Three days later after I drafted the previous post, I started
Gonal F; didn’t notice any bruising in my tummy until the next day, and still
don’t think much about it. I am currently on Day 8 of Gonal F and for the past couple
of days my life has been filled with the ups and down of the IVF process.
My first blood test was on my son’s birthday. The results came
that afternoon and looked good. I was asked to go in again two days later to follow-up
with ultrasound and another blood test. Here lays the good news! I have 11
follicles, six in a very good size (11,12,14,15 & 16) and five in an ok
size (3x8 and 2x9). The Doctor was anticipating to see anywhere from 8 to 15
follicles, so I have a good crop. The bad news is that when blood result came
back, my LH level (luteinizing
hormone) was high, it was 15 meaning that I was about to ovulate! My
dear Synarel has not been very effective; the fear that we might have to cancel
or hurry into theatre to try to rescue what those nice six follicles were about
to release became a real possibility. I had to hurry back to the clinic the
same afternoon; I was there within 30 minutes of the nurse’s call.
My tummy now knows no mercy! I have
started another injection; Orgalutran. Man that one hurts and stings for quite
a while! Not a happy tummy, although it looks funny when you see all shades of
purple...
I went for another blood test today
and the painful Orgalutran has done its magic, from 15 my LH levels have
reduced to 3!!!
I am going to do another blood test
and ultrasound tomorrow and depending how the once little follicles look now,
harvesting will be done on Friday! I’m a walking egg farm! In the meantime,
Abby’s endometrium is ready and next week is not coming quick enough! We have
no control over this, can only pray it works! All it takes is one egg –just one
egg!
By the way, I feel no different. I
haven’t gone feral, but Henry insists I have been indifferent! Go figure!
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