Hey girls,
Well, I made it to EC - yay! I haven't been around the last few days coz I've just been so pi**ed off with this whole thing - we are trying a short protocol, and one of the things they said can go wrong with this is that you can ovulate ahead of schedule - and of course if that happens you have to cancel. Some of the b/ts came back and looked like this might have happened - but of course it's unclear. So it's been in for b/ts every day since, scans and everything, and they basically couldn't tell me whether EC was going ahead until this morning, half an hour before I was booked in - went in for a final scan at 7.30, it didn't look like I'd ovulated, so at 7.45 I went off to the hospital to be checked in.
Even though it worked out OK (so far), I have gotten to the point where I feel like I can't take any more of the uncertainty associated with this whole thing, I am really at the end of my ability to cope, so I've just been falling into bed at the end of the day and trying to sleep - I feel like all I do is go to work and think about IVF. I can't seem to do anything else.
Anyway, I DID make it this far

. So far so good, they got 10 eggs, out of 15 or so follies. It's the best I've ever done, so the short protocol seems to have worked for us. I would certainly recommend it. I feel OK, bit sore but nothing too bad. Just lying around on the couch watching trashy TV and drinking water. Now for the next killer part, waiting to see how many fertilised. We are doing ICSI, so hopefully that will improve our chances there.
Joy - didn't realise you were doing EC today as well! Hope it went well for you. How are you feeling? Since you're doing blastocycts as well, is you ET on Monday? That's when mine (hoping with all my might) will be. Is this your first go? If it doesn't work (which of course it will, but just if), they can up your dose next time. I started with 125 on my first cycle and now am on 300 - I'm also a really poor responder, and I don't even have anything to blame!
Toni - glad AF's arrived! Well done!
Sphie-Jane - you sound so positive, I'm really pleased for you. 3rd time lucky for both of us - coming up!
Julie - sorry about the delay. So are you just carrying on sniffing until the test results come back?
How long does/is everyone have off work after EC? First time I only took 2 days and that wasn't enough, second time took 3 days but actually felt OK on day 3. This time I've got 2, but I might work from home on Day 3 - compromise. What does everyone else think? Even if I feel fine, I find I can't really concentrate anyway, so I may as well not be there (my boss doesn't see it that way....)
Blimey, this is a long one! Take care all,
Jaye