Everyday is something new when you venture down the IVF road...no matter how much I read, there is still something to learn. I've been reading a lot about follies lately, but it didn't really register until it actually mattered to me, which was today...at my Ultrasound...laying on an OBGYN table isn't as terrifying as it once was, it's become such a regular occurrence that I am strangely growing used to it. And even stranger, it's a very relaxing feeling staring at my ovaries and uterus on the ultrasound screen, you can see so much of my reproductive world and you can even see an artery pulse. The lights are dim and I feel like I'm getting a preview of what's to come, I can actually imagine seeing a little peanut inside of my peanut (my uterus looks like peanut to me).
Today's ultrasound was the best one yet...my Nurse Connie even gave me a little *waohoo* once we were complete. What my ovaries looked like today determined if we were allowed to start our stimulation tonight. I am on day 2 of my "." and we needed all the cysts that normally form on your ovaries before your "." to be gone and we wanted Follies to appear. Connie explained to me that every woman formed follies in their ovaries during their natural cycle and your body selects one follie to grow and form an egg (this is my understanding, definitely not the medically reliable definition). The remaining follies go away and you ovulate an egg, so in IVF we want lots of BIG FOLLIES that will eventually turn into eggs, with the help of additional medication. I naturally created over 11 follies on my own, with no stimulation drugs, that is wonderful news. I was cleared to being stemming (using the stimulation drug gonal-f) tonight between 7-9. Now I'll be taking an injection in the morning in my upper thigh and an injection at night, in the smile line below my belly button (three fingers below the belly button and draw a line, I can inject anywhere on that). I'll be doing this for the next 10 days with multiple doctors visits in between to make sure my estrogen levels are good and my follies are growing and multiplying. I feel like a pin cushion, but Connie is wonderful about drawing my blood and so thoughtful. She is the best, so it's not too bad. Plus, it's always great to hear good news, and we are cycling textbook perfect so far...YAY!
The downside of my day - I had a minor breakdown tonight, the "Gonal-F" I was supposed to inject was MIA, I couldn't find it anywhere and by the time I called to my hubby for help, I was in tears...but he came to the rescue, we determined that we received the generic name so that's why I couldn't find any medicine called Gonal-F. The thought of not being able to complete the cycle because we didn't have the medicine to start tonight was heartbreaking...even after the medicine was found I couldn't stop the tears...I want this so incredibly bad. My hubby held me and told me it would be all right, then he called me "Supron" his new nickname since I started the Lupron...he got me to laugh and then he stuck me with the medication. It burned going in and their is a lot more medicine being injected then with the Lupron...hopefully the pen shot will get easier. For now, I think I'm just going to lay in bed and rest. 10 more days of this torture and the real joy and physical pain will begin...I swear, this should be called the "Pre-mester" with all the limitations that are put on us IVFers and side affects that we experience.
But to end the post positive, I knocked off 2 things on my "to do list"...I had a girls night last night which was so wonderfully fun...went for Mexican, laughed a lot, and then imagined the baby's room and new kitchen (we have to have a new kitchen before baby/ies come, ours is rotting and falling apart). It was the perfect night, and my girlfriends are so excited about being aunts...they made me feel so special. And before we went out I had laser hair removal, now I won't be a hairy prego, thank you Magic Touch Laser!
The week has flown by and I have a feeling the next 10 days will be even faster! I can't wait for August 8!
Today's ultrasound was the best one yet...my Nurse Connie even gave me a little *waohoo* once we were complete. What my ovaries looked like today determined if we were allowed to start our stimulation tonight. I am on day 2 of my "." and we needed all the cysts that normally form on your ovaries before your "." to be gone and we wanted Follies to appear. Connie explained to me that every woman formed follies in their ovaries during their natural cycle and your body selects one follie to grow and form an egg (this is my understanding, definitely not the medically reliable definition). The remaining follies go away and you ovulate an egg, so in IVF we want lots of BIG FOLLIES that will eventually turn into eggs, with the help of additional medication. I naturally created over 11 follies on my own, with no stimulation drugs, that is wonderful news. I was cleared to being stemming (using the stimulation drug gonal-f) tonight between 7-9. Now I'll be taking an injection in the morning in my upper thigh and an injection at night, in the smile line below my belly button (three fingers below the belly button and draw a line, I can inject anywhere on that). I'll be doing this for the next 10 days with multiple doctors visits in between to make sure my estrogen levels are good and my follies are growing and multiplying. I feel like a pin cushion, but Connie is wonderful about drawing my blood and so thoughtful. She is the best, so it's not too bad. Plus, it's always great to hear good news, and we are cycling textbook perfect so far...YAY!
The downside of my day - I had a minor breakdown tonight, the "Gonal-F" I was supposed to inject was MIA, I couldn't find it anywhere and by the time I called to my hubby for help, I was in tears...but he came to the rescue, we determined that we received the generic name so that's why I couldn't find any medicine called Gonal-F. The thought of not being able to complete the cycle because we didn't have the medicine to start tonight was heartbreaking...even after the medicine was found I couldn't stop the tears...I want this so incredibly bad. My hubby held me and told me it would be all right, then he called me "Supron" his new nickname since I started the Lupron...he got me to laugh and then he stuck me with the medication. It burned going in and their is a lot more medicine being injected then with the Lupron...hopefully the pen shot will get easier. For now, I think I'm just going to lay in bed and rest. 10 more days of this torture and the real joy and physical pain will begin...I swear, this should be called the "Pre-mester" with all the limitations that are put on us IVFers and side affects that we experience.
But to end the post positive, I knocked off 2 things on my "to do list"...I had a girls night last night which was so wonderfully fun...went for Mexican, laughed a lot, and then imagined the baby's room and new kitchen (we have to have a new kitchen before baby/ies come, ours is rotting and falling apart). It was the perfect night, and my girlfriends are so excited about being aunts...they made me feel so special. And before we went out I had laser hair removal, now I won't be a hairy prego, thank you Magic Touch Laser!
The week has flown by and I have a feeling the next 10 days will be even faster! I can't wait for August 8!
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