Now the wait has intensified - had a bleeding on Friday and afterwards it felt like my uterus was empty. At least to begin with, then it felt like I had a rock in my gut, then it felt empty again,then I had small pangs of pain by each ovary but not at the same time... Well, I have cycled through a bunch of more confusing feelings regarding this over the weekend.
Today, I've been to the lab and taken both my tests all I have to do now is to wait! :(
I hate waiting - especially since I may have to wait until tomorrow for the result of the hCG-test, at the very best I might find that out this afternoon. The other test, checking if I'm predisposed to blood clots, I don't know how long I have to wait for that result! Maybe a whole week? Who knows…
8w1d
Twins at 8w+1d
måndag 31 maj 2010
torsdag 27 maj 2010
Waiting for... not Godot...
But a high beta HCG! I will test on Monday, but I'm pretty sure that I'm pregnant again. Just want make sure I stay that way! I still hadn't heard anything from my ob/gyn so I just called to make sure they had gotten my fax, see I need them to send some referrals for beta HCG, but also one to test the genetic predisposition for blood clots! That one is the most important one, I want to take my body out of the equation and hopefully not have another miscarriage. One was hard enough.
My symptoms thus far: a steady twinge in my groin, a good kind of tummy ache, tiredness and a little dizzieness.
Just got called back by my ob/gyn's nurse and I can come pick up my referrals today!
I won't have a chance to take my test until Monday so I'll do both beta-HCG and the APC resistance test at the same time!
It will be interesting to find out the HCG level! :)
My symptoms thus far: a steady twinge in my groin, a good kind of tummy ache, tiredness and a little dizzieness.
Just got called back by my ob/gyn's nurse and I can come pick up my referrals today!
I won't have a chance to take my test until Monday so I'll do both beta-HCG and the APC resistance test at the same time!
It will be interesting to find out the HCG level! :)
fredag 21 maj 2010
All done!
So yesterday was ET and we found out that the harvest was good! The donor gave us nine very good embryos and two of those were placed in my womb! I saw the embryos on the ultrasound screen and they were like two little grains of rice!
According to the doctor they are of very good quality a 4(1) and a 5(1-2) and they are hopefully burrowing themselves into my uterine wall!
A less positive piece of news is the fact that the doctor acted surprised when I mentioned the blood clot I had 20 years ago. I have told him this before, you see!
And then he wanted me to take tests to exclude me having a genetic predisposition toward blood clots. So now I have to convince one of my doctors to prescribe it. One of my online friends went to her regular doctor and told him she wanted to have the test done before paying over 60000 SEK for her next IVF-ED treatment. He agreed and let her take the test!
See, the problem here is that Swedish medical personel is not supposed to give us women that do fertility treatments abroad ANY help with prescriptions, tests and ultrasound exams. Sucks big time and I think it is grounds for discrimination!
Anyway, now I'm sitting in the hotel room that we have for one more hour and then we have six hours to kill until the airport shuttle pick us up and take us to the tiny little airport...
This town is currently plagued with fat and hungry mosquitos so besides the long wait I have to fight those litte buggers too!
According to the doctor they are of very good quality a 4(1) and a 5(1-2) and they are hopefully burrowing themselves into my uterine wall!
A less positive piece of news is the fact that the doctor acted surprised when I mentioned the blood clot I had 20 years ago. I have told him this before, you see!
And then he wanted me to take tests to exclude me having a genetic predisposition toward blood clots. So now I have to convince one of my doctors to prescribe it. One of my online friends went to her regular doctor and told him she wanted to have the test done before paying over 60000 SEK for her next IVF-ED treatment. He agreed and let her take the test!
See, the problem here is that Swedish medical personel is not supposed to give us women that do fertility treatments abroad ANY help with prescriptions, tests and ultrasound exams. Sucks big time and I think it is grounds for discrimination!
Anyway, now I'm sitting in the hotel room that we have for one more hour and then we have six hours to kill until the airport shuttle pick us up and take us to the tiny little airport...
This town is currently plagued with fat and hungry mosquitos so besides the long wait I have to fight those litte buggers too!
onsdag 19 maj 2010
In place
We are now in place in Tartu, Estonia and yesterday my darling did his thing, the donor was harvested and the eggs met the little swimmers! We have no idea of the results and will not until tomorrow at the time of the embryo transfer.
The flight over was uneventful and by the looks of it the flight home on Friday night will be easy as well. The ash cloud has diminished in size and has moved south through central Europe. It should be of no consequence for us on Friday!
The saddest part about this trip is being away from the dog, I love him like a mother loves a child. I've had him since he was only about nine weeks old. Just watched two 1-minute films my ex-husband shot of me and Maffe (Manfred) shortly after taking him home from the breeder's!
So now I'm obsessing over the full-bladder-thing, again! Can hardly believe we are here again and that it's time for another try…
I'm starting to get apprehensive about the results already. Another thing that is worrying me is the possibility of getting other kinds of bad news.
Should maybe put my mind in auto-pilot and not think at all!
The flight over was uneventful and by the looks of it the flight home on Friday night will be easy as well. The ash cloud has diminished in size and has moved south through central Europe. It should be of no consequence for us on Friday!
The saddest part about this trip is being away from the dog, I love him like a mother loves a child. I've had him since he was only about nine weeks old. Just watched two 1-minute films my ex-husband shot of me and Maffe (Manfred) shortly after taking him home from the breeder's!
So now I'm obsessing over the full-bladder-thing, again! Can hardly believe we are here again and that it's time for another try…
I'm starting to get apprehensive about the results already. Another thing that is worrying me is the possibility of getting other kinds of bad news.
Should maybe put my mind in auto-pilot and not think at all!
lördag 15 maj 2010
Ashes, ashes…
Since we got stuck in Madrid because of that darn Icelandic volcano, we are more than a little weary about our flight to Tartu, Estonia on Monday afternoon!
Currently the prognosis is good and we don't expect the ash cloud becoming a problem, at least not for the flight out and going home we are much more flexible!
Right now only packing of our stuff for the trip and Manfred's for his stay at his "auntie's" is remaining!
Oh, yeah! One more interesting thing from the document from the doctor: while "brooding" on the embryos, I'm not to discuss and ponder the possible outcome with my spouse, because the embryos need peace!
I almost fell down laughing!
How on God's green earth am I going to not think of what may or may not be growing inside my womb?! Pray, tell!
Currently the prognosis is good and we don't expect the ash cloud becoming a problem, at least not for the flight out and going home we are much more flexible!
Right now only packing of our stuff for the trip and Manfred's for his stay at his "auntie's" is remaining!
Oh, yeah! One more interesting thing from the document from the doctor: while "brooding" on the embryos, I'm not to discuss and ponder the possible outcome with my spouse, because the embryos need peace!
I almost fell down laughing!
How on God's green earth am I going to not think of what may or may not be growing inside my womb?! Pray, tell!
torsdag 13 maj 2010
Final marching orders
Went to my doctor's on Wednesday to do the last vaginal ultrasound before the trip east and the ET.
Everything looked really great, the endometrium was a whopping 9 mm and the cyst that caused a lot of worry is almost completely gone!
This morning I received my final ordination and this time I received a document with instructions how to behave before and after the embryo has been put in place.
Last time I only got some few sentences in an email and a verbal instruction regarding how to live afterwards.
The first part of this written instruction concerns the worst part of the actual ET, how to make sure my bladder is full when I come to the clinic, however not too full! I can say right away that the way it is described will not work for me... First emptying it and then filling it up with one liter of water THREE hours before ET and then possibly fill it up further two hours later. I can only fill up a little at a time, maybe I can try and drink that liter of water in the last hour before the treatment...
I'm going to conduct some tests to ascertain how best to fulfill my obligation! :)
I hope this will take care of my anxiety in regards to the whole embryo transfer ordeal!
I say ordeal because this whole thing is a little stressful.
Everything looked really great, the endometrium was a whopping 9 mm and the cyst that caused a lot of worry is almost completely gone!
This morning I received my final ordination and this time I received a document with instructions how to behave before and after the embryo has been put in place.
Last time I only got some few sentences in an email and a verbal instruction regarding how to live afterwards.
The first part of this written instruction concerns the worst part of the actual ET, how to make sure my bladder is full when I come to the clinic, however not too full! I can say right away that the way it is described will not work for me... First emptying it and then filling it up with one liter of water THREE hours before ET and then possibly fill it up further two hours later. I can only fill up a little at a time, maybe I can try and drink that liter of water in the last hour before the treatment...
I'm going to conduct some tests to ascertain how best to fulfill my obligation! :)
I hope this will take care of my anxiety in regards to the whole embryo transfer ordeal!
I say ordeal because this whole thing is a little stressful.
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