Round 24

This round was almost a non starter and to be honest I was probably being a little ambitious to even try and make it work.

I was traveling for much of February and March for work but I was desperate to hit my magic 20, so I decided to give it one more go. I was due to get my period while I was on a 10 day business trip so I went to see my uae doctor a few days before I travelled (and a few days before my period started) and had a scan. Things looked good and so he prescribed me 225 of menopur for eight days while I was away.

I went on my trip and got my period as planned part way through my trip.  On day 1 of my period I started the stimulation as advised by the doctor 225 menopur. Traveling with needles and stimulation drugs is never easy as many of them have to refrigerated at all times, plus if I am on a long haul flight I need to take the needles and drugs onto the flight and administer them mid flight.  Airport security hasn’t been an issue in the past as I’ve had a letter from my doctor explaining why I need to carry my medication with me. This time however I was flying to and within the USA so I knew it was going to be harder. I felt like I needed a degree just to work out accurate injection timings across the time zones and I had to get creative as to where I would administer the drugs. Airport toilets become a common place to mix vials of water and powder and administer my injections!

I got back to the UAE on 4 March and went straight from the airport to see ‘Dr Gregg’ (my UAE doctor) for a scan.  The doctor could see one follicle on my left ovary and it was still very small (7mm). He said the best thing to do was to stop stimulation and hope for a successful natural cycle and suggested I come back and see him on Sunday 11 March. It turned out I was actually going to be in the uk then for a weeks holiday so I arranged an appointment to see my UK clinic on Friday 9 March to see if this round was going to be a go or no.

I wasn’t very hopeful that things were going to work, which whilst this may sound pessimistic I like to think it is more about being realistic and also avoids too much disappointment if things don’t work out for a round.  After a scan with my UK clinic it seemed that this round was indeed a ‘no go’.

The doctor said we could wait until my period started again and then try again. As I knew I was traveling for the next few weeks we decided to take Provera for the next few weeks (a drug to stop a period from coming) and to stop taking this three days before I wanted my next period to start.

I decided to do this….. one last go in April before I move away from the UAE. If this last try doesn’t work then I need to be happy with my 19 eggs and walk away from this egg freezing chapter because enough is enough. So one last try to get my number 20 and then it will be time to focus on other aspects of my life. Roll on April. Maybe I’ll get my 20th on my birthday…. April 20th! Now that would be a turn of fate!