On Thursday I went to get my big box of fun, which I had delivered to my doctor's office. Meh. No biggie. It sat in the big ole' box in my kitchen until today. But when I unloaded it onto the counter, and the wine bottle just "happened" to be in the background, I couldn't resist snapping a pic. I was obligated. I may partake in some wine this weekend, kind of (hopefully) a "goodbye my sweet nectar of happiness" drink. On Friday I went to Doctor unbelieveablylongname (hematologist). Last Tuesday, if you recall, was just a training with the nurse on how to give the shot, and blood work. The bloodwork came back fine, and the doctor just asked me 10 different ways if I was sure I wanted to do this. No, I don't really want to do this. Yes, I am willing to do this if you and my doctor think it will help. Yes, I realize it will be a pain (pun intended) to give myself Lovenox shots for nine months. We also discussed insurance, and she said she'd never had anyone denied treatment for this reason, but there was always the possibility. So, I got the script and am waiting for them to call me and let me know. I do have crappy insurance, so we'll see. Apparently this stuff is really expensive. She did give me prefilled syringes, which I think is kind of groovy.
I also emailed my boss to let him know were were doing this. Even with an email, this is always awkward for me. He was cool about it.
Last night I started my period. I really have no freakin' personality when I am PMS'ing. I'm not grouchy, I'm not emotional, I don't really have my usual sense of humor, I'm just blah. Anyone else feel that way? Definitely a trend with me.
I went to a very busy R.E.'s office this morning for my baseline ultrasound. Everything was fine. I'm good to go.
I stop taking Estrace tomorrow. I start stims tomorrow. So, Sunday night will be my first day of stims. 450iu of GonalF and 30iu Low Dose HCG.
Wednesday, I have an early morning monitoring appointment (Ultrasound/Estrodial).
I can't tell you how many times I've gone back to my blog to check on things. For instance, last November/December when I was doing this, I stimmed for 9 days. If this goes anything like that, I'll be doing retrieval sometime between the 12th and the 15th... or something like that. All speculation, I know. But still...
Here we go again...
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I'm just about a week ahead of you (I'm on stim day 8). Best wishes on the cycle!
Oh, and FWIW, if your insurance doesn't cover Lovenox, regular heparin is cheap. My doctor wrote me a prescription for Fragmin (like Lovenox), told me it's something like $500, and said if insurance doesn't cover it, just say "no thanks" and she'd write me a new one for regular unfractioned heparin (which I took during a previous pregnancy).
Sending good thoughts your way.
I hope this is "IT" for you. We are all rooting for you!!
Love the wine bottle in the background. Is it strange that it's the first thing I noticed? lol :D
So glad it is underway...I hope you have to wait a very long time before having that wine.
BTW, did you get my package?
sending you TONS of luck
I so hope the shots will do the trick - and of course that everything else goes perfectly, too.
It's like charging into battle again - although the battle cry of the infertile may well be "One last glass of wine!"
tons of luck and good thoughts. really hope that this is IT. really, really hoping that you enjoyed some of that wine.
Woohoo! Here's to starting a new cycle. Today will be day 10 of stims for me, and I'm hoping tomorrow morning's monitoring appointment will be the one where they give me my trigger/retrieval date. So Wednesday for me, maybe? Who knows. The more I think about it, the more I get the feeling that they are cycling me around their schedule, not what's best for me, necessarily. I just hope that by Monday, my eggs haven't over-ripened, or whatever.
Oh, and I LOVE the wine included in the massive pile o' drugs. Perfect!
Good luck beginning stims today! And with the whole cycle! I'm cheering you on!!
Oh how I want this to work for you!! Just covering you all up in prayer. :)
((HUGS))
Thanks for the kind words on my blog.
I hope this IVF works for you. Third time's the charm, you know. :-)
I am sure you are feeling the dread of it all starting again but I am excited and will continue hoping for you.
I noticed the wine bottle before you mentioned it too. I hope you were able to enjoy and then put it away for 10 months or so!
Yay for a box-o-fun! I think a bottle of wine should be included in it!
I'm starting Lupron tomorrow, so it looks like our cycles will be close, I think?
Wishing, hoping, praying that this is IT for you!
Best of luck with this round PJ! I will be praying that this is your last round of IVF because it results in a happy, healthy baby in 9 mos. *fingers and toes crossed*
I thought the wine was part of the prescription package- stims, suppressives, and a nice bottle of relaxation.
Good luck with all of it. And remember that you've got lucky meds this time. ending fertile follie thoughts your way...
Fingers crossed.
Good luck this time around. May it not be as hellish as the last ones, and get you better results:-)
PJ! I hope you drank that wine and enjoyed it and that you won't be able to drink it again for months and months and months...
Hope the lovenox is covered.
Hope your monitoring appointment went well today. LOVE that you have wine--that is a must during injections.
So cheers to you: you are back in the saddle, and we are all cheering you along!!
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