The egg retrieval was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. which was 34 hours after the trigger shot. I arrived at the operation room at 9:00 a.m. Waited till 9:30 before my name was called and I was led to change into the hospital gown. I waited and waited and waited. I kept looking at the clock.... tick tock tick tock.... hard to stay seated without feeling cold. I was anxious that the 36th hour after administering the trigger shot would pass and all my eggs would just ovulate before being picked up.
11:40 a.m. - Finally my name was called and I was led to the surgery room. They asked me a few questions about previous surgeries, put the IV into my vein, attached the blood pressure monitor belt on my arm and I passed out. When I came around, I was already in the recovery room. I asked how many eggs were retrieved. In total, 15 eggs were retrieved! Hallelujah! I wasn't expecting that number! This was an even better number than IVF#1. I felt happy. My husband was called into the recovery room and he helped me change. As we walked out and were waiting for the elevator, I felt so dizzy and suddenly my whole body went cold and everything went black, I crumbled to the ground. I heard my husband calling out my name from far. Somewhere a nurse came with a wheelchair and wheeled me back to the recovery room where they put me on the bed and an oxygen mask over my nose. I told them I might be low in blood sugar and they just asked me to rest. I rested for 30 more minutes and felt good enough to get out of bed. My husband got food for me and I ate it before we left the hospital.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Monday, December 28, 2015
1st FET
Happy Holiday Season Folks!
It has been a while since I last wrote. A lot has happened since. Below I have summarized my first FET experience.
CD 1 - Booked appointment online with Dr. Lee.
CD 2 - Estrade (E2) tabs prescribed by Dr. Lee (4 tabs daily)
CD 8: Went back to see Dr. Lee. Ultrasound showed lining at 6.7 mm. Prescribed 6 tabs daily - 2 in the morning, 2 at noon and 2 in the evening. See Dr. Lee on CD 11.
CD 11: Lining at 10.1 mm, Dr. Lee said it's a good thickness. He prescribed Crinone 1 daily in the morning starting CD 14 and PIO 1 daily in the morning starting at CD 15. ET scheduled for CD 14.
CD 14: ET day. Embryologist advised the 2 embryos 4BB and 3BB were still viable. ET itself was a breeze. Not much difference from a fresh transfer. Continue taking E2 #2 tabs x 2 daily and Crinone #1 application x 2 daily.
CD 23: Beta HCG result was 2.7. Not pregnant. Dr Lee said he will be on vacation mid-October and told me to return in November to do a fresh cycle as the remaining embies were 4cc x 2 and EB x 2.
Before we could have any other word with him, we were ushered outside the clinic. Shortly after, the nurse (Jing Yi) came and advised us to chart BBT for the next 2 months per the doctor's advice. So we asked if we need to advise the lab that to throw away the rest of the embies. She said she personally thinks it was quite a waste to throw them away however if we so desire, we can advise the lab to do it. I then asked her if it was really necessary to wait 2 months. She said the wait is because Dr Lee was going on vacation hence the wait however technically it wasn't necessary to wait two months . I asked her if I can consult the other doctor Dr Hwu, Yuh-ming and she said it was up to me. I personally didn't think charting BBT was necessary at this point because it was like going back to square one. We decided to consult Dr Hwu.
CD 24: Consultation with Dr. Hwu, Yuh-ming, current head of the ob/gyn department at Mackay. We asked him if he thinks we should throw away the remaining embies. He thought that it will be quite regrettable and thinks we should use them all up before starting a fresh new cycle. So we decided to do another FET asap with Dr. Hwu as our doctor as we did not want to wait 2 months.
It has been a while since I last wrote. A lot has happened since. Below I have summarized my first FET experience.
CD 1 - Booked appointment online with Dr. Lee.
CD 2 - Estrade (E2) tabs prescribed by Dr. Lee (4 tabs daily)
CD 8: Went back to see Dr. Lee. Ultrasound showed lining at 6.7 mm. Prescribed 6 tabs daily - 2 in the morning, 2 at noon and 2 in the evening. See Dr. Lee on CD 11.
CD 11: Lining at 10.1 mm, Dr. Lee said it's a good thickness. He prescribed Crinone 1 daily in the morning starting CD 14 and PIO 1 daily in the morning starting at CD 15. ET scheduled for CD 14.
CD 14: ET day. Embryologist advised the 2 embryos 4BB and 3BB were still viable. ET itself was a breeze. Not much difference from a fresh transfer. Continue taking E2 #2 tabs x 2 daily and Crinone #1 application x 2 daily.
CD 23: Beta HCG result was 2.7. Not pregnant. Dr Lee said he will be on vacation mid-October and told me to return in November to do a fresh cycle as the remaining embies were 4cc x 2 and EB x 2.
Before we could have any other word with him, we were ushered outside the clinic. Shortly after, the nurse (Jing Yi) came and advised us to chart BBT for the next 2 months per the doctor's advice. So we asked if we need to advise the lab that to throw away the rest of the embies. She said she personally thinks it was quite a waste to throw them away however if we so desire, we can advise the lab to do it. I then asked her if it was really necessary to wait 2 months. She said the wait is because Dr Lee was going on vacation hence the wait however technically it wasn't necessary to wait two months . I asked her if I can consult the other doctor Dr Hwu, Yuh-ming and she said it was up to me. I personally didn't think charting BBT was necessary at this point because it was like going back to square one. We decided to consult Dr Hwu.
CD 24: Consultation with Dr. Hwu, Yuh-ming, current head of the ob/gyn department at Mackay. We asked him if he thinks we should throw away the remaining embies. He thought that it will be quite regrettable and thinks we should use them all up before starting a fresh new cycle. So we decided to do another FET asap with Dr. Hwu as our doctor as we did not want to wait 2 months.
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