So we are all booked in and ready to go.

Frozen Embryo Transfer with the ARGC.

The wonderful Mr T who helped us get pregnant with our beautiful twins.

We are all booked in, ready to go and this is what happens next.

First there has to be a monitoring cycle.

This can only be started once both David and I have submitted bloods for screening.

They routinely screen for HIV, Hepatitis B and C.

Then when the blood results are okayed we can begin.

My next cycle is due to start on the 15th June.

This will be Day 1.

I have to have blood tests done on day 1, 2 or 3 of this cycle to check my hormone levels.

The clinic want to build a picture of what a normal cycle is for me.

So on Saturday 15th June or more likely Monday 17th June I will go to London for my first batch of tests.

After this there will be a mid cycle scan and more blood tests to check my Killer Cells. This is part of the ARGC Immune Testing that checks to
see if your body will accept a pregnancy or fight it.

With Esther and William I needed steroids to help the pregnancy progress and this was because of my Natural Killer cells.

So the mid cycle scan is usually Day 10 which all being well for me will be on Monday 24th June.

After the scan I will use an ovulation kit to check when I have my LH surge.

The day after the surge is detected then more blood is taken to measure progesterone levels.

Assuming that nothing is wrong during the monitoring cycle then the next cycle is the real thing

An attempt at a natural cycle for FET

Frozen Embryo Transfer

This should involve, for me,

Day 1-3 bloods on Monday 15th July

A mid cycle scan on Monday 22nd July

I should ovulate around Day 14 which is 26th July

Daily bloods I would think then from 29th July

The transfer is usually completed around Day 23 which for me will be the 4th or 5th of August

Then there is the dreaded 10 day wait meaning I would be back up to London for results day on

Thursday 15th August

Assuming the test is positive then baby would be due

Date of conception would be 31st July or 1st August as the embryos are 5 days old.

But there is a long way to go before a positive pregnancy test

The embryos have to survive the thaw

There is an 80% chance of that

Then the embryos are regraded and a new percentage chance of success will be given

I think that it is just less than 50% chance

Less than half of a chance that the embryos might implant

And we might get pregnant

There is also a chance that as part of the cycle I may have to have a hysteroscopy

Mr T likes to look at the lay of the land and decide where best to put the embryo

I cannot believe that we are on this rollercoaster again

We are keeping it quite quiet for now

And a part of me is still hoping that we might fall naturally first

Another little miracle baby

Just like Matilda Mae.