IVF #2

Start Date:  Monday, February 2, 2015

Needle Count: 36

Blood Draws: 7

Ultrasounds: 5



February 2: begin birth control pills

February 11: 10 units of Lupron @ 6:10 am

• bloated and diahrea (maybe nerves?)

February 12: 10 units of Lupron @ 6:10 am

February 13: 10 units of Lupron @ 6:30 am

February 14: 10 units of Lupron @ 7:00 am

February 15: 10 units of Lupron @ 7:00 am

• took last BCP

February 16: 10 units of Lupron

February 17: 10 units of Lupron

February 18: 10 units of Lupron

February 19: 10 units of Lupron

• really tired and no energy

February 20: 10 units of Lupron before baseline appt.

• 8 am baseline b/w and u/s (everything looks good)
• 10 am acupuncture  (trying someone new this go round!)

February 21: 10 units of Lupron

Begin Stimulating Drugs (2 shots a day)

February 22: lower dosage of Lupron to 5 units

• begin 75 units of Gonal-f (starting out super low to avoid OHSS and will be going in earlier then usual for bloodwork on Wednesday morning to check my estradiol)
• retrieval date should fall around March 5, my 32nd birthday 

February 23: 5 units of Lupron

• 75 units Gonal-f

February 24: 5 units of Lupron

• 75 units Gonal-f
• accupuncture

February 25: 5 units of Lupron

• b/w (e2 came back at 259 so instructed to lower dose)
• 50 units of Gonal-f

February 26: 5 units of Lupron

• 50 units of Gonal-f

February 27: 5 units of Lupron

• b/w and u/s (e2 came back at 220, so it dropped, told to up dose)
• 75 units of Gonal-f
• accupuncture

February 28: 5 units of Lupron

• 75 units of Gonal-f

March 1: 5 units of Lupron

• b/w
• e2 levels still look terrible, only 279
• going up to 112.5 Gonal-f tonight & tomorrow night

March 2: 5 units of Lupron

• nauseous most of the morning
• bloated
• 112.5 Gonal-f

March 3: 5 units of Lupron

• b/w and u/s 
• left ovary measured 51 mm x 38 (HUGE) with 3 measurable follicles and tons of smaller ones measuring between 9 and 11, they do not consider them measurable until they are a "12"
• my right came back at 36x20 with 1 measurable follicle and lots of smaller ones 
• e2 came back at 1,050 (yikes!)
• lower Gonal-f to 50 units 
• dr. wrote prescription for cabergoline that I will need to take the same night of my trigger shot to hopefully lessen the effects of overstimulating 
• accupuncture appt. after work 

March 4: 5 units of Lupron

• 50 units of Gonal-f

March 5: 5 units of Lupron

• b/w and u/s
• left ovary & right ovary both measuring around 50x35
• about 5 measurable follicles on left and 1 on right, but tons of little ones still, lead follicle is about 16 mm
• nurse believes I will trigger Friday or Saturday night
• continue with 50 units gonal-f and back to clinic tomorrow am 
• lining is about 9.7 

March 6: TRIGGER tonight @ 6:30 pm

• b/w and u/s 
• nurse was really great and explained that I had 6-7 measurable follicles, with only 3 of those being mature and about 15 smaller ones (that are never going to grow now)
• as of this morning, nurse though they would probably push me a few more days
• accupuncture @ 12:15  
• @ 3pm got the phone call e2 dropped to 1300, body is trying to ovulate on its own
• now instructed to trigger tonight at 6:30 pm and go in for retrieval Sunday morning 
• 0.5 mg Cabergoline   

March 7: first day in the last 4 weeks without a shot to take

March 8: 7:30 am Egg Retrieval

• retrieved 8 eggs

March 9: began crinone suppositories

• spoke with embryologist
• of the 8 eggs, only 3 were mature, and only 2 fertilized correctly

March 10: continue crinone

• spoke with embryologist; still have 2 embryos...1 is a 2-cell and 1 is a 4-cell
• transfer is set...please let one make it!

March 11: P's birthday

• doctor recommends transferring both embryos (one is 8-cell but poor quality, other is 5-cell but looks perfect)
• only transfer 1 (the 5-cell which has already multiplied to 7-cell!)

March 16: 5dp3dt

• felt a little cramping and some stomach pains

March 18: 7dp3dt

• POSITIVE test

March 23: 12dp3dt

• BETA #1: 378

March 25: 14dp3dt

• BETA #2: 750

April 1: 21dp3dt

• BETA #3: 9,676

April 13: u/s

• one strong little baby
• were able to see and hear heartbeat, right around 150