Pump it up

Day 6 of stims and we are in Denver!

Cycle notes:
Doing 2 Menopur every morning and 150 iu of Gonal-f every night
Day 4: e2 was only 97, small follicles but about 20
Day 6: e2 391, she counted 18 (still very small)

This afternoon the nurse told me:
Day 6 evening: pump it up to 300 iu Gonal-f (want to kick start everything)
Day 7: 2 menopur and back to 150 gonal-f (no b/w or u/s)
Day 8: 2 menopur in morning then u/s and b/w

Not sure how I feel about all this. The e2 numbers are on par with my other cycles - so doing 300 makes me nervous but I have to believe in them. I know I am capable of making 18-30 eggs so getting less than 15 will depress me - but of course the quality may be better so I just need to relax!

And just some notes about the little bits of drama.....

-On day 4 I had a stressful evening as CCRM didn't receive my results from my local clinic and didn't tell me until after 5. Luckily I was able to get my b/w results but only got a vocal recollection of my u/s.
-Did you know that the local monitoring includes u/s and then p4, e2 AND LH....for a total of $500 for each visit. Holy cow. (I must have missed this on other blogs?)
-Our hotel is great (Hampton Inn & Suites in Tech Center area)

Hoping to get a good nights sleep....night night! Grow follies grow!

And we're off....

Just a quick update. Baseline checked out fine, and my hormones were low. I didn't ask for details b/c they called at the absolute WORST time and I was rushing to get off the phone. But glad it was good news.

Looking forward to the menopur burn tomorrow morning.

Thanks for all the well wishes!

Check out google

AF arrived! Yipeeeeeeee!! So, was it the exercise, the shake or the s-e-x. Or maybe it was that I ovulated 14 days ago. Ha!

What freaks me out though is that I was so obsessed and worried about AF – how am I going to handle all of the rest of the steps….retrieval, fertilization, day 3 report, day 5 report, and CGH results. There is a long road ahead of us…..

Speaking of the yellow brick road. I went to google this morning and was surprised to see this….









"Today's Google doodle celebrates The Wizard of Oz, which had its first premiere screening 71 years ago today. "

Tomorrow morning is my supression check. Hopefully we will be off to see the wizard....

Where is she????

Freaking out!!!

AF has to arrive before my 7am appointment on Friday or all our careful (and thrifty) planning is out the window. Aghhhhh.

Any ideas? I am crampy and feel like it is coming, but where o where is she?? I know I ovulated 14 days ago.

What google told me....milkshake (chick-fil-a cookies and cream - check), exercise (running this morning - check), bath (maybe tonight?), sex (maybe tonight?), relax (not gonna happen).

Bring it on beaotch!!!!!

Ready. Set. Go.

My P4 was 24 - so definitely met the requirement of >5. Thanks for the well wishes!

Next step....call when AF arrives. I am guessing Tue/Wed. Then, baseline will be Friday morning (the 13th). Then the real fun begins!

Until then just trying not to obsess. (or worry or freak out or yell at my DH).

I spy.....$2600 dollars

I got my box of meds today - delivered at work. I will consider this my obligatory meds picture b/c we all know what is in there....some gonal-f, menopur, lupron, HCG, and lots o lots of needles.




















Tomorrow morning I have my p4 test to make sure it is >5 - then I will start Lupron tomorrow night. I hope our schedule stays on track!! I can't believe it is starting. I am excited and scared to death all at the same time.

Surprises.

Not the OH MY GAWD I got a BFP the cycle before IVF.

Deciding to go to CCRM wasn't a hard decision for me. Our 2 options were to do the shared risk for 25K (3 fresh/3 frozen) or go to CCRM for 1 shot with answers for about the same cost. I get crazy obsessed during my cycles. During the FET in April I was so obsessed I even lost focus on Charlotte - this broke my heart. This was a main factor in the decision - I just knew I couldn't keep going through it over and over and was tired of relying on "luck".

Anyway, back to the surprises. It is A LOT of money. I try to block out the thoughts about how most people do it for FREE. And then the insurance coverage I DO NOT have.

So, every time I learn about another 100 dollar surprise I say "hey, what the hell, we are spending 25K anyway". Well I am starting to think all those 100's are starting to add up to over a thousand. This is bothering me and it is actually pissing Josh off.

Here are a few:
-Extra $150 for the "admin" fee for the clinic here to monitor me (oh, and I get to pay it now and again during the FET monitoring)
-Extra $400 for "Drs" fee for the CCS
-Re-group $108 that lasted 6 minutes (I wish I had just not done it)

Anyone have any advice for how to just let it be?