Hi ladies,
Hope you're all well. xx
Kylie, sorry we missed each other but hey, we might run into each other soon. One of the ladies I asked whether she was Kylie looked at me with alarm. Lol!! Many congrats on starting stimming. Sorry about the headache, hope better? Are you on steroids? I guess that or buserelin might also cause headaches. I'm feeling very tired which I think might be the 40mg of steroids but I'm on all sorts and drinking water to keep things ticking along.
As for injections, they (buserelin, merional and fostimon), are subcutaneous injections, so you can inject in your upper thigh or tummy. I do them in my thighs as that's where I've always injected in previous cycles. In fact, I only found out that tummy was OK after researching your question. I inject clexane in my tummy, as that's what I was told previously. If you use gestone after EC, then that must be on the bum as intramuscular.
As for scans and blood tests, apparently Dr Gorgy wants these done every 48 hours. He might ask for daily reports, if he needs to monitor more carefully, so like Papaya said, it really depends on individual cases. I spoke to a lady on Monday who is due for EC today or tomorrow, I think she said she had done 3 scans/blood tests in 9/10 days of stimming.
As for Papaya's suggestion about getting early blood tests, I just called the blood reception to find out for you and they are open from 7 am to 7 pm. Telephone no is 020 7307 7383. Dr Gorgy's office opens at 8 but if you struggle too much with time, you can always ask them the leave the forms at the blood place the previous day, so that you can go in early for blood tests and then scan at 8, before work. All very tiring. Hang in there honey and best of luck! xxx
Papaya, this is wonderful news, many many congratulations. Your journey reads like a fairytale ending, that after 9 years of TTC, aged 40, you're pregnant with a boy and a girl. I shared your story with DH yesterday. It gives us hope as I am 39. Thank you so much for sharing with us. All the very best to you, your DH and your lovely little ones. Lots of love xxx