OK, maybe here is the short post I've been looking for: I started stims for IVF#2 last night. Eek!
My bloodwork on Monday showed that I'm still stalled at baseline, so Dr. B didn't see any reason to wait. I'm on 150 Gona.l-f/450 Men.opur, a flip-flop of IVF#1, hoping to get my measly 3-4 antral follies to actually grow together and surpass the follie total of IVF#1 (El Uno). Good luck, they're a stubborn bunch. No EPP this time as it needs to be started prior to stimming, plus my stalled levels are pretty much what they'd look to attain with EPP anyway.
This saves me the angst of trying to get this done before Christmas, which is awesome. Though I'm still a little cursed by the holiday fairy because if I stim 15 days like I did last time (please Lord, no, because that long pretty much means another failed cycle), ER will be Thanksgiving morning. Gah! I can just imagine the excuses to the in-laws for showing up at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. "Sorry, Mama N, I couldn't mash the yams because I was busy having my follicles aspirated in search of your one and only grandchild, please pass the cranberry sauce."
I'll stim for 5 days and go in on Sunday morning for my first b/w and u/s. Our favorite dim sum restaurant is near the clinic, so NoodleGuy will come with me and we'll get dim sum brunch on the way home, yay food!
I have to kick myself back into TTC gear, though. I had guzzled half a beer with dinner last night (mmm, Sam Adams Blackb.erry Whi.tbier!) before it hit me that I was not on TTC vacation any more!
IVF#2 motto: More than one! More than one!
While I will miss having you as a buddy next month, I'm excited for you!!! Good Luck! :-)
ReplyDeleteGood luck! I am hoping that you get more than one! Come on follies, get out of the turtle soup :) Your comment to your MIL made me giggle.
ReplyDeleteYou can do it!!! I'm hoping for more than one for you, but really, all you need is one good one, right?
ReplyDeleteUgh, I hope for your sake it's not Thanksgiving.
Good luck! Good luck!!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!! Hoping you don't have ER on Thanksgiving for your sake as well. Hoping the next weeks fly by until you get a BFP!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited that you are getting this show on the road. I'm cheering you on from sunny (and HOT UGH!) South Florida! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThat's exciting! I hope ER doesn't fall on Thanksgiving, but things are moving along quickly which is great! Plus, interrupting Thanksgiving is much better than Christmas (in my opinion anyway). Not that it makes the explaining any easier...
ReplyDeleteLet's make that: More than ten, MORE THAN TEN!! Come on follies, you can do it!
ReplyDeleteYum, dim sum and beer sounds divine right now :)
Good luck on lucky #2!!! I had Dim Sum this weekend--always yummy!
ReplyDeleteI'm wishing you lots luck!
ReplyDeleteWell holy moly! Way to jump on the train! I'm happy to have the company - toot, toot!!
ReplyDeleteYou have to switch cycle threads over on the IVF board now :)
So, it looks like your ER will be on or about the same day as my ET :)
My fingers are crossed in large hopes that you will have 8-10 fantastic eggies!!! Hopefully the meds flip-flop will do the trick :)
Good luck! It's awesome that you got started already, and I hope hope that the schedule works out for you! (I'm still bitter about being benched b/c of cyst+thanksgiving). Go follicles go!!
ReplyDeleteGOOD LUCK!!
ReplyDeleteYaahooo!! I hope to be right there with you tomorrow morning, except that I'll probably be doing my transfer on Thanksgiving morning. I'm thinking up the little white lies for why I won't be with DH's family that day. *Cough**cough*, I feel the swine flu coming on!
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thanks!!
Woo-hoo! May this be one of those lucky months that spring a passel of follicles on you and you end up with embryos to choose from...
ReplyDeleteAs for Thanksgiving, I find the "I lost a filling" excuse to be incredibly useful - it explains a sudden absence, yet allows you to show up without any weird medical drama, just show up saying that your dentist is such a sweetheart to fix that tooth on a holiday! And if you're feeling a little feeble you can blame it on a bad reaction to novacaine. ( Lots of IVF does teach us a few tricks, after all.)
More than one! More than One!
ReplyDeleteWith IVF, the Noodles hope to be done,
Four follicles would be a ton!
How about a BFP and a son?!
Okay there are reasons I left the cheer squad after 7th grade. :) But you get the picture.
By the way, I love your potential answer to why Thanksgiving dinner could be late. Hopefully that will not be an issue.
Woohoo! I am thinking 11 sounds like a good count for an IVF in November...
ReplyDeleteIn the spirit of cindyhoo2, the only cheer I can remember is:
Be Aggressive
Be - Be Aggressive
B-e A-g-g-r-e-s-s-i-v-e Aggressive
Be - Be Aggressive
Come on follies!
Yay! Let's get this train going. I'm so excited for you. I'm rooting those ovaries on...More than one, More than one!
ReplyDeleteOh, and you can the MIL that while she was basting the turkey, you were, uh "reverse" basting your ovaries. :-)
Chug-a-chug-a...choo chooo...the IVF train is on it's way!
Just wanted to say good luck!
ReplyDeletePS-Im a HUGE Dexter fan!! I think I have a huge crush on a serial killer! And you're right, Deb has been great this season.
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I am wishing you so much good luck with this cycle! I hope you get more than two and that this cycle is super successful in every way!
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