Pulling the Trigger

Getting excited now!!

A nurse called from the clinic this afternoon.. one I haven't spoken to before. She had a very odd way of speaking. "So we've got you booked for the egg collection, nehhhhh.. and we need you to fast for six hours before, nehhhhhhh". Very strange. Almost like she was drawing a loud breath in at the end of every sentence. Highly distracting. Anyway. I digress.

So I'm booked in for EPU this Friday! I have to be at the clinic by 7.40am for my 8.40am surgery. Therefore she told me to do my trigger injection (Ovidrel) at 8.40pm tonight (it has to be 36hrs prior to collection so the eggs are mature but haven't been released yet). DP did the injection for me but I prepped the syringe. Luckily it's pre-filled & pre-mixed.. no muss no fuss! But one of the nurses told me the other day to get rid of the air bubble by slowly squeezing the syringe.. unfortunately I did it a tad too quick & a little bit squirted out the top! Now I'm stressing I've wasted some. Hopefully I didn't lose too much! Anyway, the injection was fine despite what I'd read. Not painful & not much different to the gonal-f injections. So.. no more nasal spray & no more nightly injections (for now)! Woohoo! Unfortunately I will have to start the Crinone gel from Saturday night... I'm definitely NOT looking forward to that! I'm also due to go in for the embryo transfer next Wednesday - reaaaaalllly hope we have one awesome embie to put back!! Eek!

The nurse also told us DP was booked in for HIS biopsy operation at 10am. I had to interrupt her & confirm that he wasn't definitely having an op, it's only if his previous sperm sample doesn't thaw well, right?? She dismissively said yes, yes, but he needs to fast as well, and be ready for his op at that time. If they have to cancel him at the last minute they will. Now I'm stressing that she sounded too sure he was going to have to be opened up again. I'm not really keen on that. I already feel bad for what I've put him through already.. plus we will have to organise someone else to pick us up from the clinic on the day as we may both have to have anaesthetic, therefore no-one will be able to drive home. Huge bugger. DP reckons he'll be fine to drive anyway, and is full of bravado. There's no way I'm getting in a car with him with anaesthetic still in his bloodstream! He's scary enough on a normal day!! So I'm making him call our only friends in the state tomorrow to ask if they'd mind being on standby. Doh.

Very eventful day. Also caught up with my interstate brother & his wife briefly this morning. They just arrived back from their honeymoon cruise & were about to drive a few hours away to spent some time with her sister. My SIL was very excitedly showing off her sis's ultrasound pic she got sent to her phone, and saying how ecstatic she was to finally be a "real aunty". I tried really hard to look happy for her, and I am, but worried people can see through my face to my aching heart.

When will it be MY turn finally?? It's hard to be patient when you've wanted something for 10 years & others can get it after thinking about it for 5 minutes.