At my appointment yesterday, the tech told me I needed to have at least 5 follies over 18mm to be ready to trigger. She found 6!
I triggered last night at 7pm. We have to be at the office at 6:15am - and it's 45 minutes away. Good thing J is a morning person.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Movin' right along
Yesterday I had my second monitoring appointment since starting the stims. I am on day 8 of stims and so far the side effects have been pretty minimal - minor headaches (though they may have been unrelated), feeling crampy/achy, moodiness. No significant bloating yet, but I'm expecting it. Things are progressing well - 17 follicles, 10 large enough to potentially have mature eggs. I started the Ganerelix last night, in addition to the Gonal-F and Menapur.
It looks like my retrieval will be pushed up by a day or even two, so I will trigger either Saturday or Sunday night. I go in tomorrow for another monitoring appointment.
It really feels like this is whooshing by so quickly!
It looks like my retrieval will be pushed up by a day or even two, so I will trigger either Saturday or Sunday night. I go in tomorrow for another monitoring appointment.
It really feels like this is whooshing by so quickly!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Oodles and oodles of drugs, oh my!
I woke up with a sore throat and a fever this morning, so I stayed home from work. Unfortunately I still had to drive nearly there and back anyway to pick up the shipment of IVF drugs from the FedEx location I'd had them shipped to - ironically, to be convenient to pick up from work.
After downing two cups of lemon tea with honey and two bowls of soup, the pooch and I took a drive. She was such good company. I swear, there is almost nothing as comforting as my dog by my side.
So, this is what I picked up:
I am doing an antagonist protocol. I start with Gonal-F, Menopur, and Femara for the first five days. After that I continue with the Gonal-F and Menopur, adjusting the dose as needed based on my monitoring visits.
My last BCP was Sunday night. Monday morning I had my baseline ultrasound and bloodwork. My nurse called in the afternoon to tell me that everything looked ok and that I can start the stims on Friday as scheduled.
I am excited and nervous. Especially nervous about the PIO injections that J will have to give me. But that is several days down the road. For now, I just need to focus on the first injection, which shouldn't be too bad. One thing at a time.
After downing two cups of lemon tea with honey and two bowls of soup, the pooch and I took a drive. She was such good company. I swear, there is almost nothing as comforting as my dog by my side.
So, this is what I picked up:
I am doing an antagonist protocol. I start with Gonal-F, Menopur, and Femara for the first five days. After that I continue with the Gonal-F and Menopur, adjusting the dose as needed based on my monitoring visits.
My last BCP was Sunday night. Monday morning I had my baseline ultrasound and bloodwork. My nurse called in the afternoon to tell me that everything looked ok and that I can start the stims on Friday as scheduled.
I am excited and nervous. Especially nervous about the PIO injections that J will have to give me. But that is several days down the road. For now, I just need to focus on the first injection, which shouldn't be too bad. One thing at a time.
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