Well we've made it to day 7 of the stimulating injections. Injection 6 is over and it's onto number 7 tonight - the last one before the follicle scan tomorrow.
I don't know whether it's my pain threshold lowering as we go on, but the injections do seem to be getting a bit more stingy. Maybe it's because I'm running out of places to jab now on my tummy. Still - could be worse, I guess.
I'm definitely feeling something going on in my womb/ovary area now. I feel kind of heavy in my womb, with a few dull twinges of pain from time to time. I actually feel bloated, butI don't look bloated, if you know what I mean?
Tomorrow morning is something that is making me anxious. What if they find only a few small follicles and think I'm not responding very well? As 25% of our embryos will statistically be affected with Cystic Fibrosis, we really need a good crop of eggs so that if some do fall by the wayside, we still have a decent number. Please, please let my body be behaving itself and producing lots of great quality eggs.
Maybe tomorrow they'll be able to give us an idea of when egg collection may be. We can then start counting down towards that. I'm guessing that it will be Monday or Tuesday next week, based on average cycles.
In the meantime, plenty of water, plenty of milk, and plenty of protein to get the eggs growing. Also hot water bottles on my tummy as often as I can to encourage egg development.
Hopefully my next post will bring some good news about the scan. . . .
I don't know whether it's my pain threshold lowering as we go on, but the injections do seem to be getting a bit more stingy. Maybe it's because I'm running out of places to jab now on my tummy. Still - could be worse, I guess.
I'm definitely feeling something going on in my womb/ovary area now. I feel kind of heavy in my womb, with a few dull twinges of pain from time to time. I actually feel bloated, butI don't look bloated, if you know what I mean?
Tomorrow morning is something that is making me anxious. What if they find only a few small follicles and think I'm not responding very well? As 25% of our embryos will statistically be affected with Cystic Fibrosis, we really need a good crop of eggs so that if some do fall by the wayside, we still have a decent number. Please, please let my body be behaving itself and producing lots of great quality eggs.
Maybe tomorrow they'll be able to give us an idea of when egg collection may be. We can then start counting down towards that. I'm guessing that it will be Monday or Tuesday next week, based on average cycles.
In the meantime, plenty of water, plenty of milk, and plenty of protein to get the eggs growing. Also hot water bottles on my tummy as often as I can to encourage egg development.
Hopefully my next post will bring some good news about the scan. . . .
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