Tale of the Human Pin Cushion

My bum is so sore.. I don't know how long I will have to continue taking the PIO shots. God knows I'm more than willing to continue for the next 9 months, but Its starting to get a bit tender back here. Some people use ice or heating pads but I don't have a issue with doing the shot itself, its the soreness afterward that is getting to be a bit of a trial since my job is majority sitting on the abused area. I will defiantly have to invest in a nice pillow for my seat to make said area more comfortable XOXO..TTYL

1 day post transfer

It's been one day since my 5 day transfer. I posted my two little embies yesterday. I didn't get a grade of the embies so if you can tell good quality by looking someone let me know. To tell a little bit about my transfer story ...
We arrive at 12:00pm appt was at 12:30pm.. we showed up me, hubby ans a 33 oz of water. I have to pee ( tmi ) about once while we we waiting and then after we were taken back to the procedure room the nurse allowed me to go twice since the RE was running late. He finally arrived about 1:05pm and we got things rolling.. They were all ready to get it started ..I guess they had to finish me before they could go to lunch.
But ... he came in and then embryologist came to the lil window in the room and they gave me and the hubby a pic of our babies and showed us them floating in the petri dish.. Ooh i was i luv already. The RE put my babies back home in the uterus soon to be womb where hopefully and prayfully will stay for the next 9 months. At what point does a Uterus become a womb? TTYL XOXO

0 days post 5 day trasfer

1 day post ER

Its been a busy couple of days
First things first my egg retrieval.
I went in at 6:30 they set me up with an IV and took me to the procedure room. The IV was suppose give some drug that would put me in a semi-conscious state, but it knocked me all the way out. I think i regained consciousness for about a minute but i hardly remember any of it. I woke up back i the original Lil waiting room i was in dazed and confused. for a few minutes, my nurse told me that they retrieved a Wopping 33 EGGS..i was like WOW!!.. she said I was a regular chicken dropping all of those eggs.

I was in some discomfort when i got home i had my hubby give me a RX pain reliever and laid down for a few hours. But after a while I was feeling up to a walk so we went grocery shopping and I felt fine if not a Lil constipated. Is it OK for me to take laxatives at this point? Today at 1 day post I feel 70% better. I just have a bit of soreness in the pelvic region especially when i have a full bladder. Other then that I'm great but still a bit bloated Which is to be expected with 33 follicles being retrieved and still swollen.

My report today was:
34 retrieved
21 Mature
21 Inseminated (ICSI)
12 Fertilized

So the plan is to do a 5 day transfer on Monday at 12:30.
See ya then TTYL!!! XOXO

Let's Get ready for RETRIVAL!

So today was my last scan and I'm done with stims...Great!
I Had a bunch of fat happy follicles ranging between 15-22 mm
Measured Left:21.31, 20.29, 19.24, 18.66, 18.28, 18.13, 17.76, 17.11, 16.88, 16.07Measured Right: 21.83, 21.76, 21.2, 19.98, 19.46, 19.32, 19.32, 19.18, 18.1, 17.18
Endo Thickness-10.84
E2:9983.59

I'm a lil worried with that E@ being like super high. I really don't want another OHSS episode. Tonight i triggered with a prefilled syringe of Lupron, as opposed to Ovigril to trigger. Possibly to head off the OHSS which is trigger with the intro of HCG to the system. WHEN i become pregnant and produce HCG on my own the OHSS could still pop up, but if that occurs we will deal with it as it comes.
I was given some new scripts for my pre- and post - ER ..including
Prometrium- taken vag
Estradiol - taken Vag
Prednisone - Taken orally
Doxycycline Taken Orally
Progesterone in oil-Taken in the ass...lol =)

My little joke now.. a big pain in the rear end later.
I Trigger tonight
Have blood work in the morning to make sure all went well and then i have my ER done Wednesday morning.. Talk to ya'll then .. TTYL XOXO

Day 5 Stimming

Today was a productive day .
I had my appointment this morning and was surprised and pleased at my results. I think at times my ovaries can be Lil over-achievers. Here are my Stats:
Endo Thickness-8.55
ESTRADIOL 2277.58
LH 15.1
On my left and right side the doctor measured 10 of the follicles on the right and 10 on the left.
The follicles measured between 7 -10 mm on the left
and 6 -9 on the right.
My Gonal -f was decreased to 150 iu vs the 250 iu
I now take the Ovidrel micro-dose every other day instead of everyday.
I also started my Cetrotide which hurt a lot. I hope i get the hang of it because the needle isn't like a regular needle its hard for me to see the air bubbles. Maybe tomorrow i will draw the meds using one of my Ovidrel needles. My next appointment is Friday Morning..Check in with you then..TTYL..XOXO

Day 3 of Stimming !!

So far I have been stimming for 3 days now. I started with a E2 of 41 and my next check up will be Wednesday. So far I have had a few side effects of headaches and a few instances of lightheadedness. I will begin measuring my waist tomorrow morning to see if it start increasing as a measurement of growth and also so i can keep a eye on things, watching out for OHSS. I experienced a few cramps and gassy feelings in the region of my ovaries but nothing major YET.. Until the Wednesday ..TTYL XOXO..