March 30, 2014- I started Lupron injections this morning (10 units). I can't believe it's been a year since I've last done IVF. Only another week on bcp's but Lupron will continue for a long time yet. I'm leaving in 6 days for TX!
April 8, 2014- Here we go again. I'm sitting in the infertility/reproductive endocrinology waiting room and now it's 6:48am. So stinking early. I've already picked up my meds in the ER pharmacy and walked to the 4th floor lab for my blood draw. Ahhh the blood draw...I was given the option to have a band aid or a wrap for my arm and I decided to try the band aid since I think the binding wrap is worse than the needle poke. I chose wrong!! My needle hole refused to clot and as soon as I bent my arm the band aid center popped up and I started spraying blood everywhere. Ruined my favorite linen shoes! Blood was all down my arm and all over the floor and my bag of meds. Not cool...I'm now waiting for my ultrasound and to meet with the doc for my baseline appt. I decided to go to the medication class this afternoon even though I could probably teach the class myself. I hope I can get a nap!!!
Ultrasound was...ok. I had 5 follicles under 10mm on each side. I asked point blank about my egg quality and if he (dr. R) thought my egg quality was the cause of some of our infertility issues. Long story short, yes. My lab work is showing some egg quality issues (borderline) and because I only had 10 follicles this morning, it's pointing that way. I make a lot of eggs...but they aren't good ones. It was very hard to hear him talk about it. I knew that was probably the reason I can't sustain a pregnancy but actually hearing it was a lot harder than I thought. This whole process feels hopeless and pointless. Sure, there is always a small chance it'll work but the gamble feels more risky than usual. I'm waiting now for the medication class that I wasn't originally going to but decided it wouldn't hurt if I attended. Yippy fun fun.
April 10, 2014- I'm in Houston for the next couple of days since I don't have a doc appt for another 5 days. My medication protocol is a little intense this time. At the med class I got my directions (the real reason I was there) and I learned I'll be doing four injections per day. FOUR. That's a lot my friends. I'll continue with the Lupron (going down to 5 units from 10), follistim, menopur, and a new drug that has shown in studies to help with egg quality issues. Three injections in the morning, one at night. I do get out of PIO this round! Yay! Only one butt shot instead of like 20! I start the four shot regimen
tomorrow...
Here's a couple pics of the meds they gave me. 
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