I have approximately six weeks between my egg retrieval and the start of Mission Frozen Embryo Transfer. At first, I must say, I was feeling quite...great. It's amazing how marked the difference is between my body when I'm on meds and my body when I am not. I didn't realize how off I felt for the last few months as my body was pumped with drugs until I got my period and felt so myself again.
But now I am extremely bored and even more impatient. Boring is usually kind of good in the world of fertility treatments, but not doing anything just feels weird and not productive after so much time of doing things to try to get knocked up.
And seriously. Six weeks feels incredibly long when you're waiting around for a period to start so you can finally use the embryos that are just waiting to come to life in your uterus. It's like a two week wait on steroids.
I have also been feeling kind of crampy the last few days, almost like I am about to get my period. And crabby, crabby, crabby. I'm assuming that my hormones are all out of whack and my body is trying to figure out what to do next, but the thought of being in this cranky state for the next week or so until my period starts doesn't sound so fun. I'm not sure if The Hubby will survive.
The good news is that in somewhere around a week, the waiting game will end and the ultrasounds and body preparation will begin! I can't wait!!!
The waiting between treatments was always the hardest for me. Hang in there!! :) :) Sending many thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI am heading down the same path as you and can empathize. I do not look forward to the wait for my upcoming cycle, especially since for my first IVF, I went almost 8 weeks between retrieval and the start of the FET cycle. I hope you're staying sane now that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteI know the bored and impatient feeling well. But you're close to keep it up!!!
ReplyDeleteI just had my FET after a similar wait - and I was both impatient and apprehensive. I agree, it's like you're meeting yourself again when you have a stretch of time without any meds... Crazy.
ReplyDeleteWow, I didn't realize you were taking a month off. I did my fet the cycle after retrieval. I thought waiting those 2 weeks between er and baseline were bad. Good luck!
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