day 3 after ET

It has been a long long 3 days, mainly because of the bad diarrhoea i have been having, going more than 10 times in a day and at night, stomach churning and diarrhoea for about 5 to 6 times, I have been feeling tired, tummy churning and unable to sleep, miserable, but today, I went to see Dr Thong, she gave me some meds, coupled with the acpuncture I did, I was able to get a couple hours of undisturbed sleep in the afternoon. I hope tonight will be better. So far so good, fingers crossed...
Erm I haven't been too good, been going out for short periods to my mum's ( dinner on sat, sun and after doc's today ) and yesterday to liang court to exchange my faulty DVD that i am going to watch ... ahh starting tonight!! Yes I will rest more at home...

ET with 2 embies today!

Wow went through a very very long egg transfer, 1hr 30 mins, I had to keep requesting for Dr Thong to drain my urine.. TMI i know.. well I only had 2 embies this time, a grade 1, 2 cell and a grade 2 , 4 cell. Well this is better than the last time, with 1, 4 cell, a little disappointed but good try. Doctor says it is because of hubby's sperm. Well it is ok, I am grateful we have a shot at it again. Acupuncture was good.... calming.
Rest and lots of rest coming up,
Jas

ER today.... hoping for the best

Did the Egg retrieval today, was better than the last failed cycle, I had 8 eggs, out of which 6 are matured... Dr Thong said the other 2 might still mature and fertilize. I am hoping for 5, anything more than that will be a bonus... actually, anything more than 1 is good.... I hope the embryologist calls tomorrow with good news * crossing fingers*
The whole ER process is quite different in raffles, in the morning, I was sent to a ward, ( recordered very high BP 170!! nurse asked if I have hypertension, told her no , hehe I was just nervous.) Changed and waited for the nurses to wheel me into the OT. I had to walk from the OR to the operation bed. Unlike KKH, they do not ask you to spread your legs... your legs are on a chair and covered with a blanket, I think after I was sedated, they spread your legs for you... at recovery, once you wake up, you are wheeled back into your ward, where I rested for an hour and had a sandwich and milo there...
None of the sitting to wait for your turn to do ER and also the nurses in the OT were relaxed and were chatting with me till I was sedated. Oh I recall Dr Thong coming in to say hi and I was sedated... They are both nurses I see often in the raffles fertility center, both Dr Thong's nurses so when i saw them , I felt at ease right away. Overall a nicer more relaxed environment.

tomorrow is ER... I am a little apprehensive but overall excited

Tomorrow is the Egg retrieval, I am a little scared, excited and nervous... I hope everything goes well and I hope my eggs are good.... this whole experience with raffles hospital , Dr Thong has been really different, Dr Thong over saw the whole process, from scanning to determining the dosage and types of meds to give to me. She is very encouraging too.. I enjoyed the whole process with her and the waiting time was minimum ... also, I did not have to shuttle from the pharmacy to the clinic, everything is taken care of by the nurses. Who by the way are very nice and friendly..( For the record KKH nurses are very nice and friendly too ).But yup it comes with a price to pay... raffles cost quite a bit more than KKH and there is no grant from the gov. But given my case, I did already know that a regular IVF cycle will not work on me.. So I really hope this time, it works.

stuff that i have been eating this time

here's a list of things I have been consuming during my whole journey...
4 to 6 egg whites a day ( hard boil, steam or half boil)
2 GNC women mega
2 folic acid
1 omega 3 ( dunno the dosage)
2 usana calcium tablets
2 bottles of chicken essence
1 bowl of black chicken soup ( sometimes just the chicken essence sometimes just the black chicken soup)
I go for acupuncture as well.
yup that's it..
Jas

9 good follicles and ER on wed 24 june

I am so happy,
so happy I can stop doing 3 jabs a day, so happy I can stop feeling sick in the gut and most of all, so happy my follicles are growing very well, I have nine good ones, and my E2 hormone levels are very good, according to Dr Thong, my hormones work out to 6000 plus, that works out to 800 plus per follicle which mean they will have good quality eggs! Yay, ever since i started my centrotide jabs, I have been subjected to blood test every 2 days.. now i realized, it is for Dr Thong to determine the quality of my eggs. When they were not growing well, she gave me an additional injection... erm i am not sure what it is.... oh wait on my invoice it says luveris 75iu. Surprise surprise , my scan today went so well even Dr Thong said, wow you really react well to luveris... I was so happy, tired as hell, but happy. Tonight will be my trigger and Wednesday morning will be ER, I hope everything goes well, boy do I hope.... *Yawn* I am sleepy as I type this, sleepy and bloated...
Wish me luck...
God Bless
Jas

6 follicles and more jabs

I had 6 follicles based on my scan on thursday, size 13mm to 8 mm. This morning, i woke up 1hr 40 mins late for my jabs. Yup jabs now, I have to do the gonal F and the centriod injections. Gonal F is fine, but the centriod, needle is long, thicker and also a lot of medication to go in.... when i draw the needle out, i bleed...not exactly loving it..... Oh well, I am happy I have 6 follicles now, I hope they fertilize. ER will be on tuesday or wednesday.... more jabs.... :( anything for a baby/babies...

New Zealand and more....

I love NZ, the lovely weather, the wonderful service and of course the friendly people. People there, do not put money first, they put the customers first and you can really tell the difference. I love cold weather so winter was lovely, loved it, tried to ski, sucked at it , kept falling down haha.
I really want to move there. I love that place, makes me smile when i wake up everyday.
I started my injections of 375iu gonal F on the 12th of june, I came back on 15th, saw dr thong on 16th and I only had 4 follicles!! Boy i was disappointed... she increased it to 525 iu. I hope the scan tomorrow is better, I have stubborn ovaries.... I hate that.... oh man i do hope it works...
Come on ovaries, do your stuff!!

Dr Thong changed her mind...

I guess, you are wondering if she changed her mind about letting me start in june. Nope, but she changed her mind about letting me stop Gynera ( the pill i am taking to regulate my menses) . Instead of stopping the day before I return, Dr Thong wants me to stop on the 7th, that means, i will be going to NZ and getting my menses there... EEKS I hate traveling with my menses....
Oh and that also means I have to bring my injections there and also jab there... as the date grows near, I am getting excited and apprehensive at the same time. I cannot help feeling negative , what if it fails again? Sigh, yes I will try my best to be positive.
Wish me luck
Jas