Feeling good after my appointment today! My u/s sound went well. My lining is at an 11.6. My right ovary has 8 follies (17.0, 16.4, 14.7, 14.5, 13.9, 12.9, 10.8 and 7.8 ) my left ovary has 9 follies (16.9, 13.0, 12.8, 12.2. 11.7, 9.5, 8.6, 7.6, and 5.4). I am to continue on the same dose through Saturday most likely. I go in for another u/s and blood work tomorrow to see how everything is looking. I may trigger tomorrow night if the little ones grow more for a Sunday morning retrieval, but most likely I will do meds on Saturday and trigger Saturday night for a Monday morning retrieval. I can definitely feel the eggies today!!!
Need to think about getting some work done today--still have one summer class I am working on and I probably should get that done before retrieval. It's so nice to be at the hotel and rest and relax through this process! I'm all caught up on So You Th.ink You Ca.n Danc.e, Ame.rica's Got Tale.nt, Mas.terChef, and Pre.tty Littl.e Lia.rs but I think I need to watch the first episode of B.ig Br.oth.er before doing work...now, that sounds like a plan!!
Happy Thursday all!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
In the Nick of Time!
In the nick of time! We got the rest of my meds....as I've said before, they upped my dosage to 5:1 from 3:1 on baseline u/s day b/c I had only 8 follies and they wanted to see 2 more. Not sure where those other two were hiding but they sure created a bit of commotion these last few days. So...you already read our saga from a few days ago. Well, I'm happy to say since my last post, if there was an award for getting every last drop of solution back into the syringe, my hubby would have surely been in the running! .85-.96 mL after 6 re constitutions ain't too shabby! However...due to the change in meds we needed more. Of course, we have to need them on a holiday weekend but thankfully we have enough to get through Tuesday...yes, Tuesday...Wednesday (today) we're down 2 vials of bravelle. I called the pharmacy yesterday with our order for 10 more bravelle and 2 more menopur (from our mess-ups the other day) who ships overnight...we should have them by today at noon. I can take them at noon, no worries (I emailed my wonderful IVF coordinator...she said no problem). However, it's 12:10PM right now and still no meds have arrived. The cleaning lady has already come through and made the room sparkly again...I call down at the front desk..."Are you sure?" no meds have arrived yet...it's time to get everything ready. 1mL of NaCl solution....1 75IU of menopur...1 75 IU of bravelle....the phone rings (hey, I didn't know we have two phones in the room...), it's the front desk, "Fed-X has arrived and dropped off a package for you"...nice timing, we'll be right down...I hold on to the syringe while hubby goes down to retrieve the precious package...He takes out the last 2 bravelle....2...3...4...5..bravelle..inject .9mL into tummy..Success! What timing!
Later I get the benefit of a sick tummy and a bit of nausea from the injection plus my bloated, follicle stimulated ovary balloons...it's all good. Thank you meds I know you're working in there! On to tomorrow with wando--I can't wait to see what's all going on in there even though I know it's going to hurt :( Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday!
Later I get the benefit of a sick tummy and a bit of nausea from the injection plus my bloated, follicle stimulated ovary balloons...it's all good. Thank you meds I know you're working in there! On to tomorrow with wando--I can't wait to see what's all going on in there even though I know it's going to hurt :( Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday!
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Our Morning
We woke up late this morning--9AM. We go through the daily ritual of putting the meds together. I walk down to the ice machine with my bucket and get some ice. I proceed to get the lupron out of the mini fridge while hubby takes care of getting the 5 bravelle plus 1 menopur along with syringes, alcohol wipes, gauze, q-caps, etc. It's day 4...we're pros at this right?! I take off the tops as hubby puts together the q-cap and syringe...is it on tight enough??? He measures out the 1 mL of NaCl solution and injects it into the menopur. I sit back and wait...I hear, OH NO!! I ask, what happened?? I see that he has the NaCl solution on the syringe. That's not right!! What happened...oh no! You injected it back into the solution???!!! CRAP!! There goes another $55.00 down the drain!!!!
We start over. I put everything in order on the table...menopur first...5 bravelles all lined up. Hubby replaces the q-cap, gets another NaCl solution (throws out the first one with un-usable menopur) and we begin again. NaCl solution measured...I put it off to the side....Menopur reconstituted...ummm...it seems like it leaking a bit....unconcerned...1st bravelle reconstituted...loses a couple more drops...it's still over 1/2 mL..we're okay...2nd bravelle...better...3rd...leaks!!...4th bravelle...there is less than 1/2 mL there...cue kinda freaking out....5 bravelle...ummm...there's not enough liquid to reconstitute the powder! Cue breakdown!!! What are we going to do??? Another $400.00 of meds messed up!!!
Find the after hour number to the clinic in a hurry....leave message with message service lady...nurse calls us within 5 minutes....tells us to come in at 11AM...gather up meds...quickly do Lupron injection before we go (it's amazing we ever freaked out about this injection)...quickly take a shower, run over to the clinic. The nurse says, "I am going to be your fairy godmother today"...she was!! She gave me my injection for the menopur and gave me 5 amps of Gonal-F (Can you say Life-saver!!). Shows us again how to properly twist the q-cap onto the syringe and how easy it is to use...we laugh after everything was so tense just moments ago. Cue sigh of relief! All we need to get are 2-3 more vials of menopur--we may need more depending on how long I'm on it this week anyway. We already have an order out for more bravelle because they increased my dosage on the first day--we can handle this--everything will be okay! Whew!
Lessons learned--first--do not hurry with these injections. Second, have everything laid out so that we don't make mistakes and third--make sure the q-cap is screwed on tight!! It was a rough morning but hopefully we haven't messed up things too bad!! Ugh! So happy at least we're close and the nurse helped us.
We came home and practiced with the q-caps, a vial of NaCl solution (we have tons of extras) and with the long reconstitution needles...feeling more confident. The saga continues tomorrow! We're hoping for success!! *I share this because 1)this is my blog and what's currently going on over here, 2)to hopefully help someone from making this mistake if you are reading this and having to do the reconstitution thing as well and 3)hopefully share a laugh afterwards as we move through this crazy, nutty journey!!
Other than that...really nothing new to report. The bravelle seemed to give me the worst headaches but today's gonal-f doesn't seem to be bothering me at all. It will be interesting to see if the headache comes back tomorrow or if it was just a fluke. Boise is hot!! We've been staying inside mostly during the day and going out at night. So far I haven't felt too much from the meds just pinches every now and again and if I try to suck in my tummy. I can still comfortably wear my jeans but maybe only for a few more days. I think we're going to try and go to the park down the street tomorrow and watch the fireworks...it should be a nice evening to go out! Hope everyone has a Happy 4th of July!!
We start over. I put everything in order on the table...menopur first...5 bravelles all lined up. Hubby replaces the q-cap, gets another NaCl solution (throws out the first one with un-usable menopur) and we begin again. NaCl solution measured...I put it off to the side....Menopur reconstituted...ummm...it seems like it leaking a bit....unconcerned...1st bravelle reconstituted...loses a couple more drops...it's still over 1/2 mL..we're okay...2nd bravelle...better...3rd...leaks!!...4th bravelle...there is less than 1/2 mL there...cue kinda freaking out....5 bravelle...ummm...there's not enough liquid to reconstitute the powder! Cue breakdown!!! What are we going to do??? Another $400.00 of meds messed up!!!
Find the after hour number to the clinic in a hurry....leave message with message service lady...nurse calls us within 5 minutes....tells us to come in at 11AM...gather up meds...quickly do Lupron injection before we go (it's amazing we ever freaked out about this injection)...quickly take a shower, run over to the clinic. The nurse says, "I am going to be your fairy godmother today"...she was!! She gave me my injection for the menopur and gave me 5 amps of Gonal-F (Can you say Life-saver!!). Shows us again how to properly twist the q-cap onto the syringe and how easy it is to use...we laugh after everything was so tense just moments ago. Cue sigh of relief! All we need to get are 2-3 more vials of menopur--we may need more depending on how long I'm on it this week anyway. We already have an order out for more bravelle because they increased my dosage on the first day--we can handle this--everything will be okay! Whew!
Lessons learned--first--do not hurry with these injections. Second, have everything laid out so that we don't make mistakes and third--make sure the q-cap is screwed on tight!! It was a rough morning but hopefully we haven't messed up things too bad!! Ugh! So happy at least we're close and the nurse helped us.
We came home and practiced with the q-caps, a vial of NaCl solution (we have tons of extras) and with the long reconstitution needles...feeling more confident. The saga continues tomorrow! We're hoping for success!! *I share this because 1)this is my blog and what's currently going on over here, 2)to hopefully help someone from making this mistake if you are reading this and having to do the reconstitution thing as well and 3)hopefully share a laugh afterwards as we move through this crazy, nutty journey!!
Other than that...really nothing new to report. The bravelle seemed to give me the worst headaches but today's gonal-f doesn't seem to be bothering me at all. It will be interesting to see if the headache comes back tomorrow or if it was just a fluke. Boise is hot!! We've been staying inside mostly during the day and going out at night. So far I haven't felt too much from the meds just pinches every now and again and if I try to suck in my tummy. I can still comfortably wear my jeans but maybe only for a few more days. I think we're going to try and go to the park down the street tomorrow and watch the fireworks...it should be a nice evening to go out! Hope everyone has a Happy 4th of July!!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
It's been a week of lasts: last day of docycycline was Saturday evening, last birth control pill I hopefully will ever take was taken Thursday morning, my last class was Thursday along with my last test, last paper and last quiz was completed both on Friday.
It's been a week of firsts: This week I completed my first assignment for the second summer session and my first week without a paycheck (at least we still have hubby's or things would be very very bad!).
It's been a week of on-goings: Today marks the 10th day on Lupron, four more days before I go in for u/s, stims class and begin more drugs and the continuation of more and more classwork and probably taking one more class this summer to cover all bases for full-time status (I'm also taking an independent poly sci. class this summer, but it doesn't count toward my credit hours until it is completed...boo!)
I've been feeling much better this last week--thank you to all who commented on my last post, I've just been so dang emotional and tired. We were watching Amer.ica's Got. Tale.nt tonight and the little girl who sang and played the keyboard made me all teary-eyed when she told Nick how she was so happy that the judges thought she was good...such a little cutie!
We have soooooooo much to get done before we head out on Wednesday! My in-laws are coming out on the 12th through the 14th, which should be in between retrieval and transfer--hoping I will be feeling okay so we can go out and do something fun! I'm getting excited and a little nervous now that things are coming up quickly! As long as we get all the things we need to get done before we leave things will be okay--things may be a bit stressful if some of these things don't resolve themselves before we leave.
Nothing much else to report. For those of you out there starting Lupron--it's totally not that bad!! This morning though, I decided I needed to stress about the Noverel that is in "the box" because there is one needle on the syringe (which is the constitution needle) but then there's also another large needle and a small needle about the same size as the "lupron needle." I went on the freedom fertility injection how-to site and watched the whole video---do I give that one to myself? in the buttocks?? or will they do that one at the clinic? that's the only one making me a bit nervous right now. Oh, and one other thing--do I have to remove my toe nail polish before the egg retrieval? I took off the fingernail polish this weekend since it was starting to look bad and I was going to repaint them, but I suppose I should probably hold off until later as I'd probably be asked to take it off before the procedure anyway. Okay...just rambling now--anyone else watching The Mar.riage Rep? kinda different...
G'night! :)
P.S. anyone else having allergies this time of year too?? I haven't been able to stop sneezing since yesterday afternoon when we came in from a walk....achoo..achooo...achooooo!
It's been a week of firsts: This week I completed my first assignment for the second summer session and my first week without a paycheck (at least we still have hubby's or things would be very very bad!).
It's been a week of on-goings: Today marks the 10th day on Lupron, four more days before I go in for u/s, stims class and begin more drugs and the continuation of more and more classwork and probably taking one more class this summer to cover all bases for full-time status (I'm also taking an independent poly sci. class this summer, but it doesn't count toward my credit hours until it is completed...boo!)
I've been feeling much better this last week--thank you to all who commented on my last post, I've just been so dang emotional and tired. We were watching Amer.ica's Got. Tale.nt tonight and the little girl who sang and played the keyboard made me all teary-eyed when she told Nick how she was so happy that the judges thought she was good...such a little cutie!
We have soooooooo much to get done before we head out on Wednesday! My in-laws are coming out on the 12th through the 14th, which should be in between retrieval and transfer--hoping I will be feeling okay so we can go out and do something fun! I'm getting excited and a little nervous now that things are coming up quickly! As long as we get all the things we need to get done before we leave things will be okay--things may be a bit stressful if some of these things don't resolve themselves before we leave.
Nothing much else to report. For those of you out there starting Lupron--it's totally not that bad!! This morning though, I decided I needed to stress about the Noverel that is in "the box" because there is one needle on the syringe (which is the constitution needle) but then there's also another large needle and a small needle about the same size as the "lupron needle." I went on the freedom fertility injection how-to site and watched the whole video---do I give that one to myself? in the buttocks?? or will they do that one at the clinic? that's the only one making me a bit nervous right now. Oh, and one other thing--do I have to remove my toe nail polish before the egg retrieval? I took off the fingernail polish this weekend since it was starting to look bad and I was going to repaint them, but I suppose I should probably hold off until later as I'd probably be asked to take it off before the procedure anyway. Okay...just rambling now--anyone else watching The Mar.riage Rep? kinda different...
G'night! :)
P.S. anyone else having allergies this time of year too?? I haven't been able to stop sneezing since yesterday afternoon when we came in from a walk....achoo..achooo...achooooo!
Friday, June 17, 2011
Wiped
I don't know if it's the pre-natals, birth control pills, thryoid pill (which should have the opposite effect), docycycline, baby aspirin, or Lupron injection-but today I'm wiped! I had a hard time concentrating on my assignments, got teary eyed and stressed out trying to write my paper, and overall had a rough day today. I started my day well--full of energy and at ease with doing the Lupron injection. But by the middle of the day, I was a mess! Looking forward to get a good night's rest and hopefully feeling better tomorrow. Also, again not sure which one(s) are to blame, but having tummy problems today as well. I am just a mess--I hope my body regulates itself and gets used to this new 'normal' level of hormones being coursed through my body.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Day 1
Lupron Day 1--Done!! It wasn't too bad; I was so freaked out about it, it got into my dreams, and everything--but the actual injection was not that bad. I iced the area before which I think totally helped; hubby put together the syringe, cleaned the area and it was over in seconds. No big deal at all!
Day 1 meds: Lupron 10 IU, Docycycline 2x day, thyroid pill, Pre-natal, BC, and BA.
Status: Good, no initial side-effects, feeling pretty good and happy the first one done.
Class today--one more week to go--need to write two papers tonight/tomorrow. Had a fun night with a few classmates at our local Mexican restaurant--had my last strawberry margarita for awhile!! This week is flying!! Happy Thursday all!!
Day 1 meds: Lupron 10 IU, Docycycline 2x day, thyroid pill, Pre-natal, BC, and BA.
Status: Good, no initial side-effects, feeling pretty good and happy the first one done.
Class today--one more week to go--need to write two papers tonight/tomorrow. Had a fun night with a few classmates at our local Mexican restaurant--had my last strawberry margarita for awhile!! This week is flying!! Happy Thursday all!!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
In Review
This week in review (the abbreviated version):
Monday: Nothing too notable--went to class--finished laundry from the weekend, got the hubby ready to leave for last grant-funded trip; watched some funny shows--began watching Masterchef--my new favorite show this summer!
Tuesday: Read, kissed hubby off on his trip, went to class, went out to lunch with a friend from class--had so much fun! We went to this Japanese/Korean place that has fresh sushi, tempura, and the best teriyaki chicken. We stayed and talked for 3 hours!! I was so stuffed when I got home--sat on the couch and watched t.v. for the rest of the night.
Wednesday: Read, went to class, ran around a did errands, went for a long walk with doggy, did my English homework--watched America's Got Talent and SYTYCD! Stayed up way too late--went to bed after midnight!
Thursday: Read, went to class, got a call from MDR-encino, meds--meds shipped Friday-get here Sat...went for a walk with dog, Talked to mom, hubby, stayed up super late a finished both my English papers...went to bed at 2A.M.
Friday: Up at 8:30-got ready, had a 10A.M. mani/pedi appt. So nice--two hours later and 20 pink digits, came home, had lunch, went to store, got my bc pills, docycline meds, plus two red velvet cupcakes...sat with the dog while it rained outside..finally watched The King's Speech--awesome movie! especially when you watch while awake :) ate hotdog for dinner--stayed up, talked to mom-told her about IVF--says she's "over the moon" happy for us... watched 2 episodes of Without a Trace and two episodes of Criminal Minds and called hubby to 'wake him up' at 3AM to get ready to get on his flight back home--it was 12AM here, went to bed...
Saturday: woke up at 3:30--watched hubby's plane take-off, went back to bed; woke up at 6:30 to get a text from hubby that he landed first leg...went back to sleep, woke up at 9AM, mom called,--checked 2nd flight status, 1 hour left...started some laundry, sheets, blankets....hubby lands, UPS comes with package--big scary brown box!, hubby texts, calls, and is home by 12:15PM...takes nap, I go to store--hubby gets up about 5pm--takes shower, better, take walk, grill hamburgers/corn on the cob, good night....
Sunday: sleep in, get up, have coffee, read the paper, do english homework, take a nap, get a 90% on quiz...bummed:( play on 'puter, update blog, watch Wallstreet with hubby...sleepy time :)
A new week begins! Starting Lupron on Thursday! AHH!! Nervous! Have a fantastic week all!
Monday: Nothing too notable--went to class--finished laundry from the weekend, got the hubby ready to leave for last grant-funded trip; watched some funny shows--began watching Masterchef--my new favorite show this summer!
Tuesday: Read, kissed hubby off on his trip, went to class, went out to lunch with a friend from class--had so much fun! We went to this Japanese/Korean place that has fresh sushi, tempura, and the best teriyaki chicken. We stayed and talked for 3 hours!! I was so stuffed when I got home--sat on the couch and watched t.v. for the rest of the night.
Wednesday: Read, went to class, ran around a did errands, went for a long walk with doggy, did my English homework--watched America's Got Talent and SYTYCD! Stayed up way too late--went to bed after midnight!
Thursday: Read, went to class, got a call from MDR-encino, meds--meds shipped Friday-get here Sat...went for a walk with dog, Talked to mom, hubby, stayed up super late a finished both my English papers...went to bed at 2A.M.
Friday: Up at 8:30-got ready, had a 10A.M. mani/pedi appt. So nice--two hours later and 20 pink digits, came home, had lunch, went to store, got my bc pills, docycline meds, plus two red velvet cupcakes...sat with the dog while it rained outside..finally watched The King's Speech--awesome movie! especially when you watch while awake :) ate hotdog for dinner--stayed up, talked to mom-told her about IVF--says she's "over the moon" happy for us... watched 2 episodes of Without a Trace and two episodes of Criminal Minds and called hubby to 'wake him up' at 3AM to get ready to get on his flight back home--it was 12AM here, went to bed...
Saturday: woke up at 3:30--watched hubby's plane take-off, went back to bed; woke up at 6:30 to get a text from hubby that he landed first leg...went back to sleep, woke up at 9AM, mom called,--checked 2nd flight status, 1 hour left...started some laundry, sheets, blankets....hubby lands, UPS comes with package--big scary brown box!, hubby texts, calls, and is home by 12:15PM...takes nap, I go to store--hubby gets up about 5pm--takes shower, better, take walk, grill hamburgers/corn on the cob, good night....
Sunday: sleep in, get up, have coffee, read the paper, do english homework, take a nap, get a 90% on quiz...bummed:( play on 'puter, update blog, watch Wallstreet with hubby...sleepy time :)
A new week begins! Starting Lupron on Thursday! AHH!! Nervous! Have a fantastic week all!
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