Next Step

I got my period on Wednesday. It seems that I now have a 30 day cycle. The nurse said not to worry IVF often changes people's cycles. When I saw her for the blood test she had my protocol, except it didn't make sense as my Dr had ticked flare cycle and down reg. So she sent me over to his rooms. He saw me on the spot and we discussed the flare cycles in which I produce a lot of eggs and have some embryos to freeze and the the down reg. cycles first and third cycle ( 2nd cancelled due to OHSS risk) where I had less eggs and embryos, but got pregnant.

Actually I told my Dr this as he was still flicking through my file which I had brought with me. As it was 7.30 in the morning and I was rushing to get to work I was too impatient to wait for him to read through it. So we decided to try a down reg. again, even though the pill has some unpleasant side effects on me. I feel nausea, migraines and cry uncontrollably for no apparent reason. I've warned my husband to expect me to be a bit mental over the next couple of weeks. I don't feel as rushed with this protocol and wanted some change as the last two flare cycles had ended in zip. So here we go again, feeling like an IVF failure and another birthday coming up on the 2nd of November.

This week at work I finally put a letter in requesting long service leave. I've only ever taken 2 weeks for my honeymoon and have a stack saved up. I will take 2 term next year which will give me 18 weeks off work, this includes the school holidays. J also has long service leave and annual leave saved up. We can't decide where to go yet. I'm still leaning towards Sri Lanka although I was put off by Carl Muller's Colombo . There was some really vile things in it like pedophilia and ghastly crimes. J just said I told you so, he doesn't want to go back, and he doesn't trust the ceasefire between the Tamils and the Sinhalese. So we are still tossing around ideas, New Zealand appeals to both of us, I snowboarded there a few years ago and would love to go back and tour both islands. This is of course if I get my long service leave, it has to go through a committee for approval.