The last two weeks have been a lot of the same since my week 2 IVF post. Same meds each day, rinse, repeat and wait. Although, I did have my first evening to night-time outing that required me to pack up my Lupron to take on the go. It needs to be refrigerated, which makes things a little more challenging, but thank goodness for big purses and private bathroom stalls! It still felt very odd giving myself an injection while other women were coming in and out of the bathroom at the restaurant.
I've been anxiously awaiting my ultrasound appointment so they could check my lining and give me the go ahead to start progesterone and lock in the official implantation date for the week after. The day finally came yesterday and the doctor was so on time that I ended up on the table with a way too full bladder after a 30 minute drive and morning coffee. She thought my lining looked thinner than they were hoping for but made me hop off the table to run down the hall, sheet wrapped around me and all, to use the bathroom. Back on the table, she confirmed that they do in fact need my lining to be thicker so they would be upping my estrogen intake and see me back on Monday. Boo. This is a fairly common occurrence and just takes some more time but I couldn't help but be a little bummed out. The doctor says my liver is just doing too good of a job at absorbing the estrogen ;)
I met with the lead nurse who told me to up my estrogen pills to two more a day. We went over the new proposed timeline - Ultrasound Monday, implantation hopefully the following Monday - and she sent me off to get a blood draw. A few hours later I got a call that my labs showed they needed to increase my estrogen even more - so add in two more pills to the increase. Up until now, the past few weeks I've been feeling pretty good and either gotten use to the "hangover" sickness or the estrogen was counter acting some of the Lupron side effects. Unfortunately last night and today that has not been the case, but I'm powering through!
I reached out to my Surrogate support group for any tips before my Monday appointment. A few ladies suggested Pom juice and since pomegranates ARE my favorite fruit I figured it was worth a shot drinking a glass a day :) We are praying that everything looks good on Monday because if we go too far off the "cycle" schedule then we will have to scrap this round and start all over again - about a 6ish week delay. There is a chance that if things are still not where they need to be on Monday we can adjust the meds again, most likely an intramuscular estrogen injection, and I'd come back a few days later. BUT let's all think happy thoughts and hope none of that will be needed. Fingers crossed!
Travel makeup bag becomes mini cooler!
I've been anxiously awaiting my ultrasound appointment so they could check my lining and give me the go ahead to start progesterone and lock in the official implantation date for the week after. The day finally came yesterday and the doctor was so on time that I ended up on the table with a way too full bladder after a 30 minute drive and morning coffee. She thought my lining looked thinner than they were hoping for but made me hop off the table to run down the hall, sheet wrapped around me and all, to use the bathroom. Back on the table, she confirmed that they do in fact need my lining to be thicker so they would be upping my estrogen intake and see me back on Monday. Boo. This is a fairly common occurrence and just takes some more time but I couldn't help but be a little bummed out. The doctor says my liver is just doing too good of a job at absorbing the estrogen ;)
I met with the lead nurse who told me to up my estrogen pills to two more a day. We went over the new proposed timeline - Ultrasound Monday, implantation hopefully the following Monday - and she sent me off to get a blood draw. A few hours later I got a call that my labs showed they needed to increase my estrogen even more - so add in two more pills to the increase. Up until now, the past few weeks I've been feeling pretty good and either gotten use to the "hangover" sickness or the estrogen was counter acting some of the Lupron side effects. Unfortunately last night and today that has not been the case, but I'm powering through!
Adding in more pills before I had to add in even more (added 7 more total)
Revised board for the week
I reached out to my Surrogate support group for any tips before my Monday appointment. A few ladies suggested Pom juice and since pomegranates ARE my favorite fruit I figured it was worth a shot drinking a glass a day :) We are praying that everything looks good on Monday because if we go too far off the "cycle" schedule then we will have to scrap this round and start all over again - about a 6ish week delay. There is a chance that if things are still not where they need to be on Monday we can adjust the meds again, most likely an intramuscular estrogen injection, and I'd come back a few days later. BUT let's all think happy thoughts and hope none of that will be needed. Fingers crossed!
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