Hi all, I just got my BFP today. Am over the moon now and praying hard that this pregnancy will go on smoothly.
I hope my story here will bring hope to all the sisters who are TTC. Miracles do happen and dont give up. Continue to have faith in the Divine.
After a failed FET in last November, I continued with a fresh IVF cycle. I was prescribed with Ganol F 200iu (p/s: i specifically requested dc to prescribe me with higher dose cz i want to have more eggs). Well, it didnt went too well as i was suspected with OHSS - my E2 was way too high (>13,000 on d11). As such, i wasnt able to do a fresh transfer but got to do a frozen one instead. since the fresh cycle was my 2nd, i thought i was really well versed with the injections, but i totally screwed up on the last injection- suprefact 0.5mg (the trigger shot was supposed to be injected 36 h before egg retrievel). i had only injected it 24 h before the ER! omg! *slap head* the doctor was shocked at my negligence when my hubby called him to inform that i had missed my trigger injection. due to this, my ER was delayed for one day and i think that was the reason why i only had 3 blastocysts out of 18 eggs retrieved. the whole saga only had me blaming myself for my negligence. hubby was sweet and consoled me, eventhough i knew he was really upset with me. :-(
While waiting for the right time for the FET, i had hysterocopy and the preliminary result was that everything looked fine as dr couldnt see any fibriods or apparent polyps in my uterus during the procedure. nonetheless, the lab result stated that i had 'congested polyps', which suprised the dr as well. i guess the polyps were so small that it cant be seen with naked eyes. Dr suggested a simple biopsy to remove the polyps as much as possible by using a long pipelle. i guess this is also known as endo scratching. it was a relatively quick procedure and the pain was bearable.
The 2ww was an emotional roller coaster for me. Some days i will be super chirpy (perhaps watching a lot of comedies and lame movies helps
), other days i will be super down and all the negative vibes starting kicking in. Then on 7dp5dt (2 days before my blood test), i took the pregnancy test with hubby by my side. after dripping 3-4 drops of urine, the disk started to show the result and there was no apparent line on the 'Test' line. My hubby and i was heartbroken. i took a second look and it looked like there was a very very very faint line. Am really glad that i did it with the hubby around so confirm that i wasnt 'seeing' things.
Not wanting to put too high hope on an extremely faint line on the test kit, and to fall badly thereafter, i convinced myself that the test kit has spoilt. perhaps cz it was exposed to extreme sunlight before i bought it. Apparently, ' a line is a line' no matter how faint it is, as was mentioned in one of the forums.
On the things that i did
differently for this round of ET: 1. i took ginger chicken/ fish soup (blended the ginger and drain the juice into a pot and add chicken/fish) every other day. my mom told me that ginger helps to keep the womb warm; 2. i didnt take any fruits. mom said that some fruits are quite 'cooling'. i just decided not to take any and want to keep my womb with the optimal warm temperature by drinking ginger soup and red date tea, but i took vitamin C supplement everyday. 3. did the endo scratching.
As per previous rounds, i took red dates + ginger + longan tea (this and the ginger soup can be quity heaty. so got to drink a lot of luke warm water to wash it down.) drink lots of warm water. eat healthily. eat more green vege. relax and try to be as positive as possible. and pray really hard.
This whole IVF episode has been a long and emotional one. I wish none of the ladies has to endure such agony. I pray and hope that all of you will have your BFPs soon. Baby dust to all!!!
Cheers.
