I will be donating my eggs any day now!!
After a long wait and a couple of postponed attempts I am now giving myself daily injections (for a girl who has never been able to have injections done or blood taken at the doctors without taking a husband/parent/sister along this is MASSIVE and I am so proud of myself for not passing out!
SO ... here is the process so far - it may get a bit squeamish and you may learn far too much about my hormones but here goes:-
I came off the pill on the Wednesday (a day earlier than would probably be normal as my bleed takes a few days to start) and then I booked my first scan for the Monday.
Monday morning arrived ... but my bleed didn't ... cue panicked text to my lovely Altrui lady! (What do I do - I know it's coming cos of the pain but it's not here - aaarrrgghh!) to which I got a lovely reply telling me not to panic and just to move the scan on a couple of days (There is a time limit - the first scan needs to be between days 1 - 3 of your bleed to get a baseline assessment)
So two days later I went for my scan. This is an internal scan (think smear test with ultra sound - while on your period - very strange but everyone is so nice and matter of fact that it is far less squeamish than it sounds).
So that night I started the first of the injections to make my ovaries grow more eggs (Gonal F). I tried to be brave and do it on my own - I really did. I sat down on my desk chair (next to the bed so I would have a soft landing if I passed out!) and got everything ready. Then I looked at the needle, put it to my tummy and tried to inject myself, chickened out, looked at the needle and tried again. This went on for quite a while! Finally I called my lovely husand who came and sat next to me and then I finally did it! Of course it was fine - it didn't hurt nearly as much as I thought it would (- but I still won't do one without him next to me).
This I started the second injection which stops the eggs from releasing (or something similar). That one is a bit more complicated as I have to inject liquid in to a tiny bottle with powder and then dissolve it and fill the needle with it again before injecting it. I did wait til the kids had gone out with their grandparents to ensure quiet though. This injection made my tummy a bit itchy around the injection site - a bit like a nettle sting but this died down fairly quickly. To be honest the scariest thing is that I might forget or do something wrong - but i'm sure it will be fine.
The other advice I was given was to keep well hydrated - sensible advice on any day but ultra important now.
My next scan is on Monday and I should be going in for the actual procedure in a week or so!
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Fairy
Princess Mummy
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Oh wow! So it's all starting to happen! Congratulations, Fairy Mummy, keep us posted xx
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on managing to do the injections yourself! I've just started considering egg donation, and the self-injection part is the bit that's scaring me the most currently!
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