Retrieval tomorrow

We have to be at Walter Reed at 6am tomorrow for retrieval. Our retrieval will probably be around 8am. I was thinking about staying up there afterwards but it will depend on how I feel after the surgery. Personally I would like to come straight home like last time so I am praying that everything goes smoothly and I don't have any issues.

Triggering!

I got the call to trigger tonight at 9:30pm. I am excited to finally move on to the next stage. We had about 33 follicles ranging from 7-22mm. My lining is thick though and I still don't know how that will affect things. They like it to be between 8-15mm but mine is currently at 17mm. I am praying for good quality eggs and embryos as well as a Big Fat Postive (BFP).

Ultrasound/Bloodwork Update

Our ultrasound on Thursday showed that we had 33 follicles ranging in size from 7-13mm. I was very happy with that considering my symptoms have been quite minimal this time around. My main symptom is abdominal discomfort. We have another ultrasound tomorrow so I am hoping that they are continuing to grow as expected.

We did get a call from the nurse though changing the med dose. They took me off of the Menopur completely for now which I can't say I mind considering that one burns. They increased the Gonal-F to 112.5 though.

Another day another trip

We leave again early tomorrow morning (2:30am) to travel to Walter Reed. I really hate having to drive so far but it is so much more relaxing being home during this cycle. I did start to see an acupuncturist as well to help with my stress and nerves. I will keep everyone posted on how that goes. It was definately very strange having needles everywhere.

So far I am on day 5 of stims and we will find out tomorrow how many follicles there are as well as what size they are. I am really trying hard to not worry about anything but it can be difficult when I can't see what is going on. I can feel some heaviness and twinges so we'll see. We should be back by the afternoon tomorrow (it's going to be a long day) so I will post the results as soon as I can.

Stimming

Ok we started stimming last night, again! I was hoping that this time around would go much smoother and without mistakes but alas I was wrong. We messed up the Gonal-F shot again this time, different mistake but yet again. So instead of getting 75iu I probably got 112.5iu. Oopps. It's probably not an issue though. I do, however, already have two bruises (battle wounds) from the Lupron shots. I go in for blood work on Tuesday. I am also starting acupuncture tomorrow. If I like it I may do it again although it is pricey. We shall see.

I Can Start!

AF did show so I was able to start bcp's and lupron. I stop bcp's on April 28 and wait for another AF to arrive. My baseline is scheduled for May 3rd. Tentative egg retrieval is scheduled for May 19th. Yay, I am excited.

Good news

We were worried that we wouldn't be able to make the May cycle because my period hadn't come. Apparently it is very normal after an early miscarriage to have a wacky cycle. I was informed by the nurse that if it didn't come by the end fo this week then we would have to wait and do the July cycle. It came so yay! I started bcp's today and I am just waiting to talk to the nurse tomorrow.