AF came on 24th Feb..this is it..I went through a natural FET cycle and scheduled scans to monitor my follicles went well..I ovulated on D15 and 3 days later had the FET procedure. This time, we agreed to transfer a single embryo only. I forgot to mention, when I first revisit the Dr this year, I also have started weekly acupuncture which they gave me some herbs medicine too, so called to balance my Qi..but it tasted yucks! Nevertheless I survived those herbs phase which I told them I wish to discontinue it and just continue with acupuncture. So apart from acupuncture pre and post transfer, I drove myself to the acupuncture center daily for 5 days after the transfer (it’s the center’s procedure). Wish I could use my leave hibernating at home post transfer but this time I just want to try to give my best..anything that could enhance my success..so much pressure and hope to make this work you see..
Going through 2ww this round was not so much difference from last year in terms of me googling stuffs about 2ww! Luckily I only took a week off so that left me with less time to flood my mind with 2ww symptoms and stuffs. I imagined the worst like getting my period before the day to take UPT but thanked God the day finally came to test with my panties clear. I woke up from a bad dream in the wee hours and impatiently pee on the stick. I was like ok whatever, let’s do this! I stared at the stick like a football fan cheering for the ball to go towards the goal post..and it was positively positive! Now that was worth it waking up from a really bad dream (I couldn’t remember what was the dream about). I took a breathe of relief and text my hubby who was outstation and still soundly asleep I guess. The next day I went to the clinic to take a blood draw for bHCG. It took the lab quite a while until I had to follow up before the clinic closed. The beta result was 304 and another breathe of relief!
But..but..you know at the back of my mind I have few benchmark milestones that I have to pass through..with my very first pregnancy loss @15 weeks, second loss @19 weeks and now given another chance..I don’t know how far along I’ll be able to go..I was so scared..but first and foremost I have to pass the heartbeat test during the first scan @7 weeks. During the scan, goodness gracious! I saw and heard a tiny heart beating perfectly. Another milestone passed.
Today, the little life inside me is already 8w2d along..Alhamdulillah thank you God for this gift again and again and I pray that I will have a smooth and safe pregnancy. Dr N referred me to Prof Z in HUKM due to my history to assess if I really need to have a cervical cerclage later. So there we go waiting patiently for our next goal post – to see Prof Z next month. Till then, x.