Friday 15th September 2017: lead up to embryo transfer

So I've just had a mock embryo transfer. I get this as I am a part of a trial. Apparently people on private healthcare get these mock transfers and the NHS want to do a study to see if it makes any difference to success rates. I have to admit, I'm glad I had it. …

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Thursday 14th September 2017 : lead up to embryo transfer

On the tube home I was offering an older man my seat and he said "no you go ahead, you've had a heavy day". I don't know if it is the bags under my eyes or the yawning but I am grateful to him. Even if I did feel bad: he was about 70! He …

Saturday 9th September: lead up to embryo transfer

I have been decorating and got so into it my injection was 45 mins late. Just after injecting I feel a bit woozy and going up a ladder was probably not the best thing! I am caught between wanting to carry on as usual and taking it easy. I'm wallpapering the baby's room. I know …

Wednesday 6th September : lead up to embryo transfer

I'm owning the injections at the moment! It seems like ages since the last ones but I'm getting the hand of it again. I'm starting to feel a bit dizzy. The nurse suggested doing it in the evening and I think it so you sleep through the brunt of the side effects. They'll start building …

Tuesday 5th September : preparing for transfer

I spoke to the school nurse today about injecting in the leg or the stomach. She said that the stomach is probably best because you don't want to inject into muscle. I mean, I don't have much muscle on my leg but there is definitely less muscle in my belly!  The angle she showed me …

Monday 4th September: preparing day 1

So I injected Suprecur in my belly. I forgot about the build up! It takes guts to push that needle in. I'm on 0.5 and this seems a lot compared to the others. The syringes are thinner though. I went for the belly because I thought it would be easier with the syringe but it …

Sunday 3rd September : The day before we start again

I had acupuncture today and said I was starting Suprecur tomorrow. She knows more than I did! This is a down regulator. Full of guilt for being too laid back about the next course I came back and read the leaflet with Suprecur. So this will reduce my sex hormones, basically making me menopausal again, …

Monday 21st August

At the weekend I went to a wedding and my brother was there. He asked about how the IVF was going and said "I have to admit I thought you have taken it better than I thought". Now he was quite drunk and I was sober so let's give him some slack. He said he …

Saturday 18th August

I had a call from Pharmasure yesterday to organise the delivery of the hormones. They used my middle name which felt a bit strange and I'd already organised for Monday. The very good, organised and friendly lady said it didn't seem right so got into Homerton. It turns out I had two files! One under …

Wednesday 16th August

So I went to bed at about 9 last night. This period is wearing me out!  Still quite a strong bleed but the cramping isn't as bad. The nurses called yesterday, I start suprecur injections on the 4th September and have a scan about 3 weeks later. I thought I had the scan first but …