The appointment went well, and was over quickly. My ovaries were hiding, according to Pam, our ultrasound tech this cycle. She had a hard time finding my left ovary, and it was probably the most uncomfortable ultrasound I’ve had. My lining looked good, and I’m starting this cycle with 10 follicles in the right ovary and 9 in the left. Only one follicle was measurable, which is a huge improvement over last time. We used to start with multiple large follicles, and they’d mature too quickly. All of the follicles this time are at the same starting point. The one that was measurable was still small - it was just the dominant follicle that I would release naturally.
After the ultrasound, Pam gave me a wipe to clean myself, and Julie demanded one too. She thought it was the coolest parting gift, and carried around her sanitary wipe all day! We met with Dr. Johnston after the ultrasound, and she said things looked great. That the follicles were exactly where she wanted, and that I should start to feel “bloaty” soon.
Chelsea met with us next, and went over medication dosing procedures. I’m taking 112 units of Gonal F and 75 units of Menopur beginning tonight, and also start doxycycline and aspirin this evening. I was also told to remove my estrogen patch. After our consultation, we were good to go. We’ll be back at Wake Forest on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday next week for more monitoring. My medication stays the same until Monday, at which point they’ll reevaluate based on follicle growth.
After our appointment, we let Julie decided where to have lunch. She chose Chuck E Cheese, with no prompting from us, so we agreed. She had an absolute blast. We were the only ones in the restaurant, and they had just opened. She got over 500 free tickets for being there first. When they turn on each machine, they spit out tickets. She collected all of them before playing games. We played, had some pizza, and headed home. Shaun and I both had to work, but we waiting to head home until nap time so Julie would stay close to her normal schedule.
Shaun got off work late tonight, and we’ve already messed up our medications. Ugh. I was supposed to receive my injections between 7PM-10PM. Shaun got home exactly at 10PM. I was thinking it would take him five to ten minutes to prep the medicines. I was wrong. At 10:30PM, he was finally ready to shoot me, and I probably would have shot him if it took any longer. They said we have a 30 minute window on the injections, so it looks like 10PM is the time we’ll be injecting each night. I forgot how much the injections burn. I guess we block out a lot of what we went through. Only nine more days of stimulation. I think. Balls.
Julie woke up right before Shaun got home. She said she had a nightmare, and her belly was hungry. She stayed in our bed while Shaun shot me, then had a yogurt, cheese tortilla, and we put her back in bed. She screamed until almost midnight. So much for getting sleep tonight.
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