Summer of Love

We went to the Normandy in France for summer.  I still have my contraceptive patch on which I am suppose to remove on the 4th of August (Monday), that way it will avoid the probability of having an embryo pick-up on a Sunday.

You have no idea what troubles we went through during our holiday!  I calculated that I will or might have my period in France and the medicine has to be kept in a cool dry place and away from direct sunlight.  So my boyfriend bought a small cheargeable cooler where we can charge it in the car during long drives and plug it in our room in case there is no mini-bar available in the rooms since we booked 4 different hotels and planned on exploring the coastal part of the region.

Us three @ Mont-Saint Michel

My boyfriend and I

I started with a 100iu of Puregon  the day after I first had my period which was the 7th.  I had my first follicle meeting on the 10th. and the gyne decided on adding 50iu since my body did not react to the previous dosage.  By this time I went for follicle meetings every other day and gave my last shot of Puregon on the 19th of August and 9:30 in the evening I had a shot of Gonapeptil.

The blastocyst pick-up took place two days later.  They aspirated 8 eggcells.  We were instructed to wait for a phone call from the University hospital in Gent, where the eggcells and the spermcells will be transported and fertilized.

Two days later, we received a phone call that they fertilized half of the eggs with ICSI (IntraCytoplasmatic Sperm Injection) and half of it with IVF (Invitro Fertilization).  3 got fertilized with ICSI procedure and 3 with IVF.  We were so happy!  We've been receiving nothing but good news this summer!