And so it begins again

So after my unsuccessful embryo transfer in June it was time for me to look at my situation and work out where to from here!!

I spoke to one of my Gynae Oncologists to get some reassurance that everything was ok - he said he had no doubt that all was ok. He also said that some women have problems conceiving a second time after a completely normal pregnancy anyhow, but my case is further compounded by having had such a major surgery. He has complete confidence in my fertility specialist, so that was certainly reassuring.

After all of the events of the past few years, we decided that it was time to have a short break from it all - only a couple of months, but that couple of months was enough time for me to "look at the bigger picture". Emotionally now i feel much more stable - i am now comfortable with the fact that the universe has something in store for me, who knows what, or why. I am so lucky to have my beautiful daughter already and even though i am going to continue to try for another baby in the short term, i am also comfortable with the fact that this may not happen for me.

We still have one frozen blastocyst, although decided to give ourselves the best chance possible we would leave that little one on ice for a bit longer and try for a fresh transfer.

This time my fertility specialist has decided on a "Pill Flare Cycle" for me. I was on the pill for two weeks, then had to wait for my period to arrive (which happened yesterday) - so tonight i start nightly injections of Puregon - my dosage is only 100 this time though, as last time it was 150 and we got far too many eggs which potentially caused problems with the quality of them. On day 6 of my cycle i need to start Orgalutran injections.

We are also going to grow all of my embryo's straight on to blastocyst stage this time - last time they were all frozen at 2 days old, and then when we decided to go for blastocyst we had to thaw them to advance and then re-freeze which can also take away from their quality.

Have a scan scheduled for 25th September, so will hopefully know more about what is happening after that.

Keeping my fingers crossed. If it's meant to be, then it will be :)