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.

Finally

It seems like when you are waiting for the witch to arrive she won't and when you don't she is knocking on your door early. Well, finally today, on CD 36 she came. I will probably start my BCP's tomorrow and Lupron shortly after that. Let's get this show on the road.

Of course I would be late

So I am sitting here waiting, waiting, waiting for my period to start so I can get moving. And of all cycles to be late... I am. I sometimes have longer than usual cycles but not terribly often. I am just ready to get this train rolling and get the IVF over with. I know I make it sound like it is something I am doing casually. Trust me, I am not. I just hate the thought of surgery and bedrest and being away from my girls. I would like to do it, find out if it worked (and I pray it does) and get going already.

Getting close

Looks like CD 1 will be in a week or so. At that point I start the BCP's and get my meds. Shortly after that I will start Lupron. I think the retrieval is something like 6 weeks from the start of BCP's. So we are only 7 weeks or so away and 9 from knowing if we will have another LO (or two) on the way! Getting excited!

Pre-Testing

Today I completed the final portion of my pre-testing for IVF #3. I had bloodwork this morning and went back this evening for a mock transfer, cultures, pap smear and sonohystogram (ouch!). Everything looks good so it looks like I am ready to go.

I will start BCP's with my next period. So it looks like my ER will be about 10 weeks from now. I cannot believe how quickly this is all happening but I am very excited. I am thrilled we will be through Abby's eye surgery when we start the IVF process. That is a huge relief for me!