Work, work, work, work, work!

I hate that damn Rihanna song but it seemed to fit with the theme of today's post so I used it for my title!

Today is day 7 of the stimulation cycle (day 7 of Gonal F injections, day 2 of Cetrotide injections) and I'm really starting to feel something.  I get twinges in both sides of my groin when I bend up and down now, around where my ovaries are.  Increasingly often when I take a step and put my foot down on the floor I get a twinge and I'm even started to get a dull aching around that area some of the time I'm at rest.  Hopefully this means things are happening and my left ovary is starting to catch up with my right - it's so odd not actually knowing what's going on and just guessing from how I feel.

Work was really challenging today.  The Cetrotide injection seems to make me feel nauseous for a couple of hours and, despite going to bed at 8:30pm last night, I'm getting tireder by the day.  Fortunately my team leader is aware of the situation and has been keeping an eye on me and forbidden me from doing anything that requires too much movement. I'm fortunate enough to work in a hospital (and in the maternity/gynaecology department) so people tend to appreciate what I'm going through quite easily.  Not to mention the process I'm going through helps me understand the terminology and such that comes along with the job - so we've fitted well together.

ALS was at work last night but he's now off for 8 days whilst he helps look after me around "my surgery" (his work are not aware of what's actually happening).  He works on a casual contract so has the option to turn down shifts when something important comes along BUT unfortunately they can't cover shifts at short notice so he's had to keep the whole next week free ready for when we're heading to London.  It's great that he's off because he can drive me to work and keep on top of the housework but it definitely sucks that I'm the one going through the physical side of things and I'm only going to get the 2 days we're in London off work.  I have really little annual leave left to take until April due to our honeymoon earlier in the year and earlier appointments (my previous department wouldn't let me make hours up so I ended up using half a day's leave for every appointment in Sheffield).  Whilst work are being really understanding I really can't afford to take more than those 2 days off so that I have days left to take for egg transfer - fingers crossed we get that far!

I'll just have to deal with it.  My alarm is going off which means it's Gonal F time so, in the words of Tigger, "TTFN"!