I made it!

13th Feb was the official day I started my Suprefact injection. My appointment was in the morning and my hubby went with me. I was having mix feeling but more toward to nervous as I am not sure can I accomplish the injection myself.  While waiting at the reception, I am chatting with my friend on my phone and my hubby was observing around the NUH IVF center. He turned to me and told me they will give a red small bag and true enough I saw a red bag and next was my name been called.

If I remember correctly, the IVF nurse named Christine serviced me. She is really very nice and patience enough to go through with me step by step and demonstration on how to go for the jab. At the end of the demonstration, I need to go through the real injection by myself.

I have to tell you I am so so so nervous and scare! I was having jelly hand and every time I am nervous I tends to do thing in a quick manner. My hubby do not have the courage to jab for me, plus he is going to travel for work from tomorrow onward till April so I have to learn to manage myself. My action was so fast that my hubby has to keep remind me to slow down.

First I need to lift up my blouse to expose my tummy, next I will need to assemble the gears - needle (tuberculin syringe), alcohol wipes and the medicine (Suprefact). 

The injection step goes by below:

• I will need to open the alcohol wipe to clean the medicine top cap (a new bottle will have a metal cap on it, need to take out and will see the rubber cap)
• Push the needle plunger to ensure all air is out in the barrel
• take out the orange cap from the syringe, turn the medicine bottle about 45 degree and insert the needle in the middle of the cap (which is a rubber cap). 
• slowly pull the plunger down to fill the barrel till it reach 50 and remove from the bottle
• I will need to hold the syringe upright and flick with my finger if there is air bubble
• the the alcohol wipe to clean the tummy area which is 2 fingers away from your belly button
• Pinch the skin and inject. 
• Push the plunger down to release the medication
• the count to 5 before taking out the needle and finally wipe it with the alcohol wipe

I have to say the procedure is easy, the most difficult part is not the pain; it is poking yourself.  I really take a lot encourage to poke myself, i dare to say my pain endurance is quite high but it just quite difficult to purposely take a needle to poke your own fresh. Anyway, I mange to do it!!

This morning was my second jab, and I manage to do it all myself with a little guardian from hubby. It all went way just that I realise I got 2 needle bruises now...

Year 2012...

Happy New Year!!

This year is an important year for me, as it embarks my conceiving path even further.

Hubby and I finally decided to go for In vitro fertilisation (IVF) after the suggestion from Dr Charles Lim at Mt Elisabeth Hospital.  He referred us to Prof PC Wong at NUH and yesterday, 11 Jan 2012 was our first consultation. Prof Wong is a very straightforward person, personally I feel he is the kind of doctor who is very careful and don’t give blank hope to his patients which I like.

At first he suggested us to go through IUI, but we refused. We kept arguing with him that we have been trying for months and the results are always on the left tube which is the ectopic tube. He gave in to us and let us proceed with the Pre-Ivf test, but I have to wait for my menstruation to come to do the test, so yesterday my hubby went for the blood test first. However, Prof did warn us that my chances of conceiving through IVF will be lesser chance as compare with the general ladies. Reason being, I have a bicornuate womb which may cause the fertilised Embryo having difficulty to implant on my womb. SIGH~

Now, all I can do is to pray hard, and stay as healthy as possible. I just hope my period will come sooner so that I can quickly go for the pre-ivf test.  For what are the pre-ivf test,  I have listed down which the list are for me and my hubby. I don’t know what are these test for and also don’t know which is belong to me and my hubby, so properly will google to find out later..

Insulin(fasting)

Chlamydiatrachomatis DNA (PCR, qualitative)

Andrology, Semen Analysis (obviously this is for my hubby)

Anti-MullerianHormone

Fertility Infectious Screen

ThalassaemiaScreen

Amenorhoea

Ultrasound Scan (Special)