I've finally got through all my injections, did my trigger shot last night and I have my egg collection tomorrow morning. I am really nervous as it's my first cycle and have no idea what to expect.
Apparently my left ovary isn't looking bad with 4 or 5 big follicles, but my right side there is barely one. My endometriosis has been on my left ovary so the eggs on my left might not even be great quality.
Transfer depends on how many good embies we get as I have blood in my left tube due to endo. If there are enough embryos we could transfer one just to see how it goes and freeze rest. Blood in tube could halve the chance of implantation. If we don't get many eggs, it'll be freeze all and wait for surgery to clip/remove my tube. Which will involve more waiting around for surgery date, then recovery time, then more medication... of course I could get no fertilisation at all!
Gosh there's so many ways this could go wrong and my journey of trying even the first time could be prolonged even further. It's been three years already just trying to get to stage where I can begin IVF. I'm so nervous and trying to be positive but I'm totally pooping my pants at the same time!! 😣
How do you guys keep yourself grounded when there's potential for so much to go wrong?? X
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Good luck try stay positive a positive mind always helps with a positive reaction the body picks up on these things I have my very first consultation march29 th x
Wishing you the best of luck for collection hun. I had mine on Friday and I keep driving myself crazy with questions in my head. But as my OH said. Atm it’s completely out of our hands until/if we have one for transfer on Wednesday.
Thank you for your reply, lovely. Yes your OH is right, we've done what we can and the rest is out of our hands. I've got all the crazy questions and my husband seems so calm and has fallen asleep with no trouble!! Praying for a successful transfer for you on Wednesday X X X
Haha I know right. Mind you I found out my OH was up googling all the other night haha. He was also trying statistics lol. Thanks hun. Wishing you the best of luck too xx
Lots of questions constantly whizzing around our heads. It's sounds like you are worried (naturally) about all of the 'what ifs' and I myself am trying so hard to just get to the next step. It is so hard. I had egg collection on Friday and thought waiting for the first call was bad, but waiting for the second was worse and now I am almost dreading tomorrow in case it is not good news! All of the hurdles are lined up for us, we just need to stay calm and see what happens. Best of wishes coming your way xxx
Thanks so much for your reply. Gosh, yes, it's hurdle after hurdle isn't it? We just have to be ready at all times to jump. I just want to be prepared for whatever I face next, and I just worry about losing my will to fight. Really hope you get some good news tomorrow and everything goes smoothly ❤️
Good luck for tomorrow! I found that avoiding the internet and over googling helped! I just went with the flow, I couldn’t have a fresh cycle as there was a chance I could have overstimulated and they only told me this the day after my egg collection. I was upset for all of an hour then I looked at it as a chance for me to have a bit of time out before then next steps... which again I didn’t google, so I didn’t realise I would have to go through the 6 weeks of meds before FET until my consultation. This has been the only forum that I have found helpful, but even still I try and avoid looking too much into other people’s stories as your fertility journey is totally unique to you. Yes there are lots of possible outcomes but what happens, happens. It’s taken me a number of years to have such a chilled out approach to it but it’s important to me to carry on as normal. Plus there’s so much that could go right for you, try and focus on the positives xxxx
Thanks so much for your reply hun. You are so right about honouring my own journey - everyone's situation is different and there is now predicting what could and couldn't happen. I am so hopeful but also terrified! I love your chilled out approach, I really hope that I can muster up your kinda resilience and attitude! I'll try not to Google over the next few days and let be what will be and just try to pray instead! Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
EC can feel very daunting, only natural to worry but try as much a possible to trust in your eggs and the experts in charge of your care. You’ll be in safe hands and all will be done before you know it! x
Thanks for your reply lovely. Yes, I have to try and remember that all the experts are doing everything they can to get me pregnant and I'm not doing this on my own. I have to put myself in their trust! Thanks for the support, and congrats on your pregnancy, I hope it's going well X X X
Going in for your first EC is terrifying because like you say you don’t know what to expect. However don’t keep focusing on the negatives, believe you will get eggs they will be good quality and you will have a transfer. If there’s a hurdle on that journey just hop over it and crack on to the finishing line. That’s all we can do, one step or hurdle at a time and always hope for the best rather than fear the worst.
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Egg collection tomorrow 🍳
Round 2 egg collection tomorrow, hope I'm not wide awake in pain like last time...
Egg collection tomorrow!
Egg collection tomorrow 
