Repeat Immune Testing & RE Follow Up:

Dr. B asked that I say on my immune medications (Prednisone, Lovenox, baby aspirin) and requested an additional/repeat immune panel of blood work to see what's going on.  That's all well and good except I hate coordinating all of it between the three clinics.  I managed to get my RE to sign off on it but it's taken longer than I'd hoped to get it all figured out.  I was supposed to have the blood work kit delivered today but because of weather issues in TN, it won't be here in time for my blood draw tomorrow. SIGH.

I started having all the lovely side effects of Prednisone about 1.5 weeks ago.  Terrible swelling in my face/hands/neck/legs/ankles, retaining water, and stomach bloating to the point of not being able to eat or button my pants (I look 6 months pregnant).  I'd like to think that if I was pregnant, I'd be able to handle it better, but I'm not...so...I'm just done.  Having to push the bloodwork even by one day makes me frustrated but at least there is an end in sight.  The Lovenox isn't fun either but it's doable (I'd do Lovenox over PIO ANY day).  The bruising is pretty bad at this point as I've been on it for a month now.  DH is TDY this week so I'm having to give them to myself...and the one this morning bruised pretty quickly with a knot/welt to go with it.  I've watched videos for tips and tricks to minimize bruising.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

New bruise on the upper right from this morning

I had my follow up with my RE this morning and it was as expected.  Some decisions do need to be made but since we most likely will be out of town with my next AF, I can't jump right back into this anyway so we have some time.  If we do IVF again for surrogacy, we talked about switching up my protocol for better stimming.  She agreed to stim longer and with micro dose Lupron this time (I've done that in the past) or stimming with Letrozole since I did well with that for my transfer cycle.

We are praying now to know what is best and for the next steps.  We don't want to push for IVF/Surrogacy if that's not the direction God has for us.  It's hard to know what is right and what to do.

Thanks as always for following along with us.