‘Tis the season…to be completely fed up

Its been well over two weeks since I last blogged. Naughty I know. However, I just couldn't face articulating the emotions I've been feeling. Writing them down would mean having to admit out loud that I have been up and down like a bloody yo-yo. After the fertility treatment was cancelled I was on birth…

What to do

Yesterday afternoon's visit to the Doctor has left me in a real slump. Eugh. Its not like I got any new information really, its just knocked the wind out of my sails a bit. Dr K informed us we had three choices going forward; ovulation induction, 'buzzing' my ovaries   or IVF. IVF is not…

Pill popping

I did some scouring online at the end of last week and came across this book on amazon, '8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS'. It has pretty good reviews so I figured I would give it a bash. It definitely has some sound advice and recipes although it covers the many variations of PCOS so some bits…

Old Clothes and Porridge

I've been on a girly holiday for the last week. Cocktails and bad food galore. Now I'm back to 'old clothes and porridge' as my Granny would say and have tried to compensate for all the badness by eating a salad tonight. I'm on the second week of taking the pill, taking it mostly at…

Super bitch

I woke up this morning to the ever wonderful experience of getting my period. I was in an extremely nippy mood last night and tossed and turned all night so I should have expected it. Sam couldn't do anything right last night, I demanded cuddles (only cuddles, nothing naughty!) and then got too hot and…

Drunkity drunk drunk

Drowning my sorrows seemed like an excellent idea over the weekend, so I did. I went out, drank and danced like I was 18 again (inclusive of Jelly shots eek!) and babies were the furthest thing from my mind. The hangover was epic the following day and I didn't move from the couch. I managed…

Day 12 – It’s all over

My day 11 ultrasound was not promising. Dr K found a bunch of follicles that were in the 15/16mm threshold. He said it was highly likely the cycle was going to get cancelled, not to do anymore Gonal F injections. I  had over responded and was going to be a very difficult patient to control.…

Day 10 – Another day, another ultrasound

Day 10 is here, time just seems to be flying in. I had a nightmare of a morning. I decided to not take the bus to the ultrasound appointment but use a ride share app as the appointment was super early. The ride was booked yesterday and all confirmed, but 7.40am rolled around and I…

Day 9 – The rollercoaster continues

Today was my day 9 scan to see if the last two nights of injections have been able to jump start a party in my ovaries. Turns out they did! A very big party in fact. I've gone from having a couple of follicles at the 6-7mm range to having 9 follicles in the 8-10mm…

Day 7

I've been taking Letrozole every evening now for four days. Tonight will be the last dosage. In addition, I did my first self-administered injection on the evening of day 6 (HSG and an injection, what a day!). The injection of Gonal-F is a follicle stimulating hormone. Normally, when I get an injection or have blood…