Well we took Jess to Celia's birthday party today. She is so off her schedule and is becoming so crazy half the time that I am about ready to yank my hair out. I guess my stress level about tomorrow doesn't help. I feel guilty for saying it but gosh I was happy to drop her off at Michele's - I needed the break to get my sh!t together for tomorrow. I am excited and nervous and scared all rolled up into a frazzled mess LOL. Actually I am not that bad at all. We had a nice dinner tonight, got a big ass cheesecake from Save-On-Foods with all that syrupy fruit on top for dessert. OMG, freaking heaven, who needs real food?
Rest eggies, tomorrow is a big day!
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Moo
Boy that triple dose of Repronex is bloating me up tonight. I feel like AF is on her way I am so full and same pre-AF cramps too.
Trigger shot is done so now we just wait....oh and it didn't hurt at all.
Trigger shot is done so now we just wait....oh and it didn't hurt at all.
OMG it's trigger time!
So off we go to Victoria this morning to get my bloodwork and ultrasound. We ended up getting there wayyyyy too early. Gosh we never can tell with that drive. Sat outside the Metro lab and slowly we see other cars driving up. Actually there was one dude there before us. When he opened his car door it was a free for all to line up. Randy jumped out to line up for me so we were second in line. By the time they opened the doors I swear there were 20+ people out there. Craziness! I walked in and my heart sunk - all these girls look like they are 13 yrs old - this is going to hurt. She first tried my left and then my right, then my right forearm and finally I am getting antsy and told her to just take it from my hand. Which she did. Yes it hurt, a lot.
Well once that unpleasantness was done we set off for VFC. They are closed Saturdays but still do ER and ET and of course my ultrasound LOL. Tami was there as was doctor Hudson, both in great moods. I have couple dominant follicles so we are triggering tonight. My Dr gave me 3 Repronex while we were there (225 dose) and said that he doesn't want those 3 bigger follies to get too big so rather than wait for the little guys to catch up, we are triggering tonight at 945!! (Was supposed to be 9 but they bumped me as they need to do a different procedure before us on Monday)
I have 11 follicles now. (R-19, 18, 14, 14, 14, 10 L-19, 15, 15, 12, 9). So those don't exactly match my Thursday scan but whatever, too tired to worry right now. The nurse said it's all relative to the plane that the ultrasound views each follie. Hoping that at the very least, 8 of those will be mature and not over cooked by Monday. My E2 was 9702 (2643 us).
So here we go...I can't believe we trigger tonight with Monday being our big day!
Well once that unpleasantness was done we set off for VFC. They are closed Saturdays but still do ER and ET and of course my ultrasound LOL. Tami was there as was doctor Hudson, both in great moods. I have couple dominant follicles so we are triggering tonight. My Dr gave me 3 Repronex while we were there (225 dose) and said that he doesn't want those 3 bigger follies to get too big so rather than wait for the little guys to catch up, we are triggering tonight at 945!! (Was supposed to be 9 but they bumped me as they need to do a different procedure before us on Monday)
I have 11 follicles now. (R-19, 18, 14, 14, 14, 10 L-19, 15, 15, 12, 9). So those don't exactly match my Thursday scan but whatever, too tired to worry right now. The nurse said it's all relative to the plane that the ultrasound views each follie. Hoping that at the very least, 8 of those will be mature and not over cooked by Monday. My E2 was 9702 (2643 us).
So here we go...I can't believe we trigger tonight with Monday being our big day!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
U/S and B/W
I have 9 follies now which is one more than on Monday. Yay ovaries!
L=14, 15, 15, 14 (one extra in there)
R=14, 13, 10, 10, 10
He really wants those 10's to catch up - they were 7 on Monday. I asked are they growing at a normal rate (as I expected + 2 growth per day) and he said YES, absolutely. Randy is always good for asking questions that I won't ask and said sooo how are we really doing here and he said excellent, I am responding way better than he expected. It was kind of cool, we barely made it on time (traffic) and they were running behind (thank goodness) and I heard my doctor come out and say, time to do that transfer now to one of the nurses. You know, I just felt all that hope and excitement in the air. My doctor was in a great mood too and seems quite happy with my progress so I walked out of there with a big smile today.
We have to go back early Saturday (ugh leaving here at 6am) for more b/w and another u/s and he thinks we will trigger Saturday night. Fingers crossed for those 3 follies sitting @ 10. If they don't really pick up, they will be immature after ER.
Edited to add my E2 numbers were 5393 (1469us).
On our way back home we bought Jesse her first 2 wheel bike. It's adorable! She was so excited that she forgot to be upset when she left Auntie Michele's house. It was a nice treat for Randy and I - so stressful when she gets that upset every time we have to pick her up. On the other hand I am so happy that she has family to love and be loved by. She adores K&M so much.
L=14, 15, 15, 14 (one extra in there)
R=14, 13, 10, 10, 10
He really wants those 10's to catch up - they were 7 on Monday. I asked are they growing at a normal rate (as I expected + 2 growth per day) and he said YES, absolutely. Randy is always good for asking questions that I won't ask and said sooo how are we really doing here and he said excellent, I am responding way better than he expected. It was kind of cool, we barely made it on time (traffic) and they were running behind (thank goodness) and I heard my doctor come out and say, time to do that transfer now to one of the nurses. You know, I just felt all that hope and excitement in the air. My doctor was in a great mood too and seems quite happy with my progress so I walked out of there with a big smile today.
We have to go back early Saturday (ugh leaving here at 6am) for more b/w and another u/s and he thinks we will trigger Saturday night. Fingers crossed for those 3 follies sitting @ 10. If they don't really pick up, they will be immature after ER.
Edited to add my E2 numbers were 5393 (1469us).
On our way back home we bought Jesse her first 2 wheel bike. It's adorable! She was so excited that she forgot to be upset when she left Auntie Michele's house. It was a nice treat for Randy and I - so stressful when she gets that upset every time we have to pick her up. On the other hand I am so happy that she has family to love and be loved by. She adores K&M so much
Monday, March 26, 2007
VFC today!
So off to Victoria this morning for our first follow-up since starting stims. I did bloodwork first in Nanaimo and then we drove Jess to Michele's and then back home to quickly change and then fly out the door. These drives are monotonous!
Dr H. is back - he was away in Calgary and Toronto I think he said. He seemed to be in a great mood. I had 8 follies...3 on the left (13, 10, 9) and 5 on the right (10, 10, 7, 7, 7). So that is much better than the 4 or 5 I had been told in January. Got my E2 numbers back this afternoon and they were 3339 which is the same as 909 in US measurements.
Doctor H said that I am progressing nicely and exactly how he would have thought on the high dosages of meds that I'm on. The first thing he checked was my lining which was (in his words) "excellent" and 13mm. Randy said he was freaked for a moment as he couldn't see any 'grapes' LOL. Then he realized we weren't up there yet and breathed a big sigh of relief. I laughed - I gave him a pen to write my measurements down and rather than write in my book he wrote on his hand LOL. Anyhow, I digress... I do have the one dominant follie @ 13 - hopefully the rest all continue to grow and mature and maybe a few of the smaller ones might pop up, we shall see (they weren't mentioned but we could see them).
I go back in for b/w and another u/s on Thursday so I think by then I will know when my retrieval is. I am thinking Saturday or Sunday but truthfully I have no idea. I am still feeling really good though. These injects are good for me. I am having flushes of red hot cheeks here and there and I definitely don't deal with any stress appropriately but other than that, I feel darn good and clear-headed.
Dr H. is back - he was away in Calgary and Toronto I think he said. He seemed to be in a great mood. I had 8 follies...3 on the left (13, 10, 9) and 5 on the right (10, 10, 7, 7, 7). So that is much better than the 4 or 5 I had been told in January. Got my E2 numbers back this afternoon and they were 3339 which is the same as 909 in US measurements.
Doctor H said that I am progressing nicely and exactly how he would have thought on the high dosages of meds that I'm on. The first thing he checked was my lining which was (in his words) "excellent" and 13mm. Randy said he was freaked for a moment as he couldn't see any 'grapes' LOL. Then he realized we weren't up there yet and breathed a big sigh of relief. I laughed - I gave him a pen to write my measurements down and rather than write in my book he wrote on his hand LOL. Anyhow, I digress... I do have the one dominant follie @ 13 - hopefully the rest all continue to grow and mature and maybe a few of the smaller ones might pop up, we shall see (they weren't mentioned but we could see them).
I go back in for b/w and another u/s on Thursday so I think by then I will know when my retrieval is. I am thinking Saturday or Sunday but truthfully I have no idea. I am still feeling really good though. These injects are good for me. I am having flushes of red hot cheeks here and there and I definitely don't deal with any stress appropriately but other than that, I feel darn good and clear-headed.
Friday, March 23, 2007
E2 - wooooooooooooo
Okay all that worry for nuttin! My E2 levels came in at 602 and I looked it up - anything over 100 is good at this point. They said stay on my same dosages and come in on Monday for an ultrasound and more bloodwork before I leave in the morning.
I was just about to go into a meeting with Ken and Jeff regarding web design stuff and so I called Dale who literally *just* got the results. Tami called me back and gave me the good news so I could go into that meeting with a clear head. Thank you power that be - thank you ovaries for working over time to make Jesse a big sister!
Wooooooooo!
I was just about to go into a meeting with Ken and Jeff regarding web design stuff and so I called Dale who literally *just* got the results. Tami called me back and gave me the good news so I could go into that meeting with a clear head. Thank you power that be - thank you ovaries for working over time to make Jesse a big sister!
Wooooooooo!
I am freaking out
Okay so all through this week I thought I was doing pretty good, what a breeze, nothing like Clomid (evil evil clomid). Then today came, the day of my first bloodwork. Got up and headed downtown to stand in LINE just to get my bloodwork. Yes, a line starts forming at 7:15am - mostly a bunch of grumpy, starving adults who can smell the Tim Hortons half a block away. The joys of fasting before a blood test. I parked out front so that I could wait until I saw people walking in from the other parking lot and then run out in front and be first in line. LOL They were not happy about that. Anyhow, bloodwork done and I grabbed an x-large double cream, double splenda and breaky for the family and headed home.
Okay, in case I haven't mentioned this, I have given up caffeine. Dr H says its bad therefore I cut back. At first I did our morning coffee 50/50. I didn't tell Randy, we loves his morning brew. Then he busted me a while back when he saw me putting the decaf in LOL. Whoops...oh well, it's not good for us, it's certainly not good for fertility and since my ovaries are currently worth about $15 grand I think we need to put a lot of clout into everything our RE says.
Okay so back to that x-large Timmy's coffee. I just didn't even think about getting decaf. So here my poor body hasn't had almost any caffeine in several weeks (down to 1tbsp in the morning pot) and I guzzled the whole thing down. Add to a caffeine buzz the stress of wondering how my first bloodtest is going to go and I am a freaking mess.
For an hour I thought damn, this is a long anxiety attack and then it just got worse and worse. Finally I realized what was happening and I tell you, this lasted like 4 hours. Now I am sick to my stomach and I just want to cry. I am so stressed that my stims aren't working. I have all these horribly negative thoughts in my head and I can't seem to snap out of it. Randy thinks I need to be locked up I'm sure. I probably should be, I feel like a raging loon today.
Okay, in case I haven't mentioned this, I have given up caffeine. Dr H says its bad therefore I cut back. At first I did our morning coffee 50/50. I didn't tell Randy, we loves his morning brew. Then he busted me a while back when he saw me putting the decaf in LOL. Whoops...oh well, it's not good for us, it's certainly not good for fertility and since my ovaries are currently worth about $15 grand I think we need to put a lot of clout into everything our RE says.
Okay so back to that x-large Timmy's coffee. I just didn't even think about getting decaf. So here my poor body hasn't had almost any caffeine in several weeks (down to 1tbsp in the morning pot) and I guzzled the whole thing down. Add to a caffeine buzz the stress of wondering how my first bloodtest is going to go and I am a freaking mess.
For an hour I thought damn, this is a long anxiety attack and then it just got worse and worse. Finally I realized what was happening and I tell you, this lasted like 4 hours. Now I am sick to my stomach and I just want to cry. I am so stressed that my stims aren't working. I have all these horribly negative thoughts in my head and I can't seem to snap out of it. Randy thinks I need to be locked up I'm sure. I probably should be, I feel like a raging loon today.
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