Fertility appointment

So today my partner and I went to our fertility appointment. We've decided to freeze some embryos, to play it safe, and so we had to get the ball rolling. Basically, it takes a minimum of 6 weeks to harvest and fertilise human eggs. Luckily, I am almost at the 1st day of my cycle and thus it will take the minimum 6 weeks for me (it would really have sucked if I'd of had to of waited longer).

What happens is that you have loads of blood tests done and a smear test done to check everything is okay and you have no diseases and then, from day one of your cycle, you get injected with hormones every day until the eggs are ready for collection. You also need to go for mid-cycle scans and other scans of the ovaries, to see how it's all progressing. Once a good number of eggs are big enough, you go in for an operation. The operation is done whilst you're awake (they give you gas and air) and involves a needle being put into the ovaries and the eggs being sucked out. The eggs are then put into a glass dish and fertilised with sperm (from your partner). The fertilised eggs are then left until they form embryos, which then get frozen.

I have been told the operation will feel like sticking a pin into a testicle. Apparently, ovaries are just as sensitive as testicles we just don't realise it because they're tucked away inside.

At this point in my life.... I wish I was a man!!

Tomorrow I am having my heart scan and my portacath put in.... fun times! I will let you know how that goes tomorrow. Hopefully I will get some sedation, as I'm terrified of surgery under local anaesthetic!!

I have to say that I have the most fantastic boyfriend and I'm very lucky to have such a beautiful person as my other half. And despite what I have to go through, it's worth it to be with someone like that. And now we will have the perfect babies, when we decide it's time :)