So as I said we're already in the middle of our first round of ICSI. We are doing an antagonist cycle and we've both been amazed at how quickly everything has happened. Day 1 of my cycle was the 27th November and we started Gonal F the next day.
I'm a needlephobe from way back, isn't everyone? From the time we first learned we would be doing IVF my biggest fear was doing the injections, forget the egg collection, 2 ww, possibility of a BFN, the needles terrified me the most. I had read so often how people had found it a breeze, much easier than expected, but I wasn't convinced. And asking big Giraffe(husband) if he would do them for me drew some non-committal half head nods that didn't leave me feeling reassured.
After taking advantage of a free counselling session at the fertility clinic though, the counsellor said she thought it would be best if big Giraffe did the injections 'so he could be involved', Yuss-just what I wanted to hear!So it was settled, and when day 2 arrived the nerves started kicking in for both of us.
About an hour before it was time we were pacing around with nervous anticipation, half an hour to go and we had everything laid out on the bed. I even brought in our stereo and stuck Fat Freddy's Drop on to relax me, Big G had a whisky to calm his nerves (yeah naughty I know but the counsellor said one or 2 drinks a day for HIM was okay!grr) and then found a herbal tea called 'tension tamer' in our cupboard and poured himself a cup of tea(bought way back in my stressful work days I believe) It contains catnip-how that's meant to tame your tensions I will never know.
So after ALL of that, I lay down on the bed, took some big breaths, and didn't feel a bloody thing, except poor big G's hands shaking. A couple of High Fives later and I sheepishly put the stereo back- feeling a little silly about all of the dramas over that tiny needle- we were on our way!
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