Day 20 awaits

Whoa there, my furry little comment monkeys! Easy, tigers! Now, I know that the subject of my stimming injection choices is such an immensely fascinating topic, one on which you are dying to opine. But let's just take this one step at a time, no need to be hasty-like. Even if that makes me...how did my friend Truculent Girl put it again? Oh yes, "a stim tease". Yes, I believe that was it. Har.

Actually, I'll tell you that one of my main reasons for holding back on that particular discussion is because in recent telephone calls, I have noted that my mother is taking a rather keen interest in the entrees on my Stimming Menu. And she is legendary amongst those that Google. I fear if I start bandying about the brand names and methods of delivery as I will inevitably do in due course, she might just accidentally googleplex her way...well, here.

Besides, before we even get to the delights of stimhood, I have to undergo my Day 20 scan. As my period arrived like a well-trained puppy to heel right on cue, this is coming up in two weeks time. As I understand it, Day 20 will involve my first date with the OC wand monkey, for a simple check for any lurking unwanted cysts or other garden produce.

One would have thought perhaps that this was the kind of thing we could be looking for, say, now as opposed to the day before starting down-regulating. But hey, what do I know? Besides, I suppose there is nothing like a little 11th hour suspense to liven up the proceedings, is there?

Another happy event on Day 20 will include the handing in the crate of consent forms. The good news is that I saw Dr Best Friend yesterday and she was perfectly content to sign the dreaded Declaration with very little fuss and bother. I realised afterwards as I left the doctor's office that up until that point I had a tight knot of tension in my shoulder which suddenly and miraculously lifted as I skipped home with a much lighter heart. Funny, because if you had asked me, I would have said I was not worried about it in the slightest- that I was operating on the presumption that of course she would sign it. These things, though, they stir in the dark recesses of the subconscious, coiled and waiting to strike.

Assuming my dalliance with le singe de baguette magique* reveals nothing untoward, my appointment will conclude with handing over my credit card for payment of the (*gulp*) full amount for the whole treatment cycle. Farewell, contents of my savings account- it was nice knowing you. Don't be a stranger, you hear?

In return for forking over vast sums of hard earned cash, I will be sent away with some nasal spray, the inhaling of which will commence the next day. And, not to obsess over this Drug Menu thing, but looking over the prices, I see there is quite a big difference in the cost between the Synarel nasal spray, and the alternative Suprecur subcutaneous injections. But not big enough to make me opt for sticking myself every day instead of snorting.

Ooh, and lastly, Day 20 will be, I hope, the day I introduce a new category to ze blog. A witticism along the lines of "IVF I". Or possibly IVF the First. IVF Round One? In vitro primus? Mmm. Something to ponder while we wait.

* I also thought it would be an amusing little diversion over the coming months to explore the phrase "wand monkey" in various languages. A girl needs something to look forward to, after all.

Comments

[Pamplemousse]

I knew your GP would give you the go-ahead. You have to be a child beater not to.

Day 20 wand monkey viewing is just a formality - no worries. It is just to get you in the mood for the hundreds of other times you will experience the joy of it. You have to lose your dignity sometime!

[PJ]

Good luck with your day 20 reaming. I hope there's nothing out of the ordinary up there. I did lose a sock a few days ago...

[Anna H.]

I'm so hoping that your new catagory will end up being called simply IVF The Only.

Ok Day Twenty, hurry up and get here please. Thank you.

xxoo

[Mellie]

Checking on day 20 instead of now might allow for any current cysts to shrink down and not unnecessarily cause any alarm. Wishing you much good luck for this cycle - may it be your only IVF one.

[Suz]

Good luck on Day 20!

[Manuela]

You know... were you to create a category about various brands of garden hoes... you would somehow... with that plummy Brit accent of yours... the one that comes through so loud and clear in your writing... make it seem the most elegantly fascinating thing in the world to read.

I simply adore your turn of phrase and gobble up your words as though they were fabulous french truffles. That which I consume far too quickly and am left only to want more!

[Amyesq]

Hear hear to Anna's "IVF The Only!" Oh, and sorry for the premature Follistim-ation. Sometimes I just can't control myself.

[Carlynn]

Hi Barrenmare, been lurking for a while and I just read
your post on needles and had to add something. I hated
needles. I could never watch when a nurse took my blood
and had to look away and think happy thoughts, la la la.
Then .... it was discovered that I have diabetes and now
I have to give myself 3, three, injections a day and
amazingly enough, it is not that bad. I am now also giving
myself one homeopathic injection a day to support my
cranky reproductive organs and at a grand total of 4
injections a day, I can still say it's not that bad. You
breathe deeply, aim the needle and look away at the moment of it enters your flesh. Then it's fine, it's over in less than a minute unlike a scan and there is no bad news at the end, unlike a scan. So there are actually lots of positive things about injections. That said, I hope this cycle goes very well for you and you never graduate to an injected cycle. I'll be reading :)

[Jill]

Best wishes to you on your upcoming cycle!

[Thalia]

and I third "IVF the only". Hope the sniffing isn't too onerous.

[InSpring]

IVF the only - love Anna H., I wish we all didn't number the first as number one. Let it be your only.

BTW if you make your blog "private" with your typepad controls, the only thing that will happen is that your blog won't be googleable any longer - wards off trolls and MIL's.