CD10 - getting closer!!

I'm on my 10th day of meds :) It's going much better today...whoop whoop!!!

CD7 (Friday, March 28th) - I had 5 follies, I had:

R- 8, 7
L- 8, 6.5 and 4.5....slowly but surely!!

Today I had 7 follies, they almost doubled since friday morning!!!!

R- 14.5, 14.5, 9, 8.5
L- 13.5, 11, 10.5

My estrogen today was a nice 832!!

Beth had a hard time seeing my left ovary, so they might be a bit bigger she said. I start Ganirelix and one Menopur tonight between 7-9pm.

My lining was an 8.1C - which is great that it's 3 stripes, now for it to thicken a bit more :)

I go back Wednesday for one more check and I will probably trigger that night with retrieval on Friday morning : )EEEEK getting close :)

Chugging along....

I had bloodwork Monday 3/24 and got a call that my estrogen is low. It was 39.3..which is really low (it was 18ish at my baseline on 3/19/14)...so they bumped me up to 2 more Bravelle tonight for a total today of:

2 Menopur
6 Bravelle

I continued that Tuesday and today (day 5 of stims) and from now on I'm at

8 Bravelle

I had bloodwork and another ultrasound today (lining 4.0 w/fluid, baseline lining was 6.2A) and while the ultrasound was troublesome (me and my dodgey ovaries again!!!) - 2 nurses tried to check me! I'm SUCH a problem child LOL.... They said that they are still under 10mm and there are a "handful" - Nurse Bethany said that there is less than 10. I'd be happy if I get 6 good follies, so I'm good with the possiblity :)

And the other nurse, Beth (yes, Beth and Bethany lol) called and my estrogen is up to 106.3...so that is a great bump up from 39.3....That's what we wanted.

So, next up is another ultrasound on Friday! Praying those follies are sucking up the meds and getting juicy enough to measure!! And maybe with fuller follies, my ovaries will cooperate next visit!! Getting there, slowly, but surely :)

Meds and testing!!

So here is a picture of all my meds...I do this every cycle :) So, of course, I had to do it again!!



And I HAVE to POAS, I can't sit around and NOT KNOW...so here is my HPT stash...yes, it's overwhelming and yes, I am that cra-cray!

It's TIME!!!! ....... to get pregnant!

Okay, it's here! My 4th and final IVF...well, sort of 3rd, for this time around, anyhow....so third time is the charm, right? I will be due in December for the 3rd time as well. I'm sorta scared about that, because, well, it hasn't gone all that well for me in the past, right? - But I'm determined to change that this time!

I had my baseline u/s and b/w on 3/18/14 and I have:

R - 2 < 10
L - 4 < 10

Meaning I have an AFC (antral follicle count) of 6. I'm a little disappointed, because I thought with the new EPP or Estrogen Priming IVF Protocol, I would have like 10+...I guess that was just wishful thinking.

I am on practically the same timeframe as last year. My retrieval is tentatively 4/2 and that was my retrieval date last year, so I will be due on 12/24 if this cycle goes as planned. However, last year, I stimmed 2 extra days, so my retrieval may change and then, so would my due date. Either way, December baby (Fingers crossed) or November if it's twins!

We are transferring 3 embryos if it's a 3dt and 2 on a 5dt, unless they are bad quality on d5, then we will also transfer 3. Dr. S is on board with this decision.

So, meds start Saturday 3/22/14.

I'm taking the following along with Flagyl and Doxycycline:

Sat 2 Menopur, 6 Bravelle
Sun 2 Menopur, 6 Bravelle
Mon 2 Menopur, 4 Bravelle
Tue 2 Menopur, 4 Bravelle
Wed 6 Bravelle
Thu 6 Bravelle
Fri - same or it might be adjusted depending on bloodwork....and I'll keep taking it...probably stimming for 10-12 days.

Eventually, when my lead follicle gets to be 14+, I'll add the Ganirelix in at night, with one Menopur for 3 nights, then I will trigger, and have the retrieval 36 hours later.

Monday I have bloodwork
Wed I have an u/s and bw again....GAME ON!

I'm getting excited :)