moving right along...

I heard from my nurse and they decided to do a recheck on Tuesday. There is still some room for my lining to grow so they will wait another week and see where I am at. She said worst case scenario, I'm looking at getting bumped to transferring on 7/12 instead of 7/16. Of course, it could get too thick and then, I'm done.

I'm really surprised that he didn't suggest that I start progesterone now and transfer on Tuesday. I completely trust them and I asked her if he was worried that it'd get too thick and she said no. We'll see about that. So, for now, I'll stay at 2 patches per day instead of bumping up to 3 and 4 over the next week.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this goes well!!!

This wait is horrible.

I'm still waiting to hear from the nurse and going crazy. I did check in to make sure she received everything and she said she has it but has to speak to the doctor. ugh.

tick tock tick tock

Still freaking out...

I had a recheck this morning. I'm at 11.6 and have the triple pattern, ideal for transfer, except that's not scheduled until July 16th. Now, I'm sitting waiting to hear from my nurse at CCRM. ugh.

I foresee changing flights and packing bags in my future. crap. this is going to be interesting. I just pray we can work around Caitlin's party. I don't want to have to cancel this cycle, all these meds and shots for nothing.

I'm freaking out.

I had my first check on Saturday for bloodwork and ultrasound. The RE that I use for local monitoring doesn't do monitoring for patients that they aren't cycling on the weekends. So, I had to go to my old RE for the bw and US. I waited forever.

Then, I got a message from CCRM on Saturday that I needed to get it rechecked again on Tuesday which is NOT on my original calendar. So, something is up! My nurse just called and my lining is already getting too thick. awesome.

She said they may need to move up my transfer. This causes a problem since Caitlin's first birthday party is the Saturday prior to my transfer and we already booked our flights. I really hope the tech on Saturday just screwed up!!!

Chocolate Chocolate Everywhere!!!

Ok, I LOVE Chocolate. No, I mean I really LOVE Chocolate!!!! But, of course, right now, I can't have any caffeine which includes chocolate. When I've cycled before, it really wasn't too difficult, I managed.

This time, I have been struggling from day 1. But, I've dealing with it. Well, this weekend, I was offered FREE chocolate in the mall. They were handing out flood insurance information on Hershey bars. I told the woman, sorry, I can't eat chocolate. She still insisted on giving it to me. ugh. I gave it to my husband. Then, I bought my husband a chocolate chip cookie cake for father's day. Then, would you believe that my coworker brought me in a box of chocolate to thank me for helping her? seriously, torture!!! I'm dreaming of eating that big piece of chocolate cake when all this is done. YUM!!

Here goes nothing!

So, quickest wait ever! AF arrived this morning and here I thought she'd be delayed due to all this crap I have going on. So, I put my call into CCRM to the nurse to get things started. Um, that was weird. Hello, this is .... and I got my period this morning. weirdest call!!

I'll get my lab slips for the local RE down here to do bloodwork and ultrasounds. I'm really looking forward to going down to 5 units of lupron as well!!! Although, while it was bad for a few days, I want to say I remember it being worse longer in the past. Maybe I'm just too busy this time to pay attention?! let's hope.

Now, onto the estrogen patches! fun!!

Waiting Again...

So, here I am, waiting! Since I took my last bcp on Tuesday, AF should arrive here within a few days. In the past, I've gotten it at all different times. One cycle, I got it the next day and another cycle, it took 5 days! So, just have to wait on her to arrive! I can't wait since I'll get to drop the lupron down when I start estrogen!

I was actually feeling okay yesterday.

Side Effects

ugh. They are getting worse with each passing day. The migraines started on Sunday night. They weren't too bad but I could feel them coming on. It's only been a few more days and it's much worse. I have daily migraines, neck pain and other body aches and pains. Last night, it all just hit me. I have some other stress going on in life, family drama to be exact, and I just started to cry. I realize that it's the hormones talking and at any other time, I would have just shrugged it off.

I did take my last bcp last night though! thank god. So, now I'm waiting on AF to arrive and then I can start taking the estrogen. At that point, I'll drop the lupron down in half which will help with the body aches/pains and migraines. Of course, the estrogen brings on other side effects but at least I'll be moving forward!!

Travel Arrangements Made!

Flight, hotel and car are booked! :)

Tomorrow, I take my last birth control pill and wait for my cycle to start so I can start estrogen patches. I'm looking forward to that because the lupron will decrease to 5 units then. The lupron headaches started today. It's been manageable but they only started today. I know that with each day and each injection, it will get worse. I'm ready to start estrogen!!!

Meds are in!

My medications were delivered this morning. Fortunately, it's not too overwhelming since we are doing a frozen cycle.

There's the wonderful lupron that I will start on Friday. Let the headaches and body aches begin! Then, there's the estrogen patches that will start in a few weeks. Bring on those night sweats! :) And, of course, that leaves the endometrin. I'm hoping it works better this time since I got infections over and over last time. I ended up on progesterone in oil which I would LOVE to avoid if I can since the needle is HUGE! Finally, there's two bottles of pills, one is an antibiotic and the other is an anti inflammatory!

The sooner I start meds, the sooner I'm done with meds, and hopefully closer to a pregnancy!!!

We have a Calendar!

I started the birth control pills last night. Here is the remainder of the calendar-

6/11 - start 10 units a day of lupron
6/15 - take the last birth control pill
6/21 - start vivelle patches - 1 a day, changing them every other day
6/27 - have estradiol checked
6/29 - start doing 2patches a day
7/1 - start 3 patches a day
7/3 - start 4 patches a day, changing every other day
7/9 - ultrasound and estradiol check
7/11 - start endometrin, 3 times a day
7/16 - Embryo Transfer! My estrogen and progesterone will be checked that morning in the office as well.

So, we will probably fly out to Colorado either Tuesday or Wednesday before and leave no earlier than Sunday since I have to be on bedrest following the transfer!

Here we go again...

Over the weekend, my cycle started so I put the call in to CCRM today. She's putting together my calendar and called in my medications. Schrafts has already called to set up delivery. I start the birth control pill tonight.

It's so hard to believe we are doing this again!