Tuesday, July 14, 2015

FIV (9)

Had visited the doctor again 3 days ago, to catch up with the medication. Dosage for the current medicine of oestrogen is reduce back to twice (from tripled), but with additional medicine of progesterone is to tag along. These medication is to continue all the way for 2 weeks. The only "issue" is that the additional medicine need to be kept cool. Hhm, hopefully it won't cause any problem.

Between then, tomorrow is "D-Day". Cross my fingers that it'll be good.
And I tried to read up a bit on what's going to happen next, because the next visit after tomorrow is about 10 days later (which is quite long). And I know why.
It's a good thing that lots of information can be found on web, though, you will need to filter through them. But at least you have an idea or so on what's going on, besides the doctor's advice.

So, below is some info after the FET process.
Note: "dpt" stands for "days past/post transfer"

For 3dt
1dpt - embryo continues to grow and develop, turning from a 6-8 cell embryo into a morula
2dpt - cells of the morula continue to divide, developing into a blastocyst
3dpt - blastocyst begins to hatch out of its shell
4dpt - blastocyst continues to hatch out of its shell and begins to attach itself to the uterus
5dpt - blastocyst attaches deeper into the uterine lining, beginning implantation
6dpt - implantation continues
7dpt - implantation is complete, cells that will eventually become the placenta and fetus have begun to develop
8dpt - human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) starts to enter the blood stream
9dpt - fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted
10dpt - fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted
11dpt - levels of hCG are now high enough to detect a pregnancy

For 5dt
1dpt - blastocyst begins to hatch out of its shell
2dpt - blastocyst continues to hatch out of its shell and begins to attach itself to the uterus
3dpt - blastocyst attaches deeper into the uterine lining, beginning implantation
4dpt - implantation continues
5dpt - implantation is complete, cells that will eventually become the placenta and fetus have begun to develop
6dpt - human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) starts to enter the blood stream
7dpt - fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted
8dpt - fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted
9dpt - levels of hCG are now high enough to detect a pregnancy

Thursday, July 9, 2015

FIV (8)

Had went for my visit and get the check up done on 6/7. First time going alone, though. Apparently the lining is good, and the medication continues till the next visit.
Dosage of the medication for this round is increased. For previous visit, my medication is only once per day, then double up the dosage. Now, dosage is tripled.
Wonder if next visit will have increase in dosage, as the next visit is still not the FET procces. And wonder if they'll do a blood test as well, apart from the normal lining monitoring.
So many questions in mind, and hopefully next visit will have more answers.

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Relocation

Have you ever think of relocation?
Maybe relocate due to work request or career opportunity or etc.
And how do you decide whether to relocate or not? Well, relocate not necessarily means overseas, as long as you need to move to another place for the new job.

I have seen quite a number of my friends relocated, due to work or family. Some to other neighborhood district, some to different state, while some even out of country. Mostly due to work opportunities, as they couldn't find either the same job nature or better career advancement. Of course, there are some wanting to have a better environment for their family, or to be with their better half.

Moving to a new place, if you are single, is much easier. Although maybe you still need to think about your aging elders or younger siblings, if any. Whether they will need you to be around, or they can cope on their own.
If you are attached, sometimes you will be thinking about your partner, as not everyone is suitable to have long distance relationship. Of course there might be opposite case where you want to relocate to where your partner is.
If you are married, then you'll be thinking about your better half and children, if any. Without children, maybe it is easier to decide between the two of you. With children, you might be thinking about their welfare like the growing up environment, school and etc.

So, in what case will you consider relocation?
Have you faced this situation before and how did you handle it?