S9, second monitoring scan

We got to the clinic for 8:30am. I was the first patient for the day so went in straight away, both scan and pharmacy. Today's nurse was so funny, she is hilarious. It looks like I will have about 8 follicles at the time of egg collection, which most probably is going to happen on Wednesday. So I didn't have the intralipids today, I'll have them on Monday. I don't mind when that's going to be. My belly is full of bruises and it feels uncomfortable already. Not looking forward to the next few days. But so far it has not been too bad. *thumbs up*

Also, on the way home from the clinic Rick and I talked and we came to conclusion that if we have enough embryos this cycle, we are going to ask them to transfer two. :)

S8

Tomorrow will be my second monitoring scan plus intralipid infusion. I still have quite a few days of stimulation ahead and I'm already fed up with my bruises, belly pain and feeling ill. On Wednesday (first monitoring scan) I had 4 follicles in right ovary and 10 in left one. One was over 12mm, the rest between 9 and 11mm, so going steady. I guess they might be max 15mm tomorrow so will need another scan on Monday for sure before the nurses decide about the trigger. Not looking forward to this weekend. :-/ I can see how grumpy I am already and it's only going to get worse. I hope I feel good on Sunday as I wanted to go to church because they will be reading our wedding banns for the first time.

Baseline scan

I had my baseline scan today. It was scheduled back in February when I informed the clinic about the start of my period and because I have bled again in between, there was no need to reschedule.
Got there for 9am, no problems there. After a short wait a nurse whose name I didn't quite catch took me through. She was very nice and very thorough, haha. It hurt. Most of the times it was just very uncomfortable but when she was reaching to see the top of my uterus and both ovaries, that was nothing I'd like to remember very often. My lining is thin which is good. There are about 6 or 7 follicles in each ovary which is a good number.  Just in the right one there is one slightly bigger follicle, possibly a follicle I have just ovulated from or possibly a little cyst, although that would have been a concern if it was 10mm in size or bigger and this one was only 8mm.
They confirmed I will start my stimulation today. Yay! I'm also starting higher dose of folic acid and aspirin. Zomacton from stimulation day 3 and every other day after that as well. Although I thought I would be on a slightly lower dose of Gonal F than last time, the doctor prescribed a bit higher one - 125 IU instead of 112,5 IU. Also, we agreed there was no real reason to have intralipid infusions again but they are in my treatment plan so... Not sure if I'm happy with that because I honestly don't want to experience all the confusion and chaos from the clinic's side again. Let's hope this time they know about everything that is supposed to happen.

Endometrial scratch #2

We got to the clinic for 10am and I went into theatre shortly after. I remember last time the procedure was very quick and the pain was very intense and sharp. This time the pain was uncomfortable but bearable and lasted for about 10 seconds instead of 2 like last time. We joked with the nurses, talked about my Fitbit and Chelsea the Westie. After we waited a bit for the antibiotics (just a prevention) and then went upstairs to the pharmacy to pick up the down regulation drugs for next week. All in all we were gone within one hour. 👍🏻
I was warned by a nurse that the antibiotics might give me an upset stomach, nausea and feeling of discomfort as addition to belly cramps after the procedure. It did happen and I am still feeling a bit under the weather today but nothing serious. I think I will be completely back to normal tomorrow. The injections start on Wednesday. Can't wait!