So over this-

Rough morning-
Just leaving my doctor appointment for another sono and more bloodwork.
I'm really emotional today. Today is the first day for tears bc I'm starting to get nervous, stressed, anxious etc..... Not to mention I'm super sore. My stomach is bruised and riddled with injection marks. Let's not forget the lovely F'ing wand at my doctor's office which is just awful. I hate that thing. I really hate this entire process. It's just not fair-

The appointment went well I guess-
Follies are there and growing, fibroid may cause problems during retrieval but we will see.
It looks like a may need to reorder some meds which is totally bumming me out. I may need more Menopur and possibly more Follistim. The two most expensive freaking drugs and there's still $500 to pay for the anesthesia.

I'm just feeling blue today-
I'm so tired of these shots and feeling like crap. My appointments are in the morning so they are screwing up my workouts. I'm just ready for this to be over. Praying that it works the first time!

Looking Good-

Just leaving my appointment-
Had my blood drawn and a sonogram-
Things are going well. I had a lot of good sized follicles. On the right side however my fibroid is blocking a lot of my follicles so my doctor said it'll be a hard retrieval on that side. He's hoping my ovary will get heavy and push my fibroid down. We will see how it goes. I'm currently on Day5 of Stims and at my appointment my doctor told me to go home and take a full dose of ganierelix starting today and each morning for the next few days.
I go back in for another sono this Saturday and more bloodwork-

My egg retrieval should be next Thursday or Friday then bed rest.
The embryo transfer will be the following Tuesday or Wednesday morning. I'm so excited that everything is moving along in the right direction.

Stims have started!!!

Saturday morning I went in for a sono and a another stim medication teaching since its been so long due to my protocol delays.  Everything looked well and I had a good amount of follicles on each side.
I went ahead and paid the remaining $1000 for ICSI plus a $60 fee for a previous lab that I hadn't paid for.

On Sunday morning I started my stim meds. I had to take 150ml of Follistim and Menopur in the AM  and the same dosage in the PM. I also changed my Minivelle patch Sunday night.

As for the shots, they weren't that bad. You could definitely feel the medication and I had slight redness on both sides.

I go back to the doctor Thursday morning for more blood work and instruction on the remaining stim meds and timeline.

Damn Minivelle Patch

Sooooooo today I got home from the gym to find that my Minivelle patch (that's supposed to be changed every 4 days) had rolled up like a burrito😩
I'm assuming it was due to my workout because I work out 3-5 times a week and I sweat a lot!
I called my doctor's office and they told me I needed to change it. I moved the location down to right above my vaginal area and I'm not sure it's going to work out-

I feel like this is going to be really problematic. I need this estrogen dammit!

Finally Moving Forward🙌🏾

FINALLY my progesterone levels are high enough! I just got the call from my doctor! My levels were at a 9.2 which was great bc I needed to be over an 8. After three months of setbacks I started my ganierelix and minivelle patch TONIGHT!!!!! We are off to the races people! 🙌🏾😄

So the injection was ok, the needle was short and thin and my hubby was quick. The medicine now that burned a bit. After the injection I put on my Minivelle patch which I'm suppose to change every 4 days.

I also have a sonogram Saturday morning at 8:15 to check the progress-
I'm so excited, anxious, happy and nervous. I'm pretty much every emotion under the sun.