Coasting!

Today I went in for another ultrasound and bloodwork after 7 days of stimming (the morning of my 8th day). The nurse thinks we'll get about 15 mature eggs. Here's my follicle sizes:

R side- 17, 16, 15, 15, 14, 13, 13
L side- 16, 15, 15, 14, 14, 14, 14, 13

There are up to 28 follicles total but the one's listed are the one's that are the largest.

E2 is 2480, so my instructions are to take 0 Gonal F tonight and 0 menopur tomorrow!!! The nurse said the follicles will still grow and I'll either trigger tomorrow or Wednesday!! I thought I'd stim slow and steady so I'm a little nervous about going faster and coasting!

Next appointment is tomorrow morning for ultrasound and bloodwork and IVF physical.

Progress update

We're enjoying our stay in Colorado so far! We're staying with good friends, actually one of my husband's best friends (who used to be a pastor) married us almost 10 years ago!!

Stimms are going well. I can definitely feel something going on in my ovaries :) Here's my updates so far:

Started with 2 amps menopur, 300 Gonal F daily

Day 4 (after 3 days stimms)
E2- 355, not sure about the follicle counts (instructed to lower dose but miscommunication w/nurse so did not)

Day 5- Lowered dose to 150 Gonal F (menopur remains the same)

Day 6 (after 5 days stimms)
E2- 849
13 follicles on one side, 15 on the other- but not all of these will be mature!!! Hoping for about 15 mature eggs! (largest follicles are about 13-11mm)

Instructed to keep same dose 150 gonal F and 2 menopur today and tomorrow and next appointment will be on Monday!!

We're here!!!

We made it to Colorado!!! Our flight over was smooth with no delays!
When we landed I had a voicemail from my nurse to stay on the same dose, but the dose she said was lower than what I'm at. I called the after hours nurse to clarify.... She told me to stay on the same dose and my nurse probably mid-spoke regarding my dosage. Today I found out I was supposed to lower my dose last night! So tonight I'll lower it. I'm a frustrated with my nurse... On Wednesday when she called she said "you can start stims now!" I told her I already started on Monday! She was so confused. She always seems confused when she calls me!!! I'm not very impressed! And it's a little upsetting I was not on the right dose last night! It may not matter much but I think Dr Sch like to stim slow and steady!!! Not too fast!

We had our genetics consult today. The counselor, Danielle, was very nice and explained CCS well. She was also very positive based on my age and follicle count (even given our history) So that was a nice feeling as we go into our cycle:)

DH gave his sperm back up. He says the "room" isn't as nice as our local clinic. Hee, hee!!

Next appointment is bright and early tomorrow morning!

Packing up!

We leave tomorrow!! Can't believe we're really going to Colorado for IVF. We'll be staying with some good friends the first few days. It's a nice excuse to visit them!! Actually, almost exactly a year ago we flew out to visit these same friends for their suprise birthday party. I was 5wks pregnant at the time from a FET (embryos created from our cycle from our son a in 2006). I remember thinking about CCRM while we were there since I had never been to Colorado and had consulted with them before. I never thought a year later we would have gone thru two miscarriages and another failed IVF cycle and that we'd be going to CCRM! Kinda crazy!

We fly in Thurs evening. Hopefully, I'll hear back from my nurse before our flight regarding my u/s and bloodwork tomorrow morning. I should let her know to be sure to call me before 4pm (our flight is at 410pm). I guess she can always leave a message telling me if I need to change my evening dose or not. We'll land in time for me to check it and give my shot on time.

Friday, we have two appointments... one for DH to give his backup sample and we also have the genetics consult. On Saturday and Sunday I have very early appointments which I am dreading since I have to drive from our friend's house in Ft Collins (about 1.5hrs north of CCRM). Ughh! I am NOT a morning person. Oh well. My DH leaves on Sunday evening and my mom flies in... once my mom gets here we'll stay in a hotel so that I don't have to drive so far every morning. Our original plan was to stay at our friend's house the whole time, but it's just too far. They're going out of town anyway so we won't miss out seeing them. Our friends did offer their car to us, so that will save us $$$!!

We're looking forward to our stay on Colorado. I'll be nervous to hear the fertilization report.... but that's just as we leave Colorado, so I think I can relax for the most of our stay. Then we'll be on pins and needles awaiting the embryo reports and the CCS results...I am really dreading those phone calls!! Ughh.
For now, I will be Hopeful in Colorado... :)

Finally getting started!!!

There was a little bit of drama this am.. .it took two hours of calling back and forth. Supposedly the local clinic had faxed the results yesterday, they faxed it again right away when I called this morning at 8am, but CCRM still didn't get it. Not sure who's fax machine wasn't working... but it was really frustrating. I was worried that maybe my bloodwork was not suppressed and I wouldn't have time to go in and get another blood draw and be further delayed. It all worked out in the end and I did my shot around 10am.... Yay!! We're on our way!!!

No results!!!

I never heard anything. So I finally called the on-call nurse. I guess they never got the fax! Ughh! Stupid clinic. That was the first clinic we went to (where we got bad results)...maybe they're trying to sabotage me!! The nurse on call was helpful and said I should call my clinic in the am first thing and have them fax it over and also call CCRM first thing. I should still be able to start (she said they'll even go as late as 2pm for morning stims...and readjust the next day). Hoping it all works out tomorrow. I really wanted to know for sure today...just to know!

No cysts!!

I had my baseline u/s and bloodwork this am, no cysts were seen!! Wahoo! What a relief!
Still waiting to hear from the nurse with my bloodwork results. Will update later...