Well, today was my appointment at KK for 2 consecutive days. After the phone call from the nurse saying that my E2 and uterine lining is sufficiently suppressed. I have currently moved to my next step - STIMULATION. I was alone today. Usually either hubby or mum will accompany me for any of my appointment but since it is just to collect my jabs I told hubby not to waste his leave. So yup I survived going for the appointment on my own.
I arrived at the clinic at around 0845. Boy was the clinic packed!!! I just walked up to the counter, told her that I have been asked to collect my second round of jabs, given the medication slip, went to the pharmacy to purchased/collect the medication. Today's medication cost $833++ but thanks to Medisave and Co Funding by the government, I didnt have to pay a cent. Thank God. N from here on, all scan and procedures will be taken from my CPF (Medisave)and I don't have to come out with any cash.
I was given the following
I will be taking 200 units of Puregon for the next 7 days together with 20 units of Suprefact. My next appointment will be on my 28th birthday (6th June 2009) for a scan to check on my follicles. After which the nurse said that my ER/ET can be anytime the following week. OMG!!!!
Juliah you are so right... Things are moving pretty fast once you have started and I am getting more and more nervous. Things are getting unfamiliar from here on. I am not sure what to expect. What are the signs and symptoms of OHSS? When do you start taking food that contains high in protein? now or after retrieval?
Today at the clinic was my first Puregon jab. SInce hubby was not around, I was trained by the nurse to do the jab. The funny part is I thought she was gonna do it for me but guess what? She gave me the instruction, tell me what to do but I had to do it in front of her with her supervision. She said, if I don't try myself how am I gonna teach my husband to do it for me. Hehehe... Yeah so for the first time I poked myself with the needle. hahaha... Not too bad but given a choice, I would never do it again. That's what the hubby is for. This is one of the ways for him to get involve in this IVF thing. Not just providing the swimmers.
Talking about swimmers, hubby was getting a little nervous. He has always been uncomfortable preparing the specimen in a bottle what more if it has to be done in the clinic so today I asked the nurse whether it was possible for hubby to produce the specimen at home. Thank God she said okay as long as we get the specimen to the clinic within 90 minutes on the day of teh retrieval. Ahhh.... Hubby will give a sigh of relief once he hears this news.
Okay that's all the update from me for today. I will be back once I have more things to say. If not, my next update will be next Saturday after my scan to check my follicles. To everyone, have a great weekend ahead.
I arrived at the clinic at around 0845. Boy was the clinic packed!!! I just walked up to the counter, told her that I have been asked to collect my second round of jabs, given the medication slip, went to the pharmacy to purchased/collect the medication. Today's medication cost $833++ but thanks to Medisave and Co Funding by the government, I didnt have to pay a cent. Thank God. N from here on, all scan and procedures will be taken from my CPF (Medisave)and I don't have to come out with any cash.
I was given the following
I will be taking 200 units of Puregon for the next 7 days together with 20 units of Suprefact. My next appointment will be on my 28th birthday (6th June 2009) for a scan to check on my follicles. After which the nurse said that my ER/ET can be anytime the following week. OMG!!!! Juliah you are so right... Things are moving pretty fast once you have started and I am getting more and more nervous. Things are getting unfamiliar from here on. I am not sure what to expect. What are the signs and symptoms of OHSS? When do you start taking food that contains high in protein? now or after retrieval?
Today at the clinic was my first Puregon jab. SInce hubby was not around, I was trained by the nurse to do the jab. The funny part is I thought she was gonna do it for me but guess what? She gave me the instruction, tell me what to do but I had to do it in front of her with her supervision. She said, if I don't try myself how am I gonna teach my husband to do it for me. Hehehe... Yeah so for the first time I poked myself with the needle. hahaha... Not too bad but given a choice, I would never do it again. That's what the hubby is for. This is one of the ways for him to get involve in this IVF thing. Not just providing the swimmers.
Talking about swimmers, hubby was getting a little nervous. He has always been uncomfortable preparing the specimen in a bottle what more if it has to be done in the clinic so today I asked the nurse whether it was possible for hubby to produce the specimen at home. Thank God she said okay as long as we get the specimen to the clinic within 90 minutes on the day of teh retrieval. Ahhh.... Hubby will give a sigh of relief once he hears this news.
Okay that's all the update from me for today. I will be back once I have more things to say. If not, my next update will be next Saturday after my scan to check my follicles. To everyone, have a great weekend ahead.
4 comments:
YAY! You survived! And, yes, it goes really fast after this point.
As far as OHSS, I had my follicles and e2 checked like 3-4 times before retrieval.. and that information will help. Did they say they will just check you once?
I started the protein and electrolytes the day before retrieval and continued until a week after transfer, and I didn't have any major problems. And I had 30 follicles!
You can do this!
Feel free to reach out to me if you need anything - I JUST went through this for the first time.
Hi Gabby,
Once again thank you for this message you left me here. As this is the first time I have reached this far, I am kind of lost and any feedback from those who have gone through these stages is definitely appreciated.
Wow you had 30 follicles and you had no major problems... That is a relief.
To answer ur question, the 6th of June will be the first of the many scans. AFter the 6th they will let me know again the next one. So will see. U mean the E2 level will help to determine OHSS?
Once again thank u for the information.
I started taking whey protein shakes the first day of stimms and thereafter. Starting eating fresh pineapples (with the core) after ER.
Praying that you get your miracle.
Oh Flower thank you very much for that information. Appreciate it. BUt just a question though... Fresh pineapple with the core? What does this do? I thought pineapples are considered "sharp" and shouldnt be eaten if u are trying to conceive.
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