Well, had the egg collection last week, we went to the hospital early. I was sedated so just like I was asleep, awake enough at first to tell the anethstatist I could feel what the Dr was doing, so she gave me more sedation to send me to dream land, thank goodness. We were told right after that Dr had collected 12 eggs, so not bad. Average I think. The next 24hours were stressfull, we had to call the next morning to see how many had fertilized. It was horrible waiting, anyway we were put out are misery at 10am. 3 eggs had fertilized, I was quite upset really as the embryologist had expected around 6 or 7 to fertilize. However at least there were 3 Read the rest of this entry »

So busy this week. more early mornings. Had another scan yesterday to check follicles, there are quite a few, and boy do I know it, the nurse said “that’s excellent all the follicles are a good size, do you feel like your about to burst?’ Eh yip, I feel like i’m carrying a couple of bags of marbles in my abdomen! Egg collection is imminent. Read the rest of this entry »

Thats what I feel like today. So tired, had to leave at 6.30am in order to get to Glasgow for our 8am app. All went well, a good lot of follicles for my first scan. The nurse seemed very pleased. Injection 1. Had to have another blood test. Injection 2. Gonal F, pre loaded pen (James does this part) Injection 3. Read the rest of this entry »

Finally, …..we are starting IVF, been to have scan to check lining and ovaries. Also a blood test is taken to check oestrogen levels are low. Scan is fine, had to call back to get blood results and all is good so can start the injections tomorow morning. There are differences between IVF and IUI already. Read the rest of this entry »