IVF Injection Days 2-5

Sorry I haven't been updating as much as I had hoped.

These meds are really throwing me for a loop.

I was really nauseous at the beginning and am VERY tired and bloated!

Monday night I insisted that J gave me at least one of the injections.

Knowing how squeamish he is around anything medical, I knew I was in for a real treat.

I had him give me the easiest of the two...Folistim.  It's in a handy dandy pen,

and all you do is push down on the top.  After he was all done, he was sweating

bullets and had to sit down before he passed out.

No Joke!

Guess we'll have to work on that a little more.

ha ha ha

I had my first appointment at my Reprodcutive Endocrinologist (ER) Tuesday morning.

It was just for blood work.  I got a call later in the day that it was a good level for

where I was in the cycle and to continue what I was doing.  I also had an Acupuncture

appointment later that morning.  I told her about my nausea and fatigue and

she said that my chi was "rebelling" because it was revved up a little too much.

And as for the fatigue, well she said that I am essentially "running a genetic marathon

by asking my body to produce a years worth of eggs all in one month,"

so being tired is expected.  But anyway, she geared my treatment towards calming

my chi down in hopes of getting rid of the nausea.

The session felt AMAZING.

I was able to really get into a deep relaxation and felt refreshed when it was over.

I was also truly amazed that when I rose my nausea was completely GONE...
and has stayed away ever since!

WOW!

Injections that night were easy peasy!

Day 4 (Wednesday) was a much better day.  My nausea was gone.

I managed to get a little bit of the bloating down by drinking Powerade.

I did some editing and rested.

We now have cable again after going the past 2 yrs without,

so I have been busy finding movies on HBO, Showtime, ect to DVR and watch during the day.

It's the little things that bring me joy.  :)

This morning was my Day 5 appointment with my RE.  I had an Ultrasound and blood work.

I will not get my estrogen level back until this afternoon,

but I did manage to get pics of my ovaries from the ultrasound.

 I have put an arrow next to the big black blob things, also known as follicles.

Hopefully within each of these is a cute little egg that will be mature by next weeks harvest.

Some now for some stats...

I have 15 follicles total!!  WOO HOO!!

My right ovary has 5 follicles, measuring 14mm, two at 7mm and two at 4mm.

My left ovary has 10 follicles, measuring two at 11.5mm, two at 10.5 mm and the

rest are between 4-7 mm.

To put this into size reference; the bigger ones are the size of a blueberry,

while the littler ones are the size of a pea.

No wonder I feel like an overstuffed sausage!
In the end, my RE would like to have multiple follicles,
upwards of 10-15 follicles, over 18mm before going in to harvest.
PS...18mm is about the size of a grape.
So by the time next week rolls around, I will essentially have
clusters of 5 & 10 grapes inside my lower abdomen.
Fantastic!

Well it's been a long day and I am exhausted.

Time for pajama pants, warm tea and a good movie.