February 2015.
I went quiet in this round. I didn’t want to talk to anyone, write anything down. After the last round where I ovulated all my eggs away, I feel like I’m being buffeted against waves of fear – constantly holding my breath waiting for something to go wrong.
It went better, this round. Its true when they say they learn from previous rounds. When we got to cycle day 12 we did double orgulatran injections to keep me from ovulating. I also went to daily scans and bloods, just to make sure all was in order and I hadn’t ovulated. The extra monitoring made me feel a bit more secure – it’s reassuring to know exactly what your body is doing. To see your insides and your blood tests correlating.
I have a handful of follicles over 10mm. We want them to be 20mm or more for collection, and I have six.
Six follicles. Knowing that my ovarian reserve is low, six feels both like a triumph and an epic let down. I feel like my body isn’t doing what it’s meant to and it’s got to be out to foil me somehow.
Still, with the bloods and the scans we have tentatively set a date for two days time. Which means a whole host of injections tonight, the last of the menopur (the stims) first, the last of the orgulatran (the downregs) an hour later, and the trigger shot (mature the eggs) bang on 36 hours before I go in.
I’m nervous. Excited for this round to be over, but nervous. Bonus though, no shots for tomorrow. I’m very excited about that! The end is in sight and oh, I’m so hopeful!
Fingers crossed all goes well!