Hoping for a Chance: I think I feel something!

Monday, June 20, 2011

I think I feel something!

LOL
I woke up this morning, rolled out of bed, grabbed my meds and did my shots. I feel like I have a routine down pretty well, but unfortunately, my stomach is already really bruised on one side which limits where I can do the injections. With 3 injections a day (1 lupron and 2 stim shots) it is getting harder and harder to find vacant real estate (even with my fat belly!).

About an hour after I did my shot this morning I really started to feel something going on in my ovaries. Stronger on the left, but also on the right... Could it be? Is it possible? Are my ovaries actually RESPONDING to the 450 units a day of follicle stimulation drugs?! Time will tell.

I have my first monitoring appointment on Wednesday morning. I'll be sure to keep you posted :)

3 comments:

Mr. and Mrs. MissyCrissyJune 20, 2011 at 10:40 AM
Good luck at your appt on Wed! Grow follies grow!!!!
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Words Like SwordsJune 20, 2011 at 9:37 PM
Hooray! Good luck. I'm excited for your monitoring appointment!
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ScubagirlJune 20, 2011 at 10:32 PM
GL!!
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Glossary of acronyms and terms

2ww- Two week wait, the 2 weeks after ovulation before testing for pregnancy

3dt and 5dt- 3 and 5 day transfer. This refers to how long after retrieval, transfer is done. Generally 3dt is done when there are fewer embryos to chose from, 5dt allows you to watch and see which embies are most likely to make it prior to transfer.

AF- Aunt Flo (period)

BBT- Basal body temparature, waking temperature used for charting

Beta- Beta HCG levels in the blood are used to determine pregnancy. Betas should double every 48-72 hours in the weeks following implantation. Once the level is over 2000, the doubling will slow down.

BFN- Big fat negative (negative HPT)

BFP- Big fat positive

CD- Cycle day (CD1 is first day of period)

Chart- Taking temparature every morning to look for a pattern of ovulation

CH- Crosshairs, lines that mark ovulation on fertility friend

DPO- Days past/post ovulation

ER- Egg retrieval. This consists of sticking a needle transvaginally and aspirating the follicles to get eggs directly from the ovaries

ET- Embryo transfer. The procedure is similar to IUI, but instead of sperm, embryo(s) are placed in the uterus. My clinic does this under ultrasound guidance so you can see the embies get put in.

FF- Fertility Friend, the software that I use to chart

IF- Infertility

IUI- Intrauterine insemination

IVF- In vitro fertilization

HCG- Human chorionic gonadotropin, hormone detected in pregnancy tests

HPT- Home pregnancy test

O- Ovulation

OPK- Ovulation predictor kit

PG- Pregnant

POAS- Pee on a stick, take a pregnancy test

Stims- Injectable medications that stimulate follicle production (follicle stimulating hormone +/- leutenizing hormone)

Trigger- Injection that triggers ovulation, usually HCG