Waiting weeks On a Friday evening we go to the opening of a new place in Middelburg. And while there I suddenly develop intense pain in my abdomen. Oh no. 🙁 Is it going wrong already?! Positivity is gone. I try to keep going, but it gets worse and worse, so I soon tell Denny …
The transfer I answer the phone, “Hello, this is Marry Fermont.” At UMCG they understand how it is done. They don’t waste time, and immediately say why they’ve called… “I have good news. Your embryo has divided well, and you have an appointment for the transfer at 13:15.” What?!?! Really? I repeat what she’s said, …
A good embryo? The fertilization takes place on the same day as the egg retrieval. Well, that’s when they put the sperm and egg together in the lab. Whether fertilization takes place remains to be seen, as does the question of healthy cell division of a fertilized egg. Because this all needs to happen within …
His seed Now it’s Denny’s turn. The lady from the lab – who is also very friendly, it seems like there are only friendly people working here – says that I can go with Denny, but he doesn’t want to even think about it. I go into the waiting room. It takes, for Denny, quite …
My egg On Monday I can feel the ‘pain’ of my follicle all day, and it comforts me, but the day creeps by! I’m so afraid the pain will go away, and my egg will go with it… In the evening at 20:30 I tell Denny: 12 more hours…. And I speak sternly to my …
The second scan In my new outfit I’m sitting in the car next to Denny. It’s really lucky that we can do this together, since it’s weekend! I’m as happy as a child, because I think I look great! This morning I had to inject the Cetrotide again (to slow ovulation), and it went well, …
The hormones With a parcel filled with all the medication and hormones we need, we go back to the waiting room. Because the drive “home” (to my mother-in-law in Zwolle) will take us an hour, the doctor has said we need to inject the hormones here. It’s very quiet in the waiting room, even though …
The first scan When we arrived in Zwolle last night at 22:15, we realized when unpacking the car, that we left my suitcase with EVERYTHING in it in Middelburg. OMG 🙁 We came with 2 cars, so that I can still go and photograph births (if it fits in the scan schedule). So we have …
Dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s. On Frank Zweedijk’s advice (the osteopath), I also go to a dietician, who is not only specialized in food, but also in acupuncture. I’m thinking: if it doesn’t help, it won’t do any harm either. I’ve heard good things about acupuncture in combination with IVF (something like a …
Final Preparations I don’t want to leave anything to chance, so this week I’ve decided to have a detox week. Well, I’m participating in the detox week of my yoga group. It sounds heavier than it is, but for this week: no sugar, no meat, no snacks, no dairy (cow-based), a green smoothie every day, …