I got my prostap injection on 4th January and started gonal f injections on 23rd January these ones seem to be a lot more painful than last cycle not really sure why, maybe I am not being as gentle as then and I have some lovely bruises on belly. I am praying both of my ovaries play ball this time so I can get a decent amount of eggs. This cycle they are doing ICSI due to the lack of fertilisation last time so fingers crossed I will get to transfer.
I am due back at Clinic on Friday 01/02 for a scan & bloods to see if I am ready for Egg Collection and if I am it should go ahead on Monday 04/02 :) back at Nuffield as my clinic's lab is still closed. Im not complaining its very plush and we got treated very well last time.
While I was there for my Prostap the Nurse mentioned that she thought this was an NHS cycle as they had brought all the March appointments forward! I wasnt notified. Anyway she checked with the consultant and it was agreed that I could get this cycle on NHS (I still had one more go anyway) so the other day we got a cheque in to refund our money yay!
Another reason I hadnt updated as much during this cycle is my Mum passed away on 23rd December. It was pretty sudden after a week in hospital. She was diabetic and her blood sugar had gone through the roof and they also thought she had a stroke. She was in a diabetic coma for 5 days and her kidneys started to fail. The consultant told us she wasnt to to get better and gave her days. On the Friday when my sister and I went in to see her she was awake and sitting up, we couldnt believe it. We had one day with her and I am so glad she woke up so she knew we were there and we had a chance to speak with her. The next day she developed an infection in her chest and started deteriorating quickly and we were told it was only a matter of time now. She was starting to get some pain so they gave her some morphine to help and she was also on oxygen. My other sister and aunt came back to the hospital and we stayed with her until she passed away in the early hours of the Sunday peacefully in her sleep.
I did have second thoughts about carrying on with this cycle but as I had already paid (this was when I thought it was still a private cycle) I knew there would be charges for cancelling and I knew my Mum would want me to go ahead with it.
Next update next week when I hopefully have good news re eggs collected an fert report :)
