It's Me, Lucy!

Spot the Embryo! 10th April 2013; The day we attended the Assisted Conception Unit for our baseline scan for our second cycle. Having gotten over the disappointment of our failed cycle safe in the knowledge that not many couples are successful first time and that we had our wee frozen embryos we felt ready to get on with it and finally make a baby! We had paid for our first cycle whilst we were on the waiting list for NHS treatment and so we had to pay again for this frozen transfer.  In our health board are at that time, we were incredibly lucky to be entitled to 2 cycles of treatment however the waiting time was 18 months and so we borrowed the money to pay for treatment while we waited - we felt it would be money well spent and we were in a fortunate position that we were able to do this. A frozen cycle is different from a fresh cycle in that we already had the frozen embryos so we didnt need to go through the process of injecting and growing follicles etc so we w...

My Sidekick, Abi! 8th November 2012; The first day of treatment for our first frozen transfer. Following the egg retrieval and hyperstimulation, we had to wait for 2 periods before we could start medication in preparation for our first frozen embryo transfer and now the day had finally arrived and we couldn't wait to get started. I was started on a nasal spray called Suprecur which had to be taken 4 times a day at the exact same time every day.  We had decided we were going to keep it a secret that our treatment had begun again because once we had a positive pregnancy test, we wanted to be able to do the grand reveal and surprise everyone! This made it difficult to take the nasal spray at certain times because I had set alarms on my phone at 8a.m., 12 p.m., 4p.m. and 8 p.m. and I worked full-time so was at work for most of these.   The nasal spray is designed to reduce the hormones in your body that control ovulation (basically sending you into an early menop...