So it was back to the hospital again today for yet another
encounter with the dildo-cam – we really are becoming way too familiar with
each other – and to check on how the follicles are doing. The clinic was running really late this
morning and we didn’t get taken until 40 minutes after our appointment time.
When we went in it was straight to the scan room, and I was surprised to see
Helen who did a talk at the fertility group was the nurse I had today as I
haven’t had her before. She had a look
at my lining and took measurement from the follicles then turned the screen
around to show us what she could see – the lining was nice and thick and there
were around 26 follicles which were big enough to measure and a bunch of
smaller ones!!! She said they were
growing well and a couple were already at 17mm which is where they want them to
be for ICSI. She said that I’d probably
trigger either Monday or Tuesday night, but to make an appointment for
Wednesday for another scan just in case I needed it and to make sure I took a
trigger away with me for when I need it.
After that we sat back in the waiting room to wait on a
nurse calling us in, and thankfully it wasn’t too much longer to wait before
she did. We went in and she took my
bloods, then she gave me enough Gonal F to last until Wednesday and a trigger
shot (Ovetrille) to take when I needed it.
She said they’d have a look at my bloods when they came back, and if I
was to trigger they’d call me and if not to come for the scan on Wednesday.
So back to work I went and hubby went home to bed as he’d
been night-shift last night. I did sneakily
check for my blood results, but they weren’t in so I wasn’t sure if I’d get a call or not. However, at around 3pm my phone rang and it
was the nurse from the hospital to tell me the next step. We’d been hoping that EC would be Friday as
hubby was night shift Tuesday/Wednesday night, but she said my bloods indicated
that they couldn’t leave me that long so EC was booked for Thursday
morning. I had to take my Gonal F and
snuff as normal today and tomorrow, then at 8.15pm (exactly – they’re very
clear it has to be exactly then) I had to inject my trigger and then not take
any other drugs after that. I had a drug
free day on Wednesday, then into the hospital for 8.30am on Thursday for our
collection.
It’s scary now that things seem to be happening really
quickly, and EC is the bit I’m most worried about as I’m convinced that when
they take the follicles out there won’t be any eggs in them(there’s nothing to
indicate that should be the case, just me being my usual worry-wort self!) However, there isn’t a hell of a lot I can do
about it anyway and we’ll just have to see what Thursday brings.
S x
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