Well I've been horrible at updating my blog this cycle.
Things are quickly moving along. I started stimming over the weekend and just had my first u/s appointment this morning. Things are looking good so far. This is has actually been the best start to date. The doctor said that it looks like I am having a much more "robust stimmulation" . Now if only that can translate into robust eggs and healthy embryos and then a baby!
We have about 5 or 6 follicles showing up on the chart with 13 more coming up behind, most of which were just on the edge of showing up on the chart. Grow follies grow!!
My stomach is starting to look like a battle zone. With the repronex I usually get a red circle a few inches big that lasts a few days and is at it worst about 12 hours after the injection. There is usually no pain other than when injecting. This time it looks like I am having a more adverse reaction to one of the shots. I have some VERY red marks that are super sore. It was super painful in the shower and clothes rubbing against it hurts. The thing that's weird is that it's a few inches away from where I did the actual injection. I had my usual redness at the injection site plus this. Maybe it's not even related??
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
First injection of the cycle done
Well we are officially back on this rollercoaster and the hormones have started again. Yesterday I put on the first patch and this morning was my first injection.
I was a little worried about this morning's injection as it is the first time I used this new medication. From googling, there actually seems to be a world-wide shortage of orgalutran so I was put on cetrotide instead which uses the same ingredients really but requires you to mix a powder with a liquid.
With the orgalutran I had a small red welt that would last a few hours at most and then go away. I was also super itchy right after the injection. With the cetrotide there was no itchiness, a little bit of burning but not too bad. The red welt however is much bigger. It's been an hour now and still very obviously there. We'll see how long it lasts! If this is the only side effect though I'll be happy :)
I was a little worried about this morning's injection as it is the first time I used this new medication. From googling, there actually seems to be a world-wide shortage of orgalutran so I was put on cetrotide instead which uses the same ingredients really but requires you to mix a powder with a liquid.
With the orgalutran I had a small red welt that would last a few hours at most and then go away. I was also super itchy right after the injection. With the cetrotide there was no itchiness, a little bit of burning but not too bad. The red welt however is much bigger. It's been an hour now and still very obviously there. We'll see how long it lasts! If this is the only side effect though I'll be happy :)
Monday, April 11, 2011
Things are starting to move
Well I finally got my positive OPK on Saturday about 2 days later than usual. I'll be starting the Estrogen Patch on April 18th.
I was supposed to be on Orgalutran from the 19th-21st but the clinic ran out so we'll be using cetrotide instead. I was told the side effect are the same as orgalutron; it's just more of a pain to use since it involves mixing saline water with a powder before I can inject. The Repronex and the trigger shot work the same way (everything is pretty much pre-measured so it isn't hard) so it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
Now my thing is, how does a fertility clinic run out of a fertility medication? Apparantly they won't get any orgalutran until the end of May! This happened last time with the dexamethasone but thankfully they got it in a few days before I needed it so we were ok.
I was supposed to be on Orgalutran from the 19th-21st but the clinic ran out so we'll be using cetrotide instead. I was told the side effect are the same as orgalutron; it's just more of a pain to use since it involves mixing saline water with a powder before I can inject. The Repronex and the trigger shot work the same way (everything is pretty much pre-measured so it isn't hard) so it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
Now my thing is, how does a fertility clinic run out of a fertility medication? Apparantly they won't get any orgalutran until the end of May! This happened last time with the dexamethasone but thankfully they got it in a few days before I needed it so we were ok.
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