Waiting for Round 2

Nobody ever expects to have problems conceiving. You start on the procreation journey with wild abandon, enjoying each other, thinking that it will happen when it happens. Quickly, swiftly it becomes a routine of thermometers, mucus, calendars and monthly disappointment.

We tried for a year, became pregnant, had a miscarriage and kept trying for another year and a half. This year, it was time to up the ante.

IVF #1 was what i called "easy" until we got into the 2 week wait. I suppose the fact that the drugs did very little to me, helped the "easy" description. We did a short cycle with only Puregon and Orgalutran. That first time, we collected 7 eggs, 6 of which were injected, 4 fertilised but only 2 made it to day 5. and they were dodgy and slow in development. They both ended up back in my body and i don't know which one implanted (or if both did). In the end Doc D called it a biochemical pregnancy and i, after spending nights over the toilet bowl, was utterly confused.

So here i am, again, waiting for the next cycle. The plan is to start Lucrin on day 22, then the Puregon and Lucrin, and so on and so forth.

I suppose at the end of round 1, we were over it, went away for 3 weeks holiday and came back saying we were in no rush and that we'd wait til next year. But as the days went on, i just wanted to be doing something! so we decided and now we wait for round 2.

Wish us luck!