Stim Check #2

My estrogen is 868 and he's keeping me at 75iu menopur in the am, 150 gonal-f in the pm. At this point on IVF#2, my estrogen was 567. AND, my local doctor backed off my meds which were lower as well. For IVF#2, I was on 75 menopur in the am, 75 menopur and 75 follistim in the pm. My local RE took off the 75 follistim. When she first told me to continue, I thought I heard her wrong. In fact, I called her back to confirm. So, initially, I was very nervous for them not decreasing but I have to say, I'm here for something different, I want to see something different. Well, there you go! He's not backing off the meds. The nurse seemed happy and said I had a nice little recruitment going on. I didn't ask for measurements. I don't go back until Saturday so I must not be that close or he'd have me in tomorrow as well. So, I'm guessing and hoping that I'll stim Sunday as well. That would make 9 days of stims! I will be thrilled to stim 9 days. Each cycle before, I have stimmed 8 days and that hasn't worked for me. Yes, I know that 8 days is fine but I want changes!

Tomorrow, I have my IVF physical and my hubby has to try his freeze again. He tried doing it today and lost some of it. The nurse said there was only 200,000, not worth freezing so he has to try again. That's kinda stressful, hope it goes better for him tomorrow.

I'm feeling absolutely crappy, stomach is bugging me badly and having some issues that I'll spare everyone w details. I thought I ate somethin bad but it continued yesterday. The nurse thinks it could be the increase in estrogen. She put me on pepto and a bland diet. YUM.

that's my IVF update... We have been doing some fun things so I will update on that another time.

Stim Check #1 - Estrogen

It's 307. Woah. That's higher than IVF #1 and #2. I expected higher than IVF #2 since I am on more meds but I was on even more meds for #1! He's keeping my meds the same until I go back in on Thursday. I have to remind myself, he is the best, he knows what he's doing.... right?!? eek.

Stim Check #1

Yikes. I don't know why I was worried nothing was cooking in there. I have 7-10 follies on each side, of course, it's completely an estimate this early on. My left ovary had one at 12 and another at 11. That makes me nervous! She said they might decrease meds depending on my estrogen levels. I might also be back in there tomorrow! Good thing we flew up early. I wll post later when we get information on the estrogen from the nurse.

I am in DENVER!

We arrived in Denver this morning around 10:30am Denver Time. The flight was on time and smooth. Our flight left West Palm Beach at 6am. Can you say OUCH? We were up at 330am. We got to the airport only to find out security wasn't open for another 30 minutes!! So, we waited and a line formed which we didn't get into. Of course, they only open one belt and things get backed up. Of course, my bag got pulled, understandably considering I have ove 50 syringes in there! They claimed it was pulled bc I had a heating pad in there. SURE....

Our flight to Atlanta took off on time, no problem. It was short, about an hour and a half, I couldn't sleep. Our flight from Atl to Denver also took off on time! Big plane too, 220 people, 3 aisles. I was in and out on this flight, I couldn't stay awake. But, everything time that I'd fall asleep, something would wake me up. The flight was nice though, being it was longer, there were snacks and you could buy a meal. But, Tom and I shared a bagel from Starbucks.

After we got in, of course, I handy Tom Tom was down, fortunately, we had printed instructions out from google. We checked into the hotel and not within 5 minutes, a big dog was barking across the hotel. We opted to change rooms before getting settled. We headed to Panera for lunch, got some groceries at Target. At Target, it hit me, I could barely stay up. I hit the bed as soon as we got back. I was asleep for 4 hours. We're going to get some dinner now. Tomorrow is a free day. We have our first stim check on Tuesday!

Everything is fine now...

I am able to start stims tomorrow. Thank God! It's the same cyst that's always been there but they have to be extra cautious because they are relying on someone else to provide them with information. It's quite borderline in size but she said it isn't producing hormones and shouldn't respond to the stims. So, that equals a heart attack for me.

This isn't going to get easier...

Can I get a BREAK??

I spoke to the local RE this morning. The cyst measured 1.5cm by 1.3cm. CCRM told me last night that it can't be bigger than 1.5cm. That's really close. Now, I have to wait until my nurse gets in and I get a call. I hope she calls right away, I need to know...

Wonderful

I have a cyst on my left ovary BUT the local RE didn't send the measurements over. I have to wait until tomorrow to find out if I'm cancelled or not.