Hi everyone,

Just thought I'd pop in and introduce myself as after a very long drawn out process (partially due to the clinic stuffing up blood test results) I am finally on my first IVF 2ww.

I am doing this as a single woman and started the journey over 3 years ago with looking for a donor and then doing donor insemination and now doing IVF. I have no known fertility issues and concieved my 13 yr old daughter by accident, so hadn't counted on this being so hard.

I had egg pick up on Monday and Embryo transfer on Wednesday 12th May. It was a 4 cell 2 day old embie which I'm told is good. I'm trying to stay positive as I know some people do get pregnant first go... but it's hard because you don't want to end up too devastated when you get a BFN (like I did in Jan from my last round of donor insemination).
It also looks like I will have no frozen embies from this cycle so if it doesn't work I would have to start from scratch again... so I'm praying this works.

Have taken today off work to just rest. I'm booked in for a blood test on the 26th of May. Currently on Crinome... so I assume this might stop my period coming when it would have been due (which would be the 24th)? Anyone know?

I was planning on going away for part of the 2ww so I would be distracted but it hasn't worked out that way.
I can relate to the comments made about it being hard when you know you have "concieved" as there is a fertilized egg inside you but it's just a matter of praying it attaches. Does anyone know how long it normally takes to attach (if it is going to do it)? I know in horses it takes almost 3 weeks but I don't know about humans.

Lori
Busy couple of weeks ahead with work but I have no motivation at all!

Started donor search Dec 06, started donor insemination Jan 09, Started IVF Feb 10