I Should Really Just Learn to Chill February 19, 2010
It turns out that all of my fretting yesterday was for naught. The worrier in me should take a note that that’s usually the case, but I guess I’ll never really learn.
Things went just fine this morning. I tried to time things so that we’d get there after the rush when monitoring begins but before my RE was off busy doing other things. It worked, because there was not one other patient there while Adam and I were there. It was a relief not to have dampened anyone’s day.
I was all prepared with a new activity book and a promise of a prize back in the car if Adam sat with me instead of running around the office like a crazy man. (He’s got an innate desire to explore!) It was pretty much unnecessary, though, because we were in and out quickly.
I did my shots when we got back to the car, and again, no big deal. Adam was busy playing with his prize, and the extent of his interaction at that point was asking what I was doing. When I told him that I needed to take some medicine he said, “Ooh, a skinny one” (I was holding the little Lupron syringe at that point) and then went back to checking out his new stuff. So, no problemo.
And as a bonus, things looked good today. My lining was 10.3mm, a complete and total record for me at this stage of the game. For someone who has struggled with lining issues, hearing “10″ is magical. I have 15 follicles in there, 10 of which were 10-14mm, 5 under 10mm. My right ovary is kicking my left one’s butt, but what ya gonna do. E2 came back at 2085.
I’m really happy with where I’m at. Things are looking pretty comparable to IVF #4, my other microdose Lupron cycle. The only real difference is that I have half the number of follicles this time. I’m ok with that, though. We don’t have enough sperm on ice to fertilize 30 eggs anyway, and I could really do without the super duper high E2 this time around.
I go back Sunday morning for another check. I’m really hoping that I get to trigger on Sunday night, but it may end up being Monday. If I trigger on Sunday then a 5 day transfer would fall on the following Sunday which would work so much better for us logistically speaking. Obviously I have no control over that, so we’ll just have to wait and see how things look.
So, the moral of the story for today is “just relax!” (I couldn’t resist. You know I don’t believe that crap one bit, don’t ya?)
- Posted in : IVF Part 8: the 2nd time around
- Author : amanda
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Sounds like the cycle is going well. Hard to believe that the stims are almost over already. I hope you’re growing a winner there.
Holy cow. I haven’t been over here to read in months and months and months, and lo and behold I see you are back at it again with the IVF????? Good for you! Wow, what exciting news. Sounds like it is going well too.
I will try to not be such a stranger, especially now that I need to know what happens next. Best of luck to you, I have my fingers crossed!
Sounds just right so far! Hope it continues to go well.
So glad things went better then you thought. At least infertility has made us more sensitive people, eh?
Everything sounds great! And so glad to hear that it all went smoothly.
“Just relax” hahahahaha! If you hadn’t added that disclaimer, I’d assume aliens took over your blog :)
Glad Adam was chill about the whole thing and you were able to whip in’n'out. All fingers n’ bits crossed!
I recommend telling Adam they are vitamins, not medicine, if he sees it again. Gatito was, unfortunately, a frequent witness to A giving me shots, which we called medicine. Once he asked if he could do it (um, no!) but then one day he asked why I was sick. Oops. That’s when we switched to vitamins so he wouldn’t worry.