Try and try

I'm turning 34 in a few months and the thought of growing older terrifies me. I'm such a happy-go-lucky person but facing the fact that my eggs have an expiration date really scares me to the core. I want to be able to give my husband a child and I know that it's not too late yet. So I just better get at it and try again. The next cycle is another opportunity to be a mom and I haven't given up yet. I'm back in Manila but I'm going back to Taiwan when I get my period. Hopefully, we get to retrieve more eggs this time around.

5 is the magic number

Had my egg retrieval this morning. I was so excited to find out how many eggs they were able to retrieve. 5. That's it. I'm feeling pretty miserable. It would be pointless to do the PGS on less than 5 embryos and since we're not sure if the 5 that they got will even fertilize, the doctor suggested that we do another IVF cycle next month. Going back to Philippines in 2 days with all my medicine that should last until Day 7, then I have to come back to Taichung for a check up. Been feeling pretty down all day but I know that I shouldn't lose hope. IVF#4 is inevitable I guess.

Egg retrieval

Just had my last glass of water at exactly 9:55PM. No food or water after 10PM so I don't vomit as a side effect of the anesthesia I'll be getting tomorrow for my egg retrieval. This is it. Lord, I trust Your plans and pray for many beautiful eggs to be retrieved tomorrow.😊

Lee Women's Hospital Taichung

So I recently started my IVF cycle and decided to do it in Taichung this time. I started my stims last week and noticed that they're giving me a much higher dosage in comparison to my previous IVFs in Mackay. The first 5 days, I was on 150IU or Gonal-F and 75IU of Menopur. For days 8 and 9 though, Dr. Lee increased my Gonal-F to 225IU and replaced Menopur with Saizen. I've never heard of Saizen before so I googled it and found out that it's used mostly to improve egg quality. This is probably something that I really need! I really hope and pray that my follicles continue to grow!

Dr. Lee also recommended that I do a Preimplantation Genetic Screening, which would be an additional 65,000NTD. This is a lot of money but he says that through this, they can look a lot closer into the embryo and distinguish the normal from the abnormal ones that will probably end in miscarriage. Since I really don't want to have to go through the pain of having another miscarriage, we decided to go with it. I hope everything works out!