Medication(s) administered and dosage(s). Stimming phase: day 6. PM: Gonal-F 375 iu & Menopur 75 iu injections. AM Lupron 0.5mg (5 units) injection
Medical procedures undertaken. Monitoring vaginal ultrasound and Estradiol blood tests check 2! I had a good number of follicles on Day 4 of Stimming…better than my previous 2 rounds, I had 6-7 in each ovary which was better than the 4-5 from the previous rounds. So that’s good!
What are my symptoms? The headaches have started 😦 I’m trying to stay hydrated, but I’m not able to shake them. Also, when I thought I was suffering from a cold – turns out I was suffering from allergies to pollen – potentially the pine pollen. For those of you unfamiliar with pine pollen, it is luminous yellow and coats everything in the neighbourhood in a fine layer of yellow dust. Then when it rains it turns the puddles toxic yellow!!!
Ughhh the pine pollen gets everywhere!!!
today is the first day I’ve been feeling my ovaries – Oh hello ovaries, it’s about time you woke up and reminded me how many follicles we are growing inside of you!!!
How do I feel today? I am feeling much better than my previous post. I have been off work today. I’ve caught up on some lovely blogs, I’ve chilled out with a friend and her kids (we also played with St Bernard mountain puppy in a pet shop) and I’ve put together some gratitude boxes for the upcoming yard sale to raise cash for our local infertility support group! These boxes have some sweet treats and a positive happy quote written inside them. They are a way to say thank you to those who donated to our group’s cause! So I’m feeling inspired and positive today 🙂
Any results? Estradiol level after 3 days of stimming 380 pg/ml – this is a lot higher than my previous cycles – and correlates with my increase in follicle numbers too (cycle 1 – 173, cycle 2 – 194). Uterine lining is looking food. Ovaries are stuffed with some nice looking follicles. So all looking good 🙂
What’s next? Tomorrow morning is monitoring appointment check 3!
Weight. I have put on 5lbs since IVF 2. NOT AMUSED.
Waist. AGHHHHHHHH MY TUMMY IS SOOOOOOO BLOATED!!!!!
Boobs. NSTR.
The Final Countdown!!! Over half way there!!!!
*Notes. I take First Response Reproductive Health multi vitamin gummies (pre-natal), 5mg Melatonin at bed time and CoQ10 200mg gummies daily. NSTR = Nothing Significant To Report.
The Great Pudding Club Hunt 
That’s great news! Go follies! Glad everything is going so well. 🙂
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Looks promising!! Good luck and i believe that this is your time😊👍
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Looks like things are coming along nicely. I am feeling good about this cycle for you 🙂
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You’re doing great! I’m glad you’re feeling better, that initial funk at the beginning of a cycle is no fun. Are you doing a freeze all cycle or transferring right away? I can’t remember if you said anything about it or not.
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We are planning on a fresh transfer! Not sure if it will be 3 or 5 days because we generally have excellent Embies at Day 3 – then at day 5 they don’t look so great, they might not do so well in culture – so we shall see!
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Keeping everything crossed that they stay as strong as they can. xx
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Glad all is going well you are such a strong lady! IVF isn’t easy and you’ve been a rockstar!!!!
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That’s great news! 14 follicles! I hope they grow steady and strong!, 😄😄 has your doctor said anything about a fresh vs frozen transfer success rates?
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No, we haven’t talked about the differences, we haven’t questioned it because we haven’t done so well at getting our embies to blast stage! Hopefully this time will be different 🙂
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I hope you get as many blasts as possible this time Dani! 🙂
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You got this! Almost there and everything sounds just right. Wishing you the best at the ultrasound. Xx
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