So our booking appointment was today. We have already signed the infinite consent forms, we have had our consultant review, where it was decided we were going with ICSI, I have had my rubella immunity and thyroid function checked and we have made our payments.
Today the timeline was explained to us and the drug protocol we will be following. It goes like this:
A number of days on oral medication
A big f*ck off injection in my stomach which throws me into a kinda menopause
Daily injections in my thighs (for an undetermined number of days it all depends on point 4)
3 x a week internal ultrasounds of my uterus and ovaries which I am sure you can imagine is a treat every time you get it done!
A VERY time sensitive trigger injection in my thigh
1.5 days later egg collection and fertilisation
6 days later implantation (if we have an embryo that can be transplanted)
13 days later - a home pregnancy test
Simple right?
I was all in the detail making sure I knew exactly what I was doing and what everything was for and the nurse was really fabulous. In fact when she asked me for the proof of my most recent smear test and I took it out a colour coded folder she said she was very impressed with my organisation which obviously made me very happy.
She reassured me that they would be there with me every step of the way and available to phone any time during my treatment. She also reassured me about my concerns of the injections making my migraines worse. She said it was unlikely given the drug protocol I was on so that put me at ease.
Then it came to me asking rough dates when this would all be happening. Being used it the NHS I assumed I would join some kind of waiting list.
But this is not the NHS
So when she informed me she would order my drugs as soon as I informed her of day one of me next period (which is due by the end of this week) I couldn’t help it. I burst out crying.
It wasn’t happy or sad tears. It was just relief. As you know from my last post about IVF, doing this has been a hard decision for my husband and I to make and it has been a long time (4years) coming and its happening. It’s actually happening.
So that’s it then. I will call the clinic in about a week and in two months time I will know if our 1st IVF round is successful. It’s really hard for me to wrap my head around all this.
I’m nervous excited for what the next 6 weeks or so has in store and I will let you know how I am feeling when all the hormones kick in!
And please share this with anyone going through infertility or IVF if you think they would find my story useful.
Sending all my love.