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Oh no!

 

That came around suddenly, kind of….

 

Today marks the first day of IVF cycle IV.

 

Ever since the unsuccessful end of IVF Cycle III it was presumed there’d be another. Doing cycles two and three “back-to-back” as the footy commentators like to say in place of the term ‘consecutive’ (as in “Geelong won back-to-back premierships”*) was quite a challenge, especially when compared to cycle one. That first doomed cycle took forever to begin. When it did begin, it never got that far. Cancellation saw it end rudely before ‘egg pick up’ or EPU.

 

Cycle one also left me with a large ovarian cyst, and a growing realisation that our chosen fertility specialist was past caring. With no period meant no way to commence further IVF. A cyst meant no period, but Professor (later dubbed “Professor Doofus” by one bright spark) said we could do nothing but wait.

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