I had my stim start appointment this morning.
Before I get to the details, it was a great appointment. I saw the main RE today and he was awesome. Besides the huge laughs we shared, I even got a hug. And it was actually a "I really mean it" hug. So that was a feel good moment.
On to the details ...
My insides looked great. Still haven't started AF (although I can feel it approaching) so my lining is sitting at 6.4. There are no cysts present. I have "a lot" of follicles waiting to grow. He didn't count them and he even said he should have, but we were in the midst of laughing during the u/s so he was distracted. He did say he was comfortable that they didn't need to be counted and my blood work will tell what they needed. So baring any unforeseen issues with my blood work, I'm to start stims on Sunday. Two days away!
~ 175 UIs of Follistim in the morning.
~ 2 vials of Menopur in the evening.
~ continue with 10 units of Lupron each evening also
Next appointment will be labs only on day 3 of stims, next Tuesday. My next u/s will be done on day 5 of stims.
Holy moly. This is actually really happening. It really, truly is happening.
... Once (and still) Infertile, but still Schnarky as hell. This blog is dedicated to the daily ramblings from the mind of Nancy. It isn't about anything profound in the grand scheme of things, but it ~is~ about things in my life, schnarkiness always included. I have a second blog, listed in my profile, but the blogs will continue to remain separate.
"I'm aiming for heaven, but I'll probably wind up down in hell"
About Me
- nancy
- I am a 39 year old woman. I am the mother of two beautiful daughters and a handsome son. I am a career woman. As for my TTC world, it certainly doesn't seem like I am "infertile", but I fought for my pregnancies and my TTC/IF history is on the sidebar. I have two blogs, which are both listed in my profile. One focuses on my daily life - including IF, TTC, pregnancy, delivery and even some "children mentioned" posts. The second blog is ~soley~ posts directly about being the mother to my three children.
Belly Pics for #3 only.
Click stick figure to see the consecutive pictures from this pregnancy only.
My TTC History
- Jul 01 ~ married
- Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
- Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
- Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
- Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
- Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
- May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
- Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
- Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
- Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
- Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
- Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
- Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
- Aug 05 ~ Allison born
- Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
- Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
- Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
- Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
- Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
- Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
- May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
- Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
- Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
- Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
- Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
- Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
- Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
- Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
- Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
- Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
- Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
- Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
- May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
- May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
- May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
- May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
- Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
- Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
- Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
- Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!
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- Update on the marriage thing. And it's long.
- It must be ~really~ bad.
- Really down.
- The Mod Squad
- This pain I have
- Introducing ... The Mod Squad.
- Back from my egg retrieval.
- my heart has stopped.
- Oh no.
- Looking for the positives.
- Transfer officially ~cancelled~
- comment that just made me want to throw up.
- IVF Cancelled
- No bueno. sd9.
- Follie report after 7 days of stims.
- I'm still irritated.
- Follie report after 6 days of stims. (updated w/ E2)
- Wow. I am starting to feel it.
- For Laurel and Pete.
- Follie report after 4 days of stims. (update 2)
- The difference an IFer feels about her children.
- E2 levels are low.
- Responses to the Taggings and some feelings.
- Alrighty, well, it's all done.
- I'm stimulated.
- She's here.
- Stim Start appointment.
- Do you believe in "jinxing"?
- Back to the adoption post.
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- WTF?
- "Why don't you just adopt?"
- 2nd injection
- Injections in the belly? Bah.
- I start Lupron tonight!
- "Practice what you preach"
- If I have to study, will there be a test?
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12 comments:
Congrats!! If you don't get AF, will they still do the ER? I am so confused because I don't get AF without my RE giving me Provera. He never gave it...but I'm nervous he won't start me on stims if AF doesn't show.
OK, stupid question that I can totaly google to get generic info, but do you have a sort of "IVF for dummies" post that reviews what your steps are, and what's involved? A timeline?
It's all greek to me, but I'm cheering for you! I used to bitch about cheering with girls who didn't know squat about football, now I'm cheering without understanding...
It's so exciting! I am smiling at your enthusiasm, and wishing the best at the start of this phase.
Wow Nancy I'm so excited for you....I mean this is a whole new door opened for you now and I can TRUELY feel the excitement with you. Although I may not leave comments often, I'm still guilty of reading your blog several times a day :) Congrats on getting things started and break a leg! Well I better not say that considering all of your surgeries in the past ;) Goodluck Nancy!
Yay for starting stims! Things will really start moving along now. But I'm a little confused as to how they will let you start stims without getting AF.
Denise - Well, I did get AF today. But I did ask her if I will still start whether or not I get AF today or tomorrow or the next day - she said due to the supression and bcps, they start everyone on the same stim schedule, regardless where AF was. Everyone is due for it, so apparently they work around it. I don't have an "RE" after my name, so I can't begin to try to explain it.
Congrats! The real fun begins! I hope IVF #1 is your only one!
candi - I asked my nurse this morning about starting stims without getting AF and she said I'll start regardless. I guess that it's not necessary to have that bleed - it's just necessary to have the follies quiet.
kaci - hell, I dunno. I'm sure there is "IVF steps" out there in google. But here are my steps:
3/05 - start lupron (already done, but stay on it through cycle)
3/14 - Get AF. Check!
So far, my follies have been just "grabbed" and chilled out by the lupron. Now it's time to bypass the "one follicle rule" most ovaries live by and grow as many as freaking possible.
3/16 - Start injecting miracle grow into my belly and ass.
After 3-5 days, I'll be getting daily blood draws and ultrasounds to check on growth. Hopefully I'll grow tons. I'm hoping for the upper teens, but would be happy with 10. Some women get 20, 30, 40.
Around 3/27 - the follies should be ready for harvesting. Small surgical procedure called "ER" (egg retrieval) to get em out.
Same day, they'll take my hubby's sperm - one for each egg they get (hopefully I'll make eggs) and they'll inject one sperm into each egg through a process called ICSI.
Wait for growth. Each day they'll call me to let me know if any are growing and how well if they are.
3/30 - 4/01 (tentatively based on ER) will be ET, Embryo Transfer. This is done hopefully on 5 days past retrieval and would be called 5dt (5 day transfer). They like to grow the embryos to day 5 to prove their growing abilities. But if they start to not look too good, they may choose to do a 3dt to get it in the warm oven, hoping my body can nurture them to grow into babies.
6-10 days later, I'll find out. Ack.
BFN - Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
BFP - I can't even imagine.
Hey, we DO have the same protocol. Actually, the doctors told us that Mr. doesn't have to take the doxycycline afterall, since we are doing ICSI also. He said it's mostly to prevent bacteria from impeding the fertilization process when the sperm and egg are floating around in the petri dish, and since there is no floating for ICSI, we could bypass it. I'm a bit nervous b/c others including you are still on it even with ICSI. Anyway, I'm pretty bloated. It's actually a little uncomfortable sometimes when I take a step, or laugh. I've gained about 5 lbs-- tragic. Honestly. We have to go to a wedding in an hour and I'm putting off trying to get into any of my clothes.
I am sooo excited for you! I dont get a chance to get on here everyday and check on you but when I read this this morning I couldnt help but smile for you! I hope that everything works out and this is the only one! Congrats on the stiming!
~Lindsey
(lav1983)
Good luck with the stimming! I hope everything goes perfectly!
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