Wargarbl
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2016
Becky has been manic-posting about her IVF progress. She's been referring to egg retrieval as surgery, which is a hell of a stretch. It's roughly equivalent to calling a colonoscopy "surgery".
If someone is in a place to document some manic Becky Twitter bullshit, there's plenty up right now. Short story: eggs retrieved, subset of them actually fertilized, currently in the lab growth phase to see how many turn into embryos. Assuming any do develop and genetic tests come back clean (if she's doing them), Becky gets her first shot at carrying. Condolences to the potential child.
If it makes you feel better (and it should), the injections for egg retrieval are a nuisance, but the injections for the first 8-12 weeks of carrying an IVF embryo are absolutely evil. ~1.5 inch needle, stuck in the hip/butt area, with a long, slow push-in of the thick oil-based medication (progesterone, IIRC). Typically your partner has to do it, because it's at a really awkward angle if you try to do it yourself. Bruising and knots are inevitable, and it gets very hard to find a location to inject. It's truly the hellish part of IVF.
If someone is in a place to document some manic Becky Twitter bullshit, there's plenty up right now. Short story: eggs retrieved, subset of them actually fertilized, currently in the lab growth phase to see how many turn into embryos. Assuming any do develop and genetic tests come back clean (if she's doing them), Becky gets her first shot at carrying. Condolences to the potential child.
If it makes you feel better (and it should), the injections for egg retrieval are a nuisance, but the injections for the first 8-12 weeks of carrying an IVF embryo are absolutely evil. ~1.5 inch needle, stuck in the hip/butt area, with a long, slow push-in of the thick oil-based medication (progesterone, IIRC). Typically your partner has to do it, because it's at a really awkward angle if you try to do it yourself. Bruising and knots are inevitable, and it gets very hard to find a location to inject. It's truly the hellish part of IVF.