Went to see my RE today (actually she is a nurse practitioner and I love her! She is awesome!) She had me do a blood test early this morning so that we had the results in time for my appt at 2:30pm.
Picked up Hsien and headed to her office. I am glad he came and I think he was glad too. He was so intrigued by the female anatomy poster in the exam room that it was funny! Debbie (the NP) came in and introduced herself to Hsien and Hsien asked lots of great questions...I was really proud of him for stepping up like this and being interested. I know he is interested but really wanting to learn about what we are doing.
Debbie did the ultrasound on me and it came back with 1 egg on the right side and 4 on the left side. They measured about 7-8 mm. She is wanting them to grow to about 17-18mm. Also said that my estradiol level is good...134 so the injections ARE working. Hooray! She had us sit down and talk some more. She wants me to do 4 more nights of injections of 150 ui of the Menopur, do another blood test on Thurs morning before 8am and then come back for another ultrasound on Thursday at 2:50pm. She'll know at that point realistically when we can do the IUI. She is thinking Saturday or Monday probably. Eeek...I am so excited! So I feel relieved about this appt. I hardly slept last night because I was just so worried that my body might not be responding to the meds...but they are and at a good pace...not too much and not too little. Debbie also just sent me an e-mail saying that she is going to run some more blood work on my on Thursday along with my estradiol tests. So that is where we are with that. I had to go the pharmacy to buy more Menopur...that cost $165 for another 3 nights since I already have 2 vials left over. Plus my ultrasound cost $127. This stuff adds up! Ahhhh! Please please please....let this work!
Debbie kind of freaked me out a bit though. I asked her if she thinks we should proceed again right away with another cycle of shots and IUI if this month doesn't work. She said yes and recommended probably 3 rounds total. If that doesn't work the move on to IVF. She also recommended that if the IUI even works we should consider freezing some of my eggs due to my high FSH levels. It might be hard to get pregnant again. Ahhhh! So much to think about! One thing at a time though...I am going to get through this IUI first with positive vibes and hopefully a positive pregnancy test. Then at that point, Hsien and I will evaluate what we think should happen. Wouldn't it be great if I could get pregnant with twins and call it a day? Perfect...wish life worked out like we wanted to!
Overall feeling really great! My boss was excited to hear that the appt went well. She has been through all of this so she knows how I feel. It's nice getting random text messages from friends through out the day too cheering me on! I just have so much love and support from people...it's awesome!
On another note...since I stopped running and doing anything strenuous as far as working out, I was feeling blooby and bloated and fat. Blah! it was why I went back to dance classes one night a week. I HAVE to do something with my body and dance is good for my body and soul to see all of my friends. I am just not doing any situps or too much ab work. When everyone does the situps, I proceed with other stretches and say I hurt my tailbone =P When I told my friend who is also my hip hop teacher that my doctor did not want me doing any situps, her eyes got all wide and asked "Whyyy???" hehe I told her why and she understood. Another weird situation was last week I had seen a guy friend for the first time in like maybe 8 months in dance class. He is a good guy but I wanted to smack him! He is very supportive of me and Hsien having cute Asian babies (he is Asian himself) so I know his intentions are good but when he saw me, he looked at my belly and said "I would have expected some babies by now from you!" I looked at him and said "Well some of us don't have a choice in that matter" but I said it really snooty and rude. I feel bad but I was just upset. I know he doesn't know what we are going through but come on people...THINK before you say something stupid! Ugh!
So anyways....I was all stressed about putting on weight and getting out of shape. I went dress shopping with some girlfriends of mine since we are getting ready for our dance companies holiday "Prom" hehe Tried on a few dresses and luckily my dress size hasn't changed. Hooray! In fact, I brought home a new dress in a size....*drum roll please*....4!!! Okay...so I still got it I guess ;) I feel all bloated and yucky but thankfully my body has not changed. That made me feel a million times better! Can't wait to rock out that dress come Dec 18th...hopefully by then I will know I am pregnant too!!
So overall today was good!! I can relax a little bit and look forward to the appt on Thursday.
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