I had my last ultrasound this morning. I had 8 follicles left and 16 on the right. My retrieval is set for 8:45am on Monday. My estrogen was still higher than they like, so they dropped my follistim to 75iu for the last injection tonight. Tomorrow night Craig will have to give me a shot in my hip to trigger the follicles to mature.
The dr is expecting to get a large number of eggs, so right now they are planning on doing the embryo transfer on Saturday.
Family Pic
Friday, February 29, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
2nd Monitoring Appointment
The injections continue to go well. I'm still very nauseous. I'm told that's because my estrogen levels are rising because of all the follicles I have. Unfortunately, that's also a sign that I'm sensitive to estrogen changes. Which means I have a good chance of being very sick during pregnancy due to constantly changing estrogen levels. Lucky me! At least that will be forgotten once I'm holding our little miracle in my arms.
At my ultrasound this morning the dr measured 8 follicles on the left and 8 on the right. There were more on the right, but he only measured the largest ones. My estrogen levels came back even higher today, so they have me lowering my dosage to 150iu tonight and tomorrow night. I will go back for another check on Friday.
At my ultrasound this morning the dr measured 8 follicles on the left and 8 on the right. There were more on the right, but he only measured the largest ones. My estrogen levels came back even higher today, so they have me lowering my dosage to 150iu tonight and tomorrow night. I will go back for another check on Friday.
Monday, February 25, 2008
1st Monitoring
The injections have been going well. I've been taking 225iu of Follistim every night. Craig didn't want to watch at first. He was doing the dishes while I gave myself the injection. He's feeling more comfortable now. Which is a huge relief to me because he will have to give me shots of progesterone in the rear after the retrieval.
I can tell that the hormones are starting to effect me. I've been pretty nauseous and my brain isn't working as clearly as it normally does. Of course, I could just chalk it up to being blond. Ha. Ha. Ha.
I had my first monitoring ultrasound and blood check done today. My estrogen levels were a little high, but not enough to cause any alarm. So my dosage will stay the same tonight and tomorrow, but the dr. wants me to go back in on Wednesday for another ultrasound.
I have 6 follicles on the left and 16 on the right. Just to give you an idea of how cloudy my brain has been, I didn't even realize that have 6 on one side and 16 on the other meant that I had 22 follicles until a friend pointed it out to me! (Thanks Kelly!!)
I can tell that the hormones are starting to effect me. I've been pretty nauseous and my brain isn't working as clearly as it normally does. Of course, I could just chalk it up to being blond. Ha. Ha. Ha.
I had my first monitoring ultrasound and blood check done today. My estrogen levels were a little high, but not enough to cause any alarm. So my dosage will stay the same tonight and tomorrow, but the dr. wants me to go back in on Wednesday for another ultrasound.
I have 6 follicles on the left and 16 on the right. Just to give you an idea of how cloudy my brain has been, I didn't even realize that have 6 on one side and 16 on the other meant that I had 22 follicles until a friend pointed it out to me! (Thanks Kelly!!)
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Baseline Ultrasound
I had a doctor's appointment this morning for a baseline ultrasound. Much to my surprise I had to have blood drawn today, too! I knew I'd have to have this done at my next appointment, but I didn't realize it started today!
Everything checked out to be normal, so I will start my injections tonight! Here we go!!
Everything checked out to be normal, so I will start my injections tonight! Here we go!!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
OUR IVF IS SCHEDULED!
I just scheduled our IVF, and you'll never guess our retrieval day... March 3rd! Which, as many of you know, is my Great Grandmother's birthday.
I'll start giving myself injections in the abdomen on February 22nd. Then I'll have an ultrasound on February 25th to see how many follicles I have.
On March 3rd, my eggs will be removed and fertilized. Our doctor will not transfer any more than 2 embryos, so don't worry, we won't be one of those couples having sextuplets. If this round doesn't work and we have any left over embryos they will be frozen and preserved for a second try. The great thing is that no matter when it happens, our future child(ren) will be conceived on Great Grandma's birthday. That has to be a good sign.
I'll start giving myself injections in the abdomen on February 22nd. Then I'll have an ultrasound on February 25th to see how many follicles I have.
On March 3rd, my eggs will be removed and fertilized. Our doctor will not transfer any more than 2 embryos, so don't worry, we won't be one of those couples having sextuplets. If this round doesn't work and we have any left over embryos they will be frozen and preserved for a second try. The great thing is that no matter when it happens, our future child(ren) will be conceived on Great Grandma's birthday. That has to be a good sign.
Monday, December 10, 2007
IVF Here we come!
As many of you know, we have been trying to start a family for quite some time now. We stopped using birth control in November 2004. In May 2005 my OB-GYN sent me in for a test to see if my tubes were open, which came back inconclusive.
The test had to be re-done by a Reproductive Endocrinologist (fertility doctor), which was done in August 2005. Everything looked good. The doctor told us to wait another three months and if I still wasn't pregnant to come back and see him. We waited until April 2006. Since then we've tried a few different kinds of medications and 5 artificial inseminations, our last one in April 2007.
We decided to move forward with In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF). I have an ovary condition known as PCOS, so I will need to be on birth control pills for a few months. We are looking at mid-March for our egg retrieval.
The test had to be re-done by a Reproductive Endocrinologist (fertility doctor), which was done in August 2005. Everything looked good. The doctor told us to wait another three months and if I still wasn't pregnant to come back and see him. We waited until April 2006. Since then we've tried a few different kinds of medications and 5 artificial inseminations, our last one in April 2007.
We decided to move forward with In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF). I have an ovary condition known as PCOS, so I will need to be on birth control pills for a few months. We are looking at mid-March for our egg retrieval.
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