Okay so it's arrived...today I was scheduled for my ERA, which was described to me a few different ways. I was told it would be similar to a transfer (so far, one was difficult and one was easy) so I had an idea of how that part would go...then instead of a release of eggs...it would be a quick pin prick feeling inside my uterus while they capture the lining to see what stage my uterus was in and if it would have been receptive to a blastocyst implanting or whether my timing is not like the average girl (shocking) and need to move.
The second way it was described was that it would be very similar to a pap smear. Hmm okay..both things not extremely joyful, I would describe them as uncomfortable. I've never had my husband or anyone around for those...so I let him know I'm done to go by myself to this appointment.
Okay so let me start by saying the nurse practitioner who performed it was very nice and did a wonderful job explaining what she was doing and even showed me the biopsy she got after she was done, which made the ordeal a little easier.
But this was NOTHING like a pap smear or a small pin prick! They use a small vacuum tube with a blunt end and ram it into your uterine lining over and over to agitate it, suck it into the tube and continue doing so until they have what I can only describe as like a pencil sized tube with the eraser sized tissue crammed into it.
It was very uncomfortable and now that it's done am very thankful that I don't have to go through with it again. Let's hope we truly get the results we need out of this! 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Next steps?
Tonight I no longer take the progesterone shots and instead begin taking a medication that's supposed to regulate your cycle and continue the estrogen together, for five days. After those 5 days I stop taking both and within a week I should start my next period....which means round 3!
Stay tuned ...
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