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! :)
8w1d
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torsdag 27 maj 2010
torsdag 25 februari 2010
Doctors drive me crazy!
So I got a response back from the doctor in Estonia, but it only made me angry because it did not answer my question. I suppose it is too much to ask for to get a more explanatory and informative answer, since English is clearly not his thing. Put why is it so hard to explain the different steps in the process and what parts of the treatments are more critical than others.
Anyway, I started writing this angry reply, where I took the opportunity to explain a few misconceptions he seems to be under. Of course I haven't sent it and I probably never will, but it felt damn good to get it out of my system.
Here in Sweden it's not too common to have your own ob/gyn, most women call the local women's clinic and make an appointment to see what ever midwife or doctor is available. That of course means there's no one person that know your medical history.
Besides, there seem to be some resistance within the medical community towards helping us "oldies" get pregnant with the help of egg donation.
All I want is that the doctor pays attention and consults his journals before emailing a half-cocked response. That's what I would do if I was a doctor!
We are going ahead with everything, but to be safe I just called my Swedish doctor and got an appointment to get checked out. It's over a week away, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
Now my stuffy head is requiring some attention - until later!
Tjing -
Anyway, I started writing this angry reply, where I took the opportunity to explain a few misconceptions he seems to be under. Of course I haven't sent it and I probably never will, but it felt damn good to get it out of my system.
Here in Sweden it's not too common to have your own ob/gyn, most women call the local women's clinic and make an appointment to see what ever midwife or doctor is available. That of course means there's no one person that know your medical history.
Besides, there seem to be some resistance within the medical community towards helping us "oldies" get pregnant with the help of egg donation.
All I want is that the doctor pays attention and consults his journals before emailing a half-cocked response. That's what I would do if I was a doctor!
We are going ahead with everything, but to be safe I just called my Swedish doctor and got an appointment to get checked out. It's over a week away, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
Now my stuffy head is requiring some attention - until later!
Tjing -
lördag 2 januari 2010
The new year is holding all my hopes and dreams
Having had a decent Christmas and New Year's celebration my focus has turned towards the future and I am anxiously awaiting my period.
I'm hoping it comes sooner rather than later so we can get started again. Since we only have two embryos in the freezer we are opting for another "fresh" try, in the hopes of getting enough embryos for the freezer to raise our chances for a successful defrosting for a third try or a sibling attempt.
First things first, I need my period to start to get things started…
I am not the only one carrying this hope of a successful year, besides Circus Princess, several of the women in my egg donation thread on familjeliv.se have recently had the same experience and we are coaching each other along. The women who have already succeeded getting pregnant through egg donation and are still active in the thread are helping us with good advice and the benefit of their experiences.
The reason for us having to resort to egg donation is that my own follicles are too few and the ones I do have are most likely of poor quality. The fertility clinic that did our investigation said that we are poor candidates for ivf with my eggs. I would most likely not respond much at all when triggered to produce more than one follicle at a time. They also said that we would have a better chance of getting pregnant naturally. So this last summer I went and had some acupuncture treatments to increase my chanses. All it did, as far as I could tell, was to elongate my cycle from 24 days to circa 30 - but only for the duration of the treatment. It skipped right back to 24 days after I stopped with the acupuncture.
I feel gilted, screwed by myself and by "destiny" for waiting too long, for staying with my ex-husband for eight years even though he proclaimed from the get-go that he was not interested in having any kids.
On the other hand I can not be sure that I would have met T, the love of my life any sooner, but then again we could have… who knows what the future holds!?
Well, I sure as h-ll don't know what the future will bring, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a baby or two!
Tjing!
I'm hoping it comes sooner rather than later so we can get started again. Since we only have two embryos in the freezer we are opting for another "fresh" try, in the hopes of getting enough embryos for the freezer to raise our chances for a successful defrosting for a third try or a sibling attempt.
First things first, I need my period to start to get things started…
I am not the only one carrying this hope of a successful year, besides Circus Princess, several of the women in my egg donation thread on familjeliv.se have recently had the same experience and we are coaching each other along. The women who have already succeeded getting pregnant through egg donation and are still active in the thread are helping us with good advice and the benefit of their experiences.
The reason for us having to resort to egg donation is that my own follicles are too few and the ones I do have are most likely of poor quality. The fertility clinic that did our investigation said that we are poor candidates for ivf with my eggs. I would most likely not respond much at all when triggered to produce more than one follicle at a time. They also said that we would have a better chance of getting pregnant naturally. So this last summer I went and had some acupuncture treatments to increase my chanses. All it did, as far as I could tell, was to elongate my cycle from 24 days to circa 30 - but only for the duration of the treatment. It skipped right back to 24 days after I stopped with the acupuncture.
I feel gilted, screwed by myself and by "destiny" for waiting too long, for staying with my ex-husband for eight years even though he proclaimed from the get-go that he was not interested in having any kids.
On the other hand I can not be sure that I would have met T, the love of my life any sooner, but then again we could have… who knows what the future holds!?
Well, I sure as h-ll don't know what the future will bring, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a baby or two!
Tjing!
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