FET #5 CD2-?

Things have been fairly smooth for this FET.  Sure, some annoying non-call backs from nurses happened but I just expect that's how it is going to be.  Here's been the breakdown:



CD2-Baseline U/S-Got the u/s done by Dr. L himself.  I'm SLOWLY warming up to the man.  DH did have to be there with me to sign consent for the FET (which I find a bit odd) and overall it was uneventful (as uneventful as a vaginal u/s on the second day of your period can be that is).  I was cleared to continue and told to come back CD 12 for a recheck.

CD3-11-Started with 1mg Estrace and am up to 6mg Estrace a day (which by the way is a lot more than what I'm comfortable with) and it makes me nauseated if taken on an empty stomach. 

CD12-Bloodwork for Estrogen level was somewhere in the 400 range.  Told that was fine. P4 (progesterone) was low which is what it should be.  U/S showed a 16mm follicle and my lining was 9.7mm.  I needed to start the PIO the next day to counteract the growing follicle.  If I ovulated on my own, it would cause my hormone levels to be off and we'd have to cancel the FET.  It all ended up being fine.

CD13-now- PIO can SUCK IT.  I thought ONE PIO injection a day was bad...I'm doing it TWICE a day!!!! TWICE.  Do you all know what that means??? It means some seriously SORE butt cheeks and a whole lot of whining from me.  I get WHY I'm doing it that way (1cc in the am, 1cc in the pm instead of 2cc in the pm) but holy wow it is awful.  For those that haven't seen my rants on PIO in the past, well, here you go.  It is a NASTY HUGE mother of a needle and goes into my butt muscle.  But here's the thing, it's not just a water like medication that's pushed into me...NO it's OIL.  THICK ugly oil that takes forever so that that dang needle seems to be stuck in my behind for far too long.  I'll drop down to once a day again starting Friday and that's helpful but seriously, no times a day is better.  I will say that I am very, very thankful that I haven't had any allergic reaction type issues this time around...yet. 

I'm also on doxycycline and prednisone type drug.  I've never taken so many meds for an FET before but hey, I'm willing to try just about anything to get our "take home baby."

The transfer is this Friday at 11:15.  I'll be doing a vaginal steam at 8:00ish, acupuncture at 10:00 and then the transfer.  I am hopeful that our baby will survive the thawing process, but there is always some doubt there. 

I love you all!  Thank you for continuing to be on this journey with us. 

FET #5

FET #5 is officially underway.  Of course it was a scramble yesterday to get things going on the clinic's end but at least it's finally happening.  I have my baseline u/s today and DH has to be with me to sign FET papers (papers to release the embryo? who knows).  I find it interesting that every RE I go to has a different protocol for these things.  I've done everything from bcp's to Lupron to just Estrace and Progesterone.  This time I've already started Estrace (1mg and building to 6mg within 10 days) and will add PIO (Progesterone in oil), Dexamethasone, Doxycycline, and Prometrium (progesterone vaginal suppositories).  It looks like I'll be doing both the injection of progesterone and the suppository at the same time.  I'm actually OK with that since I seem to have low progesterone normally. 

As of now, the transfer should be on CD 19-around Feb 21.  I'll try to keep y'all posted as to what's happening. 

As always, thank you for reading this, supporting us and praying.  It means the world to our family.