Believe

I got this card in the mail today from Foxy over at Someday.  Thank you so much girl.  I do believe!

My meds are arriving tomorrow morning, first shot of Lupron tomorrow afternoon.  I can't believe this is actually here.

The meds were cheaper than I had feared, in part due to the samples the doctor gave us, 2 vials of menopur a friend gave us, and a FABULOUS coupon Miss Mac over at Mac and PC faxed in for me.  4 free vials of Bravelle, hells yeah! Thanks so much chica!!!!

So besides the high FSH level everything else is going perfectly.  The zofran is awesome, no more nausea.

DH and I are off to a movie date.  Have a great evening everyone!

BCP day 8

I had my sonohysterogram and injections class today.  Dr Alan talked me off of the ledge...he said that we would look at my ovaries and see how many follicles I had now and that would be more telling about my egg reserve than the one low FSH.  My right ovary had 8 follicles, the left ovary was hard to see (so how in the hell will we see it later to retrieve?) but he thought he saw several follicles on it as well.  So for now I'm calmed down.

The actual test was fine.  My cervix never really likes a catheter pushed through it so that part hurt but the rest was easy.  Uterus looked good.

He wrote me a script for Zofran which I'm pumped about!  Hopefully goodbye nausea!

The nurses faxed my med order into Walgreens Specialty Pharm.  They gave me 2 sample boxes of Bravelle (saving us about $550 I believe) and one sample box of endometrium suppositories.

So the IVF schedule is (stop reading if you're bored, I just want to be able to reference this later):

April 1 - start Lupron 10 units daily. Continue BCP, aspirin and multivitamin.
April 4 - last BCP (continue aspirin and prenatal indefinitely)
April 7 - baseline u/s / labs
April 9 - start stims - Bravelle 300+Menopur 75 daily.  Lupron down to 3 units daily
April 13 - u/s /labs - possibly alter stims
April 16 - u/s /labs - possible alter stims (note to self, Lupron 3 units continues along with stims, last stim is last Lupron shot)
April 18 -u/s / labs - possible trigger shot in pm
April 20 - possible egg retrieval
April 23 - possible 3 day transfer
April 25 - possible 5 day transfer
May 4 - possible beta (will be 14 days after egg retrieval)

My oh my I'm excited again.  Walgreens is supposed to call me back this afternoon with details.  DH has a friend who lives out of state who has 2 vials of menopur she wants to give us...awaiting her email back to us to make sure it is the right dose and not expired, that may save us another $150.

Thanks for listening to my crazy rants!

Here's what the internet has to say..

FSH is often used as a gauge of ovarian reserve. In general, under 6 is excellent, 6-9 is good, 9-10 fair, 10-13 diminished reserve, 13+ very hard to stimulate. In PCOS testing, the LH:FSH ratio may be used in the diagnosis. The ratio is usually close to 1:1, but if the LH is higher, it is one possible indication of PCOS.




I'm so upset right now.  I just emailed DH and just lost it.  If this cycle doesn't work I am done.  DONE.

BCP day 7 - WTF?

Just found out my CD3 lab results....FSH 11.2???????   Estradiol was like 33. something.

Seriously?

A year ago I think my FSH was 7.7 and I was worried that was high.  The nurse said not to worry, that the level is on the high end of what they would expect for someone my age but that the level alone wasn't anything to worry about.  She said the doctor is taking my chart home tonight to review everything and set up my med protocol.

Should I be worried?

Tomorrow I have my sonohysterogram and injects class.  I am taking with me the notarized consents and will be ordering my meds tomorrow.

Any advice on this FSH thing would be greatly appreciated!

BCP day 6

I am still having headaches and a little nausea.  Nothing I can't handle, it just worries me because I know the meds only get worse from here.

Isn't it funny?  If this ends up with us bringing home a baby any side effect is worth it!  Short of death I would gladly experience almost anything over these next few weeks...but what if it doesn't work?  How does one decide to put their body through all of this multiple times?  I want to be a mother more than I have ever wanted anything...but I fear I don't have the stomach for all of this sometimes.  If this doesn't work I just don't know if I will have it in me to do it again.  Not to mention the emotional and financial burden it brings.

Please, please work!!!

BCP day 2

So I have a horrible headache this evening.  Do you all think it is from 2 days of BCP?  I have been on the pill 2 different times in my life, both times I was so nauseated I went off of them so I was expecting that.  But this headache sucks...plus what should I take for it?  Tylenol?  Motrin?

Hmm...I also wonder if my decreased caffeine is responsible.  I am a recovering diet coke addict...I used to have like 6 a day.  A few months ago I cut back to about 3 a day, starting last week I am down to 1 a day. Do you think one serving of caffeine with everyone's favorite cancer causer aspartame is okay through this process??

I am still so hopeful.  So far, so good.  Thanks for all of the support guys!

BCP day 1

My appointment today was awesome!  My uterus looked "perfect", my ovaries were free of cysts, I picked up my birth control, had CD 3 labs drawn, and scheduled my injections class, sonohysterogram, and monitoring u/s/bloodwork appointments.

Here is a pic of the 2 meds I started this evening...so simple and cheap but is marks the beginning of hope...