CD10 - Ivf #2 Scanning day

Assalammualaikum wbt,

Today is the final scanning day. DH just drop me off because he had urgent matter to finish, so i arrived at hukm mac at about 9 am. And i got my turn after about half an hour. Embryologist look very please at the growth of my follicles but as they was so many of them, she cannot jot every size down and just focusing on anything above 14mm. Looks like they were more than 20s and most of them looks very crowded and squeezing each other, makes it more difficult for her to interpret. However she said that as long as there is one or two of big size, prof will be ok to proceed.

At that point, i really had a hard time to bent myself, and my abdomen, especially my uterus ovary area, felt so full and bloated. I also walk like a pregnant women haha.

After handing over the scanning sheet to the nurse counter, i waited for about an hour for the doctor. Luckily during my turn, prof was there and he suggest to do oocyte pickup(OPU) on sunday, 19th feb. i was thrilled and scared at the same time. The nurse, ms azmah was so friendly, she gave me proper instruction on what to do before, during and after upcoming OPU session. Here is the details:

2 days before OPU:

-to inject pregnyl 10000iu at 12am midnight. This to ensure the last prosess of maturation is complete.

-to make deposit payment of RM848 

12 hours before OPU:

-to fast from any food and drink starting 12am

OPU day:

-sperm need to be collected in the morning in the clinic or at home. We choose to do this at home. Easier for DH to take ghusl after that.

-not to wear any jewelleries

-arrive early before 8.30am

-remember you are fasting.

After OPU:

-medicine need to be bought later after opu is done. 

Dont worry if you panic and cannot remember all this on the spot, they provide us with the written list. Hehe

So today, i need to buy some medicine before heading home. 

2 box of pregnyl 

2 syringe of decapeptyl

Clarinase 6 tabs and aspirin 3 tabs

This is the bill for today

Medications: RM166.40

Ivf Deposit: RM848

Total: RM1014.40

I took an uber to ride home. 

Tips: if you had trouble to pay, actually you can still make negotiation with the doctor. In our case, we plan to have opu after 21st (that's when we will have our money ready), but since it will be too late to wait until that, prof let say pay the deposit on the day of opu and the rest of the payment after 21st. 

TTC @HUKM - Ultrasound CD13

Assalammualaikum wbt and ramadhan kareem everyone.

Today is my ultrasound day on cd13. Recap: i was on femara starting cd2-cd6 7.5mg daily. I arrived at clinic at 10.30am and the clinic was so quiet, and less people inside. I registered myself and ask am i late or something, the nurse said that less people prefer to have treatment in ramadhan month as there is no way they could do transvaginal scan or other procedur like iui or ivf.

So, i was in no queue at all. During the scan, the sonographer said she will be doing abdominal scan only as im fasting. So, as it is hard to see follicles using this scan, she had to push the scanner tool harder than usual on my stomach. And alhamdulillah, when she scan my right ovary, she easily spotted one big follicle measuring 23x18mm in her screen, while others in left ovary are very small one measuring only 7x7 each. Endometrium lining also looks good with thickness 10.1mm. After the scan, i went to the registration counter and an indian doc name dr prakash waited for me and look at my form. He said this is very good and we need to trigger this now. I was so excited as my follicle grew this fast and as prof hashim expectation. Alhamdulillah. So i trigger with pregnyl 2000iu at the clinic and will bd in the next 36 hours from now.

Also, i had started using opk the last two days, and today my opk is darker than yesterday, and i found out that my vaginal discharge also a little bit sticky and going to be egg white a little bit. I hope this is the month for us, inshaAllah. The best month for ibadah and du'a, and also a miracle soon inshaAllah. Do pray for us, and i hope for the best for u too.

Happy 8th ramadhan to all.