cherrie, my boss go business trip for 3 months, i am left alone to settle all his shit, should be clear most of the shit by this month, next month should be more free time, unless he email me and arrow job from overseas to me! omg!!!
below is the answer i can provided:
1) The briefing told me i start injection in D21, does it mean i no need to do anything from D1 to D21?
ans: u better dun bd, many gal bd then preg but too early to know on D20+ so they continue with the hormones jab to suppress ur hormones without knowing they r preg, in the end, they need to Terminate their pregnancy! and yes, nothing u can do, just relax loh.... start eat folic acid, calcium supplement lor. if u got PCOS, take ur metformin, dun forget to it. it will help u to ovalute more on time.
2) ER and ET will only be 1 to 2 days in between? Meaning if i need to take leave, i should start from the day i do my ER?
ans: if u go gov hospital, like my case is NUH, u will be on mc (hospitalisation leave) started from the day u ER, as day 1 to day 19, day 17 take blood test for preg test, if BFP, doctor may extend ur mc according to case by case basis, if BFF, then at least u got another 2 days of mc to rest at home to calm ur emotion down lor!!! so u dun need to take leave, u will given at least 19 days of out-patient hospitalisation leave to rest at home on the day u ER. ER and ET date is depend on ur doctor, but should not be oni 1 day in between! for my case, my ER on Monday, ET on thursday,
bcos ER liao, lab need 3 days at least to let ur egg and sperm tranform into 8 cells embryo. oni at least good grade 8 cell embryo can transfer into ur womb. if ur eggs all not in good grade or even average grade, ur ivf cycle may end here, and try 2nd ivf, as chances to preg is too low if poor graded egg is transfer, doc may suggest to u end the ivf and try again to dun waste time.
3) my menses will not come till 2 weeks after ET (if i fail la)?
ans: if u failed, 'touchwood'. then ur mense will come any time 7 days after ET, my mense come on the day 10 after ET, Day 14 after ET will go take blood test, anyway, if u see red, 7 days after ET, immediately call the ivf clinic, they will ask u to come down to clinic do early blood test to double confirm u preg or not preg, bcos such case happen b4, ladies got preg but body too weak to hold ur baby especially twins, so blood flow out, lining tear, go see doc, confirm BFP with blood test, doc give hormones jab to protect her babies.
4) Is it necessay for me to take 2 weeks leave after ET? you think is advisable? If not, how long you think will be good that i should rest?
ans: as above i type, no need to take leave, gov hospital will give u MC since the day u ER till u confirm BFP/BFF by blood test on Day 17 after ER or day 14 after ET. if u wanna extend mc, u may discuss with ur doc lor, dun waste leave, save it for ur pregnancy. hahaha....
5) I heard that ET will just like IUI procedure, is it true?
yeah, nearly the same, cant tell any different. maybe oni doc know it! hahaha...
hope my info help to clear ur doubt! anyway, u still can ask me any question if u suddenly think of! i very much willing to help u! and all the best for ur coming IVF if u really decide to go for it!