Well Dr D as right, I did get worse. Its such a hard thing to explain, you go from feeling ok to not being able to lift your head kind of like the flu and a hangover all in one. My legs felt achy just walking down stairs but I was conscious I still needed to move every hour . My stomach is disgusting,bloated and covered in bruises from the anti clotting injections, we are running out of space!
My week did perk up with a special delivery from my 3 best friends, a bag filled with my favourite chocolates, sweets , dry shampoo, bath stuff , magazines and a candle. Along with a lovely card. It was really thoughtful and did a good job in making me smile. I know lots of people that go through the IVF process keep it quiet but without my friends love and support I think I would of stressed hubby out to the max , moaning at him all the time ! The girls have made this process easier .
I called in with my stats and Dr D called in and asked me to go in the next day for a scan and more bloods. My mum was here, she is a god send, she came over looked after me and our two puppies, she made soup, cleaned and ironed. I guess no matter how old you always need your mum. I hope one day I can be there for our child like my mum has been there for us. She is our rock.
I went in for the scan the next day and Dr Z decided she wanted to do an internal. Bring on the dildo cam ! She said that there was still a build up of fluid but it had reduced, my ovaries had reduced also. I told her I had started spotting as well and she said that was good as when my period starts this will all go away !
On the way home in the car Dr Z called and said Dr D wanted to see me the next day for more bloods and to decide whether to drain the fluid or not . I really didn’t want the fluid drained as this would involve either a tap in my abdomen or via a needle vaginally but would mean a hospital stay , no thank you !
I went back to the hospital today, Dr D met me and said I looked perkier, I did feel a bit better. She said that my bloods were marginally better than two days prior , she said that she thinks I am on the plateau now as only had retained 500ml of fluid after a 1500ml intake. Dr D is confident that by Monday I will be feeling much better, I need to call in and give my stats and symptoms and take it from there. My blood pressure was low so I had to stay at the hospital until it got better.
Nurse L looked after me and we were talking about the transfer not happening and how hubby was right (shhh) , Nurse L said that it has been really nice to see how much hubby has been there for me, she said she can see the love and care in his eyes and just by his body language and the way he talks she knows I am his world. That made me emotional as I am so lucky, this process is heavily focused on the female and that is not right but its the way it is, not much thought is given to the man, how he feels and how hard it is for him and my hubby has always put me first, never grumbling (apart from NHS wait times and blood tests!) He doesn’t really have anyone to talk to about it, he has friends of course but I think its harder for men to talk about.
I am feeling stir crazy, for over 10 days I have either been at home or the hospital , hubby has agreed if I rest tomorrow we can go out on sunday for a couple of hours yipee!
Have a lovely weekend
Searching for a positive 