My first frozen embryo transfer round, IVF cycle four. We had four good grade day-four frozen embryos. Two were defrosted and ended up no good. The remaining two were defrosted the next day, and transferred. At the time of writing, I’m 38 weeks pregnant with one of them!
Ugh, so I’ve still not gone into labour and now it’s a day and a half until my induction. How did it come to this? If it wasn’t for my husband, I would wait it out until 42 weeks but he has been badgering me to get it done, even though it’s me that’ll have…Continue Reading “41+2 – two days til induction”
There’s something so exciting about counting down the days to your due date. Then, when it comes, there’s such a sense of anticipation. You know the statistics – that less than 5% of babies come on their due date, and I’m sure I’ve read that over 50% of babies to first time moms go over….Continue Reading “40+3 weeks – still pregnant”
I’m now 39 weeks pregnant, and there are five days to go until my due date. How on earth did that happen? It’s all a bit surreal! I’m still busy working my way through my to-do list (organising all my photos, tax return, cleaning/tidying…) but I’m getting there. My attitude up to this point has…Continue Reading “39 weeks pregnant – any time now”
I’m now 38 weeks pregnant, and we’re living through extraordinary times. We’re in week four, going on five, of lockdown because of the global coronavirus pandemic. It means everyone’s stuck at home. We’re allowed to go out once a day for exercise, to visit the supermarket for essential food and travel to the office if…Continue Reading “38 weeks – extraordinary times”
I’m 37 weeks pregnant (37+3 to be precise) and I’m feeling: anxious, uncomfortable, irritable, unsettled, anti-social, unprepared, frightened, regretful and angry. Why? Surely I should be excited, grateful and ready… the last few days, I seem to have gone into a bit of a fug. I’m really on edge, and sometimes I can’t breathe properly. All…Continue Reading “37-week update – the tension builds”
Well I’m really annoyed with myself that I’ve not updated this blog for 10 weeks during such a crucial time in my pregnancy – my third trimester. All I can say is… I’ve been bloody busy. As in working 12-hour+ days and weekends, and even cancelling pre-booked holiday because of my workload. I’ve just had…Continue Reading “26-36 week update”
I can’t believe how quickly January 2020 has flown by, and I’m now about to start my third trimester! It’s like time is speeding up, somehow. The first tri was slow, with every day full of trepidation and anxiety. The second was quicker, but still filled with worry – especially the first half, when I…Continue Reading “23-26 week update”
It’s the Sunday before I go back to work following two weeks off over Christmas. And it has been bliss. Well, except for the horrendous cold I got, which has left me feeling incredibly under the weather. However, what it’s forced me to do is relax. As much as I can relax, that is… Nesting…Continue Reading “Happy New Year! 21-23 week update”
It’s a week after our 20-week scan – I should have written sooner, but I’ve been in a bit of a daze since then. The day was such a surreal experience. We were so anxious in the lead up to it. I remember being in the waiting room of the hospital, all these pregnant women…Continue Reading “20 week anomaly scan – update”
I’m 19+2 today, and am feeling really anxious about our 20-week scan next week. I don’t think I’ll ever feel relaxed about these scans. I told a couple of friends on Friday about being so nervous, and they were like ‘But why? It’ll be fine!’ and I thought, you just don’t know that. I remember…Continue Reading “Counting down to the 20-week scan”