I have been hesitant to blog about this because, really, who wants to hear me whine?? But things have at least somewhat turned a corner now and I've decided I'm keeping it real so here it goes...
I've been doing Lupron injections nightly for 10 days now and the first week was really rough. The shots themselves are not a big deal, the needles are tiny and relatively painless - although you couldn't tell by looking at my lower abdomen, which is riddled with little bruises in various stages of healing. But the side effects have been...not fun. I was completely exhausted all the time and had a splitting headache every day - for a good 7 or 8 days straight. Then I started Estrogen patches 3 days ago and about that same time I started getting some energy back and the headaches have at least diminished in intensity - thank goodness for Estrogen! I'll be on this Lupron/Estrogen combination until the day before the egg thaw, which is just 14 more days!
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Friday, July 20, 2012
Calendar!
Wow! This clinic is really on top of things...we met with them for the first time on Tuesday morning and by Thursday evening we had our calendar for our IVF cycle and A PLAN! I love having a plan!
So here it is: I start daily Lupron injections in 11 days (July 31st)! Then I add in Estrogen patches starting on August 7th. M & C have selected an egg donor from our clinic's frozen egg donor program - those frozen eggs will be thawed and fertilized on August 25th, which is when I'll stop the Lupron injections and begin daily Progesterone injections (both the Estrogen and the Progesterone support will continue through the 12th week of pregnancy, if we are successful). The embryos will be grown to the blastocyst stage, they will use assisted hatching to help encourage implantation after the transfer. The transfer is scheduled for August 30th!
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On another fun note...I told my 5 year old yesterday about M & C, and me trying to help them have a baby. I told her the baby would have two dads and she said "Wow! That baby is so lucky! Dad's are FUN!"
So here it is: I start daily Lupron injections in 11 days (July 31st)! Then I add in Estrogen patches starting on August 7th. M & C have selected an egg donor from our clinic's frozen egg donor program - those frozen eggs will be thawed and fertilized on August 25th, which is when I'll stop the Lupron injections and begin daily Progesterone injections (both the Estrogen and the Progesterone support will continue through the 12th week of pregnancy, if we are successful). The embryos will be grown to the blastocyst stage, they will use assisted hatching to help encourage implantation after the transfer. The transfer is scheduled for August 30th!
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On another fun note...I told my 5 year old yesterday about M & C, and me trying to help them have a baby. I told her the baby would have two dads and she said "Wow! That baby is so lucky! Dad's are FUN!"
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