Hi all! First to introduce myself & tell a little of my story!
I’m Rikki, aged 34, live on the Mornington Peninsula & I am going through Monash IVF.
I was diagnosed with endometriosis aged 15, PCOS aged 19, dysfunctional uterine bleeding disorder aged 30, an autoimmune disorder aged 30 & thyroid dysfunction just a few weeks ago. I also suffer from depression and anxiety disorder. I have had several ops/procedures and have never successfully carried a pregnancy (and its hard for me to get pregnant in the first place!).
Also diagnosed with never giving up hope and trying to stay positive on this roller coaster!
I also have custody of my 3 nieces (my sister is their bio mother) aged 6,5 &3, I’ve had custody for nearly a year and a half now. My sister is mentally ill & has drug addiction, rarely sees the girls & is highly fertile…oh, the irony!
So, I’m finally starting Ivf any day now, after trying naturally for around 10 years & finally saving the money we needed, with the generous help of my grandmother and I’m so excited!
I’m Rikki, aged 34, live on the Mornington Peninsula & I am going through Monash IVF.
I was diagnosed with endometriosis aged 15, PCOS aged 19, dysfunctional uterine bleeding disorder aged 30, an autoimmune disorder aged 30 & thyroid dysfunction just a few weeks ago. I also suffer from depression and anxiety disorder. I have had several ops/procedures and have never successfully carried a pregnancy (and its hard for me to get pregnant in the first place!).
Also diagnosed with never giving up hope and trying to stay positive on this roller coaster!
I also have custody of my 3 nieces (my sister is their bio mother) aged 6,5 &3, I’ve had custody for nearly a year and a half now. My sister is mentally ill & has drug addiction, rarely sees the girls & is highly fertile…oh, the irony!
So, I’m finally starting Ivf any day now, after trying naturally for around 10 years & finally saving the money we needed, with the generous help of my grandmother and I’m so excited!
The other day on the 10/11/14, I had my nurses appointment & picked up my medications and so on.
Wow, what an experience! As someone needed to take the girls to school, preschool and daycare, my partner (who will be known as R from this point on) stayed at home to do that and my younger brother (who will be known as S) came with me for moral support. Usually I don’t mind going to things alone and I’m generally independent (read loner) but for some reason I just really didn’t want to attend this appointment alone. All went well, I understood everything and I practiced the fake injections on the fake tummy. My brother stayed silent in the background UNTIL… he asked the nurse if there was porn in the room for R when the time came for him to do his one task in this whole process: tickle his pickle. Very considerate of my brother to ask the hard questions! When the nurse replied that she thought there would be, my brother responded with, well if not, it doesn’t matter, we have phones these days! Okaayy and then I realized why hes probably always on his phone….! The other thing that stands out in my mind about that appointment was that towards the end of it, a rather large bird flew straight into the window, smack, bang!! I admit it rather unnerved me! My bro pointed out that it did fly away so I decided not to take it as the dreaded, dark omen I was about to obsess over haha.
I have been waiting for af (period) to arrive (wow, what an odd feeling, actually wanting it to hurry up lol!). It was due this Monday but I started spotting last night so am hoping I get it properly as soon as possible. The day I have full flow by 6pm will be counted as day 1 then the following day, being day 2, will be the day I start my injections. I found it quite amusing when I ran into the study & shouted at my partner- my periods arriving yay! Lol.
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