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24-9-2008 - IVF Cycle 1

My mood while writing this blog: Fine

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November 15th: Well, we had our three hour consultation with our Doctor at the Fertility office yesterday. We also met our nurse and the financial advisor. My insurance covers everything exept my co-pay for office visit and medications. Here's what when down: it turns out that I ovulation on Saturday night/Sunday morning all on my own. They did all the required blood work on me and my husband. They also did another sperm analysis on hubby. It turns out that his sperm morphology is very low so we are candidates to move right to IFV. According to my internal ultrasound I had 6 folicles on my right ovary (which was where I ovulated from a few days ago) and 9 folicles on my left ovary. God must have made this appointment available to me for a reason because when we met with the nurse she said we are at the perfect day of my cycle to start treatment immediately. My medications were delivered today and I start Lupron tonight. I have to go back on 11/23 for blood work and an utrasound early in the morning and then I will start Gonal F that night along with HCG and a lower dose of Lupron. That is also the day hubby starts his Doxycycline. They are optomistic that my retrieval day will be between 12/11 and 12/13 and the my transfer day will be between 12/14 and 12/18. The earliest they will be able to do a blood pregnancy test is.......Christmas morning. How cool would that be? I also asked them if the Lupron would hurt me if I'm already pregnant. They said no and also informed me that there is a very slight chance of getting pregnant on our own due to the morphology report. It pretty much indicates that his sperm meets my egg but isn't strong enough to completely penetrate the outer shell. So all these month of trying since his last analysis was pretty much a waste since our chances are so small. I wish my OB/GYN would have said something to us about that. We would have schedule this appointment months ago. Anyway, no point in looking back. I feel very good about this and my doctor is very nice with a great sense of humor. I will update my VIP page as often as possible over the next few weeks. As it turns out, this is all falling right in the middle of getting my kitchen remodeled so my time will be limited. Oh, yeah, and we also went to a two hour class last night on how to administer the shots. I've been calling it "shot class". Good Luck and ~*~*~BABYDUST~*~*~ to all...

November 16th: I took my very first Lupron shot last night at about 7pm. I didn't even feel it. Not much else to report. Good Luck and ~*~*~BABYDUST~*~*~ to all...

November 24th: Today is day 1 of my cycle so I will be going to the fertility center on Monday for day 3 testing. They will also adjust/change my meds. I will take 5cc of lupron and I will start the Gonal F. Hubby will also start his antibiotics twice a day. My cycle was a little late so I won't have my first pregnancy test until December 28th now. I will update more once I hear back from them. Good Luck and ~*~*~BABYDUST~*~*~ to all...

November 26th: I went to the fertility center this morning for my day 3 blood work and ultrasound. They said everything looks great and we are ready to move forward. They will call me later this afternoon with the changes to my medications and blood results. Right now it looks like my retrieval will be on December 14th and the transfer will be on December 17th (day 3) or December 19th (day 5). My first pregnancy test will not be until December 28th. The second one will be on December 30th and the final results will be on January 1st, 2008. Talk about a HAPPY NEW YEAR for me, huh?. That would be the best ever if it worked on the first try. My due date would be August 31st (which will be 24 years and 6 days from the day my husband and I first met). I will update more once I hear back with my results. Good luck and ~*~*~babydust~*~*~ to all...

November 27th: I received a call from the Fertility center this morning. I will start the Gonal F (450cc) and the Low Dose HCG (15cc) tonight along with the Lupron (5cc). Tomorrow and Thursday I will take Gonal F (250cc each) in the morning and at night, low dose HCG (15cc) and lupron (5cc) at night. Then Friday morning I will take a dose of Gonal F (225cc) in the morning and then go back for more blood work and another ultrasound between 6 and 7:30 am. If those results come back as good as my last ones, my retreival date will be between December 7th and 9th and the transfer will be between December 10th and the 14th (depending on if its day 3 or 5). They keep changing these dates on me but my feeling is "the sooner the better". Let's get me a BFP right away. Everyone please pray for me. I wish you all luck and lots of ~*~babydust~*~. I will update more towards the end of the week.

November 28th: Okay, so taking 3 shots at once is not so much fun but I keep reminding myself of the end results. I took my first morning shot of Gonal F (225cc) today and will have 3 shots again tonight. It will be the same for tomorrow and then just the morning shot of Friday and back to the fertility center between 6 and 7:30 am for more blood work and another ultrasound. I will then get further instructions for my meds and when to take my "trigger" shot (which is exactly 36 hours prior to retreival). I'll update more later in the week or over the weekend. Good Luck and ~*~*~babydust~*~*~ to all...

November 30th: Went again this morning for blood work and an ultrasound. I had 15 folicles between both ovaries. And my blood work came back great. They are lowering my PM dose of Gonal F from 225cc to 150cc. I go back on Sunday morning for more blood work and another ultrasound. They think my retrieval will be either Thursday or Friday. I'll know more on Sunday when they call me with those results. They will adjust my meds if necessary and probably tell me when to take my "trigger" shot. I feel very confindent that this will work on the first try. Please keep me in your prayers. I'll update more then. Good Luck and ~*~*~babydust~*~ to all...

December 3rd: Went for blood work and an ultrasound yesterday. Everything came back great. I have about 18 follicles (of which about 11 are good as of yesterday). They said I'll go back on Tuesday (tomorrow) for more blood work and another ultrasound and that my retreival may be Saturday or Sunday. They started my kitchen today so I have no stove, oven, sink or dishwasher. Not to mention there is only electricity in half my house until the electrician get there tomorrow to cut the live wires. I guess you can say "I want it all and I want it now" as far as a baby and my kitchen is concerned. Well, I'll update more in a couple days. Good luck and ~*~babydust~*~ to all...

December 4th: Just got back from the Fertility center. My blood results won't be in until later this afternoon but now they think my retreival will be on Friday. I have to go back again tomorrow for more blood work and another ultrasound. I'll update more later when I hear back from them about my blood work from today. Good luck and ~*~*~babydust~*~*~ to all...

December 5th: Well my retreival surgery is definately Friday. My blood work from yesterday was good and my follicle count is 19 (with 11 at 10mm or bigger). I won't know until late Friday how many eggs they got. Then I will be notified on Monday morning how many are fertilized and viable for transfer. The transfer could be Monday afternoon or Wednesday afternoon. My first pregnacy test will be between December 21st and the 23rd. Oh, by the way, my kitchen is coming along. They are right on schedule and will be done with the cabinets by Friday. Then it's time for the painter and floor guy the week of December 10th. The cabinet guy will come back on December 14th to put the base molding around the bottom of my cabinets and put in the island. My appliances are being delivered on December 15th and the tile guy won't be in until after the New Year (hopefully on 1/4 or 1/5) to do my back splash. I will update my page again over the weekend. Please keep me in your prayers. Good luck and ~*~babydust~*~ to all...

December 6th: Well, I went again this morning for blood work and an ultrasound. They just called and everything looks great. I have to be there by 8:30 tomorrow morning for retrieval surgery at 10. I will get a call later letting me know how many eggs they got. Then they will call me sometime on Saturday to let me know how may they were able to fertilize (we are having a procedure called ICSI - that's when they fertilize the eggs in the lab). Then I won't hear from them again until Monday when they tell me if my transfer is that afternoon or Wednesday afternoon. I will keep you all posted. Good Luck and ~*~babydust~*~ to all...

December 10th: Retrieval surgery took about 12 minutes and went well on Friday. They got 24 eggs. 12 were fertilized (via ICSI) and there were 9 viable remaining when they called me on Saturday morning. The progesterone shots are going okay. The key is to keep buys for an hour after so my husband gives me the shot and then I start dinner. It's a little difficult as my kitecdh still isn't finished yet. It won't be done until next Monday. So they called me today and I have having a day 5 transfer (which will be 2 embryos). They will do my pregnancy test on December 23rd. I hope and pray this works the first time. Good luck and ~*~babydust~*~ to all...

December 14th: The transfer was very emotional. I saw pictures of the 2 fertilized eggs prior and cried. Hubby got very emotional afterwards. I hope this is my month. I go for blood work tomorrow (to check progesterone levels) and then my first pregnancy is on the 21st. Good luck and ~*~babydust~*~ to all...

December 15th: Went for blood work this morning. My progesterone was over 40. Not sure what that means. I hope it's a good sign. Usually they just tell me my blood results were good but today they made sure I knew what the level was. Anyone know what it means? Good luck and ~*~babydust~*~ to all...

December 18th: I am so tired I can't even keep my eyes open. I am hoping this is a good sign. So far, time has been going by pretty quickly. I've been really busy at work so it's going okay. I think the worst part will be waiting for the results after they take my blood on Friday morning. I want this more than anything in the world. That would be the best Christmas gift God could ever give me. Good luck and ~*~babydust~*~ to all...

December 20th: I've been spotting the last few days so I'm not so sure I'll get a BFP tomorrow. I'm not getting my hopes up only be disappointed yet again. I'll post my results tomorrow. Good Luck and ~*~BABYDUST~*~ to all...

December 21st: Results are BFN...There is nothing else to say.

December 27th: I want to thank everyone for your thoughts and prayers. I needed some time to myself to absorb the results and get thru Christmas. I hope everyone had a good one. I spoke to my nurse yesterday and I have my follow up appointment on January 22nd at 6:00am. I only have one frozen embryo left so I have decided to do another full cycle (retrieval and transfer). I think my shots will start on day 21 (which is January 12th) and my next cycle should start on January 19th or 20th. This way make it easier as my follow up appointment will be on day 3 or 4 of my cycle so they can do the blood work while I'm already there. My retrieval and transfer won't be until early February (Hubbys birthday is the 5th) and pregnancy test will be around Valentine's Day or a little after. Hopefully the second time is the charm for me. It will actually be cycle 26 as there is always a month in between IVF attempts. Good luck and ~*~babydust~*~ to all...

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