I couldn't sleep because tge embryologist were supposed to call today to tell us how many of our eggs fertilised. They called at 9am sharp and I was a bit disappointed by what she told me but it might not mean anything and of course, it's quality over quantity.
Out of my 11 eggs collected yesterday, 7 were good for IMSI and 4 fertilised. We are aiming for blastocyst culture and transfer on Saturday on day 5.
Tuesday 31 October 2017
Egg collection
Yesterday we had to get up at 5am to be at the clinic for 7.15am. Not a fan but it also meant that I was the first on the list for egg collections that day.
We got there with no problems, nurses were ready and waiting for us. They did all their checks and I was ready to go to the theatre for 8am. I was offered the gas from the beginning and I possibly couldn't say no because I remember how much I loved it last time. The collection itself was fine as always but they had to give me a bit more sedation at the beginning as I started to wriggle when the doctor was collecting the eggs from the first ovary. And it hurt too. I grabbed one nurse's hand and held onto it even though normally I say no when they offer it.
I got back to the room and I rested a bit cuddling Rick's arm while he was sitting in a chair next to my bed. I wasn't hungry anymore and was feeling a bit sick. I did eat my croissant though later. After an hour or so we started getting bored so told the nurses we're ready to go home. I just had to go to toilet as they always recommend after any procedure. I must admit it surprised me that there was so much blood because it hasn't happened before but it stopped straight away so we were good to go at about 11am.
We went to Tesco to buy lunch/dinner and we also bought a movie to relax to. I fell asleep half way through and Rick did after it finished. We slept until 5pm. Oopsie.
Today I'm better, I don't feel sick anymore. My belly hurts still but it's better as well.
We got there with no problems, nurses were ready and waiting for us. They did all their checks and I was ready to go to the theatre for 8am. I was offered the gas from the beginning and I possibly couldn't say no because I remember how much I loved it last time. The collection itself was fine as always but they had to give me a bit more sedation at the beginning as I started to wriggle when the doctor was collecting the eggs from the first ovary. And it hurt too. I grabbed one nurse's hand and held onto it even though normally I say no when they offer it.
I got back to the room and I rested a bit cuddling Rick's arm while he was sitting in a chair next to my bed. I wasn't hungry anymore and was feeling a bit sick. I did eat my croissant though later. After an hour or so we started getting bored so told the nurses we're ready to go home. I just had to go to toilet as they always recommend after any procedure. I must admit it surprised me that there was so much blood because it hasn't happened before but it stopped straight away so we were good to go at about 11am.
We went to Tesco to buy lunch/dinner and we also bought a movie to relax to. I fell asleep half way through and Rick did after it finished. We slept until 5pm. Oopsie.
Today I'm better, I don't feel sick anymore. My belly hurts still but it's better as well.
Friday 27 October 2017
Trigger
I just got a phone call from the clinic, I'm to take my trigger injection at 9:30pm tomorrow and come for the egg collection on Monday at 7:15am. 🤗
Monitoring scans
I had three monitoring scans this week, on Monday, Wednesday and today. All is good, my lining was 11mm today and I have 8 follicles in each ovary and the biggest one is around 20mm so I'm good for a trigger tomorrow night and egg collection on Monday morning. Yay! 🤗
Right now I'm just sitting on the ward with intralipid infusion. It looks like it's not going down at all but it of course it is. It's just sooo slow. 😴
Right now I'm just sitting on the ward with intralipid infusion. It looks like it's not going down at all but it of course it is. It's just sooo slow. 😴
Saturday 21 October 2017
Baseline scan #1 and #2
I started my usual 50 IU of Suprecur on 28th September, going for a baseline scan on Thursday 12th October. It didn't come out as expected. Apparently, the uterine lining should be under 5mm thick for it to be good to start stimulation phase. Well, mine was 5.5mm. 😒😅 And I have a cyst again on my right ovary. Oh well. Got my blood taken to check my hormone levels and after a few hours waiting around the clinic (in case I needed new drugs that day), I was told to continue Suprecur for another five days and come back for another baseline on Tuesday 17th October.
This time my lining was around 2 or 3mm thick and cyst stayed around 18x21mm and apparently it's not a problem. Started 125 IU of Gonal-f that day. Today is Day 5 of stimulation and nothing amazing has been happening. Today is also second dose of Zomacton. Yesterday I almost forgot my aspirin and folic acid. Oopsie.
This time my lining was around 2 or 3mm thick and cyst stayed around 18x21mm and apparently it's not a problem. Started 125 IU of Gonal-f that day. Today is Day 5 of stimulation and nothing amazing has been happening. Today is also second dose of Zomacton. Yesterday I almost forgot my aspirin and folic acid. Oopsie.
Monday 2 October 2017
What has been happening since June 2017
We had our follow up appointment just before our wedding in June. The wedding was one of the reasons why we decided not to start a new treatment cycle straight away. It worked out that my first down regulation injection would be exactly on our wedding day. I wouldn't have minded but Ricky wanted to wait. We both had quite a few holidays booked for August and September, not including a surprise honeymoon just after the wedding, so we agreed with our doctor to start counting from my period in late August/early September.
My cycles are really messed up ever since the very first IVF, so 35 days in not unusual cycle length. It came eventually and I only a little enthusiastically sent an email to the clinic. Got response the next day and all was set for IVF #4!!!
My cycles are really messed up ever since the very first IVF, so 35 days in not unusual cycle length. It came eventually and I only a little enthusiastically sent an email to the clinic. Got response the next day and all was set for IVF #4!!!
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