IVF with ICSI #1 Update

With our first IVF cycle we managed to fertilise 3 eggs, and 2 embryos made it to day 5. I had one put back and one frozen. Unfortunately the one put back turned into a chemical pregnancy so we are putting a lot of our hope into the frozen one. We have paid for a multicycle plan which means a lot of the pressure is off, we know that if the frozen embryo doesn't work out we have another cycle paid for. We would just need to pay for the medication. Our next steps are to firstly take a break! No medication or injections. No avoiding having a bath or hot water bottles. No wearing socks to bed. Just a chilled out break. And then we will see about what medication we would need for the frozen transfer and how much it would cost. We are definitely taking the whole of November off and depending on the dates possibly December too.

IVF with ICSI #1 Update

I don't update this blog much because there isn't a lot to say on a day to day basis (and I do forget).
But we started IVF injections on 25th September, did my Trigger Shot on 8th October, and went for Egg Retrieval on 10th October.
The Egg Retrieval was what I was scared of most because you have to go on an IV and be sedated. However, I just slept the whole way through, didn't feel any of it and recovered really well so we could go home. For that day and the next 2 days at home I was in a lot of pain. It was very uncomfortable to walk and sit. I lost 3lb because I didn't have much of an appetite. Today is Thursday, 3 days after, and I feel a lot better. I'm in a lot less pain and wanted to update this blog with the results of the retrieval.
I had 16 follicles at my last scan, they got 8 eggs at retrieval. The next day they phoned to let us know that 3 of those eggs were immature so couldn't be used. Of the 5 that were left they successfully injected 3 with the sperm from our donor. (I didn't even post about that on this blog! We managed to find a donor who has similar interests to us, and likes to visit the same places we do.)
They phoned again today to let us know how those 3 embryos had developed. This is what the Embryologist told us on the phone: “The good news is that the 3 of them are really nice. Theyre all at the good stage of the development and theyve got very nice grading. 2 of them are already compacting which is a very good sign. So theyre doing really well.”
I'm really happy and hopeful! I wasn't sure whether the low AMH results I had would mean my eggs are of a lower quality. But to have 3 embryos developing well is a good sign. I'm hoping that all 3 make it to day 5 and we are able to freeze 2. I know not all embryos survive the freezing process but it would take so much of the pressure off us if it worked. I will eventually post about the results of our first embryo transfer and what our next steps are.

Alphabet Dating - S Date!

For S Date I bought us tickets to go to a Sims event at Event City Manchester. When we got there we were given a raffle ticket and a prize draw ticket. We did the prize draw ticket first which was at The Sims Resource booth. I won the grand prize! I got Steel Series Sims 4 Headset, Mouse and Mousemat. Kirsty got a Mousemat too which we got signed by the Sims Youtuber, Deligracy. We then went to a booth called Similarish and bought a Plumbob necklace and keyring. Kirsty put her name in a postbox to win the Headset and Mouse. We watched a panel about Sims on Youtube. Then we created a sim called Patricia Schnell on the Sims 4. We tried to build but it was too hard to work out. We had a cup of tea before the prize draw. Then at the prize draw they pulled out 5 names from the postbox to win the headset and mouse, Kirsty's name was the 5th one called. Our numbers didn't get called for the raffle but they said everyone who hadn't been called could queue up to get a tshirt so I got a Simcity Build it tshirt and Kirsty got a Sims 3 one. After that we went to Lush and Kirsty bought me loads of the Christmas bath bombs and we got KFC to eat at home.

Alphabet Dating - R Date!

For R date Kirsty chose to recreate one of our dates that we used to go on a lot. We would always go to Pizza Hut (restaurant) that is a few minutes walk from our house and get a favourites platter, a pizza to share and have dessert. Which is exactly what we did! They rarely have the favourites platter on the menu at most Pizza Huts and it's one of our favourite things to get so I was so glad. After Pizza Hut we came home and read books on the settee. It was nice to do something together that wasn't watching TV.