# 4 Its all very real now...

Today I had my final scan. All seems well! Womb is looking happy and healthy and thickened up all ready for the embryo or hopefully embryos. My left ovary has 9 follicles, with 6 at the desired measurement and my right ovary has 6 follicles with 5 at the desired measurement. They would ideally like the follicles to be between 16-20 mm in diameter. Looking for a good 8-10 eggs in the ideal world.

Wowee, did the internal scan hurt today, it was so very different to my scan only 11 days ago! Things obviously have less room in there as 6 hours on and i still feel like the nurse is still having a good look prodding around in there pressing against everything. I would say that this has been the most uncomfortable part of the process up until now.

I am feeling a little deflated as when you go through all these injections and the emotional roller coaster, I think you can set your sights a bit too high!! I'm afraid I am guilty of this! Like any dreamer, I've felt that I've done everything I possibly can to get the best outcome my body can get with this. I suppose it will only take one of those follicles to produce an egg inside which will take! But for some reason, I wanted more. I'm very aware that some people may not even produce what I'm looking at having, so I really truly should not grumble!

I have been given my egg retrieval this Wednesday, which is in 2 days. It's all very real now. I have been as prepared as possible and already have a hospital bag prepared with a clean dressing gown, fluffy (lucky) socks, slippers, sanitary towels and a magazine. My husband has been given his pot to produce his goods for Wednesday as well. It's actually happening, in 2 days all this will hopefully be worth it! Then we will have the daily phone calls from the embryologist to see how they are taking, then the call to say its transfer time (and no I'm not talking about football!).

The last few days my stomach has been a lot more sensitive. It's still not an unbearable pain or anything, but I'm most definitely prepared now for the injections to finish. In fact, I only have the one left, which is my trigger injection tonight at 21;45. The discomfort is a pulling sensation over my stomach muscles. When I walk it almost feels like I'm winded, so if this is a side effect you also get, it's completely normal.

A new side effect that some of my friends won't believe as being new is flatulence!! But I'm even waking myself up at night with it. I'm also continuously thirsty too. As soon as I finish one drink, I want another.

I am trying to stay positive,at the end of the day, there is still so much in my favour. In the words of Cinderella " a dream that you wish, will come true".

My follicles on right ovary