Sorry to leave those of you reading these blogs hanging! It's amazing how my motivation to write these goes up and down so drastically.
I last left you hanging with having to up my meds quite a bit since my lining wasn't where the doctor wanted it to be for implantation. Well, I went back last Monday for a follow up ultra sound and sadly there was no improvement, and I now had some fluid build up which was a sign that the increase and changed method of medication delivery, was now too much for my body. A total bummer for all involved but definitely a common occurrence. I checked in with my caseworker and intended parents and let myself be bummed out for the day before getting back in the positive mindset. I also reached out to my support group and got a lot of great feedback on how normal this was. I was told by the doctor to stop all meds right away, they would call in a new prescription for me to start that night - which would force me to get my period - and to check in on day one of that so we could start over.
I thought having to scrap the cycle was going to be the worst part. Nope. The terrible crash I experienced last week from being pumped full of hormones to completely stopping them was NO fun at all. I also came down with some kind of bug midweek, which doesn't surprise me since I tend to get sick when I get too tired and stressed out (lots of other factors unrelated to IVF). After getting past the 5 days of the new medication, which caused some added nausea, and getting past the worst headaches I've had in years, I'm back to feeling more myself.
Today I got a very expedited appointment with the IVF doctor for another ultrasound. Everything looked great and ready to go again so today is day 1 of cycle number two. Because we got things going to quickly I will not need to take the Lupron this round (hooray!) - just estrogen. Also, the waiting game to see if my body does what it needs to do is going to be shorter (double hooray!). They switched me to estrogen patches since my body didn't seem to like the pills from last round. I will go in next Wednesday for another ultrasound and blood draw - which is a little sooner than I would usually be seen but if there is any problem with my lining again they want to catch it sooner than later to adjust things as needed. I anticipate a lot of ultrasounds in the next two weeks.
You'll hear from me soon! Hopefully with some more catch up posts!
I last left you hanging with having to up my meds quite a bit since my lining wasn't where the doctor wanted it to be for implantation. Well, I went back last Monday for a follow up ultra sound and sadly there was no improvement, and I now had some fluid build up which was a sign that the increase and changed method of medication delivery, was now too much for my body. A total bummer for all involved but definitely a common occurrence. I checked in with my caseworker and intended parents and let myself be bummed out for the day before getting back in the positive mindset. I also reached out to my support group and got a lot of great feedback on how normal this was. I was told by the doctor to stop all meds right away, they would call in a new prescription for me to start that night - which would force me to get my period - and to check in on day one of that so we could start over.
I thought having to scrap the cycle was going to be the worst part. Nope. The terrible crash I experienced last week from being pumped full of hormones to completely stopping them was NO fun at all. I also came down with some kind of bug midweek, which doesn't surprise me since I tend to get sick when I get too tired and stressed out (lots of other factors unrelated to IVF). After getting past the 5 days of the new medication, which caused some added nausea, and getting past the worst headaches I've had in years, I'm back to feeling more myself.
Today I got a very expedited appointment with the IVF doctor for another ultrasound. Everything looked great and ready to go again so today is day 1 of cycle number two. Because we got things going to quickly I will not need to take the Lupron this round (hooray!) - just estrogen. Also, the waiting game to see if my body does what it needs to do is going to be shorter (double hooray!). They switched me to estrogen patches since my body didn't seem to like the pills from last round. I will go in next Wednesday for another ultrasound and blood draw - which is a little sooner than I would usually be seen but if there is any problem with my lining again they want to catch it sooner than later to adjust things as needed. I anticipate a lot of ultrasounds in the next two weeks.
You'll hear from me soon! Hopefully with some more catch up posts!
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