A new look

Well tonight I had a near meltdown when I changed the look of my blog. I saved the template, and when I switched over and reloaded the template, I had lost all of my information. I was beyond upset. Dear hubby came to the rescue and got me back in shape. The purpose of this blog has always been so I have a detailed account of what has happened during our journey to Baby Ru.

So now I have a new look and I feel a whole lot better than I did 30 minutes ago. Starting stims at the end of this week. Keeping those fingers crossed...

Game On!

With all signs looking down, today turned out to not be such a bad day. I went in for my early AM appt only to see the cyst still there on my left ovary. I cried during the sono out of frustration thought it would be a pretty slim chance seeing stims this month. I had my blood taken and off I went, down as ever.

This afternoon I called back in for my results. I found out my estradiol went from 466 last Monday down to 44 today. I was so grateful. So even though I missed this weeks stim cycle, I start stims the 2oth with an ER the first week of December. We will see what happens next...

And there it is.... a cyst

I have a cyst on my left ovary. I guess it isn't a true cyst. It is a bit smaller than what is considered a cyst, but it is producing enormous amounts of Estradiol. My estradiol level is 466 and they want it to be under 50, so yah......

Now I have to go back on the pill for a week, taking the pill 3 times a day and I get rechecked on Monday. I am not sure what this means for us, but I am trying to keep thinking positive.

Now what else can happen? Just waiting.....

Baseline tomorrow

There is nothing like a date with the sono machine to start up a new IVF cycle. Tomorrow at 7am, I will be in the Doctor's office getting checked out and Thursday I start stims. Shots have been going ok. The lupron headache started yesterday and it is better today. Having back spasms from the football game yesterday. Yes... I am falling apart.

Feeling so Full!

Tonight we are at the inlaws and I feel so full. We ate at TGI Friday's and I enjoyed a nice dinner, but I still feel so bleh! I think I have felt bloated since I was doing estrogen for our FET and it just hasn't gone away.

Started Lupron tonight... stims coming soon... more feeling full to come. Atleast I have my yoga pants on :)

IVF #2 is on like Donkey Kong

Dr. J walked in to the room, and boy, that man just knows how to put you at ease. DH and I feel so comfortable with him, even under the circumstances. We let us know that he really couldn't figure out why our embryos didn't make it through the freeze/thaw. We thought this would be the case. Dr. J did indicate that he thought something might have not gone right at the lab, as much as he has every confidence in the world with the lab. He said our embryos are too good for this to be happening.

I asked him if we should worry about our embryos, if they were good enough? And he repeated again and again that they were very good. We felt better.

We then talked about what would be different this time. He wants to get past the 3-day mark and let them grow out to blast. So we will be doing a 5 day transfer and if we can, a 5 day thaw. We increased the FSH just a little and decreased the Lupron. Here is the schedule:

Now: BCP
10/25: Lupron starts
11/6: FSH begins (follistim and then bravelle/menopur)
Week of 11/17: ER
and 5 days later... ET

In good news, I expressed our disappointment in spending so much on cryopreservation all for nothing. He then let us know that he would like to do the next freeze for free. We were flabberghasted. I cried ad we both thanked him for his kindenss. It was definitely a light at the end of our tunnel today. This man is a good man, and he is doing everything he can to get us our baby. Wish us luck!

Appointment tomorrow

Tomorrow is when we try to find out some answers to our woes. I am bummed tonight, not because we get to possibly get some answers, but because it makes me remember that I don't have my snowbabies. I just wanted a chance.... Hopefully answers soon.