Ironic right - why would you take birth control pills if you were trying to have children!
Apparently (so i am told by the experts) you take them to supress everything to make it easier to stimulate the ovaries during the IVF procedure.
Well let me tell you one thing they do not supress is moods - I am trying a different one from the last time in the hope that it was some random make that sent me into stroppy teenage temper tantrum mood every 5 minutes but nope it would seem they all favour this side effect!
Poor Rich, no wonder his computer has suddenly needed upgrading and cycling another 100 mile race that takes at least 6 hours is on the agenda.
I went for a run today because i can at the moment and to try and cut some of the lard off since the last lot of injections - it was tough, the Strange body is outta shape :/
i will be updating again after Thursday's camera look around :-)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Moving on to I.V.F
Wow what a big week this turned out to be.
After the disappointment at the weekend of getting my period once again i went in on Monday for the Mandatory blood test - just to be sure! I love their optimism but really you know when it hasn't worked.
After the bloods i sat with the nurse to go through the next stage. I received a whole pile of consent forms and the info that i was going to need another test next week to ensure there are no problems in the uterus that would hinder implantation.
This is going to be a tough road of ups and downs of hormones. As long as the test next week goes well and its all clear then we will start. Currently i am on birth control again to suppress everything down and we are going to try and enjoy our 'free' month as much as possible.
I am very grateful for my strong rock of a husband - he is going to get us through this whilst i may just rock in the corner (joke)
The best bit of advice i have received so far is to just take one day at a time so that what we will do.
I will post on here as a form of outlet so don't worry if it seems depressing some days. I'm sure it will go up and down.
I'll be back soon
After the disappointment at the weekend of getting my period once again i went in on Monday for the Mandatory blood test - just to be sure! I love their optimism but really you know when it hasn't worked.
After the bloods i sat with the nurse to go through the next stage. I received a whole pile of consent forms and the info that i was going to need another test next week to ensure there are no problems in the uterus that would hinder implantation.
This is going to be a tough road of ups and downs of hormones. As long as the test next week goes well and its all clear then we will start. Currently i am on birth control again to suppress everything down and we are going to try and enjoy our 'free' month as much as possible.
I am very grateful for my strong rock of a husband - he is going to get us through this whilst i may just rock in the corner (joke)
The best bit of advice i have received so far is to just take one day at a time so that what we will do.
I will post on here as a form of outlet so don't worry if it seems depressing some days. I'm sure it will go up and down.
I'll be back soon
A Big Update
So firstly i apologise for being rubbish at updating this. I'll try and update as much as i can today before we take the next step of our journey
January 2009
We got our test results back - My tubes were clear and all my blood tests showed that my eggs were in good shape and all worked regular as clockwork. Our Male test showed that there was a problem :( the poor swimmers were lazy and didn't perform well. Not a proven fact but we think 20 years of sitting on a thin road bike saddle has contributed!
The decision was made to try IUI (insemination) so we started this in February
February 2009
So this is our first cycle of injecting hormones to create more follicles (eggs) so there are more targets for the swim team. The injection used is called Follistim and came in a pen very much like a diabetic uses. Every night from CD4 until CD11 i had to inject 125iu into my stomach!
On CD 11 i had an ultrasound to see how the follicles had developed - we had 4 nice size ones - yey. The nurse have me the HCG injection to induce ovulation (large 2 inch needle - gulp) and we were set for IUI the next 2 days which just so happened to be Valentines day.
On the morning we had to take the swimmers in so they could be washed and clear out the poor ones. We went for breakfast whilst they do this. We get back and then go straight in where a catheter is inserted with the swimmers in and bam its done. Very simple and painless. The same thing the next day
Following this was 2 hard weeks of not knowing if it worked or not. I had to use progesterone night and morning to help support the lining of the uterus for implantation. This drug is horrible. It mimics pregnancy and really messes with your mind.
Sadly this first attempt didn't work :(
March 2009
After having a negative blood test my specialist did another ultrasound to check for cysts. Unfortunately i had a rather large one on my right ovary so i had to sit out this cycle as the injections/drugs could cause the cyst to burst and cause some serious damage. Instead i had to take a month of Birth control - this was torture mentally, plus after all the stimulating drugs to then suck them out of your body makes you whacky!
April 2009
Another period arrives which dawns the start of our 2nd round of IUI. Starting with the ultrasound to check the cyst (yey its gone) i started up the injections again to make lots of targets. We got 3 this time, again all of a good size.
Back to back IUIs again but this time the need for the ovulation drug/injection fell on a Sunday so that meant R had to do it for me...... hmmm nervous male and a 2 inch needle! He did a great job - maybe pushed it in a little far but hey he got the job done :)
Same regime as last time - drop off the swim team, then i went in for the procedure. We had managed to improve the numbers of spermies this time with supplementation so we were more hopeful.
I felt a bit better in the following 2 weeks this time because i knew what to expect - Sadly again it did not work.
Our Specialist had already mentioned that she thought now we should only have 2 attempts at this so now we move to I.V.F
January 2009
We got our test results back - My tubes were clear and all my blood tests showed that my eggs were in good shape and all worked regular as clockwork. Our Male test showed that there was a problem :( the poor swimmers were lazy and didn't perform well. Not a proven fact but we think 20 years of sitting on a thin road bike saddle has contributed!
The decision was made to try IUI (insemination) so we started this in February
February 2009
So this is our first cycle of injecting hormones to create more follicles (eggs) so there are more targets for the swim team. The injection used is called Follistim and came in a pen very much like a diabetic uses. Every night from CD4 until CD11 i had to inject 125iu into my stomach!
On CD 11 i had an ultrasound to see how the follicles had developed - we had 4 nice size ones - yey. The nurse have me the HCG injection to induce ovulation (large 2 inch needle - gulp) and we were set for IUI the next 2 days which just so happened to be Valentines day.
On the morning we had to take the swimmers in so they could be washed and clear out the poor ones. We went for breakfast whilst they do this. We get back and then go straight in where a catheter is inserted with the swimmers in and bam its done. Very simple and painless. The same thing the next day
Following this was 2 hard weeks of not knowing if it worked or not. I had to use progesterone night and morning to help support the lining of the uterus for implantation. This drug is horrible. It mimics pregnancy and really messes with your mind.
Sadly this first attempt didn't work :(
March 2009
After having a negative blood test my specialist did another ultrasound to check for cysts. Unfortunately i had a rather large one on my right ovary so i had to sit out this cycle as the injections/drugs could cause the cyst to burst and cause some serious damage. Instead i had to take a month of Birth control - this was torture mentally, plus after all the stimulating drugs to then suck them out of your body makes you whacky!
April 2009
Another period arrives which dawns the start of our 2nd round of IUI. Starting with the ultrasound to check the cyst (yey its gone) i started up the injections again to make lots of targets. We got 3 this time, again all of a good size.
Back to back IUIs again but this time the need for the ovulation drug/injection fell on a Sunday so that meant R had to do it for me...... hmmm nervous male and a 2 inch needle! He did a great job - maybe pushed it in a little far but hey he got the job done :)
Same regime as last time - drop off the swim team, then i went in for the procedure. We had managed to improve the numbers of spermies this time with supplementation so we were more hopeful.
I felt a bit better in the following 2 weeks this time because i knew what to expect - Sadly again it did not work.
Our Specialist had already mentioned that she thought now we should only have 2 attempts at this so now we move to I.V.F
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