Day after shots

Wanted to check in today and just give a summary of my cycle:

11 days of stims, LONG lupron of 18 days, before starting stims (I don't recommend this, it will SUPER suppress you!) and 3 shots a day from 1/26-2/5, prior to that 1 shot a day from 1/8-1/25... Tomorrow I will be at the IVF clinic 8:45AM to check in for my egg retrieval at 10AM. I will rest until Tuesday and then we are heading home. I should get the call regarding fertilization some time Tuesday morning/afternoon. I will be on the road so won't be able to check in then, but can check in Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.. This cycle has been crazy with lots of ups and downs and WHEN I have my baby in my arms, I will be able to look back on all of this and know that it was SO worth it!

Sixth Stim Monitoring Appt Day 10.5

10 1/2 days of stims and and my estradiol (E2) is 1865 and TRIGGER SHOT IS TONIGHT!! I am finally done with all the shots! I take my last shot of menopur tonight and then my HCG is at 11:00PM, so egg retrieval is 10AM Monday morning! The best news I got? FOUR MORE FOLLICLES POPPED OUT, so now I have 13 as of this morning. Follicles continue to grow until they are retrieved so with my menopur tonight and HCG shot super charging them, I just may reach my goal of 15 after all! No matter what I am pleased with house this cycle turned out in spite of all the drama and weather that came about, things still went awesome! My next hurdle after retrieval is FERTILIZATION! Will update with the fertilization report probably Tuesday or Wednesday depending on how I feel afterwards. Until then!

Fifth Stim Monitoring Appt Day 9.5

9 1/2 days of stims and and my estradiol (E2) is 1462 so still moving along nicely.. Stim another day and go back tomorrow for another appointment! They are still saying I am getting close, so maybe final shot (trigger shot) should be coming soon! Still 9 follicles with a few more still cooking. Thats all I got for now! Oh and another storm brewing for tomorrow!!

Fourth Stim Monitoring Appt Day 8.5

Results are in! E2 is 1264 now, up from 848, so things are progressing nicely the nurse and RE say... Stay the course and come back in tomorrow for another check! Since I am going in every day I know we are getting close to retrieval... As of this morning there are still 9 follicles looking good and 8 more that are growing but again, probably not enough to catch up for retrieval, but ya never know... As long as my LH (Lutenizing hormone) doesn't go up (if it does, that means I am about to ovulate) I am ok to still stimulate (take the injections) so, for now I continue as I have been! I think I will take the final shot which is an HCG shot (trigger shot to do the final maturation of the eggs) either tomorrow or saturday, I will be surprised it it goes until Sunday, but I have been surprised before! Stay tuned the Stimulation Chronicles continue!

Third Stim Monitoring Appt. Day 7.5

Third appointment was today and according to them I am getting close. Estrogen (E2) is 848 and now there are 9 follicles over 10mm (actually between 12mm and 16mm) and approx 8 more that are pushing forward so not sure how they are going to play this out, I am hoping to atleast have 15 mature follicles when I trigger so hoping they won't trigger me too early (like tomorrow!) I would probably request a call from the RE if they said that, so we will see how it goes.. Nothing much, weather is holding out and no snow forecasted for the next few days, always a good thing! Back tomorrow with more results from the Stimulation Chronicles! The good news of the day is my hubby comes back tomorrow, it's been TEN DAYS since I have seen him, so ready to hold him, I have missed him!