After 8 days of stims, we are cleared for take off! Today my E2 jumped way up to 1711, just like my RE had said it would (silly me for not trusting him that everything was "looking good"). My progesterone was 1.49 so I am very, very close. Tonight are my last stomach injections- no more Lupron and Follistim for me after that, and that's a cause for celebration in itself. My follies were all about 17-18 mm- well, the ones Dr. S measured. Jake thinks he stopped at measuring 14 follicles because he didn't feel like doing anymore, and there were many more slightly smaller ones on the screen that he didn't measure. Dr. S just said, "and there's multiple smaller ones, and we'll leave it at that." So I decided once and for all, that I am done worrying about the number and size of follicles I've got brewin'. (This does not, in any way, mean that I cannot be worried about the number of eggs retreived or fertilized however. I still reserve the right to stress about that.)
That means that we will trigger tomorrow evening, and the retrieval will be bright and early on Sunday morning. And when I say bright and early I mean- be there at 7 am, leave our house at 5 am. To celebrate the 4th of July, I get my first shot-free day in a long, long time (and hopefully for a long long time afterwards). And I get to go to bed early. Wohoo.
My stomach is ready for a break. I feel lucky that the largest bruises I got were the size of a pea, but just about every follistim shot left me with a purple mark. My stomach has purple polka dots. I'm not sure I'm quite ready to hand over the needle reigns to Jake though, or my rear. I was unaware that the nurse would mark a big X in a rectangle with permanent marker on my upper backside today to help Jake find the spot. This presented a little problem.
See, I had a massage appointment today at 2 pm. How to explain the large X and not die from embarrassment? I tried a large band aid, but that didn't work because you could still see the X through the gauze. So I gave up trying to hide it. While I was face down, she said, "did you go to the doctor today?" I told her, "yes, I have to administer an injection tomorrow." Then she asked if they used permanent marker because she wanted to make sure the massage oil wouldn't take it off. It took off a little, but you can still see it. I'm just glad I was face down so she could see my how embarrassed I felt or how red my face was. Hmmm. How ironic and fitting that embarrassed has the words bare ass in it.
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I'm impressed that you can give yourself the shots in the belly! DH gave me my first trigger in the upper backside region last night, and I was FREAKING out, but we did fine. Just don't watch him do it. I buried my face in the pillow, and before I knew it we were done!
Good luck with everything, I hope you get lots of fabulous looking eggs!
Great news! I had a feeling it'd be Sunday. Hope you get fantastic results.
I've actually given myself all shots for all the infertility stuff over the years - DH hates needles and blood (and pain). I've even given the IM HCG trigger in my butt a couple times. Didn't really hurt much actually, and I could twist around far enough to hit the target easily. So if he chickens out for the PIO, I'm sure you'll be able to handle it too.
I'm so excited for you!! Good luck with the trigger shot tomorrow. I'll be thinking about you and praying that Sunday morning goes really well!!
At least she recognized that you'd been to the doctor! :) Too funny! Yay for egg retrieval day! It's coming up fast!
Ah, the joys of IVF. At least the massage therapist was fairly understanding.
Good luck with the IM injections! Try to be patient with the hubby. It may take him a day or two to get the hang of it. I remember the first shot Hubby gave me. He sort of freaked out a little and I had the needle sticking out of me for an extra few seconds. I finally had to tell him, just push the med and get it over with! He got better the more he gave the IM injections.
Good luck!
Yay... I am excited for you! Good Luck with the ER... I will be looking forward to your ER story! Thanks for your comment yesterday!
Hahahaha...at least the massage therapist asked right away if you had been to the doctor and didn't think you and Jake were into anything weird.. :)
Oh, and have I said lately that I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU???? Because I am. Good luck, let us know how it goes ASAP. I will be thinking of you all weekend!
The but shoys aren't as bad as I thought they would be! Just numb yourself alot before!!
So exciting!!! :)
5...4...3...2...1...Blast off!!! Woohoo! What exciting news. No shots on 4th of July? That is worth a few fireworks and celebration.
Will be thinking about you and praying for you extra hard on Sunday morning!
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