Yay!

Yay!! I had an appointment this morning with my doctor. He actually is the one who did my blood work and everything today. He joked that I was his first patient to do blood work on. ;) He is silly! All looked great and our retrieval WILL be on Wednesday! So excited! Lining still looked great and follicles were nice sizes! So, Wednesday is the day. I have my substitute plans completed for that day and ready to go. I will update after we know the details on Wednesday. Thank you for continuing to pray for Chris and me, we really appreciate it!

Grow! Grow!

I had another appointment this morning...and well my retrieval date as pushed back again. Now, we are shooting for Wednesday. My follicles need to grow a bit more. I have another appointment on Monday morning. Hopefully on Monday we will know for sure when my trigger shot is and my retrieval!

Thursday update

Ok! Hello!! I had an appointment this morning and my doctor was very excited about my lining! Which in return makes me very excited! My biggest follicle was 16mm. He said they grow about 2 mm a day. I go back to the doctor on Saturday. He said Tuesday is my retrieval day. I heard from the nurse and my estrogen levels went from 150 to 478! So all is looking good today. I continue Lupron and Menopur injections tonight. The trigger shot will be done on Sunday. I will also start antibiotics on Sunday.  

Sometimes everything is not ok..

Yesterday was a little emotional for both Chris and I. IVF is emotional in its self..we have ups and downs through this process. That's ok! We are human and we are going to be happy, at peace, sad, "depressed", or uneasy about stuff. I think sometimes we try to make people feel like everything will be ok when we know that it may not be ok. If everything was going to be ok I wouldn't be doing IVF at the age of 26. Now, I do believe that eventually we will one way or another have a child either through IVF or adoption. One day everything will fall into place for Chris and I. Right now though I don't feel like everything is ok. IVF is a step by step process. It's a journey I wish I wasn't on, but can say it has brought the best and the worst out in me and my husband. I can also say we are stronger than we ever thought we could be. Tomorrow morning I have another appointment for blood work-hopefully it will go better than Tuesday! I will have an ultrasound. Hopefully my estrogen numbers will be great also! Please keep praying for us! We really need the prayers because we are going through difficult times with all this.


I started Menopur last night. It stung! Here is me holding the injection. I was slightly scared. Hahaha.

Appointment

This morning I went to my appointment. I had more blood work done. The nurse had to stick me a couple of times. I had my ultra sound and then my doctor told me one of my ovaries may be hard to get eggs from. I guess my endo has twisted it where it may not be accessible. I am really down about this. My other ovary is fine. I know I only need one egg to make this work, but I am still sad..and I am going to have a long bath and a good cry tonight. I go back to the doctor on Thursday. I start Menopur tonight..I will let you know about how that injection is later! Wish me luck! The nurse called and my estrogen level was 150 today..I am going to look up what the numbers mean later.

Updates

 

Tomorrow morning I go in for my doctor appointment. Tomorrow I will have an ultra sound, blood work to check my estrogen levels, and learn about my next injection. At this point I have appointments every other day till egg retrieval. My injections are going ok at this point. Every once in a while they hurt going in, but not too terrible..yet. I currently have 2 injections a day both in my stomach area. I do one in the morning and one in the evening. I have alarms on my phone to remind me. Tomorrow I will get on here and give an update of everything from my appointment. 

 

 

 

 

lovely injections

Today is day 4 of my Lupron injection and day 1 of my Follistim injection. I can't give them to myself because I am a big chicken! So glad that my amazing husband does them for me! The injection are going well. The other night the injection hurt a little, but was better last night. I started Follistim this morning and it went alright. I have an appointment on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday this next week so I will have some more updates later on. I am just trying to relax this weekend! Well, today..hahaha! Tomorrow I have a baby shower for a friend and then Chris and I are going to the Thunder game! Whoo! :)

mock transfer,suppression check,and mapping

I went to my appointment this morning. I had some blood work done. The mock transfer was uncomfortable. Everything looked great my doctor said. I start injections tonight, Lupron and then Saturday start another one. I go in three times next week for ultrasounds and if all is good we should be able to do the retrieval on April 29th! Cross your fingers! :) I am about to go back to work..

My best friend

Only 2 more days till our appointment! Wow..I can't believe it is finally here. I am praying and hoping this will be our time! I will update on Wednesday after my appointment and first injection.

So, while I am on here I just wanted to share about my  amazing best friend, Jennifer! She has been my biggest supporter and has been amazing! She has a new baby, but still checks on me and listens. It is hard to find a true friend like that. I hope she knows how much I appreciate her! God has truly blessed me with the greatest best friend! Love her!!

We are getting closer

We only have 10 more days till my appointment. Chris and I are ready to start this process. I am excited, but still very nervous. I'm excited at the thought of hopefully getting my blessing of a child soon. I can't wait to be a mommy. I have had to shop for some baby showers lately and it is really hard. I am happy for everyone who is expecting, but I also want that so bad. It is like an empty piece..It is frustrating because it is hard to explain to people how hurt you are. They just don't get it. I am in a secret group on Facebook with some girls who are going through similar things and it is so great to be able to talk to these girls because they UNDERSTAND and do not judge!

I have noticed my side effects from my Lupron injections are going away, but I'm sure in about 2 weeks I will have more from the injections I am about to start. My headaches are not as bad and the hot flashes are not as bad right now. I'm wondering how the daily Lupron  injections will differ from the once a month ones. I guess only time will tell. I am excited about starting my injections because we are that much closer to a baby, but the thought of giving myself/or having Chris give me shots is scary! Hahaha.

Well, as we continue through this process I will keep you updated.