I'm moving......

I've been inspired (you know who you are!) to have a change of scenery.....so it's bye bye blogger hello wordpress.

I can't get the hyperlink to work, so here's the address:

www.onemiracleneeded.wordpress.com

Day 1 Fertilisation Report

First of all congrats to Tracey, Chicklet & Amy who also got through the egg collection stress yesterday.

Just got a call from the embryologist, of the 6 that were mature, 6 have fertilised with ICSI. That's 100% again...my Other Half's dodgy love potion has stepped up to the plate yet again.

Now before you all get hyper, here's how things have gone previously:

IVF #1 - 2 eggs ICSI'd - 2 fertilised - 1 surviving embryo on Day 3
IVF #2 - 5 eggs ICSI'd - 5 fertilised - 2 surviving embryos on Day 3

So whilst I am thrilled all 6 have fertilised, and couldn't ask for more, I am realistic enough to know it doesn't mean we are going to be spoilt for choice, but miracles can happen...can't they?



'It must come true, sometime soon somehow'

Christmas Songs

We started getting in the Christmas mood this week and put our Christmas CD's in the car stereo. When we arrived at the hospital this morning, one of my favourite songs was playing and I couldn't help but listen to the words. It's by Johnny Mathis and is called 'When a Child is Born'. The optimistic part of me thinks that it's a omen that it was playing just as we arrived at the hospital.

The lyrics are so appropriate:

A ray of hope flickers in the sky
A tiny star lights up way up high
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born

A silent wish sails the seven seas
The winds of change whisper in the trees
And the walls of doubt crumble, tossed and torn
This comes to pass when a child is born

A rosy hue settles all around
You've got the feel you're on solid ground
For a spell or two, no-one seems forlorn
This comes to pass when a child is born

And all of this happens because the world is waiting,
Waiting for one child
Black, white, yellow, no-one knows
But a child that will grow up and turn tears to laughter,
Hate to love, war to peace and everyone to everyone's neighbour
And misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten, forever

It's all a dream, an illusion now
It must come true, sometime soon somehow
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born

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There's a part of the song that I can't get out of my head...it's the line 'It must come true, sometime soon somehow'. Oh I hope so.....for all of us battling down this road.

So, here's the update I know you are waiting for....7 eggs, 6 have been injected, 1 was an empty zona. Fertilisation call tomorrow morning.

Thanks for all the well wishes.

'It must come true, sometime soon somehow'

Nothing else to do

Had my Day 11 scan on Saturday, in which they 'lost' 2 follicles but I just put it down to a different nurse doing the scan. Day 13 scan today in which the mystery 2 turned up, but I am feeling like my initial optimism is disappearing.

There was I after the Day 8 scan thinking I was heading for a bigger crop than the 6 eggs last time but today's measurements have me a little worried me that I might not even make 6 eggs. Here are the stats:

R - 23 x 18
R - 12 x 8
R - 10 X 9
L - 24 x 18
L - 22 x 16
L - 23 x 12
L - 19 x 15
L - 19 x 12
L - 15 x 15
L - 15 x 14
L - 14 x 8
L - 13 x 10
L - 10 x 10
L - 8

You probably know this but they take the average of the 2 figures to get the size, so I am concerned that there will be a batch of them that won't be big enough (I believe 18mm is mature).

Well, there's nothing I can do, I've done my trigger shot and I am in hospital on Wednesday, let's hope I have a nice surprise.