DEAR SANTA

Dear Santa,

Christmas is nearing and I have one wish. My wish this year may differ a little from the ones that you usually receive from others, eg. the latest Tron action figure, a Buzz Lightyear action figure (from Toy Story), a brand new Kenwood oven, the PlayStation Move, or even the IPad. Mine is none of the above. My wish is really simple but I’m not sure if it’s within the ambit of your magical powers. Here it goes… my wish is… for my follicles to mature to a desired size of probably 15mm – 20mm. Taa daa! A curve ball threw at you aye?

I’m sure lil’ ol’ me is not the only one wishing for this. I was at the gynae’s clinic today and on my way out, I overhead a chirpy lady mending the front desk blurting out there are 22 ladies scheduled for a follicle scan next week (I’m sure they are all praying for their follicles to reach the size of a golf ball when the doctor sees them). See, I’m not alone. So I’m wondering to myself. What’s happening to our women gender these days?! Is getting pregnant really that tough? Let me answer that. YES!!

Actually ever since embarking on this journey of “I wana get pregnant”, through my random observations, I noticed that there are two categories of “I wana get pregnant” group of women.

Group One – I want to get pregnant but well no hurry. I’ll call it the “let nature take its course mentality”. If I’m pregnant, I’m pregnant. Got married and BAM! Guess what? Pregnant next month. Good for you folks. Talk about being super fertile. I know you guys hardly even try.

Group Two – The lets do some planning first / when I’m ready to have a child group. For some reason, ladies in this group aren’t as lucky as those in Group One. This is where all the stress and assortment of infertility treatments kick in. Don’t ask me why cause I seem to fall within Group Two. I have taken x amount of FSH jabs and the only follicle which seems to be responding is a mere 12.8mm. Gynae says, “stubborn eggs you have”. Hmph! Tell me about it doc. My ass is on fire from those jabs! 

So, here you go Santa. As much as I would like to try to stay positive and brain wash myself that maybe it’s not my time yet, I would really, really wish you can use your Santa Clause magical powers and grant me my wish this year. Ok, if you are agreeable to do that, there may be a slight problem as I don’t have a Christmas tree (I really believe in you even though I don’t celebrate Christmas). Urrr, may I propose that you deliver my wish through my next follicle scan? Really saves you the trouble of having to wrap gifts up and go down the chimney. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Merry Christmas in advance!

Love,

Egg Awaitor