Day 37 of IVF Cycle
6 days since Embryo Transfer
11 days to PG test
Thankfully, I got signed off for 2 weeks yesterday by my GP. I feel so relieved and that I can find a bit of time to relax and chill out. I should be back at work a couple of days after our test result.
I had another really tearful day yesterday. OH was at home and we ended up falling out. He's giving me tough love at the moment as he's worried that I'm just going to completely collapse if he lets me. He says that I'm so strong normally it's strange to see me acting like a "wet fart". It felt to me like he didn't believe I was struggling. We made up in the end though. I hate arguments.
Interestingly, GP said that the progesterone which is one of my injections would make me feel low. Maybe it is all hormones!
OH's Mum is still really poorly. Doc said to the boys last night that they are doing their best, but that sometimes that isn't enough. That shocked them all really badly especially OH's older brother who is struggling with it all. They are talking about doing a tracheotomy to help her with her breathing, although I don't think they've had to do that as yet. Last night she was talking a bit although it was really hard to hear her with the oxygen mask covering her face.
You may remember horrid younger brother of OH, who refused point blank to visit his Dad when he was in hospital recently. OH rang me earlier, apparently he's finally shown up to visit his Mum. May have had something to do with the mouthful he got off OH's older brother last night. It's a terrible time for the family to be falling out, although the rest of us are pulling together. I've been making a big pot of stew to take over tonight so that we all manage to get a decent meal instead of toast.
I talk so much about the emotional aspects of IVF, I thought I'd say something about the physical. My figure is almost back to normal now. The stimulation drugs make you bloat up really badly as your ovaries expand hugely. It was really tender and loose jogging bottoms were all I could bear to wear. I've definitely put some weight on during this time, mostly due to lack of exercise I think. Maybe half a stone or so. I've got a bit of a pot belly now although normally I'm blessed with a flat stomach.
I've got lots of bruises on my bum from the progesterone injections, the most recent ones are raised and lumpy although that goes down. I've also got bruises on my stomach from the stimulation injections and blood thinning injections. The bruise on the back of my hand from the needle they used to inject sedatives into me during the egg collection has almost gone. I've also got bruises in the crooks of both elbows where they've been taking blood from me for the blood tests. The nurse just picks the least bruised one to draw from!
Thankfully fluid balance (pee jug) seems to be settling down at last. I have another appointment tomorrow for a blood test and they'll check things again then. Slightly disappointing thing is that they don't look at blood for signs of pregnancy. Oh well, not long to wait now.
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/ Yay! We have transferred top quality embryos. Then in an article discussing the emotional side of infertility "The reality is that the majority of cycles are unsuccesful...". 
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