Showing posts with label Ganirelix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ganirelix. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Stims DAY ELEVEN



So let's get to the nity gritty and then I will babble ;)
So I have 28 follicles like they had said last week but they separated in size. One group of 12-14 are ready 18-20mm) and the other group is 11-13mm. But my Estrodial levels look good today :) Yesterdays was 1600 but todays was 3000 so we trigger tonight! I took my last stim this morning!
I took Ganirelix tonight at 8pm, I take trigger tonight (and since my E2 wasn't horribly high I don't need to Lupron trigger) of 10,000 HCG at 11pm tonight for the ER at 11am Thursday :)

Physically- Heartburn is GONE! OMG THANK GOD! It had to be the ABX! I normally have a stomach of steel but I did NOT handle those antibiotics at all! it was horrible! 3 days of heartburn, bleh!
My boobs HURT today, holy hell! They are fine as long as I leave them alone and don't nudge them, touch them, get near them...
Bloating and cramps... If I wasn't an acupuncture believer before I AM NOW! So after my acupuncture appointment my bloating went down. But then it didn't come back... So much that I was afraid I O'ed and that the scan would say everything is gone! I was actually nervous because I felt so good! But obviously there is plenty of going on in there! My ovaries look pretty darn big! But even today and tonight I feel pretty normal! I look a bit bloated but don't really feel it and I am not achy and yucky like I have been- it's AWESOME! I am thinking the shoe will drop and I will be feeling it before the ER on Thursday! LOL! But until then I am doing well!

Emotionally I think it's taking a bit of a toll. I took a nap today and felt off after because of a dream... I think everything kinda hit me. I am a control freak and the hardest thing for me is to not to have control and SO many variables! So much could go wrong and I am trying not to focus on that. So far I have been doing great BUT I think it's getting to me. Feeling better though tonight thankfully :)

Tomorrow I need to get work done... I don't want to have to stress about it after the ER or next week after the transfer. I am also going to try and de-stess and mentally prepare for Thursday morning!

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Stims DAY EIGHT



Today was my first not so good day but wasn't phsyical and I am focusing on the fact that things could be FAR worse for us.
I will start with the bad: My meds weren't delivered yesterday!! OMFG!!! So I had a scan today and figured I would not panic and we would see what Dr. H had to say. He called in an RX and it didn't seem like it would be a huge deal. We did have to drive another 20 minutes north (and our clinic is already 45 miles north) but no biggie right? Well when we got to Walgreens things got bad. We were supposed to get 4 Menopur vials and a cartridge of Follistim and it would cost us $3000!! We have some insurance coverage but they didn't take our insurance. I realized we only needed the Menopur so that dropped it to $600, much better. But still I am angry we have to pay OOP because they screwed up. The IVF coordinator on-call spoke with someone at the pharmacy emergency number and said they are going to try to fix this. I hope so! But even if it doesn't, life could be worse right?

On to the good...
Had the can and it looks like we have "at least" 15 on one side and 11 on the other measuring 11-13mm! DH and I disagree which side but I think the 11 is on the right ;)
We upped the Follistim to 350 and we started the Ganirelix tonight! Um prepacked? Um yay!!
Physically today was harder. I woke with heartburn type pain and it's been on an off all day and night. Tums isn't helping :( I am not sure it's the meds but I have never had this before. It might be the antibiotics maybe? Thankkfully we are almost done with those!! I am hoping that's what it is and when I stop them I will feel better.
Exercise was more difficult today. I got more swollen again and worse. I tried using hand weights but I felt like it was making my lower stomach heavier and ached. I don't know... I may have to just start walking now :/ 
I forgot to mention the headache thing has been on an off for days. It's not horrible but annoying and I have faced it is most likely a side effect of the medications instead of a coincidence.The bloat is bothersome but not horrible yet. I do feel heavy around my uterus and oddly enough my pubic area will start aching (??).
So things are going great! I thought I would go fast and have less quality follicles but it looks like my body is baking these eggs well :)
I go back Monday for another scan. We are not sure yet but we are thinking trigger Tuesday or Wednesday and retrieval Thursday or Friday! :)