11am – second scan
Just been to the second scan. I was hoping to be brave enough to ask them to film it, but the nurse that I saw this time was a bit scary at first, so I didn’t dare… When she did the scan, though, she was very nice and explained everything. She said it looked good and that she thought I’d be happy with the numbers.I was watching what she was doing on a screen – she was counting and measuring the follicles, and I guess when they get to a certain size then you’re ready to have them removed and frozen.
After the scan I had to wait for ages for another nurse (it’s Saturday so things took longer) who explained what they’d seen in the scan. She was a bit distracted and confused about my number of follicles… First she said I had 11 on each side, which I think is quite a lot (and you know, I’m no spring chicken so slim chances of being THAT fertile). Then she said no, actually it’s 8 on one side and 4 on the other. However, then she said I had 11 in total. So I’m going with that: hopefully I’ve got 11 follicles, and I hope this is a good number. They’re waiting for them to grow, so I need to continue with the injections for now. I’ll come back on Monday for a scan, then again on Wednesday and Friday. And then we’ll see. I hope the little guys (girls?) keep growing!! And I don’t want to lose any more – I’m quite sure I was told there were 12 of these little ones on Tuesday… Maybe I need to relax more. She also said that I can take folic acid, but don’t have to. So I think I will take it, just in case… I wonder why they didn’t mention this before – don’t they want people to have the best chances of growing many eggs? Oh and finally, I asked if they saw the cyst again, and they said it has disappeared and might have been a big giant follicle all along. Sigh of relief…
After that came the fun part – paying. I needed to pay for the whole treatment – hadn’t done this on Tuesday as they weren’t sure I’d be starting. So I paid for treatment, blood test (not included in the treatment plan, apparently), and the sedation stuff for the end – a massive total of over £3000 (check later for sure). My poor credit card! For some reason I thought the cost of drugs was included in this, so assumed I’d “only” have about £2000 left to pay. This is way more expensive than I’d thought… Watch and learn, kids, don’t be like me, and find all this out before you start! Don’t assume nothin’! Anyway, it’s done now. Let the eggs grow. Let’s just hope I don’t ever have to do it again!
22:16 – fifth injection
Today’s injection was a little hectic, as I got home from the pub at 20:50, just in time to inject (I was only drinking water in case you were wondering). Earlier when I saw the nurse I asked her about the bloody invisible liquid, and she showed me what it should look like – and I swear I couldn’t see it in her pen either… I might be the dumbest/blindest person in the universe then! But at least I know now that it’s OK, and the injection is getting easier. So doing it tonight was much better and quicker than other times.
I’ve been out all day and feel rather exhausted. Also, I’ve been feeling hungry more often than usual, not sure if this is a side effect. I’ve tried to be good and eat healthy food and drank lots of water all day and only had one cup of coffee. I’ve been spending a lot of time discussing the eggs and talking about the blog and explaining the process etc. I feel a bit like a pregnant woman who suddenly has no other topic of conversation… Sorry, friends who happen to meet me at this time, I promise that it will be over soon! Well, let’s hope so.
Oh, it also seems after talking to the nurse today that next Monday is likely to be a day when they want to fish out the eggs (great image, right?). And of course that’s one of the days that I really can’t do, because I’ve got a class that is impossible to cancel. So we’ll see what happens. Maybe they can do a day later – that would be ideal. Everyone keep your fingers crossed that the eggs will be cooked for next Tuesday, not before. But for now I can feel that they need some sleep so I’m going to say good night…
Here is a video of how the injection went tonight:
Me and my eggs 