The IVF Diary - Postscript

Posted on May 8th, 2007 by

Syringe We've now had our post-cycle review with a Fertility Specialist at Hammersmith IVF and it has been quite reassuring.

Apparently, it has not been who's had a fertility problem for all these years, nor my husband. We're incompatible in terms of the gametes bonding and therefore have finally got to the root of our inexplained infertility.

All the guilt I've carried around for years has now gone and left me feeling much better about myself and life in general.

There is an option open to us now if we would like to take it - ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection) which basically means forcing an embryo to form by injecting a sperm into one of my ova.

This does open up both ethical and moral debate about bypassing Natural Selection. We did enquire as to the likelihood of having an abnormal baby through this process and apparently, there have not been any such problems associated with this treatment.

Jury's still out as far as we're concerned about taking this option. However, at least we are now wiser about our years of fruitless endeavours.

Please see a review of the drug regime and tests below for reference:

1	16/02/2007	Period Started (Induced with Provera)
2	17/02/2007
3	18/02/2007
4	19/02/2007
5	20/02/2007
6	21/02/2007
7	22/02/2007
8	23/02/2007
9	24/02/2007
10	25/02/2007
11	26/02/2007
12	27/02/2007
13	28/02/2007
14	01/03/2007
15	02/03/2007
16	03/03/2007
17	04/03/2007
18	05/03/2007
19	06/03/2007
20	07/03/2007
21	08/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	1
22	09/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	2
23	10/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	3
24	11/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	4
25	12/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	5
26	13/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	6
27	14/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	7
28	15/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	8
29	16/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	9
30	17/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	10
31	18/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	11
32	19/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	12
33	20/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	13
34	21/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	14
35	22/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)	15		Suppressed Scan & Blood Test
36	23/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)x 2	16
37	24/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)x 2	17
38	25/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)x 2	18
39	26/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)x 2	19
40	27/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)x 2	20
41	28/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)x 2	21		Period
42	29/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)x 2	22		Scan & Blood Test
43	30/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)x 2	23
44	31/03/2007	Buserelin (50ml)x 2	24
45	01/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml)x 2	25
46	02/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml)x 2 Gonal-F (112.5ml)	26	1	Cysts removed
47	03/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	27	2
48	04/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	28	3
49	05/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	29	4
50	06/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	30	5	Scan & Blood Test
51	07/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	31	6
52	08/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	32	7
53	09/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	33	8	Scan & Blood Test
54	10/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	34	9
55	11/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	35	10	Scan & Blood Test
56	12/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	36	11
57	13/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	37	12	Scan & Blood Test
58	14/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Gonal-F (112.5ml)	38	13
59	15/04/2007	Buserelin (50ml) Ovitrelle (23:00)	39	14
60	16/04/2007	No Injections
61	17/04/2007	Egg Collection (6 mature eggs)			Antibiotics
62	18/04/2007	Progesterone & Antibiotics
63	19/04/2007	No Implantation due to no embryos forming

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