Day 27 FET Cycle -Progynova 2mg 3x daily, Progesterone pessaries 3x daily

To be honest i am tired and i have been sitting here for about ten minutes now looking and thinking about what to write about…. And i think tonight i am going to be a little boring…

And to be doubly honest, i was being a hypocrite and using my arch enemy Dr Google… That’s right folks… I am a victim of Dr Google…  I was just looking at progesterone and why i am actually using it…

Fascinating really when i Googled “what does progesterone do during ivf” my clinic’s FAQ page came up! Why didnt i think of that? Thank you Dr Google! Deeerrrr to me…

So what does it do? Because the constantness of ‘what goes in must come out’ is really putting a downer on my morning walks… ( Day Fifty Three of 100 – What was to be an “interesting” walk )

It turns out that when you ovulate normally your ovaries produce progesterone which makes the uterus ready for implantation “ Low progesterone can cause implantation failure, as its role is to vascularise and maintain the uterine lining where implantation takes place. There are two types of progesterone supplementation: progesterone vaginal pessaries, and Crinone (progesterone) vaginal gel… Progesterone, even in the form of over-the- counter creams, should not be taken before ovulation because it can block ovulation and make the cervical mucus difficult for the sperm to penetrate. Crinone and pessaries deliver progesterone in a more effective manner than oral supplementation.  Be aware that Crinone is quite expensive and progesterone pessaries melt and discharge vaginally.” There you have it, something they do not tell you when you get the pessaries… They melt and discharge… nice, and thats why my walks have been so fantastic (insert sarcasum here)

But at least i know now what it is used for and why i must continue!

And in my tired state i once more say…

Repeat after me, it is worth it, it is worth it, it is worth it, it is worth it, it is worth it, it is worth it….

“When the world shouts ‘give up’, hope whispers’ try one more time’” Anon

Day 4 FET Cycle -Progynova 2mg 3x daily

This is our story, this is our life.

This story is created by us, our decisions to make, our hearts that will ultimately ache.  This story is ours alone, and these decisions, they are the ones that we must own.  Our happiness and our sadness, our questions with no answers.  They are our emotions to question, and our questions to leave unanswered.

So attempt not to judge, and attempt not to deam what is reasonable and unreasonable, as we choose what we can handle and we choose to live the only way we know how…

We choose live our lives with hope in our hearts, each day knowing that tomorrow the sadness will be happiness, and these questions we pose will finally have answers…  And they will be our answers and our happiness, as once again i say that this is our story to tell, and our life we have lived together, and the life we will share forever.

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.  It is one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it is anouther to think that yours is the only path.” Paulo Coelho