Only an hour and ten to go for your big injection gals. I think icing the area is a great idea! If it helps you, I leave the injections out of the fridge for 10 - 15 mins to get to room temp. It's better for me that way.
You'll both be fine. I'm sure of it.
And you're right, contractions are going to be way worse so I'm considering this as a warm up.
Phew! All done! Didn't even sting like I thaught it was going to!! Bit hot and pinchy now, but not like I thaught it was going to!!! XXX
FGS hope yours was easy too X
And thank you Moonflower, so nice to hear that you are in better spirits sweetheart XXX
So the Orgalutran needle IS much thicker... and I did ice-up before hand. I felt the needle go in - but otherwise it was fine.
Murraycod - hot and pinchy was definitely the right way to describe it... but I didn't feel that way til I went to bed a bit later.
Now, I have a MASSIVE bruise there... I called the FS Nurse to make sure that was normal and it wasn't because we did the injection wrong... but no... it's all fine... most likely hit a cappilary or something - coz it bled a bit afterwards.
One thing I did notice today - I WAS SO BINGE-Y... all I wanted was junk... I ate a dozen freddo frogs (not quite - but nearly) - kinda like before TTOTM... interesting I thought.
Had my scan thismorning FGS!!!!!!
Slight uncomfort is an understatement ATM, feel like I could burst. Will get the official results thisavo, but we saw atleats 10eggies on each ovary. Left averaging 18-22mm and Righ averaging 15-19mm, so will find out for suer later on. Will let you know XXXX
Best of luck for your scan thisafternoon, hoping we both get to have EPU on Monday!!!!
I just had my scan - and my follicles are still wayyy to small
I don't know exactly how many follicles I had - she said lots and vaguely remember the numbers 10 and 12 being thrown around. I think my follicles are only measuring about 7-10mm -- but then again, I was really quite devastated so the stats werent really sinking in.
I will know the results of my bloods this afternoon too...
What I do know is that have to keep taking the Gonal-F - and they are gonna tell me if they need to up my dosage. I may need to stop Orgalutran for a couple of days to allow the eggs to 'ripen up' a bit more... but from what the nurses said, I may need to come back in for a scan on Monday or Tuesday which might mean EPU on Friday... maybe... we'll see.
I'm really sad... I know it's a few more days - but I sooo wanted everything to go smoothly.
Oh well.
Glad everything looks sunny on your side! Hopefully I am just a little behind you with my 'stubourn' ovaries and all
L x
Oh... BTW... The nurses are lovely there... BUT... one of them... said to me "It's all a bit of trial and error in the first cycle - we need to see how your body responds to the treatment and all that. You should really look at the first cycle as a 'trial' run and if you 'jag a pregnancy' out of it that's great luck" ---OOOMMMMGGGGG ---- and the other nurse turned around and said "that's not what you want to hear right now hun... if you need a shoulder to cry on..."
So I feel really crappy about that... over-analysing... thinking that maybe I am destined to fail and there's something they're not telling me - but maybe it's just me.
Oh Sweetheart, I'm so sorry to hear this.
FGS it will be ok, you just need more time that's all.
The nurses there are great, but perhaps that 1nurse should'v been more empathetic to your feelings. I know they see this every day, so I guess sometimes they just become ammune to the feelings we have, but I'm sure she didn't mean to make you feel worse than you already do Foot in Mouth Disease I think they call it........
If your body needs more time, it needs more time, and atleast you know that they want everything perfect for you, so you do have the best chance. And what she meant about trial and error, was that if you do happen to have another stim cycle in the future, they will know to put you on a stronger dose of FSH that's all sweetheart.
Don't even let yourself get too down about this, I know you are dissapointed, but take each day as a journey and accept each day as a new challenge. That is what I do, or I wouldn't have survived this long!!!!
IVF is such an emotional rollercoaster, and for you nothing has gone wrong, you just need a few extre days that's all, so take a deep breath and smile.
Cuz youre doing this!! Youre doing IVF and giving yourself the best possible chance of having a family!!!
Dust yourself off darling and focus, you can do this, I am here for you, and with you XXX
They are up-ing my dose of Gonal-F to 225 (from 150) and I go off Orgalutran - can start back on Orgalutran on Sunday night.
Have to go in for scan and bloods again on Tuesday morning - fingers crossed, everything is ok and I can go for EPU on Friday. I so, so, sooooo hope so!
I told the nurse that I was panicking - and I wanted to know what this meant - and she said that all it means is that I just need a bit more time - that's all. And not to worry... but I guess it's the LTTTC curse... worrying that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
How did you go MC?? You going for EPU on Monday???
I'm just reading FGS that you're feeling a little down. Sometimes I just wanna slap those nurses too. You're right MC - foot in mouth disease it was! FGS, please continue to use us as your sounding board when stoo-pid things like this happen. We know. We understand. I'm glad they scanned you so quick and I sure hope they've got on top of your ovaries. So to speak!
I'm seeing your "scores" and I'm so jealous! I have only five follicles. Three on one and two on the other. Stupid ovaries!
Still, we only need one and a spare at the very least, huh?
I had my 2nd scan today. The nurse who was using the "probe" did not fill me with confidence as she was pressing it (the probe) in to the base of my mons pubis (where the public hair is). I actually has to say to her "That's NOT my vagina!" Seriously. I just wanted to cry. She apologised but all I was thinking was Sorry if that was TMI.
I know that in a couple of weeks I will probably laugh about that. In fact, writing it just now has made me chuckle. Perhaps I've gone insane?
Ok, I must away to have my dinner. So hungry.....
Cheers
Moonflower
PS - Ha! FGS, you and I must have been typing at the same time earlier. I got caught on a phone call before I posted çause I saw you last entry now (nearly 9pm). Glad your FS is getting your system to get back in line! Time for drugs....
Last edited by Moonflower; January 8th, 2010 at 06:55 PM.
FGS I'm glad to hear that you are feeling more positive, and are back on track again XXX
Moonflower how are you sweethert when do have EPU?? I see you had a second scan also, did you need more time too??
Nurses rang me thisafternoon, I go in at 3:10pm on Monday afternoon.
Had my last FSH thisevening, I will only have Orgalutran tomorrow night, then Ovidrel trigger at a ghastly 4:10am on Sunday morning......ouch!!!!
Wish me luck girls, am starting to get a bit nervy about the whole EPU thing
How goes it with you? I've just come back from my brother's house from dinner and having fun playing board games. Half way through I had to go and excuse myself and secretly take my final injection. My harvest is on Monday morning. I didn't need more time. I fully expected to go in yesterday.
I have nothing nice to say from this point. I've just typed and deleted two paragraphs of ranting hatred. It may be because I'm tired or may be because of something else. In any case, I don't want to get you ladies down with my carry on.
Please know that I'm thinking of and praying for you both. FGS, how are you going? Are your follicles playing ball? Good luck MC with getting up at 4:10am for your injection. It's not a bad one.
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Damn Orangutan!
- but maybe it's just me.
Bummer FGS X
Foot in Mouth Disease I think they call it........
Stupid ovaries!
Sorry if that was TMI.
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