I’ve been mulling over ideas for a 1st birthday post. I could do something soppy or profound. I could tell my birth story but I’m still too traumatised to do that. So I thought I’d put the timeline of my journey in a post. Getting to Scarlett’s first birthday is a big thing, so how did I get here? The…
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Embryo Transfer – One Year On
I’ve been trying to write a blog post but someone doesn’t like sleeping in the day and when she does I don’t like putting her down. From a practical point of view she sleeps longer when on me so why would I risk putting her down, but the real reason is that I love our sleepy cuddles. Scarlett slept on…
Approaching Your Due Date – The Longest Month Ever!
I am currently only a few days away from my due date and the rumours were true these last few weeks have been the longest of my life!! I’ve had three “two week waits” in my journey to have a baby. Those two weeks between ovulation, and treatment in my case, and the day your period is due…will it arrive?…
Trigger Happy!
I have reached egg retrieval time. I can’t quite get my head around the fact that I am at this stage. The info part Egg retrieval in an IVF cycle is when they collect the eggs that your ovaries have been growing reading to be fertilised in the lab. When I was scanned on Friday I had follicles (cysts that…
Post Stim Scan Number 1!
The next step of my IVF journey happened today when I went back to the clinic for my first post stimulation scan. This scan is to see how my ovaries have responded to the drugs. I started injecting Menopur last Tuesday, I did 150ml for 3 days and then reduced my dosage to 112ml. My dosage needs to be reduced…
Third Time Lucky
I have been missing in action for several months now. My computer died and due to my extreme anxiety when it comes to making phone calls I didn’t do anything to get it fixed for a long time. It is now back in my possession and at the perfect time because I am just starting the next step of my…
Cycle day 312!
At the clinic on Friday I got asked what day post stimulation I was on and my first response was “about 312” which the nurses seemed to find amusing. I wasn’t joking. It feels like this has been the longest cycle known to man. I am currently on cycle day 20, day 17 post stimulation which is so much longer…
Not Going To Plan
Things aren’t going to plan. I am feeling so many things…I am scared, I am frustrated, I am anxious and I am just so tired. I had my third post stimulation scan this morning. Post stimulation scans are the scan that you have after once the injections have started, they are to see how well the ovaries are being stimulated…
Moving The Goalposts
Today I am going to talk about scans. Scans and emotions, but first of all scans. I had my second scan today to see what kind of action was going on in my ovaries. Last week I had a baseline scan on day 2 of my cycle, this was to see what my uterus was looking like, whether I had…
Injecting Life
I am currently on day 5 of my injections and am feeling very hormonal. It is like an extreme of PMT. I was thinking earlier that if this works, is this what I am going to feel like for the next 9 months?! I have hit the mid way point where I am feeling like a pin cushion, I had…