Last shot before the pick-up

Alright. Finally it's time for the last jab. The nurse reminded me over and over again this morning to remember to jab at 11pm SHARP! Making sure I don't miss the window!

Basically this last jab is to make me ovulate in the next 36hours. That is why is it timed as such at by Monday 11am, the timing is perfect for the egg pick up. So here goes!!

Monday Is It

My 3 follicles are now healthy and ready for pick up on Monday! They now ranges in size from 19-21mm. In fact, there are 2 tiny ones appearing on the left. However the right one is still the lone ranger and though a lone ranger is the tiniest of the 3.

So stay tune folks! :)

It's almost time

Well, it's almost time for round 2 for now I can only relax and make sure that I follow my timetable for jabs. Tonight's jab was exceptionally painful than normal. I wonder if I could have done it wrong, or my tummy is telling me that she's got enough of needles for now and needs some TLC and rest. Hopefully not long more to go.

However, I feel less "bloated" as before. I remember last time I felt more "stretched" than now. As of now the bloated feelings come and go, and tonight I'm feeling a bit of a back pain. I hope this is just temporary.

Tomorrow, we are gonna head out early hoping to book the first slot to see Dr F. He's getting more popular and there are more people now than ever to see him! So nitey nite y'all!

Unexpected Growth

On our way to Dr F, we discussed that if there is no improvement and it's just one, we are not sure if we should still proceed. The atmosphere in the car was a bit solemn...

Then when we reached the clinic, there was only one couple ahead of us. As we sat and waited for our turn, I told hubby, "If we have more than 2 we shall proceed." He agreed.

So when it's our turn, Dr F would ask me to get ready for the follicle scan. And I must say I was ready and prepared for the not so good news... When Dr F "poked" into the left, I can almost instantly see 2 big black dots!!! I guess I had that instant glow in my face when I see the 2 follicles. Though they are black, at that moment, I swear they are GLOWING!! HAHAHA...Then he scanned the right, one big black dot. There were other stuff not so obvious dots and grey matters which is not important to me at that time, for all I care, I want to see solid black round dots :) For the first time, Dr F asked hubby to come in and see the scan. He showed us the one on the right which is about 16mm, the 2 on the left 14mm and 15mm each. Then there is one more tiny one of the left which Dr F said too tiny - which we all ignored.. HAHAHA... all we wanted to see is the sold black round dots :)

After I got dressed up and sat down, Dr F said that it's good and let's proceed! YES YES YES!! Hooray! He looked at the chart and said, "Looks like the pick up date is going to be on Monday." Hubby and I went "Monday!!!" That gave Dr F a good fright with both our exclamation.. hahahah... he thought we had something else urgent planned. Well, we were both just too excited that it's happening so soon! Hahaha...

So Monday is pick up means Wednesday is implanting date. Before confirming Monday is the pick up, Dr F said to come back to see him on Saturday to make sure everything goes on as planned. If all is good on Saturday means pick up is Monday! Yaye!!

I will continue my Puregon and Menopur until tomorrow, and Buserelin until Saturday morning.

I thank God for His strength to get us through, thanking Him also for the "little pat" He laid His hands upon and that they grow healthily.

Left or Right?

Every morning at 8.30am, I will have 0.02cc of Buserelin, then 150IU of Menopur and 400IU of Puregon. Then at 8.30pm I will have another 0.02cc of Buserelin again.

I have to alternate the Menopur & Puregon, one of the left and the other on the right. Since the Puregon is easier to jab, wherever Puregon goes, Buserelin will go.

So the routine will be:
Mon Morning (L) Buserelin & Puregon (R) Menopur
Mon Night (R) Buserelin
Tue Morning (L) Menopur (R) Buserelin & Puregon
Tue Night (L) Buserelin
Wed, Thurs, Fri... you get the idea.

How do I keep track which is where?

Since I'll have Buserelin 2 a day, I decided to keep track by swapping my diamond ring. Well, the wedding band will never move, so the diamond ring is it. Whenever I have my Buserelin, I will put the diamond ring on that hand. If I see that the diamond ring in on the left hand at night means, I had the Buserelin on the left in the morning. Therefore that night, I will have to jab Buserelin on the right.

Then in the morning, I see diamond ring on right means I had my Puregon + Buserelin on the left yesterday. So this morning will be Puregon + Buserelin will be on the right.

Ingenious right? :)

Bloated

Yesterday Dr F asked if I have any feeling of bloated tummy, I didn't have any at all. But this morning, as I sat down in the office, I suddenly felt bloated. I can feel my tummy skin stretches, and my lunch had yet to digest. I'm not sure if I'm up for dinner!

I even wonder if it was just be being psycho with myself to feel bloated. Well, bloated means good sign because that will mean I'm "follicle-ing" :D Or if it's because my 36-holes tummy is healing. I wonder~

Worst Pain Ever

Yesterday I had to do E2 blood test that measures the amount of a hormone called estradiol in the blood. Estradiol is the most important form of Estrogen found in our body. And this time the surgical nurse wasn't around to do it. So I was sent to the Gribbles lab located opposite the clinic. When I was there, the same lady came and saw me and kinda told her that her worst nightmare, i.e. ME, is back. True enough, it wasn't only her worst case, it was mine too.

At first it was on the left arm inside of my elbow, nothing. Even after she took out the needle, there isn't much blood that came after it. So failure number one. After which, she was contemplating. Right Arm - not good. Left (back of the) Hand vs Right (back of the) Hand - which has the bigger and more visible vein. She chose Right Hand. And so this humongous needle pierced through my skin right above my index finger. That was ok but the mother of all pain came when she tried to maneuver the needle inside to get the vein. The pain is no longer just surface pain, the kind of excruciating pain traveled up the nerve from my hand up my arm and into my whole body. It wasn't one time off! Every time she turned the needle, I felt the same pain traveling through my whole body. It was indescribable pain. Sigh, I had to go through this EACH time I had to do blood test.

And a day after that, this is what's left of it...