Exhausted

Ok, so I am not sure whether I am chocking up my general exhaustion to the meds, my job being insane or to my two wild monkeys but boy am I tired. I feel like I have to remind myself to take my shots. The first time around I was almost excited when it was shot time. It was like every shot got me closer to meeting my future child (children). This time it just feels plain different. I am excited and I really want this to work but it seems like some of stress is not there that was there before. An IVF not working does not seem as earth shattering once you have had a child. I still have babies to love and hold and oogle over. Before if it didn't work I felt like I had nothing. It is kind of nice to get to approach it in this lower key way.

Stims tomorrow

Starting tomorrow I will be taking 5 units of Lupron in the morning, 75 iu Menopur in the morning and 150 iu of follistim in the evening. I went or b/w and u/s this morning and the u/s tech told me I was going to have a lot of eggs. That made me nervous because she said we are looking at possible OHSS eggs (not again!). They are doing a lower dose of stims than I did last time to try to control it. Guess we'll see!

Am I ready for this?

Tomorrow morning I go for my suppression check blood work and ultrasound. If all is well I will start my stims in the afternoon and be on my way. Bry and I talked for a little while about if this does work, if it doesn't and all the possible scenarios in between. I REALLY hope it works. We want more children and it would be so wonderful to not have to start saving for a FET. Approaching IVF now that I have two daughters changes everything but I still want it very much.

CD 1 - Getting Close

Yesterday was CD 1 and I realized how close I am getting. I am about a month away from KNOWING whether this IVF is a success. I can't believe we are this close. I start my stims on Tuesday and my last 2 fresh cycles I only stimmed for 9 days. So I am less than 2 weeks from the retrieval now. Oddly, as it gets closer I get more excited and less nervous!

My Protocol

I thought I would post this as much for myself as for everyone else. Someday I might look back and think hmm... what the heck did I have to go through for this damn IVF stuff to work. :>)

CD 3 - Started BCP's
CD 20 - Started Lupron injections at 10 units. Continue BCP's until pack finished
CD 31 - Ultrasound & Blood work. Start 150 IU Menopur & 150 IU Follistim (dosage may change). Drop Lupron to 5 units.
Stim Day 12 - 14 - Retrieval
3 Days Later - Transfer

I will try to update this as it changes.

Side Effects

Ok, so the first time I did this crap I didn't notice a whole lot of side effects. Now that I have two babies in tow the Lupron seems to be kicking my ass. The thought of a pregnancy with two little ones seems a little more daunting than it did. Hmm... this could get interesting.

And so it begins

I started my Lupron today. Felt very weird to be back here again.



It's a much smaller pile than last time. Follistim sure eliminated a lot of the work for you.

Meds

I went today for my appointment to get my meds and have injection instructions. Looks like my protocol will be Lupron from CD 18 on. I will start stims on the 27th if everything looks good. I will be using Follistim (for the first time) and Menopur again. My retrieval will likely be June 6-8th. I am getting super excited. Not sure what I am going to do about the whole "don't lift more than 15lbs thing" though.

Starting Lurpon

This week I begin my Lupron injections. I go to the clinic on Thursday to get all my meds and start injects on Friday. When I signed up for this it felt like it was years away. It is hard to believe that we are getting ready to start.