and we’ll know tomorrow..

Yes tomorrow we’ll know whether or not I will start stimulation. I will have ultrasound at 3pm tomorrow. I feel like everything will be ok, I’m not EXTREMELY worried, I’m fine.. I feel change in my body (read: side effects) so the nasal spray MUST be working

Conversation I had with my husband, the clown, this morning,

Me: What do you think will happen tomorrow?

Him: I don’t know baby, I can only hope it’s all good, so that I don’t have to deal with you being sad and also I want MY DINNER, mostly because I WANT MY DINNER! *We are planning to have special dinner if all goes well*

Me:

My husband.. He’s been great through all these, annoying me all the time but he’s been my strength

just because..

i’ve been sooo grumpy these last 3 days.. my poor husband has turned into my punching bag 😦 even waking up in the morning I feel on edge and just want to give it to someone! I cried for no reason at all on Friday & Saturday night.. I was cooking dinner on Friday night and I couldn’t seal a vegetable packet with some bag clips, I got sooo frustrated I ended up throwing the clips off the bench! My sweet sweet husband came to the rescue, gave me a cuddle and said  “don’t stress” .. pfffffff bloody bag clips never frustrate me this much..

spottings lasted until yesterday afternoon.. shouldn’t have any today..  sooo to sum up, I’ve had hot flushes, I’ve been grumpy, I’ve had headaches.. Ooooo how I love my nasal spray 🙄 

 

 

day 12

this morning is the start of day 12! they said nasal spray for down regulation should be used for at least 12 days, that means I should have my uterus lining pretty thin now.. I hope 🙂 So I have 5 days “extra”, hopefully these 5 days would make up all the wrong-sprayings I’ve done 😉

suprecur nasal spray

so far I have sniffed about half a bottle, oh well I did do maybe 3 unnecessary priming (spray to the air) only to check if it’s working – just to be on the safe side. My nose is doing OK, It hasn’t bled or got irritated, although several times I was so close  to sneezing, but I took a deep breath.. and it’d go away.. uffff

Oooh and last night (I just remember about this) I totally screwed up my 7pm sniff 😦 I had it dripping all over the bottle and some liquid was on the top of the bottle.. sooooo my initial reaction was… I DID ANOTHER SNIFF! I hope I wasn’t overdosed!

Anyway.. Only have spottings this morning – period leftover the way I call it – so that means my period is going as usual – about 4 days – heavy on the first 2 days.. I kind of hoping that It would stay longer though.. oh well, it will be just fine, I’m sure of that – I need to keep saying this to myself 😀

 

 

 

aunty flow & food craving

Yes! Apparently that’s how some people call their period! cute name hey?

So day 2 today and I feel that this time it’s a little heavier than usual.. Great! that means uterus lining is shedding and is getting thinner as we speak! 😀 Another thing that I just realized today.. I’ve been eating like a pig! usually my appetite for food increases about a week towards my period and then when it comes I will feel bloated and can’t eat too much.. but NOW I am constantly HUNGRY!! I can’t stop snacking and can’t get my mind off food!

I remember on the day going back from Stavanger, I had breakfast at the hotel around 8am – 2 fried eggs, some potatoe dish and ratatouille (really it’s a bean in tomato dish is how I would call it) and some cucumber & capsicum salad. We had a little walk before we check out and remember feeling hungry and hey there’s mcdonalds! – I know it’s not healthy – but off we went in and had 9 pieces of chicken nuggets and a large french fries – and we weren’t sharing! This was about 10.30am. Got to the airport, waiting around and about  1.30 pm I found myself ordering a large portion of scampi & asparagus salad.. I remember the funny look my husband gave me.. because this was quite a bit abnormal 🙂 and later that night we had pizza – another unhealty food I know – large one.. and after that I was still snacking on peanuts!

Back to the healthy eating regime now, lots and lots of veggies, always eat an apple a day, I start drinking milk (I hate milk – but I think I need to start and the milk here surprisingly tastes GOOD almost delicious) also I have been taking folate as doctor’s advise..

It’s wednesday, Norwegian course later in the afternoon.. meaning I will need to do the sniff in the course’s toilet – again.. not my favorite place to do it.  Anyhow.. only a week to go now until first ultrasound.. stay positive.. stay positive..

What’s happening today

Period is here, got it this morning.. so it’s right on time. My doctor said that It might last longer than usual, let’s see how long will it be for me. Having back pain at the moment, which is not NOT normal for me.. my head has been a little dizzy on and off since yesterday afternoon.. but again this is normal for me when I’m about to have my period..

Really hope that everything will go well and will start stimulation on the 12th as planned.. Can’t wait to stick those needles into my stomach! 😀

what a weekend!

On Friday, my husband and I went to Stavanger and we did the climb to the pulpit rock (Preikestolen). Went to Stavanger by train on Friday morning and back to Oslo by plain on Sunday afternoon,  so I had to do my sniffings at the train station, on the train, up on the mountain and at a toilet at the airport! I feel more comfortable with the nasal spray.. I manage to do it correctly I think, no more drips.. so I’m not worried about it anymore.. I stop thinking and just do it 😀

Talking about the side effect.. hmm it’s probably here.. yesterday on the way back home it was about 17 degrees, my husband had his jacket on.. and me? I was feeling sooooo hot, couldn’t wait to get home and get comfortable! hot flush?

side effects, where are u??

Here I am, just started day 4 of nasal spray, I don’t feel any change to my body or my emotions AT ALL! No hot flushes, no headaches, no mood swings – oh well I’m a little moody but that’s normal as I’m going to have my period in about 4 days or so. I know I’m being totally ridiculous by wanting side effects.. but I just need something to show me that I’m doing it right, that the medicine is working and my hormone is suppressed! 😦 My husband keep telling me to stop stressing out, that I’m doing it just fine.. but still.. – oh hey maybe this anxiousness is the side effect after all! 😉

Btw, I called the clinic the other day and they said it’s normal to have some dripping down my nose.. expected answer – that is good 🙂

nasal spray worry: day 2

Ok here I am on day 2 sniffing.. Honestly I don’t have a clue what I have been doing with this nasal spray, as I read on the instructions and   also I found this youtube video about how to take it the right way i.e tilt head down a little and sniff gently as you push down the pump, I had at times the liquid dripping down my nose and felt it in the back of my throat (and it tastes funny!)

Yesterday, I had it dripping down my nose twice! I really hope some meds would go in to places where it’s supposed to 😦

Anyway so I got up this morning, took my first one for the day, and guess what?? same thing happened! it dripped down my nose – so that was the 3rd time out of 6! I then opened my laptop straight away and google about it! surprisingly lots and lots of women have exactly the same experience with the nasal spray and they felt the same way as I do: WORRIED.  Most of them said that their doctors told them that it’s normal and they would have enough pfffhhh.. I feel a little at ease now knowing that.. but still I’m about to call the clinic and ask 🙂

My husband said to me last night, ” listen to me, if you don’t get pregnant this time, don’t get disheartened, don’t feel dissapointed, we can always try again” .. exactly the words that I needed to hear 🙂

nasal Spray: day 1

So today’s the DAY!! It is now 7.30am and I just did my first spray half an hour ago.. Didn’t feel anything strange at all, well only a little bit of a strange taste in my mouth after that.. just a little bit 🙂

4 sprays to go for the day at 11am, 3pm, 7pm and last one at 11pm and this afternoon my husband and I will have our first Norwegian lesson from 5-7.15pm, Guess I will need to do my 7pm there.. toilet would be the best choice? hmm.. 😉

So excited that the day is finally here!!

the cost so far

One thing I forgot to do earlier is to write about the cost for the procedure here in Oslo, maybe someone out there needs some reference.. here it is..

The clinic we go to has what they call “package solution” that include 3 rounds of IVF (including related ultrasounds, 2 embryo thawing cycles and reassessment consultations); this cost NOK 56,490 (Norwegian Kroner) it’s roughly about AUD 9,000. This cost must be paid before the treatment starts. We decided to take this package as some kind of “insurance” for us.. if our first attempt failed (hopefully not) it would cost us less to do second and third round if needed. If we only take one round of IVF it will cost NOK 30,410 (~AUD 4,800).

We also needed to pay NOK 1,220 (~AUD 200) for the first doctor’s consultation (this is not included in the package); roughly the same amount that we had to pay our OB&GYN back in Australia.

As for the meds so far we paid about NOK 2,300 for both Suprecur nasal spray and Puregon injection. There will be some more costs for more medicines obviously 😀