Well, another abandoned cycle due to over responding to the drugs, Can't say I was totally surprised as it seems to be becoming a bit of a habit with us, but it still didn't stop me being upset about it (was horrified when I burst into tears while I was still in with the nurse) This time I had nine follicles ranging from 11mm-15mm, and the nurse expected at least 5 of them to mature and OV, and as we can only proceed with a max of 3 follicles it means another waste of time.
The worst bit was that after the daily injections my tummy had become a bit of a mess and was pretty sore (so much so that the last injection was agony which has never happened before) which made it so much worse when it was all for nothing. Not a lot I can do about it though, although I would have thought that after 1 complete cycle and three abandoned ones they'd have a better idea of what the hell they were doing with the drugs.
Hubby hates that it upsets me so much each time it goes wrong, so he suggested giving up with the IUI now and just holding out for IVF in a few months. I can see where he's coming from, and in a way I'd love to stop now and have a break for a few months, however ask anyone who has been a LTTTCer and they'll tell you that all the upset and disappointment is better than sitting back and doing nothing. After speaking to some other long termers and asking their opinion, speaking to hubby and doing a lot of thinking, I think we've agreed we'll give it one more go then that's the end of our IUI attempts. It'll mean a couple of months off from treatment, which I'm sure I'll find hard, but at least it'll give my body a break from all the drugs for a bit before it's over loaded when we start IVF.
In a way it's probably a good thing it was cancelled this time as it would have meant AF being due on my birthday, whereas OVing on my own means AF should be due the day after instead which I'm happier with (notice that I don't even give consideration that we could have done it on our own - oh to be back to being nieve and thinking you got pregnant just by having sex once!!lol)
So, a couple of weeks of trying to relax and wishing all the follicles away before going back for another scan and hopefully starting the next and last cycle of IUI.
S x
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Thursday, 5 January 2012
IUI attempt ........ who knows!!!!
It was a pretty quiet Christmas and New Year for us, which was fine by me to be honest. Hubby and I had his parents on Christmas Day for dinner, then the younger of my boys and I went to my parents on Boxing Day (hubby was ill in bed and the older boy was at his girlfriends) A huge row aside on Christmas night and it was a pretty nice time.
I went to see the surgeon about my leg on the 4th, which sadly didn't go as well as I'd hoped. He's decided that it's not going to get better since the steroid injection didn't work, so he wants to operate. It won't be until around Easter time, so now I'm worrying that it'll clash with our IVF and that's not something I want to have to deal with because how do I decide which one to put off?!?!? Anyway, I'll cross that bridge if/when I get to it rather than worrying about it just now.
I also went to the FC for a baseline scan on the same day, and thankfully that went better. There were some small follicles left on each ovary but the nurse said that was ok and we were good to go on our next attempt. I'm onto daily injections this time to try and control my OV a bit more, so although I like doing them because I feel like I'm doing something I'm not looking forward to doing it every single day. This month I have two injections at 150iu and three at 75iu - hormonal anyone?!?!?!?!!? I've already warned the girl I work with so she's well prepared!! lol
I had some amazing news from an on-line friend today. She had IVF a few weeks ago for the second time after she had a MC following her first successful IVF, and today was her 7 week scan. She just posted about it - and they're having TWINS!!!! They had two embies put back, and both have implanted. As you can imagine she's over the moon, and for the first time in a long time I can say I'm truly delighted to say that about someone else's pregnancy!!!
Who knows, maybe one day soon it'll be our turn to share such amazing news with everyone?!??!?!
S x
I went to see the surgeon about my leg on the 4th, which sadly didn't go as well as I'd hoped. He's decided that it's not going to get better since the steroid injection didn't work, so he wants to operate. It won't be until around Easter time, so now I'm worrying that it'll clash with our IVF and that's not something I want to have to deal with because how do I decide which one to put off?!?!? Anyway, I'll cross that bridge if/when I get to it rather than worrying about it just now.
I also went to the FC for a baseline scan on the same day, and thankfully that went better. There were some small follicles left on each ovary but the nurse said that was ok and we were good to go on our next attempt. I'm onto daily injections this time to try and control my OV a bit more, so although I like doing them because I feel like I'm doing something I'm not looking forward to doing it every single day. This month I have two injections at 150iu and three at 75iu - hormonal anyone?!?!?!?!!? I've already warned the girl I work with so she's well prepared!! lol
I had some amazing news from an on-line friend today. She had IVF a few weeks ago for the second time after she had a MC following her first successful IVF, and today was her 7 week scan. She just posted about it - and they're having TWINS!!!! They had two embies put back, and both have implanted. As you can imagine she's over the moon, and for the first time in a long time I can say I'm truly delighted to say that about someone else's pregnancy!!!
Who knows, maybe one day soon it'll be our turn to share such amazing news with everyone?!??!?!
S x
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