Complaining

For those unaware, I am a GP, a General Practitioner. I believe it’s called Family Practitioner elsewhere. GP’s are known as the gate keepers of the NHS as we tend to see people who are acutely ill or have a chronic illness and manage them in the community and refer them to see a specialist …

Hope

I'm sat at in a Costa 'lounge' watching people walk by in the hospital walk way, trying to read an article about people who have functional conditions whilst supping my medium (medio) mocha. Trying to avoid the inside of my lip I bit 10 mins ago. E went in for egg collection 45 mins ago. …

Day 7 scan update

News was good! Several follies have grown - see attached photo. 6 goodies and 4 not quite there. E has an endometrioma on her left ovary which prevents more follies developing on that side and makes collection a bit awkward. 😞    E is on an antagonist cycle which is also called short protocol. Egg …

Boom- back in there

So, I managed to go with E to her 2nd scan of cycle 2 IUI and the news was good. 2 follies on her right ovary were of a good size and potentially she was go for IUI on Friday or sooner if her LH level suggested she was about to ovulate. She's currently on …

An almost tear of joy…

E didn't sleep well overnight- it was Judgement Day this morning and as such she was anxious. Today is day 21, cycle 1 IUI. I gave her morning jab of Cetrotide and then we left early for the hospital because of terrible traffic and even worse parking last week! But the journey and parking was …