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Round 2 - Ding Ding!

So, after my first magical experience of egg freezing (and given my paltry 6 egg return) I went for round 2 a month later. The second time around: I was a ninja with a needle - I could do those injections one handed with a glass of wine in the other by the end; The impact on my body was entirely different - the second time around the eggs grew much slower, so it was much less painful, but I also had to have 2 extra days of hormones to coax them along; It was far less of an emotional experience, particularly as I had prepared myself for bad news every bloody step of the way; I did not rush back to the office the day after the procedure - I took a few days off to relax and recover.  Once again, despite maximum hormone quantities being injected on a daily basis, specifically targeted positive thoughts, and the universe definitely owing me one, I once again ended up with a measly 6 eggs.  Given my poor returns and the inability to tell at this stage whether the lack of egg numbers...