CD 10
This morning I went in to have a look at what's growing. The good news is that I have have one follicle at 12mm. The bad news is that it's on the R side. Once a follicle takes the lead, it asorbs all of hte hormones and the others stop growing. (That's why 26 on CD3 was not a concern...)
What does that mean?
It means that I will release a mature egg from my R side. That's the side where I just had hte tube removed. With no tube, there is no way for the egg to reach my uterus and become fertilized. Yes, there are miracle stories about the tube from the opposite side picking up the egg, but the fact in with my endo, that just won't happen.
Isn't there anything we can do?
I met with Dr. F this morning and she is increasing my dose from 66 to 100 in a last ditch effort to save this cycle but she doesn't hold much hope that it will work. I go back on Sunday to see if makes a difference and after that, we wait until next month.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
CD8
CD8
This morning I wend for bloodwork and ultrasound to see how my little follies are growing. As far as appointment go, it was pretty uneventful. Last week when they took blood I bruised so this week when they did again, it hurt like hell! But that was all the excitement.
There is no growth yet.
They only start measuring and counting once the follicles are at least 10mm. The only thing they could tell me was that at least 1 measured 10mm on the R and all on the L were under 10mm. I have to continue with 66IU of Puregon for now and go back on Friday for another look.
Hopefully I will see some growth then.
This morning I wend for bloodwork and ultrasound to see how my little follies are growing. As far as appointment go, it was pretty uneventful. Last week when they took blood I bruised so this week when they did again, it hurt like hell! But that was all the excitement.
There is no growth yet.
They only start measuring and counting once the follicles are at least 10mm. The only thing they could tell me was that at least 1 measured 10mm on the R and all on the L were under 10mm. I have to continue with 66IU of Puregon for now and go back on Friday for another look.
Hopefully I will see some growth then.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
See Spot Run
CD7
TMI WARNING!!
For about the past 20 years my period has gone a little something like this:
2-5 days of light to dark spotting
2-3 days of heavy flow
1-2 days of light flow
2-5 days of dark to light spotting
Yes, on average my period would last from 7 to 15 days! Usually about 10 days most months. Some months it seems that I had my period for longer than I didn't!
And then I had my first LAP surgery in December...
And nothing changed.
Then I had my second LAP surgery in May...
And the spotting stopped!
This was my 2nd AF since the surgery. The first one would have still been affected by the trauma of the surgery so that one was closer to my old 'normal'. But this one! This one went a little something like this:
1 day of extremely light brown spotting in the morning turning to pink by bedtime
3 days of heavy flow
1 day of light
1 day of extremely light brown spotting
1 day of nothing
That's right nothing! No spotting today at all whatsoever! I'm not sure, maybe it's the puregon injections or maybe it's the surgery, I don't know... I'm hoping it's the surgery so maybe this will continue.
TMI WARNING!!
For about the past 20 years my period has gone a little something like this:
2-5 days of light to dark spotting
2-3 days of heavy flow
1-2 days of light flow
2-5 days of dark to light spotting
Yes, on average my period would last from 7 to 15 days! Usually about 10 days most months. Some months it seems that I had my period for longer than I didn't!
And then I had my first LAP surgery in December...
And nothing changed.
Then I had my second LAP surgery in May...
And the spotting stopped!
This was my 2nd AF since the surgery. The first one would have still been affected by the trauma of the surgery so that one was closer to my old 'normal'. But this one! This one went a little something like this:
1 day of extremely light brown spotting in the morning turning to pink by bedtime
3 days of heavy flow
1 day of light
1 day of extremely light brown spotting
1 day of nothing
That's right nothing! No spotting today at all whatsoever! I'm not sure, maybe it's the puregon injections or maybe it's the surgery, I don't know... I'm hoping it's the surgery so maybe this will continue.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Ouch!!
CD3
This morning I had my first monitoring appointment with my new clinic. After telling the receptionist know I was there I went and sat in the little waiting room. The blood nurse called my name and I had one vial of blood taken. I miss the blood nurse from my old clinic... she never hurt or bruised me. Not that this one particularly hurt, and my bruise is not very big, but it's tender.
After that I went back to the little waiting room until it was my turn for an ultrasound. First they did the regular abdominal ultrasound and then they did the trans-vaginal aka cooter cam. This was the first time it was almost painful. I'm not sure why that was, but I hope it was a 1 time thing.
Today they were looking for what's called Antral Follicle Count (AFC). This is the number of follicles present at the beginning of a cycle. These follicles are all very small and in a normal cycle, only one will grow to maturity and the others will disappear.
In an IVF cycle they try to get as many of those Antral Follicle to grow as possible aiming for between 10-15. Too many can lead to complications too. In an IUI cycle, like we are doing now, they want less than that but still more than one. In my case, they want to make sure that at least 1 or 2 of those are on the L because my R tube is gone.
I had 11 on my L and 15 on my R. Those are good numbers. Like I said, only a few of those will mature.
After my ultrasound, I met with a nurse and one of the other RE's at my clinic. He was super nice and funny. Dr.F had left instructions on my file regarding the dose of Puregon I should be on (66 mg) but he didn't agree with her at first. He said that I have a high AFC and that using that dose may result in too many mature follicles and I should only take 50 mg. Then he read my chart further and discovered that I only have one tube and decided on 58 mg.
The nurse then showed me how to work the puregon pen. Partway through the instruction, the RE popped his head in the room again and changed my dose to 66. He said he didn't want risk not developing any of the follicles on my L side and have to cancel the cycle as a result.
I then went to the in-clinic pharmacy and picked up my puregon. It comes with a little pouch to carry all the supplies in and another pouch to keep the used sharps.
I have to take the shot at the same time every day. I chose 9:00pm just in case we go out for dinner or something one night, that way I don't have to worry about bringing it with me and injecting myself in a public washroom... I was so apprehensive about sticking my self tonight that I ended up pricking my self twice because I chickened out a little too late once before finally going through with it.
No side effects so far, fingers crossed it stays that way.
This morning I had my first monitoring appointment with my new clinic. After telling the receptionist know I was there I went and sat in the little waiting room. The blood nurse called my name and I had one vial of blood taken. I miss the blood nurse from my old clinic... she never hurt or bruised me. Not that this one particularly hurt, and my bruise is not very big, but it's tender.
After that I went back to the little waiting room until it was my turn for an ultrasound. First they did the regular abdominal ultrasound and then they did the trans-vaginal aka cooter cam. This was the first time it was almost painful. I'm not sure why that was, but I hope it was a 1 time thing.
Today they were looking for what's called Antral Follicle Count (AFC). This is the number of follicles present at the beginning of a cycle. These follicles are all very small and in a normal cycle, only one will grow to maturity and the others will disappear.
In an IVF cycle they try to get as many of those Antral Follicle to grow as possible aiming for between 10-15. Too many can lead to complications too. In an IUI cycle, like we are doing now, they want less than that but still more than one. In my case, they want to make sure that at least 1 or 2 of those are on the L because my R tube is gone.
I had 11 on my L and 15 on my R. Those are good numbers. Like I said, only a few of those will mature.
After my ultrasound, I met with a nurse and one of the other RE's at my clinic. He was super nice and funny. Dr.F had left instructions on my file regarding the dose of Puregon I should be on (66 mg) but he didn't agree with her at first. He said that I have a high AFC and that using that dose may result in too many mature follicles and I should only take 50 mg. Then he read my chart further and discovered that I only have one tube and decided on 58 mg.
The nurse then showed me how to work the puregon pen. Partway through the instruction, the RE popped his head in the room again and changed my dose to 66. He said he didn't want risk not developing any of the follicles on my L side and have to cancel the cycle as a result.
I then went to the in-clinic pharmacy and picked up my puregon. It comes with a little pouch to carry all the supplies in and another pouch to keep the used sharps.
I have to take the shot at the same time every day. I chose 9:00pm just in case we go out for dinner or something one night, that way I don't have to worry about bringing it with me and injecting myself in a public washroom... I was so apprehensive about sticking my self tonight that I ended up pricking my self twice because I chickened out a little too late once before finally going through with it.
No side effects so far, fingers crossed it stays that way.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A Fresh Start
CD1
Today I was finally able to call into the clinic to start my very first IUI cycle! I haven't been so happy to see AF in a really long time. It means we get to start trying something! I'm still nervous about the injectables, but I know I can do it.
I will do anything for this.
I am not looking forward to the next 8 months at work... or in general. A co-worker has announced her pregnancy. I don't work real closely with her, but she is part of the group that I go scrapbooking with. I would go scrapbooking to avoid doing things with pregnant people, and now I've lost that escape :( Also, my friend and co-worker M just found out she is expecting. She is filling in for T while T is on mat leave. There must be something about that office... the one right outside mine... where I can hear everyone drop by and say congratulations every 5 min... She hasn't announced yet, she's only 5 weeks along, so I have another 2 months before that starts again, but I feel like it finally just stopped when T left.
Another one bites the dust.
M was also struggling to conceive. They started trying around the same time as we did, but they took a couple of breaks because they weren't sure they really wanted it. They started seeing Dr. M after we did and I felt really bad when I left the clinic after referring her there. They decided to try a couple of cycles with the same drug that I used, and were successful on their 2nd month.
I am the only one left.
My entire circle of friends in Guelph (not that it is very big) is either pregnant or has kids except me.
It still amazes me how quickly some people forget their struggles. Every day for lunch M and I would get the same thing, a turkey sandwich with a side salad. Well, now that she's pregnant she can't eat lunch meat and has had to find something else to eat. And more than once she has commented that she is jealous that I can still eat our lunch. Really?? I finally said to her on Monday "I hope you'll forgive me if I don't feel sorry for you..." I tried to say it really nicely, but I hope I made my point. We haven't had lunch together since so it remains to be seen.
Today I was finally able to call into the clinic to start my very first IUI cycle! I haven't been so happy to see AF in a really long time. It means we get to start trying something! I'm still nervous about the injectables, but I know I can do it.
I will do anything for this.
I am not looking forward to the next 8 months at work... or in general. A co-worker has announced her pregnancy. I don't work real closely with her, but she is part of the group that I go scrapbooking with. I would go scrapbooking to avoid doing things with pregnant people, and now I've lost that escape :( Also, my friend and co-worker M just found out she is expecting. She is filling in for T while T is on mat leave. There must be something about that office... the one right outside mine... where I can hear everyone drop by and say congratulations every 5 min... She hasn't announced yet, she's only 5 weeks along, so I have another 2 months before that starts again, but I feel like it finally just stopped when T left.
Another one bites the dust.
M was also struggling to conceive. They started trying around the same time as we did, but they took a couple of breaks because they weren't sure they really wanted it. They started seeing Dr. M after we did and I felt really bad when I left the clinic after referring her there. They decided to try a couple of cycles with the same drug that I used, and were successful on their 2nd month.
I am the only one left.
My entire circle of friends in Guelph (not that it is very big) is either pregnant or has kids except me.
It still amazes me how quickly some people forget their struggles. Every day for lunch M and I would get the same thing, a turkey sandwich with a side salad. Well, now that she's pregnant she can't eat lunch meat and has had to find something else to eat. And more than once she has commented that she is jealous that I can still eat our lunch. Really?? I finally said to her on Monday "I hope you'll forgive me if I don't feel sorry for you..." I tried to say it really nicely, but I hope I made my point. We haven't had lunch together since so it remains to be seen.
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