So I had a horrible morning. I just could not get the fucking syringe off for the morning injection!! I didn’t know what to do – my hand really hurt after I poking a finger and pulling hard for ages… I called the emergency number and they didn’t answer so I just waited around feeling sorry for myself. After a while I called again and they said I should bring the injection with me and have it done at the clinic when I come in for a scan later. Needless to say, I was really upset (I blame the hormones) and cried for a while before going there.
When I got to the clinic I had another scan, and when I saw the nurse told her about my troubles with the syringe and how impossible it was to get it off, and how it had taken 3 people one hour to get it off yesterday. She listened to my whiney story, and then just took the syringe from me and got the needle off without any problems! I was absolutely shocked. How the hell did she do that?! Well, listen carefully, because there’s a secret trick that no one had bothered to share until now: it’s a twisting action that you need to do in order to get the needle on and off. A twist!! I just could not believe it. I had been trying to pull and pull and it didn’t move… And even when I’d called, I wasn’t asked if I was doing a twist – they told me to try and jiggle it from side to side. And I’m sure that when the nurse showed me how to do it (twice) she didn’t mention this important detail!! Aaaaaahhhh So in any case, there’s this twist. You need to do it. I tried a few times and managed to do it, so I hope tomorrow morning will go well. Just in case, there’s also another way, which my friend told me about – you can use one of the syringes that are meant for use with the final injection to get all the liquid out and then just inject yourself. It’s a smaller syringe so a bit tricky, but apparently possible. This is now my plan B.
So the scan. I have about 10 quite big (or big enough) follicles, and some other smaller ones. This seems like a good thing. They wanted to do the collection on Saturday because I kept insisting that I can’t do Mondays, but it just so happens that this Monday there’s an inset day where I work and my after-school club got cancelled. So it looks like Monday it is. Now my next problem is finding someone to come and pick me up after the procedure. Initially one of my friends was supposed to come but she may have to work. I have a few days to figure this out and prepare for that day…
Oh, in the evening I did the evening injection – not much to tell about that. So hopefully tomorrow morning it’ll be OK. I have to leave for work super early, at 7, so will get up early and try to do my best with the twist. Wish me luck!!
Here is a video of me struggling with the morning injection (this may or may not contain some crying):
And here is a video of the evening injections. Enjoy!
Me and my eggs 