tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769839239037525722024-03-06T17:05:50.195+13:00A and D (don't) have a babyOur journey to becoming parents through IVF has ended without the result we wanted. This blog is a journal of our fertility treatment, the highs and lows, the science and the emotion.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-11418466888155542452016-02-06T13:25:00.005+13:002016-02-06T13:36:56.955+13:00LowToday REM's song "Low" feels just right. Sometimes I feel okay about not having children; it feels like life will go on and there will be other things.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>But at other times - when there have been a few too many baby pictures on Facebook and a few too many happy families on television and just not enough screaming children annoying me at the library, I start to feel a bit sorry for myself. I don't like missing out on all of that stuff - and I am. I don't like having my life turn out this way. I don't like not having to be able to make my own choices. And it makes me feel low.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-76471728439692405952015-12-11T13:01:00.000+13:002016-02-06T13:38:03.194+13:00Feedback invitation<i>Dear A and D</i><br />
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would appreciate your feedback and I enclose our freepost questionnaire - and a tea bag to help give you a refreshing break while you answer it. Thank you for your time.</i><br />
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<i>If you prefer you may complete the questionnaire online through our
website [address]. The Patient Satisfaction Survey is located in the
secure section of our website. You will be required to register on the
site to access this. If you have any comments you would rather make
personally you can contact me on [number].</i><br />
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<i>If your treatment cycle is completed our contact with you may be less frequent. We are however always interested to hear how you are going. Should you continue treatment with us in the future, we look forward to welcoming you back.</i><br />
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<i>With my best wishes... </i></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-46515665389947857352015-12-09T12:54:00.000+13:002015-12-29T12:57:54.534+13:00Letter from Dr Mc<i>Dear A and D</i><br />
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<i>I really enjoyed our conversation today. Unfortunately we haven't had success with the most recent embryo. You have had a long period of treatment and we ran through a lot of things today. You are aware of your options going forward and at this stage have elected not to have further treatment.</i><br />
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<a name='more'></a><i>I am very supportive of your decision. If you did elect to have further treatment I think you would certainly have to look at donor eggs and donor embryos. We discussed management of your periods and endometriosis. You are still having some pain and I have given you some Buscopan to see if this can help with some of the spasm type symptoms you have. If the pain is becoming a problem down the track please be referred through to me at Wellington Hospital and I would be happy to have a look at things.</i><br />
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<i>Once again it [has] been an absolute pleasure to look after you both. I look forward to seeing you down the track.</i><br />
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<i>All the best and kind regards</i><br />
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<i>Yours sincerely ...</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-18956517475160650142015-11-23T13:08:00.000+13:002015-12-08T08:09:01.568+13:00ResultMy pregnancy test was negative.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-19677661447938365852015-11-23T10:07:00.000+13:002015-12-08T08:07:51.348+13:00Blood testThis morning I got started early and drove to a nearby city for my pregnancy blood test.<br />
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Anyway, the blood test went smoothly with no problems and I made my way home to wait for the call with the result.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-38239709770666402392015-11-12T20:10:00.000+13:002015-11-24T16:19:30.865+13:00The final transferThis morning I drove into the city and picked D up from work and we went to the clinic to have our last frozen embryo transferred.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>I had been instructed by the nurse to drink 750ml of water before I left home and then another 750ml while I drove, which I did, but by the time we got to the clinic I was getting worried that I couldn't hang on! Our appointment was at 12 noon but we were kept waiting for about ten minutes before Nurse E called us in. She gave us some information and instructions - mainly about assuming that I am pregnant unless a test tells us otherwise - and then A, the lab technician, came in to show us a photograph of our embryo. She said that it had thawed well and that everything looked fine. By that time, I really needed to go to the toilet, so she suggested that I go and let out a little bit of urine, just enough to allow me to hang on until after the transfer. I did that but obviously not enough!<br />
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We were taken into a dressing room, where I took off the lower half of my clothes and put on a gown, and then Nurse C took us into the theatre, where we met A again and Dr A. The whole time I was really wanting to go to the toilet and was getting increasingly anxious. But the procedure couldn't be postponed and, even though I was very uncomfortable and beginning to panic, Dr A went ahead. Unfortunately I don't remember anything about what he was doing because I was concentrating so hard on not peeing all over him! After A passed him the embryo, she talked me through breathing in through my nose and out through my mouth to calm me down. When he was finished, she checked that the embryo had been transferred and, as soon as I was allowed to, I ran to the toilet. Much relief!<br />
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Afterwards, I got dressed and we left the clinic. I dropped D back at work and then drove home. So I won't be having a wine with dinner tonight and I will be trying not to get too stressed! My pregnancy test is ten days away on Monday week. I have to go to another city for the blood test because my small town will not be able to process it in time, but I should have the result sometime that afternoon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-38377541325276677902015-11-07T14:38:00.000+13:002015-11-24T16:18:13.042+13:00ScanThis morning I had a very early start. I woke at 5am and left home at 6.30am to pick D up from the airport (he'd been in another city for a friend's father's funeral). Then we made our way to the clinic for an ultrasound at 8.40am. We were disappointed to discover that the parking directly outside the building has now been turned into a pedestrian/seating area! I'm glad we found out on a quiet Saturday morning.<br />
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The scan was straightforward and there were no problems. It was performed by a doctor I don't think we'd met before, who introduced himself to us only by his first name. When I was about to have the scan, he handed me the wand and I didn't really understand why - it turned out he wanted me to insert it myself and seemed rather surprised when I said I was happy for him to do it! We were finished within about ten minutes.<br />
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On the way out we spoke to Nurse C, who gave me some progesterone pessaries and told me that she'd call me this afternoon to let me know when to start taking them. Then I had a quick blood test and we went to do some shopping and then home.<br />
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Nurse C has just called to let me know that everything was fine with my scan and blood test. She told me to keep taking the Progynova tablets three times a day and to start using the pessaries, also three times a day, from tomorrow morning. The embryo transfer will happen on Thursday, five days away, and one of the laboratory staff will call me the day before to let me know exactly when.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-68049808600401215552015-10-27T08:10:00.002+13:002015-10-27T08:10:42.407+13:00Day 1 ... for the last timeSo it's my last ever day 1 (well, there will be others but I won't be counting them). This morning I'll call the clinic and start progynova and in a couple of weeks we'll transfer our last frostie. Frankly, I'm not hopeful. Chances feel so small right now. I think we'll be glad to finally move on with life, whether it's as two or three. In the meantime, it's nurofen and wheat packs for me today!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-66218065367607863492015-04-22T15:54:00.000+12:002015-04-22T15:54:31.119+12:00A letter from Dr McDear A and D<br />
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I'm so sorry I didn't catch up with you last Monday. It sounds like you had a bit of a rough time at the public hospital and I apologise for that.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>A, you haven't had a significant improvement in pain as yet. I do hope things improve in the next wee while and I would encourage you to remain positive. Not all patients will have an improvement in pain but given the severity of the resection I would feel quite disappointed if you didn't have a significant improvement in pain.<br />
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You are looking at proceeding with an embryo transfer in the next month or two. You are going to have a think about whether you want to go ahead and from my point of view I am happy with whatever suits you best. I have set you up for a manufactured cycle and one of my nurses will give you a call in the next few days to run through things.<br />
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Please don't hesitate to get in touch if there are any questions or concerns. Otherwise I look forward to seeing you down the track.<br />
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Yours sincerely ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-39383141237357541332015-04-14T15:26:00.000+12:002015-04-16T15:27:35.749+12:00... and a conversation with Nurse LThis afternoon, again earlier than expected, Nurse L called from the clinic to talk about our frozen embryo transfer. I explained that I hadn't yet had a chance to discuss the possibilities with D, but we talked a bit about it anyway.<br />
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Nurse L told me that she would put some consent forms and a Progynova prescription in the mail for us and we agreed that I'll call her back on Friday afternoon to let her know what D and I have decided to do.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-32682972616071602452015-04-14T11:18:00.000+12:002015-04-16T15:24:26.983+12:00A conversation with Dr Mc...This morning, earlier than expected, I got a call from Dr Mc. First of all we talked about our experience at the hospital appointment - he was very apologetic - and then we discussed my recovery.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>I'd been very disappointed to get so much pain with my last few periods and the doctor at the hospital had told us it could take up to six months to recover fully. Dr Mc disagreed and said he wouldn't expect it to take that long. He would hope for an improvement soon. I'm not feeling quite so positive, but we'll see!<br />
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Then he surprised me by suggesting that we go ahead with our frozen embryo transfer as soon as possible! I really did expect him to want to wait a few months. It might work out to go ahead soon, but it would be terribly inconvenient because we're in the process of buying a house and moving, so I think we might wait until we have dealt with all of that first. I told Dr Mc that D and I would have to discuss this and decide what was best. He would like us to do a manufactured cycle, which will involve taking medications rather than waiting for me to ovulate naturally. It seems best, given my short cycle (21-22 days at the moment).<br />
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Dr Mc told me that one of his nurses would call me in the next few days to find out what we'd decided and to talk us through the process. It feels good to be back on the treadmill. I have been feeling increasingly tired of this journey and it is nice to see the end in sight, no matter which way it turns out in the end.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-8845700059728361532015-03-30T23:53:00.000+13:002015-04-07T13:55:00.845+12:00Hospital reviewToday we went to the hospital for a review appointment with Dr Mc after my laparoscopy/hysteroscopy in January. It was a very frustrating afternoon!<br />
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<a name='more'></a>To start off with, we had to wait for an hour and a quarter after our appointment time before we saw anyone. We later found out that they were short-staffed that day and had a lot of patients to see, but we kept inquiring and were never told it would take so long. So we were feeling a bit bad-tempered by the time it was our turn!<br />
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Then we had a second surprise - Dr Mc was away sick and so we saw another doctor who hadn't been present at my surgery. He apologised profusely, but we had wanted to speak to Dr Mc to find out about the next steps on our fertility journey. All this doctor was able to do was to show us the photos taken during the laparoscopy and to tell me that they think they got all the endometriosis. He didn't seem particularly interested in my recovery. We were fairly disappointed.<br />
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I'd had a couple of really painful periods since the surgery and I wanted to understand how long this would go on for, assuming that the problem is fixed. The doctor told me that it would take three to six months before all the healing was complete. We weren't happy to hear this. We hadn't been told this before and unfortunately we were expecting to be able to move on more quickly than that.<br />
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So we left the appointment feeling frustrated and disappointed. It would've been so much better to see Dr Mc and to make a plan for the future. The doctor we saw said that he would ask Dr Mc to call us to arrange another appointment. I won't be holding my breath! I think I will chase him up in a week or two. We don't want to wait forever.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-11376031822034497862015-01-31T10:39:00.000+13:002015-01-31T10:39:12.231+13:00Stomach selfie!Day five - still quite badly bruised! But I'm not sore at all and all four wound sites are healing nicely. I don't think my tummy button will ever look the same again...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-1526259321483797412015-01-29T08:24:00.003+13:002015-01-29T08:24:36.651+13:00RecoveringIt's now three days after my surgery and I'm feeling pretty good. A bit dopey at times, thanks to the Tramadole painkillers I've been prescribed, but my wound sites are healing nicely and I haven't had any real pain, just some tightness. I also have an old shoulder injury which has suddenly worsened and that's not helping me sleep well. I've been hunching over a bit and I need to concentrate on my posture more. Today I will make an appointment to follow up with Dr Mc.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-57380849040497801272015-01-27T17:47:00.000+13:002015-01-27T17:47:14.231+13:00Laparoscopy/hysteroscopyAfter a morning spent deciding what to pack (too many books!), D and I went to the hospital in the city for my surgery at noon. First we went to the surgical admissions area, where I was weighed and checked and had a conversation with the anaesthetist. He explained about the procedure with the anaesthetic and the risks and I needed to sign some consent forms. He told us that the length of the operation depended on how much endometrosis, if any, they found, but that there was one person ahead of me in the queue so we would have to wait for a little while.<br />
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Around 1.45pm, we were taken into an examination room where I got changed into a gown, said goodbye to D and was taken into another room where I lay on a bed with a special warming apparatus that blew warm air over me under a thick blanket. This was to keep my body temperature up and make my veins easy to access. While I was resting there, Dr Mc came to talk to me about the surgery. He explained the hysteroscopy and the laparoscopy and the possibility that the surgery could all be over quickly if they didn't find anything or, if they found a lot that needed to be fixed, they could be quite a while.<br />
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Then I was wheeled into the operating theatre. I remember the big lights, the narrow table and a lot of people looking very busy getting ready. A couple of nurses put a line in my hand and stuck some sensors on my head and various parts of my body. Then the anaesthetist gave me an oxygen mask and told me to breath deeply while he injected the anaesthetic. I was asleep pretty quickly.<br />
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I don't remember much about immediately after the operation. Dr Mc later told me that I woke up very quickly and was very wriggly and caused them a few chuckles! D came to visit me and I was taken up to a ward. The next thing I remember is lying in bed, quite comfortable (though with a catheter, a drip in my hand and oxygen prongs in my nose), trying to stay awake while I listened to some music on my phone. It didn't really work and I slept fairly well all night. I woke quite often but wasn't in pain and it was mostly the machines beeping and the various noises around the ward. I was sharing a two-bed room with another young woman. We talked to each other occasionally but didn't actually meet until the morning when we drew the curtains. It was good to share the room with her and to not be in a big room with lots of others.<br />
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I woke for the final time just before 6am and listened to the radio and tried to read for a while. I had a little bit of breakfast and a shower. Then the other surgeon who assisted Dr Mc came to see me. She explained that they'd found a lot of endometriosis and she showed me some pictures. There were big patches on my uterus, front and back, and a bit on my bowel. But they got it all out and were very happy with the result. She said it was okay for me to go home as long as I felt up to it, so I rang D and he came and got me. We were home by 10am, which was much better than expected!<br />
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This afternoon my mother came to look after me because D had a meeting and I took a nap. I feel pretty good, a bit bashed around but no pain. I have four wounds on my tummy where the laparoscope and instruments were put in - quite a big one in my tummy button, two on each side and one below. I have plenty of painkillers and I still feel a bit dopey from the anaesthetic. I am hoping recovery will be quick! I will make an appointment to see Dr Mc in four to five weeks. Overall, it was a much quicker and more painless procedure than I could've hoped for - and with any luck I won't have any more painful periods and might even get pregnant.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-85516995705267916532014-12-17T18:00:00.000+13:002014-12-18T06:01:17.002+13:00Pre-operation assessment - and a change of planThis morning I drove to the hospital in the city for my pre-operation assessment. First up was an ECG at the cardiology department. It went very smoothly. I am familiar with ECGs but I haven't had one in a while. The results showed nothing unexpected.<br />
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Then I found my way to the women's health department for an appointment with a gynacologist. I saw D, a booking co-ordinator - I think - who took me through the process for my surgery next week. She asked me lots of questions and also gave me more information on the laparoscopy. I am also going to have a hysteroscopy at the same time, which will involve the same sort of procedure but will look through the vagina at the uterus rather than looking through the abdominal wall. The whole operation will take about an hour and a half. We are not sure yet whether it will be in the morning or the afternoon, but if it is the morning I may not have to stay overnight.<br />
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After that, I saw the anaesthetist. She asked me a lot more questions and we talked about my medical history. Before I left the hospital, I had a quick blood test, and then I drove home.<br />
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However, just after I got back, I received a call from D at the hospital. She explained that the anaesthetist would prefer me to have the surgery at the hospital in the city, rather than the smaller hospital nearer my home, because of my cardiac history and also because when I had my wisdom teeth out earlier this year I apparently required extra sedation. She is not concerned, but would just like to have the extra resources and expertise available at the main hospital. My surgery will now not happen next week, but has been moved to 26 January.<br />
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I am disappointed about this. It would have been nice to get the surgery out of the way next week and then to have the Christmas break to recover. And I liked the idea of being in the smaller hospital nearby. But at least this way we have a bit more certainty about the date, although I still won't find out exactly what time of the day the operation will happen until closer to the time. I only wish the anaesthetist had looked at my notes and made her decision before we'd planned for next week!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-28047845003247385292014-12-10T08:23:00.000+13:002014-12-18T06:02:07.683+13:00A call from the hospitalYesterday morning a lady from the booking department at the hospital rang me to let me know the date of my laparoscopy - 23 December - yes, two days before Christmas! I'm glad it will happen so soon, but I hope I can still eat my Christmas dinner with my family rather than spend the day in hospital. It is planned that I will be in for only one night, though. The surgery will be at a hospital near our home. I asked for more information, like what time I would need to report to the hospital, but I was told I would find that out later.
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First, though, I have to go to the city's main hospital for some pre-admission checks on Wednesday next week with the cardiologist, a gynaecologist and an anaesthetist. It will take a whole morning. Unfortunately the lady didn't give me very much information before she ended the call, so I had to call back to find out exactly where to go. I have never been to this hospital before. Luckily, I got some directions, found out about parking and ascertained that there was nothing I needed to bring or do beforehand. I was told that this information wouldn't be sent to me in writing, so I took careful notes!<br />
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This morning I received a text message from the cardiology department to let me know about the appointment, and in the mail I received a set of documents from the hospital with all the details of the other appointments. So much for not being sent anything in writing! The documents also told me that I needed to ring the hospital the afternoon before the day of surgery to find out what time to be there. That doesn't give us very much time to plan. D needs to work that day - but I guess we'll figure it out and hope I find out more next week.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-79693799492357283222014-10-31T09:05:00.000+13:002014-11-05T09:06:19.599+13:00Letter from Dr McDear A and D<br />
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It was really nice to see you both again today. We went through your most recent IVF cycle. Unfortunately we did not have success with the fresh embryo but we have one further remaining in the laboratory which is a good result.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>I went through your history in some detail to really try and establish whether we may be missing something. In summary, my feeling is that before replacing this last embryo we should look at performing a laparoscopy and hysteroscopy to see if there are any factors inside the pelvis and uterus which could be impacting on your chances of success. I am highly suspicious of endometriosis and this can affect implantation through outer gene expression. What I mean by that is that the uterus does not recognise the embryo as appropriately as it should.<br />
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I have referred you to [hospital]. Please come to see me here following the operation and we will look at proceeding with the frozen embryo to try and gain the benefit of the hysteroscopy in terms of the endometrial scratch.<br />
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Fingers crossed we get the right result.<br />
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All the best and kind regards...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-83872316750917991232014-10-30T17:20:00.000+13:002014-10-30T17:20:23.086+13:00Review appointmentThis morning we drove into the city for our review appointment with Dr Mc. He was 20 minutes late, which annoyed D a bit, but I think he had been held up unexpectedly.<br />
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We briefly discussed the possible reasons for our failure and, simply put, there isn't one. It's likely to be a combination of reasons. However, because Dr Mc wants to make sure we've tried everything, he would like me to have a laparoscopy before we try transferring the frozen embryo. He feels that I do have endometriosis and that this would clear it up and help with embryo implantation. I'd been kept up last night for several hours because of menstrual pain, so it was easy to describe that symptom! It will involve a general anaesthetic and a night in hospital and the waiting time is around three months.<br />
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Before I left the clinic, I filled out some forms for the hospital. I will be notified of a date when one is available and then I need to email Dr Mc and arrange a post-surgery appointment. He will probably do the surgery, but it could also be Dr M.<br />
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I think D was a bit taken aback by this news. We haven't discussed it yet and he was probably just as surprised as I was. However, at least we are another step forward and there is plenty of time to come to terms with the idea.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-83848467157478979992014-10-22T17:31:00.000+13:002014-10-22T17:31:08.844+13:00Letter from Dr McDear A and D<br />
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I am just following up having come back from the school holidays. I am sorry that you have not conceived but happy there is a frozen embryo and fingers crossed, touch wood, we will get some success there.<br />
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I see you are coming to see me on the 30th October. Let's have a chat then and see what else we can do to try and improve your chances of success.<br />
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All the best and kind regards.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>This afternoon a nurse rang from the clinic with the result: negative. I sent D a text message and he rang me back and I gave him the news. I am annoyed, but not surprised. I don't yet feel sad or angry, but I assume that that will come. D feels much the same, I think.<br />
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I guess this is for two reasons. After I started bleeding on Friday and it turned into something much like a period, we were both sure that that wasn't good. Also, we have a frozen embryo available for transfer and there's no reason we can't get on with another attempt as soon as is feasible. We'll see what happens after some time to allow life to return to normal.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-60752826251307719332014-10-05T11:51:00.000+13:002014-10-06T07:52:20.809+13:00Uh-ohOn Friday afternoon I started spotting. Just pink loo paper, nothing too much to worry about, but by last night it had turned into light bleeding. This morning I was sure something was wrong. I've had post-implantation bleeding before but this was bright red and more like a period.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>I rang the clinic and left a message and an hour or so later Nurse L called back. She didn't sound too worried but she agreed that it would be better to have the pregnancy test tomorrow instead of waiting until Tuesday.<br />
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D and I feeling very pessimistic at this stage. We have prepared ourselves for a negative result and would be very surprised by anything else - but it won't feel real until after the test. I will go to the lab first thing tomorrow morning and we should hear by mid-afternoon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-26757066530767656212014-10-03T15:35:00.002+13:002014-10-03T15:35:46.096+13:00Checking inThis morning I got a call from S at the clinic's lab, just to see how everything is going and to wish us luck for Tuesday's test. I had no questions but it was nice of her to do that!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476983923903752572.post-82131138815520642062014-09-30T15:38:00.000+13:002014-10-03T15:46:03.183+13:00Letter from the labDear A and D<br />
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Thank you for having IVF treatment at [clinic]. I'm writing on behalf of the laboratory team with a brief summary of the embryology from this cycle.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Date of egg collection - 22/09/14<br />
Number of eggs collected - 14<br />
Method of insemination - ICSI<br />
Number of eggs suitable for insemination using ICSI - 10<br />
Number of eggs fertilised normally - 5<br />
Number of embryos transferred to the uterus - 1 <br />
Number of embryos suitable for freezing and frozen for future use - 1<br />
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We have followed your instructions on your consent form regarding any eggs and embryos not suitable for freezing.<br />
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The storage of frozen embryos is limited to ten years under the Human Assisted Reproduction Technology (HART) Act 2004. An application to extend storage can be made to the Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ECART) at least 6 months before the 10 year period ends. Please remember to keep in contact with [clinic] and to tell us of every change of address so we can keep in touch while you have embryos, eggs or sperm stored.<br />
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You still have frozen sperm stored for the option of future treatment.<br />
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If you have any questions about this summary of your recent cycle, please feel free to contact us and we will arrange a suitable time to call and discuss this with you in more detail.<br />
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We wish you the very best.<br />
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Yours sincerely ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0