Triggered and Sick Baby

They finally let me trigger last night! Woohoo!!! My largest follicle was 21mm, so they decided it was time :-) I took the shot at 11:15am, so I'll be having my retrieval at 11:15 tomorrow morning. Hopefully we'll get lots of high quality eggies!!!!

On a sad note, little Beanie is sick :( Actually, we've both been fighting a cold for weeks (stuffy nose, cough), but it seems to be more today. DH said her temp was just over 101 when she got up this morning. So, he gave her some Motrin. That seemed to help for a little bit, but she was feeling REALLY warm when I was getting her ready for her nap (4 hours post Motrin). When I took her temp, it was 104.5!!! I immediately added some Tylenol to the mix, and she seems better now. She's been sleeping for 2 hours and we haven't heard a peep!

One more appointment...

Ok, so I can't find my little results slip from yesterday. Sorry! You'll have to trust my memory :-)

I still had 12 on the right and 10 on the left. They ranged in size from 8 to 17mm, but most were around 11 or 12. My estrogen was 968. So, I had to go back again today. I figured I'd get the info in here before I lose that slip too ;)

We still have 22 follies, but they only measure the biggest ones. So, here's that info

Right: 18, 18, 17, 15, 13, 12, 12
Left: 19, 16, 13, 13, 12, 12
Lining : 11-12

I'll update you on my estrogen level when the nurse calls. They can trigger as early as tonight, but they won't do that. She told me before I left that she's thinking tomorrow.

On a side note, I'm still sick with this stupid cough that Beanie got at school. I NEED to feel better, but that's not looking like it's going to happen. Oh well, at least I'm about to get some bedrest to let me heal :-)

We're getting there (I think)

Apparently the ultrasound tech measured wrong over the weekend :(

Here are my stats for today

Right - 14, 11,11,11,11, 9 (12 total)
Left - 13, 12, 10, 9 (10 total)
Lining - 11mm
Estrogen 568

I'm actually a little annoyed right now. I have to coordinate the schedule with my mom so that she can be here to watch Beanie, but they have not been willing to give me any guidance on what to expect until today. So, I just based it on last cycle. That put it at a Wed trigger and Friday retrieval. Now, all the sudden, they are telling me it's going to be Thursday, maybe even Friday for the trigger. Well, my mother already has her ticket, and she can't take more than a week off of work. If it goes to Friday (or even worse Saturday), she won't be here for the transfer, and I need her then too! I HATE going with the flow!

Monitoring

Well, I've had two monitoring appointments now. The first one was on Thursday.

Right (13 total, 4 measurable) - 8, 8, 7, 7 mm
Left (11 total, 2 measurable) - 7, 6 mm
Lining 5mm
Estrogen 101

They kept my meds the same after that appt since things were progressing the way they wanted. I'm pretty much doing the same meds as last IVF, except they are keeping me on 20 units of Lupron (the suppression dose) to keep me from stimming too quickly.

My second monitoring appt was today
Right (12 measurable) - all between 10.5 and 11.5 mm
Left (10 measurable) - all between 10.5 and 11.5 mm
Lining 8.5
Estrogen 261

We're keeping the meds the same again, and I'm scheduled to go back on Monday.

I'm stimming!!!

The Lupron Eval went very well yesterday :-) The office was really crowded, but they got me in and out pretty quickly, all things considered. I don't know my exact Estrogen level, but I know it was under the cutoff of 50. I had 30 antral follies, which is a bit scary, but they are pretty sure they can keep it under control.

Here's my current shot regiment:
20 units Lupron every morning (it was lowered to 5 when I started stims last time)
112 units Gonal-F every night (same as last time)
37.5 units Menopur every night (same as last time)

I go back on Thursday for an eval. So, I'll let you know if anything changes and how my little follies are doing. On a side note, the stupid Menopur STINGS! I don't remember it being this bad last time.

AF has arrived (kinda)

It looks like AF is going to be here very shortly (probably later tonight). Great Valentine's Day present, huh? :-)

So, I go in Monday at 8:15 for my Lupron evaluation to make sure I'm totally suppressed. Then, we start stims! :-) I think it will be fine though b/c I'm having HORRIBLE Lupron headaches today. Hopefully, those will pass before I start stims. If not, they'll stop then. So, the worst case scenario has them gone in 2 days. Sucky, but not unbearable.

Thankful

She's still nursing at night before she goes to bed. All the experts (including my doctor) said she'd stop within a day or two of my starting Lupron injections, and that nearly broke my heart. I REALLY don't want to take that comfort away from her for something that's not even a guarantee. She's proving them wrong so far b/c I took my 4th day of Lupron injections today, and she nursed happily tonight before bed :-)

I can't begin to tell you how happy that makes me. I want her to wean in the next few months, but I want her to do it on HER terms!

It's not as bad as I thought

I talked to my nurse, and it's still a bad result, but there's reason to believe it will be a bit better on the transfer day. The sample they tested was produced at home and delivered to the clinic. It was analyzed about an hour later. The sample on the day of the transfer will be used almost immediately, so the stats should improve some. Some is all we need, so I have hope again.

On another note, I took my first Lupron shot today. It wasn't as bad as the first shot last time, but it still sucked :-)

Last time, it was 17 days from the first shot to the day of transfer. If that pattern continues, my transfer will be 2/27. That's scary!!

Eight

That's the count from our SA. My nurse told me like she was telling me that it was a bit cloudy outside. It's supposed to be millions. I need it to be at least in the low 20's (to match the number of eggs).

Nope, it's eight. Maybe nine. I'm crying.

Mock Transfer and Dropoff is done

Ok, I survived the next step in the IVF journey. I went for my mock transfer yesterday. It wasn't too bad. They did a trial run through of transferring an embryo (just with saline and no embie) to make sure there wouldn't be any hiccups when we do it for real. Apparently, I have a "perfect uterus" :-) I'm a little crampy today, and I was definitely crampy yesterday, but at least it's one step closer!

I also dropped off DH's sample for analysis. He's being a bit of a baby about the whole thing and kept procrastinating. So, I offered to deliver it when I went in for my mock. MEN!!! Actually, I should've called them today to get the results! Oops, I guess I'll try to remember to do that on Monday! They probably would've called if there was anything wrong, right?

The drugs are here

I still have to go to CVS to pick up the Estrogen and Zithromax, but everything else is here. It's pretty much the same stuff as last time except I have Gonal-F instead of Follistim. I'll take a pic later today and put it up here so that you can see it all.

I'm officially starting the second week of my birth control pills today too; seven days down, fourteen to go. I start shots (Lupron) on the last three days of the pills, so we're really getting close now. I have my first acupuncture appointment on Wednesday, and there are only two more things that need to get done before we start shots. I need to do my mock transfer, and DH needs to give his sample. He's putting that off so badly! I get that it's not the most comfortable thing to just drop it off, but he needs to get over it. When you compare what I have to do for this cycle to what he needs to do, he gets NO sympathy!!! Oh yeah, we need to drop of our consents too. I guess I'll do that when I do my mock.