MY CYCLE & #2 IVF SCHEDULED

 Hey ladies!

So yes, we will be doing a IVF #2 Fresh Cycle again!

I wanted to collect as many good embryos to be frozen.

So after my failed IVF #1 I decide to look onto some supplements that I could consume.

And I found this..

So i decide to give this a try!

I needed to take 2 tabs daily & it was a struggle for the LIGHT PINK TABLET!!

The smell was horrible & i needed to break it into half as I wasn't able to swallow that big pill!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

So I took it religiously since I had the negative results on 14th May 2020 till July 2020, and currently it's now August, I am gonna start taking them again. I wasn't sure why I didn't continue straight till now, maybe due to the COVID and my order got stuck for a few weeks which made me stopped.

But!! I wanted to share this! My period seems to be coming on the dot!!

April 2020 - 11th April 2020

May 2020 - 12th May 2020

June 2020 - 13th June 2020

July 2020 - 14th July 2020

August 2020 - 15th August 2020

I can pretty much predict my September 2020 period is on 16th? LOL!!!!!!

So yeah! I was happy!! This got to do with my METFORMIN 500mg intake!

So on 23rd July 2020, i did my HBA1C and it came back 6.7mmol/L which is still acceptable to do the IVF cycle. They wanted it to be less than 7mmol/L.

I am pretty sure that currently it is going more downward. I have been taking Metformin regularly.

So, I called up my IVF dept and they already scheduled it to be done next month SEPTEMBER 2020, probably 16th September 2020 once my period comes.

Me & Mountain Bear need to drop by to get a blood test done for HIV. And I will continue doing the injections again! The last cycle I recalled doing it for 11 days? It wasn't that long compared to IUI.. That was tough!

Mountain Bear has been busy with his work as well. July & August was very draining for him. Somehow I felt that God knows when is the perfect time to get these all done.. I could imagine the stress level that he has to go through with his work & our wants to have a baby during this Covid period. He is also a frontliner for the engineering side & has been on frequent 24hours standby! Can you imagine the amount of sleep he gets? 3-4 hours daily. And only 1 day off every 2 weeks! Wicked isn't it? But September 2020, his manager did mentioned that he could take a long leave.. And I told him, why not take them during the period we are getting our #2 IVF done? It was a great plan!

So yeah! Now, we just have to wait. I just finished my menses for August and it is 6 days before September arrives.. I am so ready to get these cycle going! I even told the Dr,

"I AM STILL IN THE MOOD TO GET INJECTED, SO WHY NOT DO A FRESH CYCLE AGAIN?"

She laughed!! She never heard any patient of hers saying such word with excitements!!

I am weird.. LOL!!!

Oh well, i know what to expect.. The pain, the probes up into my vagina.. But again, it's much better than IUI.. I only have to go through 4-5 scans each cycle for IVF? While IUI almost daily.. 

Ok ladies! I will update you guys again! I promises, it will be a motivation on updating this blog!

Till we read again! XOXO

TRANSFER DAY & #1 IVF FAILED

 Hey ladies!

I really wanted to apologize on the long pause from this blog..

Mostly due to my work and the post egg retrieval procedure, I was having alot of discomforts

30th April 2020, Thursday 10.30am

So 5 days after the egg retrieval, we went down to do our Day 5 Blastocyst transfer.

I needed to have my bladder full before the transfer and it's a struggle! LOL!!

I was already bloated from the injections & progesterone, I needed to get my bladder full.

So we went over, sat down and waited.

At this point I was pretty convinced that it will be a success! But I wasn't sure if the OHSS symptoms might interfere with the process..

My Dr actually advice us to give it a skip and come back next month to do the Frozen Transfer.

But since she mentioned that I currently have 2 eggs which has reached early Blastocyst stage currently, why not just transfer 1?

And we did just that, feeling that the journey down to the dept isn't a waste..

So i was told to de-gown & sit down on examination bed while Mountain Bear sat at the side of the wall, being with me as we waited for the embryologist sucking the Blastocyst into a fine flexible needle and straight to our room.. 

So I lay down like a Turkey ready to be stuffed with fillings, with my legs wide open and the speculum is inserted, I saw my womb on the screen next to me.. I didn't knew my womb looked normal, just like the others.. LOL!!!

So our Dr slowly advance in the flexible needles into my womb & i could see it on the screen..

Then slowly she push the end of the needle and I saw a white dot being transferred into my womb..

"And that's the blastocyst.. That's your baby!" said our Dr.

I wasn't in pain nor felt anything when this procedure was done. So I lay down for 5 minutes while the nurse explained to me on my Egg count..

So she mentioned they collected 17 eggs, 16 were fertilized, 8 made it to Day 3, 6 were still growing till Day 4, and currently we have 2 eggs that made it to Day 5 Early Blastocyst. 

So 1 is inserted to me, the other one will be frozen for my next cycle if I needed it..

I was pretty upset to hear I only had 1 egg able to be frozen. I couldn't complaint as I knew, I wasn't well prepared on prepping my body or eggs during the whole cycle..

So we went home and I rested. I was super super sleepy!!! I slept pretty much alot and Mountain Bear came over to me to check if i'm still breathing! LOL!

So I was suppose to get my blood test done on the 14th May 2020, but then on 12th May, I started bleeding.. I was super super super upset... but after that cry, I began to accept it..

Definitely it was hard.. I knew it.. I felt that the OHSS has something to do with it.. My body was constantly trying to recover.. And I was easily tired. But still, I need to get the blood test done..

So on 14th May, I went down and had the blood done at 8am.. At 12 noon, she called and said that my results were 3.0 which is a negative for BETA.

I took a break, Mountain Bear was very supportive of me.. He seen me going through every needles after needles being poke into my battle war belly site, the moan and tears, he was there to see it.. And I was pretty much.....................blocked up in my emotions................

Like I was.....................why............................why................................

So i return back to work, and my workmates were very very very supportive and even my Dr was supportive and telling me it's all good, don't give up!

I lose 6kg during these period.... But yeah, I knew one day we will get that bean to stick in me.. LOL!

So please look forward on my next post for the latest progression and process!

Till then ladies! XOXO