Hey girls
Sorry been without internet for over a week (argh!) so here's a big long catch-up!
Miss K - glad you're recovered nicely from the lap! My scan went well, see below! Your FS appt will be here before you know it.
Misty77 - I can't believe you had a 130am trigger! Eek! What a crazy time. Is it normal for them to be at such odd times? Glad your EPU went well.
Mellmell - GL with the 2WW!
Baby2bee - woo hoo! Glad AF arrived! How's the jabbing going? Can?t believe you have so many follies - how awesome! I am jealousHave you had any side effects yet? Brusing etc from the jabs?
Spring - not sure about the pessaries but I'll be on them soon enough and it doesn't sound too pleasant! Not long til your BT - good luck!
Mrs zeg - welcome! Sorry you are not sleeping - have you thought of trying acupuncture? I had weekly treatments while finishing my PhD and it was the only thing that kept me sane and helped me sleep. I was totally stressed out and not sleeping and the acu was great at fixing that.
Loops12 - welcome back! I hate moving house - hope it wasn't too stressful. I found all the IVF info and paperwork quite overwhelming at first but I'm slowly getting used to it.
Juniper76 - you can buy Gatorade powder in bulk from supermarkets. It's about $10 and makes 8L worth. Waaaay cheaper than buying it premade.
Tiggerlinda - welcome back!
Esperan - goodluck with the decision on Monday.
Hello to anyone else I have missed.
AFM - I'm on Day 8 now. First BT and scan was Monday, all went well and I was still baseline (yay!). They said I had lots of little follicles. So started on 100u of puregon (plus a clexane shot) on Monday night then switched to morning jabs after that.
Second BT and scan on Friday and there were only 2 measurable follies and 4 smaller ones. I was a bit bummed at first - only 6? I had hoped for at least 10. But after a few hours I realised how great it was that my body was responding at all (after being baseline hormonally for 3 years!!) and now I'm focussed on getting 6 great follies! My lining was also a little thin but it's still early so they're hoping it will thicken up nicely.
There's a long weekend coming up in WA so because of that I think the clinic is aiming for my EPU on the Friday before (they can't open on weekends/pub hols) - that's Friday of this coming week - so they rang me on Friday arvo and said double my dose to 200u! Eeek. Am a bit scared by that but I'm sure it will be fine.
Am back for a BT and scan on Monday morning. They said I'll probably start the Orgalutron jab on Monday too. So three jabs a day!
My stomach looks like a dot-to-dot drawing already
Emotionally I'm doing ok. Am skipping a friend's baby shower tomorrow - she knows about the IVF but others in the same circle don't, and I just don't want to put myself in a situation surrounded by baby talk and the "so when are you having a baby?" questions (I've been married longer than all of them). Luckily my friend is awesome about it and we're going to catch up one-on-one next week.
Happy weekend to all!!
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