That’s how long you get advised
towaitbefore you can test. 2 weeks flies by most of the time, but I swear to you, time goes by SO slowly when you are waiting to find out if your IVF worked. It was the longest, most agonising 2
weeksofmy life! When I look now and think that was like 6 months ago – I have no idea how 6 months has gone by so quickly. We are mid-way through May – where the hell is this year going? But
that2-weekwait was the longest 2 weeks EVER. I remember my best friend saying to me when she found out she was pregnant with her little girl that she almost knew immediately, she felt different, she
feltsickyand just off her game. She is very in tune with her body but still, she knew straight away. I felt like I was looking out for every possible symptom, I checked my nips on the daily to see
iftheylooked different, bigger, darker, more sticky-outy! Anything! I would feel my tummy every day to see if it felt harder, feel my boobs to see if they felt sore, monitored how often I pooped to
seeifI had any changes there, asked myself about a million times if I felt more tired than I normally do – you name it, I did it! I googled “early pregnancy signs” more times than I care to admit,
ifitsbeen searched on google 5 million times, most of that is me!
Selfie during my 2 week wait! 🤞🏻
It is so tempting to just take a
test early, but it takes about 10 days for all the traces of the hormone from the trigger shot to be gone from your body and this could potentially give you a false negative, but also you could
get a negative that’s incorrect because its too early to detect the right hormone. I decided I was going to test a few days early anyway because my test date was meant to be the Monday but I was
going to Verona with my sister and cousins on the Saturday, so I thought I better test the Friday and tell them (bear in mind still no-one knew I had gone and had the treatment) otherwise they
would know something was up when I wasn’t getting boozy! I definitely couldn’t have gotten away with the whole “I am on anti-biotics” trick with them!!
I
managed to get through week 1 okay, I had a busy time as it was my mom’s birthday, so we had lots going on which was a great distraction and it was also bonfire night so again, we were busy out
and about, so it wasn’t too bad. Week 2 was awful, by the Tuesday (day 8), I broke and took a test – Big. Fat. Negative. I had to really rationalise with myself that it was early, it could just
be too early. I did have some symptoms, so I was trying to stay positive, my boobs were out of control huge, like nothing I have ever seen, I did think it could have just been all the hormone
injections though. I then got a rash all over my chest, which again, I put down to hormones but a couple of girls in the group had said they had this and got a positive. All was not lost but I
must admit, I felt like the dream was slipping away a bit at this point. This is why they tell you not to test early!!!!!! I was so cross with myself, why didn’t I just wait, I was so bloody
impatient! I don’t think I even told anyone I did this test, not even the closest people that knew I had the treatment, I was so deflated but desperately trying to cling on to this teeny bit of
hope.
Day 8 test...
Day 10 (Thursday) it got to the evening
(I had planned to test the Friday morning) and I just could not wait any longer. I also got some First Response pregnancy tests as they are the best for picking up an early
pregnancy. The one I used on the Tuesday had been a clear blue one. I waited an agonising 2 minutes and then there it was, a very very faint 2nd line. It looked to me, like a
positive. I phoned my Dad and started with some small talk and then he said, “You’re not ringing to tell me you took a bloody test already are you?!” and I said casually, “No, just ringing tosee how
you are? GRANDAD!!!” He couldn’t believe it, he was so happy, and this started to get me really excited then because it was actually happening, I wasn’t in this little bubble waiting to know, I
knew, it had worked!!!!! I took a photo and sent it to Holly who said she could see the line as well!! Well, what she actually did was ring me in floods of tears, having also nearly set her boyfriend
off crying as well, and crying so much I could barely understand what she was saying! Which in turn, set me off, but it was an amazing moment, I will always remember that phone call and her voice, it
was so nice to have that reaction (particularly because other people’s reaction was one of confusion more than anything else, but I will come on to that in a later post!!) On the first picture I took
you could barely see it, so she said to leave it 5 mins and it should get darker if its positive and voila!
The chest rash I got 😩
I knew then that I had chosen the exact
right person to be my birthing partner, she was just as excited as me and cared just as much as me. Not that anyone else wouldn’t have been but Holly is not only my best friend but she has been
through labour before, she did hypnobirthing which is something I decided I would like to know more about and consider this an option for me. She is also the perfect person to be who I need her to
be, when I need her to be it. She will be calm when I need calming, when I need a kick up the arse she will give it to me, when anyone else needs a kick up the arse, she won’t be afraid to do that!
But most of all, I know that there is no-one suited better to do this role for me than her, I bloody love her. Plus, my mama is going to be there as well – hopefully she doesn’t pass out at the sight
of me getting an injection or of any blood (god love her and my sister, but they are so squeamish that they would be useless in that scenario!) I also love that Holly’s daughter said to her last week
“I know Aunty Jade has a baby in her tummy and that its going to come out of her twinkle.” Yes, baby girl, it is, I am not sure it will be as pretty and simple as you make it sound
though…
Day 10 (bottom) and day 11 (top) tests... 🥰
The next morning, I took another
test to be sure, they recommend you take them in the morning as apparently this is when the levels of hCG are highest in your urine which is a pregnancy hormone, so if you are choosing to test early,
many companies do recommend the morning is the best time. And I was so happy, it was another positive!!!! So, this is when I decided right, I need to tell my sister, we are flying to Verona tomorrow,
kind of time I fessed up to this big secret I have been holding on to. Of course, I knew she would be excited, but I didn’t quite anticipate her being as confused as she was, but that’s a story for
next week 😉
