Our IVF cycle starts...

As i've mentioned before the cycle for IVF starts on day 2 of a menstrual cycle. before the expected period, we had to go and purchase the hormones at the hospital... the hormones must be kept at 0-4 celcius so we had to bring along a cooler box with us to the hospital...

we bought our own cooler box but you can actually rent one at the fertility centre. from D2 to D7 DH had to inject me every morning with a dose of the hormone to encourage growth of eggs... here's the hormone in our cooler box...





to inject the hormone we were provided (rent) a special "pen" with a fine needle... here's a pic of the "pen" in its casing... the small white containers are the needles... have to use a new needle for each injection...



if you're wondering how big is the needle, here's a pic of the needle...



my first injection was when we were at my parents house... of course i was freaking out that morning, even woke up several times the night before thinking about starting the injections... luckily hubby was so calm like he's been doing injections all his life... and most importantly, it didn't hurt at all... just like being bit by an ant...

if you're wondering about the price... each box of the hormone cost RM420... till today we bought 5 boxes already... do the math your self...

on D6, D8, D10, D12 (planned so far) i have to go to the hospital for follicular monitoring... they check how many eggs i'm producing and the sizes... so far i have 5 eggs that are looking good... i have only one ovary that's why my eggs are not much as others going through IVF who can produce more eggs from 2 ovaries... oh well, as my doctor says "it's the quality that counts not quantity!"

starting D8 i was given another med to inject on top of the previous hormone... this med was to stop the follicles from releasing the eggs...

here's the other med... each dose comes in a syringe... so we just throw the syringe after every shot...



now the needles for this syringe is much thicker than the "pen" and i do feel pain each time injected with this med...tahan je lah!



so far that's all we've been through... we are not informed yet on the dates of eggs retrieval and embryo transfer...

at present we are feeling good... just going through each step accordingly... we do not think about the result that much... because we know ultimately it is in Allah swt hands whether we will be success in this procedure or not... and we believe whatever the outcome may be, it will be the best for us...

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i came across this book at mph bookstore... the title attracted me instantly... and for just RM 19.90, i never knew then that my perspective on life would soon be changed...



the author geniously wrote in a manner as though his talking directly to you personally... he present the facts with simple yet eye opening examples and of course supports by reciting the relevant Quran verses...

the book is thoughtfully presented, starting by discussing what we perceive as challenges in life, why we have to have faith in God, why we have to believe in fate and how to always be a happy and winning person looking beyond the challenges in life... mashaAllah, this book really speaks to the heart... the author also does not simply push facts to you, he discuss each matter thoroughly... by the end of the book you will feel so fulfilled and enlightened...

i love this book so much that i even bought a few as a gift to friends and family...

one example the author presented on how we are just weak human beings to understand the masterplan of Allah swt is this example on how a child when sitting and looking from below where his mother is stitching commented on what is his mother doing that looks from below/behind the stitching work so ugly. So the mothers then shows her stitching work from above and only does the child see how beautiful the stitching work actually is... the author compared this example to how we human beings look from our weak perspective how challenges in life are always a burden that we often question why do they even exist at all... but instead if we look from a different perspective we'll see that Allah's plan is the greatest of all... challenges in life makes us much much much better human beings... of course the author discuss this matter much better than what i'm trying to share here... the book is in Malay so it's a bit difficult for me to review the book in English...



The bottomline is the book is great and anyone needing some motivation in life should buy and read this book!