Its been a while
Yes, since the last posting, alot has happened, including the end of my anti-hormonal injections to stop mentration and to have a "pretend" menopause. Also, 1-3times weekly visits at the clinic totally wore me out.
After my first sign of return of menstration, Prof watched me and my reproductive system very closely, demanding me to be scanned up to 3times a week. Waiting for at least 2hrs at the clinic is not funny, the staff and nurses have become our family since we see them more often then our own mums & dads haha
On the observation of the 2nd cycle of ovulation, Prof keenly calculated rough dates of when the eggs will be released from the ovary and told us to do "homework". So we did. Of course we had to go back to see him AFTER we did our homework... sort of like handing in our assignments haha.
To our disappointment (mini one since we were not really expecting much), the egg was still stuck INSIDE the ovary. Suspect that the ovary walls are too thick for it to come out....
So Prof suggested that he'll give me an injection that will encourage ovulation in 48hrs.... which means MORE "HOMEWORK" haha
To top it off (like buying insurance), Prof suggested that he'll do an Assisted Insemination Procedure (AIP) for short (i think), which means my hubby has to produce his offsprings in a jar, bring it to the clinic (at least 3hrs before I see Prof in the same day) for the clinic to do their sorting (like sorting good sperm from bad, poor swimmers from good swimmers, to maximise our chances).
So that evening, we went back to the clinic for Prof to do AIP. In our scan, it showed that the egg STILL has NOT ovulated OUT of the ovary yet. *sigh* But he say, we'll try AIP anyway, since we've already prepared. Felt like I was going to delivery a baby on the mini-OP-table. Because I had to stick up my legs as in all delivery wards with pregnant women haha. Swiftly, he inserted all of hubby's BEST into me.
We were suppose to do homework for the next day as well, to be extra SAFE haha.... with such a sure win "formula" how to NOT have a baby??
With alot of excitement, we return to the clinic a few days later.... yes, for the WHOLE day, my mind was wondering if this is the DAY..... So did my hubby, but he was trying to be conservative, to avoid being disappointed...
Well, as you can guess, with reading of this blog, there was no good news. Instead, the bloody egg was STILL trying to get OUT of the ovary... Which is NOT a good sign because it could mean that it is developing into a cyst. So Prof say, come back next week, I need to monitor if the cyst gets bigger (which means we've got to do something about it) or smaller (which means good news and wait for the next cycle).
Good thing that the little cyst fellow (or corpus lutuem) disappeared out of our view in our next visit. And Prof say, come back and see me next week....
So we did, somehow, I still did not get my menses during my visit to see Prof, which was strange because my periods are usually very ON time... So he had a mini suspect and told me to take a blood test for pregnancy two days later IF I still do not have my menses....
woah... that two days were such a drag... the anticipation... what if we are REALLY going to be parents??? hee hee hee
in our excitement, we giggle ourselves silly hee....
well well.... it was not any good news, instead the bloody cyst has recurred!!
So Prof had to continue to monitor me.... to see it go up and down... *SIGH*
Seems like the hormones in my brain (mainly the LH) is going haywire, causing the body to respond in the abnormal fashion as well!
So continue to read... the journey of the woman with Endometriosis continues....
After my first sign of return of menstration, Prof watched me and my reproductive system very closely, demanding me to be scanned up to 3times a week. Waiting for at least 2hrs at the clinic is not funny, the staff and nurses have become our family since we see them more often then our own mums & dads haha
On the observation of the 2nd cycle of ovulation, Prof keenly calculated rough dates of when the eggs will be released from the ovary and told us to do "homework". So we did. Of course we had to go back to see him AFTER we did our homework... sort of like handing in our assignments haha.
To our disappointment (mini one since we were not really expecting much), the egg was still stuck INSIDE the ovary. Suspect that the ovary walls are too thick for it to come out....
So Prof suggested that he'll give me an injection that will encourage ovulation in 48hrs.... which means MORE "HOMEWORK" haha
To top it off (like buying insurance), Prof suggested that he'll do an Assisted Insemination Procedure (AIP) for short (i think), which means my hubby has to produce his offsprings in a jar, bring it to the clinic (at least 3hrs before I see Prof in the same day) for the clinic to do their sorting (like sorting good sperm from bad, poor swimmers from good swimmers, to maximise our chances).
So that evening, we went back to the clinic for Prof to do AIP. In our scan, it showed that the egg STILL has NOT ovulated OUT of the ovary yet. *sigh* But he say, we'll try AIP anyway, since we've already prepared. Felt like I was going to delivery a baby on the mini-OP-table. Because I had to stick up my legs as in all delivery wards with pregnant women haha. Swiftly, he inserted all of hubby's BEST into me.
We were suppose to do homework for the next day as well, to be extra SAFE haha.... with such a sure win "formula" how to NOT have a baby??
With alot of excitement, we return to the clinic a few days later.... yes, for the WHOLE day, my mind was wondering if this is the DAY..... So did my hubby, but he was trying to be conservative, to avoid being disappointed...
Well, as you can guess, with reading of this blog, there was no good news. Instead, the bloody egg was STILL trying to get OUT of the ovary... Which is NOT a good sign because it could mean that it is developing into a cyst. So Prof say, come back next week, I need to monitor if the cyst gets bigger (which means we've got to do something about it) or smaller (which means good news and wait for the next cycle).
Good thing that the little cyst fellow (or corpus lutuem) disappeared out of our view in our next visit. And Prof say, come back and see me next week....
So we did, somehow, I still did not get my menses during my visit to see Prof, which was strange because my periods are usually very ON time... So he had a mini suspect and told me to take a blood test for pregnancy two days later IF I still do not have my menses....
woah... that two days were such a drag... the anticipation... what if we are REALLY going to be parents??? hee hee hee
in our excitement, we giggle ourselves silly hee....
well well.... it was not any good news, instead the bloody cyst has recurred!!
So Prof had to continue to monitor me.... to see it go up and down... *SIGH*
Seems like the hormones in my brain (mainly the LH) is going haywire, causing the body to respond in the abnormal fashion as well!
So continue to read... the journey of the woman with Endometriosis continues....
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