Things are getting exciting around here now o child of mine. Yesterday I started my "stimulation" medicine. Or "stims" as the fertility forums call them. These will take my now suppressed ovaries and put them into super ovulation mode. This week during my ultra sound we have an initial 17 antral follicles. We could end up with more- but my nurse said that's a good number to start with. The meds I am on now, Repronex and Follistim, will help to mature as many of those follicles as possible. During a normal cycle only one- or maybe two- will mature. Our goal is too have as many mature as possible, so we can fertilize as many as possible so we can hopefully have the very best embryos to chose from.
I am also still on the Lupron so that I don't ovulate early. That makes three shots- but luckily I get to mix the Lupron with the Repronex and only have two shots. I'm hoping that now that my Lupron dose is much lower my headaches will go away. I've basically had a headache non-stop since I started it- 11 days ago. That hasn't been the case yet- but its only day 2 of the lower dose. The shots are interesting. I wasn't sure I could give them to myself at first. And each time I go to give myself a shot I kinda freak myself out a little. The Lupron didn't really hurt that much- just itched a little afterwards. My new mixture of Lupron/Repronex burns when I am injecting it and then feels fine. The follistim itches and burns for about an hour afterward.
We aren't sure how long we will be "stimming"- it could be as short as 6 days or as long as two weeks. It basically means lots of trips to Gainesville and at the end of this week we are going to just take Polly and go live with your Uncle Adam for a few days. Gas is now at $4/gallon and even with my fake SUV its expensive to drive back and forth.
We are getting close little one. I will keep praying for our positive outcome so we can meet before the year is over.
Love,
Your very emotional mother
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