Thursday 5th February 2009
“No, No, No…….Quick for gods sake were running out of time, oh no baby, I don’t know what to do. Why is this happening? , That must stay on there?, Loooook it WONT come off, Shit what’s the time? I have to do it now, the doctor said dead on 11pm. Just put it on my tummy and push”.Well you would think we would know what we were doing by now after weeks of injections, but old Bill and Ben here were making a right pigs ear of it. This was my final injection and the needle was different to the other hundreds I had endured. We were only trying to inject with the bloody lid on. Doh, what a balls up. After our little chuckle brothers moment, hey presto we worked it out. Job done!Halleluiah, today must be my lucky day. A complete drug free day, Great I thought as I lay in bed having a well deserved lay in. I had my final injection last night at 11pm and this was Ovitrelle which helps to finally mature my eggs.I have been spending time in my own thoughts today, wondering how many little eggies they are going to harvest tomorrow , and that feels me with excitement but also dread too. What if I had come this far and the follicles were empty and there weren’t any eggs, or if the eggs were not healthy or even if they don’t fertilise. This is something I have to be prepared for, however its not that likely that it will happen like that. Please god make sure. I have my pre op instructions Nil by mouth, wear no make up, jewellery and most of all NO perfume or deodorant. You see this can damage eggs and embryos, God that’s scary how sensitive they really are. I just hope the surgeon and anaesthetist hasn’t got a lunch date tomorrow and splash the aftershave on.Oh, my tummy has really been jumping around today, it’s not only full of eggs, it’s full of butterflies too. I am feeling a happy kind of nerves as we really are getting close now. I am also really looking forward to the sleep IVF is very tiring, I wonder if the anaesthetist will give me an extra hours snooze.