We are the Champions!

It's been a little while since I've posted but that's because nothing is happening in terms of IVF at the moment and we've been incredibly busy so here's a little update:

This week has been the WPU World Powerlifting Championships - we've been travelling back and forth to Coventry every day along with a few friends and it's been an awesome week.  On Tuesday I came second in the u60kg female category and came away with a lovely silver medal.  Then on Wednesday it got even better and ALS walked away at the u110kg male WORLD CHAMPION!  Very, very proud of him as it's been a busy year, he's had a lot of injuries and training wasn't going too well so he went into the competition expecting very little.

Yesterday and today have been a bit more chilled as we've only been spectating but to be honest, I get so into it that I spend most of my time bouncing around and screaming at people to cheer them on, which is pretty tiring in itself.  Not to mention the 4 hour round trip every day!

As you can imagine, my EDS and recent bout of sciatica haven't taken too kindly to the massive amount of driving, the rather heavy lifting and being on my feet a lot so I'm ready to eat plenty, sleep plenty and just generally recover before heading back to work on Monday.

Mentally I'm in a very, very good place though - ready to take some time away from competing to focus on (hopefully) growing a human!!

Busy busy busy!

I have no idea where the last 2 days have gone!  Not much to tell on the IVF front, still feeling bloated and painy but not too bad.  Managed to do my Cetrotide all by myself a couple of times too which I'm pretty proud of.

I did have a panic earlier thinking I might have OHSS (Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome) which can be caused by the injections.  I was having a lot of pain in my ovaries, feeling really nauseous, hot and sweaty, faint and just generally not well but I'd not eaten much or had much water all day and I felt a lot better after some food and fresh air.

The reason for having not eaten much is that we've been at a powerlifting competition all day.  I couldn't compete due to the treatment at the moment but ALS was competing along with 4 other friends of ours and I was supporting - I made brownies, filmed all their lifts and screamed my lungs out at them.  It was lovely playing mother for the day and I'm so proud of them all.

Fortunately I'll get to compete alongside them all at the World Championships in October once this treatment cycle is done and before we do our FET (Frozen Embryo Transfer).  It'll be my last competition for a year or two so I want to go out on a high - can't wait to get back to training.

Now I need a lie down...