Bollox, fab. I too find the examination of mooncup contents oddly engaging.
hest I was told I had a beautiful endometrium when cycling. I preened. Well as much as one can preen with a dildocam up one's foof. I'm glad your clinic has been accommodating. My clinic did that too as there were only 2 of us on my EC day and the other couple was coming from out of London. Unfortunately, that meant a daftly early start for me!
I agree with the others about waiting to call your mum. From what you have said, she is unlikely to say anything helpful and EC and ET time is the most stressful bit of IVF.
bugs it sounds like the crazy drugs have done their job. Good luck for transfer! In a few hours, you will be PUPO.
cherry that's so sad. I'm thinking of you all.
The work trip was lovely. I want to go back to Israel and see all the historic stuff. It's only really marketed here as a beach destination (Eilat) and as an atheist, I'd never thought I would be interested in seeing Jerusalem, but being there I have realised that the whole country is full of "cool old stuff", which we both love poking around, so I reckon we will end up going back as tourists at some point. I had a quick walk through Jaffe and that was amazing. I really wish I had had more time there.
The flight back though was awful. My preggo bloating seems to maximise in the evening, and flying sometimes has that effect on me too, meaning that I was blown up like a balloon and hugely uncomfortable on the plane. The airport security was crazy too - every bag searched by hand, several short interviews (they profile every passenger), everything swabbed for explosives. It's strange to be in a country so hated by all its neighbours that it has to go to those extremes. I am glad to be home (and gradually deflating).