not quite the beginning

we are not new to the fertility clinic, but we are at the beginning of an IVF treatment so here goes....

after a rather heavy and sudden period the day before a blood test that was meant to tell me I was pregnant, it was a rush to schedule a meeting with my rather busy Specialist so that we could commence an IVF treatment. Timing is everything in this game. We needed to start the 'sniffy stuff' Syrinal (a nasal spray that blocks the pituitary) by day 22, that's if you are on a normal cycle. I am in no way normal though, we are at day????? I have lost count. Actually, I leave the counting to the clinic staff and my husband, and the husband has informed me I am at Day 28.

Day 21 was a meeting with the clinic and a blood test to see if I had ovulated. A phonecall in the afternoon to inform me (well B, I don't want to talk about it) that I hadn't ovulated and will need another blood test next week.

Day 28 another blood test, again the phonecall that I hadn't ovulated and come back for another blood test next week. Now this is where I stamp my foot and remind B, to remind the clinic that I do not have a normal cycle, this could go on for years and I am impatient. The new plan is that I commence on a course of Provera (I am not sure exactly what this is meant to do other than in the past it has brought on a Period, and that is good), so Provera is to be taken for seven days and on the sixth day I start the sniffy stuff. I am not sure if I will get a Period but that is part of the rollercoaster ride. Fasten your safety belts.