each day. And as always: DO NOT TOUCH YOUR FACE. 
3.  Avoid eating and drinking out. As someone who worked in catering I am horrified by what I have seen in Cafes and bars the past week:
Tables are not wiped with spray in between different customers 
Servers touch dirty money and then prepare and serve food and drink without washing their hands in between 
Managers do not send home staff with bad coughs and colds 
Servers often do not wear food safe gloves to prepare and serve food and drink 
Servers touch their mouths and noses and do not wash their hands afterwards 
Delivery drivers cough on their hands and blow their nose and then handle people's takeaways 
Servers do not change their food safe gloves after serving several customers, touching credit card holders, money, multiple surfaces.  
4. Do Not Use anti-bac hand sanitizer unless it has a very high alcohol content (over 60%) as this WILL NOT KILL VIRUSES, It will only kill bacteria. (Corona virus is caused by a virus). Wash your hands regularly instead. 
Due to panic buying it is very difficult to buy alcohol based hand sanitiser anymore so you can make your own. This recipe is approved by the World Health Organisation: 
To make a litre mix: 
751.5ml of  Isopropyl Alcohol strength 98% 
41.7ml of Hydrogen Peroxide strength 3% 
14.5ml of Glycerin  strength 98% pure 
1000ml of water (boil the water first and allow to cool - this will sterilise it).
5. Cleaning door handles and light switches regularly if you or someone you live with is elderly/high risk is a good idea. 
6. Wash your hands double the amount of times you would normally wash them in a day. 
7. Avoid public gatherings with high numbers. 
Hope this helps anyone who is worried :) xx

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Do what your doc recommended. It sucks but I wouldn’t do anything to risk Ivf success after everything I’ve been through :/

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I was going to come on and ask the same question. We are looking to start IVF with my next cycle. There is a small outbreak in my county right now and I work in schools. Not sure what to do and want to ask my doctor. I’ll be 36 next month and I don’t want to wait!

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Take your doctors advice! I’m currently living in Germany right now, the largest outbreak occurred in my neighboring village at an outdoor event 😬 in a week and a half we went from 0 cases to over 500 and now 1 death 😔.. anyhow I was questioned quite a bit at my pre op appointment for retrieval because if there was a chance I had been exposed then we would of had to cancel my procedure for my safety and the safety of those in the hospital.. and I developed OHSS so the dr advised to take extra precautions because your respiratory system can be affected by OHSS so catching Covid-19 could be a bigger issue.. there’s no proof of that, but he felt it’s better to be safe than sorry since so little is currently known about the virus.

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