I feel the first two months of this year have been fraught with sad news only.
I have lost another friend. This was a childhood friend and I can see her face as I type. She had been through so much that one would have thought she deserved a little of the good side of life. Unfortunately she died in her sleep. Imagine someone close to you gong to bed and not working up at all. She was so young – younger than me. may her soul rest in peace.
In addition, a colleague at work had a stroke. He now has a bleed on his brain that requires cutting into his skull to relieve pressure among other treatments. He has lost the power of speech and doctors reckon he has a blood clot on his brain. It is so unfortunate to lose so many.I really wish medicine would hurry up and cure all illness already. But as they say, all things must die – everyone dies eventually. It is the circle of life and things get recycled.

It has also been a rubbish day – what with firefighting at work, etc. I had to deal with a customer whose project manager just outright lied. I think if I was experiencing mood swings, this would have been a perfect time for my mood to have swung the other way. But it did not and it was a nice, civil and polite conversation as I told him he was lying, though not in so many words.

I have felt a little strange today though – a little like I have had no sleep at all.
This is how I usually feel when I have had little or no sleep (i.e insomnia), or when I am very worried. But this time I am not angry or sleep deprived or suffering from insomnia. But I have the telltale signs and none of the causes.
I do not have the mood swings or hot flushes but it is early days yet 🙂
I have another 8 days to go before my baseline test for down regulation. I think based on how I feel today, the next 7 or so days will be very interesting indeed.

Once the baseline test confirms that my estrogen levels are where they should be, I will be told to start the fsh injection the next evening. At this point, I will be told to reduce my nafarelin nasal spray to half the dose at a twelve hour interval – essentially alternating between each nostril.
The FSH injections will be subcutaneous and daily. From what I have read, this is where the actual mood swings and hot flushes start 🙂 This will last about ten days followed by an hCG injection designed to mature the eggs for harvesting. Once mature enough, the eggs will be harvested, fertilized and left to grow. Depending on the viability of the now embryos, transfer will occur on the 3rd or 5th day.
Then a pregnancy test will be carried out at home on day 16 following transfer of embryo and hopefully the test will be positive!

Thanks for reading – if you do have any questions or think there is something you would like some more information on or clarification of, please leave a comment and I will answer your questions.

Have a great night and see you tomorrow.
xx