5dp2dt

Everything is good, everything is cool. I don't feel any different apart from sore boobs and yesterday night I was sweating a lot. I'm also quite grumpy and bitchy. And I absolutely looove toast with ricotta and basil pesto. Eight days till official testing day!

Day 2 embryo transfer

Right after we got to the clinic, we were told there is about 30 minutes delay. Ok, cool. I was so nervous. They took us through exactly at 2:30pm, half hour after our arrival time. In the theatre we had a little chat with Adam, the embryologist. He said our little embryo is developing and they gave it 3/4 grade where 4/4 would be the best so we were very happy and relieved. The transfer itself was quick and painless like last time. On our way back in the car we were reassuring each other again that this is the one, it's definitely going to work. This one is our little superman.

Still don't know the final result but...

Embryologist called at 8:20am even though we were told it would be after 9am. I missed the call but they called Rick straight away. Out of our six collected eggs they were able to perform ICSI on 4 and out of these 4 only one fertilised. They are going to call us later today about the time for tomorrow as we are now aiming for day 2 transfer. I'm devastated.

Egg collection

We got to the clinic for 8am. Went to the theatre around 9:15am. All was good, I asked the doctor to be a little gentler with the speculum as it was quite painful last time. Had a little sleep and we're ready to leave by half 11. Only 6 eggs were collected so now the only thing we can do is wait for the phone call from the embryology tomorrow. Fingers crossed all of them were mature and available for ICSI.

Chaos... Again?!

Like if it wasn't enough that I'm stressing about the egg collection tomorrow, I got a phone call from the clinic today. It was quite odd because straight away when I saw 'private number' on my phone display, I knew it was the clinic. But they already gave me time for tomorrow so I wondered what they needed with me. Actually, they called to give me time for my endometrial scratch for tomorrow. Funny, right? Honestly, it got me mad. I wasn't rude at the nurse on the phone, of course not. I just told her that I already had it and that it's my egg collection tomorrow. She even asked me when I had it then. Told her it was 21st June. Then she was all like "haha, ignore everything I said, there is no point in you having it again if you already had it". Right. I know because I'm so much further in my treatment already. We got to talk to someone about all these chaotic unprofessional hiccups on their side during this second cycle. It's really making me think nobody knows what's happening and that something is going to go very wrong.

Trigger time

Scan went ok today. After 25 minutes waiting we were taken through and saw my right ovary stagnating again and my left one plummeting again. One follicle was 24mm, which didn't happen last cycle. I was told it's trigger time for me today. Yay.
After the scan we went downstairs to the ward for the intralipid infusion. We waited a bit more and then had my blood pressure and temperature measured, read and signed a few forms and we were ready. The cannula hurt but nothing terrible. The infusion looked like milk, haha. It was basically just soya, fat and oils. It's supposed to help with implantation if IVF failed before or after having miscarriage in the past. Let's hope it works.
After the intralipids we went back upstairs to outpatient department and waited for the pharmacy. I got my last Zomacton and Ovitrelle (trigger). Finally, at 4pm we were allowed to go home.
Later today I got a phone call with information about time for the trigger which is in about 17 minutes, at 9:30pm and some information about Wednesday egg collection. Getting up at 6am that day as we are supposed to be at the clinic at 8am. Whoohoo.

S9, a bit disappointed

At the scan today my right ovary for me looked worse than 2 days ago. There is one quite a big follicle, it has around 14mm, and four smaller ones under 10mm. The left ovary looked much better, one follicle over 16mm and about seven smaller ones between 14 and 11mm. The nurse said it's going nice and steady which is what we want but I feel like the Zomacton injections are not working as they should. Next scan is on Monday which will be S12, which is one day more than last time when I had trigger. Hopefully the timeframe is going to be very similar to the last cycle. Intralipids are scheduled for Monday as well. If I do trigger on Monday, the egg collection is going to be Wednesday and 5d transfer on Monday after, yay.

S7, first monitoring scan

It was my first monitoring scan yesterday. No waiting again, we were taken through straight away. It was a new nurse doing the scan. All good, follicles are growing, it's very similar to the first cycle. Left ovary is better again. The nurse asked a doctor to review my notes in case they wanted to increase my dose of Gonal F but they didn't. Next scan is tomorrow and then on Monday.

S4 = Rainbow belly

S4 means stimulation day number 4. I'm on two, respectively three injections a day (the extra one is Zomacton, which is somatotropin - human growth hormone, which I'm having every other day). I already don't know where to put another needle because my lower belly looks like a rainbow. Just with three colours though - purple, blue and yellow, depending on the stage of the bruise. They are small, not like the massive one I made last cycle. My left side of belly still hurts, right one is fine. Since the start of stimulation phase the buserelin injections have been bitches, some of them hurt so so much. Hopefully there is only about a week left, the first monitoring scan is on Wednesday.

Baseline scan

Today we went for the baseline scan. When we got there, they were already waiting for us, no waiting time whatsoever which was nice but it kind of made me feel that we came late although we still had 5 odd minutes spare.

Two nurses took me through which was unusual but it looked like the one who was actually doing the scan was learning. The second nurse I recognised but didn't remember her name. Oh well. Scan went well, not too uncomfortable at this stage. I wasn't told exactly how many follicles she could see but apparently it was good number on each side, left ovary being the 'better' one again. Lining was thin as well so we were given all clear for starting Gonal F injections from today. Yay!

After the scan we waited only a few minutes until a nurse from pharmacy picked us up in the waiting room. I got two big white paper bags full of drugs. There was Gonal F, then Zomacton with two sets of needles plus syringes, then aspirin and folic acid. I already did my injections today, 'only' two but tomorrow it will be full house - all three injections plus the tablets. Can't wait.

Pill worked

My last pill was on Tuesday 21st of June and my period started on Sunday 26th. So no stressing about delayed bleeding before baseline scan. That's scheduled for this Thursday. Let's hope my lining is thin enough so I'll be able to start stimulation straight away.
My mum came over for almost a week and left on Thursday. As we were coming home from the airport around 6pm, I started having the worst headache in my life. I never had migraines so can't tell if it was like one but it was terrible. I felt sick, I couldn't get comfortable and two paracetamols didn't help. After about two hours of torture I asked Rick to call out of hours emergency number to ask if we should go to hospital if it was related to the treatment drugs. The doctor on call got back to us really quickly and said it's nothing to worry about as I was on buserelin for 10 days already and also this is our second cycle. I fell asleep after all and when I woke up at 11pm, I was fine. Hopefully I will never get the same pain ever in my life.