15/04/2025
22.5 weeks - 5.5 months.
Bit of a personal post to explain where I’ve been for the past year! My husband and I have been walking the road of infertility since mid 2020 with different interventions and diagnoses along the way. This time last year we finally made the choice to do IVF, which as a huge needle phobe was a massive choice in itself. But it landed me in some sticky health situations post-stim cycle and in the hospital with severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). It had quickly developed after our egg pick up and ended with me accumulating excessive fluid in my abdomen and in both of my lungs and on a myriad of new injectable medications to mitigate my high risk of developing a blood clot in my lung or brain (I apologise if you were one of the people with an appt at this time who got constantly shifted around 😓). Anyway, long story short it was a very traumatic time and I needed to step away from the health space for a while - which has been longer than planned. I took time away from everything for 6 months before deciding to do an embryo transfer at the end of November, which has been such a blessing as we have been so lucky with our success. A healthy, VERY active little babe due in August 2025.
