IVF#2 - Stimulation Time

Today starts the stim phase, which means I'll be adding FSH (gonal-f) and LH (menopur) in addition to lupron. This also means 5 injections a day until trigger. My poor stomach has already taken a beating after 9 injections over the last 3 days, and I'm just getting started. I'm afraid I'm going to run out of room by time this is over with. But whatever it takes, I'm game. I'm feeling pretty dizzy and very foggy.

Prep time is a little time consuming with all these different meds and I'm having to double check all my doses as my morning and night doses are different. Not easy to keep track of when you feel all doped up.


These are my night time injections (subtract the middle one and that would be my morning injections):


As weird as it may sound, I’m enjoying the process as it helps me feel that one step closer to becoming a mom.

IVF#2 - Loopy on Lupron

Some of you may remember from IVF#1 that the lupron was killing me, felt like I was walking into a beehive. It didn’t matter if I numbed up with lidocaine for 2 hrs and iced, it still stung. Well, great news, this lupron, which is supposed to be the same exact stuff, doesn’t hurt at all, I might as well be injecting water. The only difference is it’s from Freedom Pharmacy instead of Metro Drugs. I called Freedom and they said it’s diluted with saline and all pharmacies should be compounding the lupron identically. I talked to several people who did microdose lupron and I was the only one complaining about it. I wonder if I got a bad batch last time? Who knows, but I’m happy now. I just did my nightly lupron injection with no numbing, I went au naturel… didn't hurt a bit and I'm feeling quite studly.

So anyway, I can definitely feel the effects of the lupron! I’m woosie and very cloudy headed. A co-worker called and was explaining a situation he needed help with and I had to ask him to repeat everything 3 times as I was in lala land and wasn’t hearing a word he said! I had to force myself to focus. I’m pretty dizzy as well. I take this as a good sign as it must be working. I think dh will be taking my car keys.

On another note, I did get AF this time before starting stims, yeah!

Oh, one more side effect… rambling…

IVF#2 - Injection Time

It's finally here, injection time, wahooo!!! I never I thought this needle phobic girl would be celebrating getting to inject herself.

This is the microdose lupron that I nick-named the “bee sting” from IVF#1. This will keep me from ovulating all of the eggs prior to retrieving them. I went right for it, it was a piece of cake and didn’t hurt a bit. I did numb up with lidocaine for over 2 hrs, so that might have something to do with it. =)))) I’ll be doing 2 lupron injections a day until trigger. That’s it for now.

IVF#2 - Suppression Check

Well... I am completely suppressed!!!

Here's the details:

IVF#1
12mm cyst + 1 micro follicle (boo!)
E2: 23
Lining: 5.8

IVF#2
No cysts + 6-7 micro follicles (yeah!)
E2: 18
Lining: 5.8

They want E2 to be below 50. Micro follicles are potential eggs that will develop once the stims start.

I started spotting red today, so maybe I'll actually get AF this time before starting stims. Last IVF I never got AF and ended up having a 50 day cycle.

The ride takes off this Thur when I start injections. Weeee!

IVF#2 - Last BCP

Wahoooo... Just took my last BCP!!!!!! I didn't think I would ever get done with those darn "I must eat everything in sight pills". I gained about 5 lbs, booooo!

Suppression check should be Tue, I have to schedule it tomorrow. BCPs always have to end on Sunday with my clinic, so I did 5 more days of it than IVF#1. I hope I'm not oversuppressed. People with high FSH get oversuppressed easily and then the stims have a hard time getting things going again.

The ride is about to start and I'm so excited that I can't stand it. Buckling up...