Appointment!

Yesterday we had our appointment at Nottingham clinic and I am glad to say that it has reassured me about nearly every thing that I felt nervous about! We were seen by a lovely patient woman called Mary who made me feel at ease from the moment that we sat down and started talking.

First things first we had to sign lots of consent forms which she had to go through with us one by one. Then she got out a box with some medication and needles in and she said that she was going to go through how to administer the drugs that I will be taking in January. So we had a go at mixing the drugs and handling the syringe (which sounds really dodgy haha!) Then she gave me an empty syringe with a smaller needle fixed on the end which she said would be the needle I will have to inject myself with. Then she told me to pinch a piece of my tummy (not easy to describe!) and gently insert the needle because she wanted me to see that it does not hurt in the least. I was extremely surprised to find how easy it was as I expected to be injecting into my arm. 

She then went on to explain our schedule. The first step will be taking the first lot of medication on the 4th January of Norethisterone tablets up until the 16th January. Then the injections will begin after that.  Mary has roughly estimated that my egg collection will be either 31st January or 3rd February. So I will only be on the medication a few weeks before the big egg collection!

So we had a phone call today from a pharmaceutical company telling us that the drugs will be arriving on Friday.  So as soon as Christmas and New Year is over we will be starting! Still doesn't feel real yet...<3