almost there

My estrogen levelled off today at 5206 (was 5204 yesterday). I was told that is good, but needs to go a little lower (around 4000 range) before they can give me my trigger (HcG) shot. So they gave me more of that Ganirelix Acetate shot to help bring it down. So that plus Lupron & back in the morning for bw. I don't know how fast it will go down (it went up plenty fast), but when it hits the right level, then they'll tell me to take my trigger shot & give me a date/time for the retrieval. So, I'm thinking maybe Wed...

getting close!

my estrogen level is 3661 today. and i only have to take ONE shot tonight instead of 3 :) so i'm only taking 5 lupron tonight, no ovidrel or follistim. but i do have to go back to the clinic tomorrow (yes on saturday), so thats a bummer

tuesday bw/us

Yesterday the RN msg said to reduce my FSH to 125, keep Lupron at 5 & Microdose Ovidrel at 10. It also said my 'levels were 643'. I had no idea what that means so between diggin on the internet & asking the RN today, I found that they are measuring my 'estradiol' or estrogen levels. Being that it was 'day 3', they said those levels should have been around 200 so mine was slightly high. That is why they had cut down my dose last night. They also had me come back in today for more bw/us. The US showed that I had a lot of follicles already & she said that's why my levels were so high. We'll know later this afternoon what the levels were today & what my doses will be for tonight. Hopefully I won't have to go back for bw every day!

I hate Cary

Cary is a nightmare ... of course the clinic is in Cary so I got stuck in traffic this morning trying to get to my US. I don't care if it is one of the top 5 places to live in 2006, driving there sucks.

Anyway, I did finally get there & the US went fine. BW came back fine too. So as scheduled, RE wants me to reduce my Lupron to 5units from 10. Start 10units microdose ovidrel and 150 IUs on my Follistim pen. Plus, start my estring and keep up with the prenatal & BA.

I go back on Monday for more BW & then they might change my dosages. At this point we're only about 2wks away from transfer. Not too shabby!

no biggie

I took my first Lupron shot last night. As expected, this one was no big deal, it's a tiny little needle. This shot doesn't come prefilled like shots I've had before. It came in a tiny little bottle that is my full 3wk supply & you have to draw out the right amt into the syringe each time. It wasn't too complicated, but we've got this huge box of supplies inc. needles, alcohol wipes, a sharps container & various medicines taking up all the space on our bathroom counter plus a few more meds in the fridge. LOL. So far, no side effects though it may be too early to call that one. So I'll be taking just this shot, some baby asprin & prenatal vitamins until next Fri. Well, plus the bc that I'm still finishing up. That'll be done this Fri. Then I'll get another US on 2/2 at the RE office before starting any other shots. I also go back for more acupuncture that Fri.

Start Lupron tomorrow

DH & I went back to NCCRM today... I had another U/S & he had to leave a 'backup' deposit in case anything happens the day of the retrevial. These guys are supposed to be good at what they do, but I have to say they leave a lot to be desired in the bedside manner & patient education arenas. I never seem to know what's going on unless I ask.

Turns out I was supposed to have already had my meds overnighted from the pharmacy but I didn't. She said it wouldn't matter to start the Lupron a day later. So I had to jump on the phone & get it overnighted so it'll be here tomorrow. Turns out when the pharmacy asked me if I wanted to hold my order, he meant the whole order when I thought he was just asking about one specific med. I didn't realize the order would come all at once. I thought I'd get each med as I needed it. Even the lady I talked to today assumed I had understood that. Anyway, it's supposed to be here tomorrow & since I work@home, it should be no big deal.. I'll be here to get it.

Lupron is a little shot, so I'm not worried about that part. I'm sure it'll be no big deal. But the side-effects I'm not looking forward to. I've heard some horror stories about how others reacted to this one. I guess we'll see ...