IVF#3 - Suppression Check

I am a dandelion. Remember the childhood rhyme we used to say before beheading a dandelion? “Mama had a baby and its head popped off”, then you popped the dandelion head off with your thumb and it would go flying. I feel like someone has popped my head off. Where in the world did such a morbid rhyme come from anyway?

What a crazy, crazy day! It started off with frantically trying to find someone that could do my ultrasound today, I had no luck. Then Kerry called back the clinic that had just told me they had absolutely no availability, he begged them and said “it will take you 5 minutes to wand my wife”. I immediately took the ostrich pose.


He actually got me the appt, now I would have to face them. Next I had to schedule blood work, no problems there, but I needed to get there like right then. My ob/gyn has bent over backwards for me throughout this entire process, I asked for it, she prescribed it. I just had to do something nice for them. So I ran to the kitchen and mixed up a batch of cookies, threw them in the oven and ran to blow dry my hair. As soon as the oven when off, I grabbed the cookies and ran out the door. I got my blood drawn and they were so thankful for the cookies. I rushed back home and worked for a few hours and then ran to my ultrasound. They were so nice, and thankfully I was so frazzled from the last few days that I totally forgot about my husband’s conversation with them.

So for my results…

Estradiol (needs to be less than 50): less than 20
Progesterone (needs to be less than 1): 0.54
Ultrasound: no cysts, 2 micro follicles

I faxed this off to CCRM and got the call that everything looks great and I can start stims tomorrow. What, tomorrow??? I busted my tush getting everything done today so I could start stims tonight and get off this lupron before it over-suppresses me. But they want me starting stims with a full day, meaning menopur in the morning and gonal-f/lupron/dex at night. Oh well, what’s another day at this point. This will be my new regime starting tomorrow and will continue for about 10 days:


Next I had to book all my travel and schedule my first monitoring appt. Thankfully this went well and I got some great deals considering this was last min. I fly out Thur Nov 20 at 6am and my first monitoring appt is 9:30a Fri @ CCRM. OMG, OMG, OMG, it’s finally here!

IVF#3 - She's Here Uninvited!

AF showed this morning, completely uninvited, 1 day too late and 2 days too early. It's Sat so there is no one I can call to find out what to do now. I'll call CCRM first thing Monday morning and see what would be the best plan of action. I'm guessing my departure date will now be Wed or Thur but I can't make any definite plans until I have passed suppression check which is Tue.

IVF#3 - Or Maybe Not!

ERRRRRRRRR…. The ride has come to a screeching halt, they’ve kicked me off and sent me to the back of the line.

Auntie got revenge! I only wore that white outfit long enough to take a pic for a joke, well now the joke is on me, she in turn only spotted long enough for me celebrate and announce her near arrival.

I woke up this morning really hoping to find AF and instead I found that I still have a high basal temp (meaning my progesterone is still up there preventing AF). I took a pregnancy test this morning so I’m definitely not preggo. Once again I had to cancel my suppression check, now my travel plans are officially derailed. My next suppression check is scheduled for Tue Nov 18, this is the earliest I could get in. So now it’s time to switch gears. I need AF to stay away till Mon morning.

My goal is to just make it to Denver before I end up in a loony bin! Thanks for hanging in there through my crazy reality.

IVF#3 - Calling AF!

Well I had to cancel suppression check today. Still no sign of Auntie Flo! Technically I'm not late according to my normal cycle, but I'm late according CCRM's calendar which is messing up my travel plans. I've found that delayed menses is a very common side effect of lupron, great. So now I sit at the mercy of my aunt, the one that has been nothing but a pain in my uterus since I was 13.

I do have another suppression check scheduled for tomorrow so I desperately need her to arrive by morning in order to stay on track.

Desperate times call for desperate measures... it's time to pull out the big guns... on my way to the mall. (That's a pregnancy test in my pocket)

IVF#3 - It Worked!

OMGosh!!!!!!!!! It worked!!!! I'm spotting!!!! Scooby Dooby Doo!!!!!! Now I just need to fully start by tomorrow morning and then I get to go to suppression check!!!