****September Sweet Peas Check-in 8-29****

ChristieH917

Welcome to the September Sweet Peas Check-In!!!  Check-ins will be every Tuesday & Friday. Your check-in leaders are @Justone13 (Tuesday) and @ChristieH917 (Friday).

 

This is a check-in for those who are doing IVF/IVM or FET with an ER/ET scheduled for September. If you are interested in joining, please fill us in on your cycle below.  Please include what cycle number this is for you, where you are in the process, when you expect to start stims, and when you're planning on retrieval and transfer.  (Also, please update us along the way!)

 

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QOTD:  Since Labor Day is Monday, what are your plans for this holiday weekend?

Between ER/ET

HCAMP123 IVF #1

jwoods2011 IVF #4

Stimming

airidh80 FET #1

amyelise25 FET #1

CMH25 IVF #4

crazygirl7882 IVF #1

cwoodward777 FET #1

daydreamernyc FET #1

Desertrose27 FET #2

emilee871 IVF #1

emmuffy                         IVF #1

gnl42 FET #2

HollowBerry FET #1

IFinTN FET #1

Jzyla IVF #2

kittenmittens9 FET #1

ky29 IVF #1

marianass IVF #1

Marissa6609 IVF #1

meld42 IVF #1

Rcvb22 IVF #1   ER Only 

scooteriste IVF #4

Sigh202 IVF #4

Prepping/BCPs

Andy99 IVF #2

Bandy514 IVF #1

BlueJoan IVF #1

brlee225 IVF #1

buttmonkey34 IVF #2

ChristieH917 IVF #2

CML11 IVF #2

CRMhoney FET #3

daydreamer34254 IVF #4

erbear84 IVF #1

Giants721 IVF #1

Jeezidunno IVF #1 

jen102279 IVF #1

Justone13 IVF #4   ER Only 

kaly75 IVF #2

Kam10 IVF #1

katers79 IVF #1   ER Only 

Lacyj67 FET #3

Mrs.Ess IVF #1

MSU_Girl1202 FET #1

PurpleDaisy923 IVF #1

ronniesgirl1981 IVF #2

siempre595 IVF #1

starlightgator IVF #2

sweetpotato123           FET #1

Tiffany0614 IVF #2

Turquoisequeen IVF #1

Edited: Added, edited and moving Sweet peas.  BTW... this formatting is killing me!

ChristieH917

Good morning ladies!!!!  I am gonna start with a bump complaint.  This formatting this sucks.  It looks good on my laptop, but then when I get to work, it is all out of wack.  Sorry for the mess!

I really don't have an update.  I am still on my BCPs.  I should start stims about 9/17 and I think I may be one of last Sweet Peas with and estimated ER date of 9/28 or 9/29.

I am a numbers geek and I do payroll and billing for work.  So... I have a special request.  Give me numbers!  LOL.  I want all of the details.  Give me all of the dates that you know, even if they are just estimated. 

QOTD:  We don't have any special plans.  I am sure we will just stay home and cook up a special dinner.  We are going to FIL for Grandpa's 91st birthday tomorrow.

Edited:  I forgot the QOTD (again)!

Giants721

@ChristieH917‌ I think I start stims around that time too. I'm not on BCP though. Just received my meds yesterday. Holy huge box! We are going to the Hamptons this weekend.

crazygirl7882

I need to rant about my horrible local monitoring. I live in kind of a small town and apparently no quest lab in a 50 mile radius will do my estradiol test stat so I'm forced to go to the hospital which is an hours long ordeal. My first ultrasound was also a mess because somehow the place lost my order. I ended up leaving in tears (thanks meds) and waiting for my drs office to open so they could refax the order.

On the plus side everything looks good so far and today is my last local monitoring day. Hope everyone else is having a smoother experience.

QOD: my plans are relaxing on Saturday, long drive to my re on Sunday and fishing on Monday (opening day of snook season!!!)

Tiffany0614

Almost done with BCP! Start Lupron on Sunday. ER is estimated for 9/19 and ET 9/22 or 9/25. Very excited to get started!

QOTD - Spending time with family visiting from out of state.

sweetpotato123

@crazygirl7882‌- sorry you have to deal with bad local monitoring experiences. We have enough stress without another dr adding to it. Good luck with your next appt!

I am upping my patches to 2 sat, 3 mom and 4 wed. My lining check is one week from today and apparently it has to be good, so of course I'm trying not to worry about how things are in there.

I've been pretty tired towards the end of the day and I thought I was going to lose my mind in traffic yesterday. Mr had to tell me to relax a hundred times, which made me more irritated.

@ChristieH917‌ - my date is 9/12. 2 weeks to go!

Forgot the QOTD- pizza and movie tonight, then spending tomorrow and Sunday on the lake. Shopping Monday. Happy for the long weekend!

turquoisequeen

Happy Friday Sweet Peas!

Thanks for any T&P about my appt yesterday. I am so excited that I get to start stims this evening! But I'm also nervous about the side effects.. Lupron hasn't been too bad but I'm sure I'll feel more side effects of the stimming meds. They are thinking ER will probably be the week of the 8th but couldn't tell me anything more than that yet. 

QOTD: lots of college football!!! 

katers79

Good morning ladies! Still prepping with my arch nemesis lupron. BW/US 9/9, and hopefully stimming after that!

QOTD: date night with DH tonight before he heads out of town for a golf weekend, dinner with my family tmrw, BBQ with friends Sunday. Is anyone else trying to get in as many pregnancy no-no's as they can now? I'm bringing a goat cheese app for the BBQ, and I'm super pumped for a few cocktails!

Happy Friday!

emmuffy

Happy Friday! I had my Day 0 appointment today and they saw 12 follicles (5 on one side, 7 on the other), which they told me is in the normal range - yay! Hopefully my bloodwork comes back ok today and I can start the stims tomorrow.

@buttmonkey34 hope everything goes ok with your mom. hugs

turquoisequeen

@buttmonkey34 that's great you get to move up a week. Sending T&P your way!

Jzyla

@crazygirl7882 I had terrible experiences with our local lab and hospital too - also losing samples or not sending things to where they were supposed to. Our RE's office and (competent) clinic is 3.5 hours away, so I feel your small-town pain!

@buttmonkey34 T&P during this tough time!

I am on cycle day 10 (holy crap, how did time fly this fast???) and about to leave for my monitoring. Last time I had 7 folllies on the right and 5 on the left, all between 6-9mm. They better be big and beautiful now! They must be, because I'm swollen like a mofo. PS: I effin hate cetrotide.

QOTD: Alllll weekend I'm trapped in rented temporary apartment, 3.5 hours from my DH so I can get my monitoring and hopefully go in for retrieval early next week. My BFF (who lives here) is going away for the weekend, so I will be SUPER bored. Thinking of taking in a (discount) movie and I was told by my TCM to watch something realllllly funny or realllly sad... any thoughts on 'Tammy' or 'The Fault in Our Stars'?

ky29

Hey ladies!  I had my first follie scan yesterday.  10 on my right, 8 on my left - all measuring between 8-14.  But my E2 came back at 1700, so I didn't do the follistim last night and no menopur this morning.  We did start ganirelix last night.  The RE wants to make sure my E2 is staying under control.

My scan today had 11 on my right, and 9 on my left.. measuring between 8-13.  They are waiting for my labs to come back today, and hoping my E2 isn't out of control.  I'll find out my dosage when the nurse calls me back after the RE looks at my labs. 

My husband is really afraid we are going to be cancelled - You guys don't think this could cancel me right?  I'm thinking they are afraid of OHSS? 

mariana81

Hello Ladies, good morning!

May I join this group?

I am starting stims today J and I am very excited about it!

This is my first IVF (with ICSI) and my RE listed me as doing the Ganirelix/Antagonist protocol.

I don’t know my dates yet but my nurse promised to send me a cycle calendar later today, yey!

 

ChristieH917 I love numbers too J I hope to have some better info later…

crazygirl7882 I am sorry that you had to drive and go so far.. my clinic is 30miles away it is not as far as yours and I always feel annoyed about it… 

Buttmonkey34 I am also taking Gonal F and I am completely OOP.. this specific med is SO expensive!! I was so surprised when I got the quotation!! I will pray for your mum, I hope everything goes fine for you and her. FX!!

QOTD: I will probably go to the cinema and relax at home.     

Happy Friday! 

Kam10

@buttmonkey T&P headed your way!

@crazygirl so sorry to hear about your local monitor experience.

@Giants721 I received my meds yesterday too! Oh my gosh, this is getting real!!

AFM, I just finished up my testing and consults yesterday. We ordered our meds, and I found out that insurance covered them!! When I called the insurance company earlier this month they said that they don't cover anything related to IVF, so I was planning on being all oop. I did reach my max for the year for infertility medications, so if I have to order any additional we are oop. Sorry for being a bit of an AW, but I was so pumped yesterday and I didn't have anyone to share with. Still on bcp, start Lupron on Tuesday with stims on the 12th.

QOTW: We are headed up North tonight to spend time with my husbands family who have a house on a lake. Sun, games and drinking  

Edit to add that just like @BlueJoan I "love" posts to show support. Wishing nothing but the best for everyone.

meld42

@Buttmonkey34‌ I'm sending positive thoughts and vibes your way. So sorry your family has to go through this!

I had my suppression check yesterday, and thank goodness the ovaries are sleeping soundly.. I realized my first 4 days of Lupron, I wasn't drawing it correctly and I'm pretty sure I was giving myself a smaller dose because I didn't get rid of bubbles. Woops. I have 20 resting follicles on one side, and 12 on the other... I'm quite nervous for how I'll feel on stims.. Start gonal and menopur tomorrow morning! However, I am grateful that one thing is going right for us in this journey and we have a good number of follicles to work with!

QOTD: I have a high school friend coming into town and I'm going to hang out with her! I really want to drink some wine with her, but I know it's considered a no-no once these stims start

Edit: stims not atoms!

scooteriste

Hi everyone! I'm on day 9 of stims and I feel like a space cadet. It's like my brain is busy so I forget to get hungry or do anything productive. Also, I've been through 3 cycles so far so you'd think I would stop worrying about whether I accidentally ovulated (never have). Ugh. I go back for monitoring tomorrow and we will learn whether retrieval will be Monday or Tuesday. I love that my doctor does my scans - he doesn't bother me with follicle numbers or sizes, just says things like "progressing well". That is so much more valuable to me than having a tech rattle off every single follicle on the screen yet not be able to answer any questions.

QOTD: Monitoring and retrieval are our plans for the weekend. Fun stuff!

airidh80

crazygirl7882 said:

I need to rant about my horrible local monitoring. I live in kind of a small town and apparently no quest lab in a 50 mile radius will do my estradiol test stat so I'm forced to go to the hospital which is an hours long ordeal. My first ultrasound was also a mess because somehow the place lost my order. I ended up leaving in tears (thanks meds) and waiting for my drs office to open so they could refax the order. On the plus side everything looks good so far and today is my last local monitoring day. Hope everyone else is having a smoother experience. QOD: my plans are relaxing on Saturday, long drive to my re on Sunday and fishing on Monday (opening day of snook season!!!)

@crazygirl7882 - are you using a shipping kit, to send back blood serum to your RE? If so, yeah, pretty much no local labs will do that. I found that out on CD3 before my last IVF cycle, when I showed up at Quest to have my blood drawn. I called every major lab in LA, and yup, they "don't do that." A very nice guy at one lab told me it's because they don't get paid to draw the blood, only to run the test, so if you're shipping the serum, they get nothing. 

As a side note, you can actually hire home phlebotomists to come to you with a damned centrifuge. They exist primarily to service people who cannot make it to doctor's appointments. That's what I ended up having to do. It cost $100, but honestly, given how much hospitals charge for everything, that's probably a bargain. 

@ky29 - FX that your E2 comes back within range!

@meld42 - Holy follies, girl! That's a lot! 

So I'm currently on 4 vivelle patches, 2 estrace tablets, lovenox, baby aspirin, and 5 units lupron, and I have ALL THE FEELS. FEELS EVERYWHERE. 

QOTD: My lining check and blood work are on Tuesday, September 2nd. My tentative transfer date is Wednesday, September 10th. So I believe that would put my tentative beta at the 19th. 

gnl42

Good luck @jwoods2011 on ER today!  FX for a great report. 

@buttmonkey34 I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. T&P are with you. Starting lupron one week sooner is a major win though, so congrats on that! 

@ky29 getting cancelled is always possible as I have painfully learned, but I really hope that it won't happen to you! If they are really concerned about high estrogen and OHSS, they are more likely to cancel transfer (freeze-all) and still go ahead with the ER rather than cancel altogether. My estrogen was >7,000 at trigger and we still did the retrieval. I hope you will be able to do both. 

Good luck to everyone else prepping, stimming & getting ready for FETs! 

AFM - My lining is still 7.0mm, but its only been 3 days of viagra. The pattern looks good and RE doesn't seem too concerned. We just want it >7.5mm since I was technically able to get pregnant with that last time. She thinks my lining is just on the thin side naturally and it is ok as long as the quality of the lining is good. FX for that. Transfer is scheduled for Thursday 9/4 if we go ahead with the CCS testing - if I change my mind and go ahead without testing, then it would be on Wednesday 9/3. The decision has been torturing me, but I'm still leaning towards testing. This puts beta at 9/12 or 9/13. Aaaah. 

mrscsw

Hello Ladies!

@buttmonkey34 T&P during this tough time!

AFM - I am still on 10 units of Lupron.  I started 2 estrace pills this morning and I take 2 more each night.  I also started the vivelle patches.  I'm glad to get this party started!  Today I am feeling great!  I actually slept last night, which really helped! 

QOTD - Saturday we are volunteering at homeless shelter with our church.  DH and I have a play date on Sunday, and I think if the weather cooperates we may go hiking.  Monday I hope to relax!  Have a safe and fun weekend everyone!

Desertrose27

Hi ladies!  I'm sorry that I missed the last check in.  For my update, you can officially put me under "stimming", as I will take my first shot of estrogen tonight.  I ended BCP on Monday.  Less than 3 weeks until transfer!

I have a question.  Ever since I started the Lupron last week I've had some spotting, even though I was still on BCP at the time.  At first it was really minor, but then got bigger as time progressed.  I never had this reaction to the Lupron before, so I'm asking if anyone else has experienced this.

crazygirl7882:  That sucks!  I'm sorry you have to deal with all of this. 

Buttmonkey34:  So sorry to hear that.  As if you don't have enough to deal with already.  T&P for you and your mom.

QOTD:  I'll be having dinner with my in laws on Sunday but that's about it.  I took today and yesterday off work, however, so I have a nice 5 day weekend. 

mrscsw

@desertrose27 - I have not had that reaction to Lupron, but I have had it from being on the pill too long. I would call your RE to see what they think.

HCAMP123

@scooteriste‌ We are cycle buddies =D> ER planned for Monday

Had my monitoring appt yesterday, also done by the RE himself, he just said lining looks good, with lots of follies and lead follie was at 16mm, so 2 more days of stims (tonight was the last menopur shot). Trigger shot is tomorrow at 20h30 then a day off and retrieval early Monday morning. Really feeling the hormones today, emotions are all over the place, right now I just feel like crying for no reason.

I'm terribly nervous for the retrieval, as its done with local anaesthetic only, I will be awake for the retrieval although they promise that I won't remember a thing. Which is scarier as I don't do so well with anaesthetic, worried I might scream at someone and call them horrible names


GL ladies, praying this cycle works out for us all

QOTD: Have a work function tomorrow, Sunday travelling to the city (4 hours away) for the retrieval on Monday... Whoop Whoop? [-O<

meld42

cwoodward777 said:

@desertrose27 - I have not had that reaction to Lupron, but I have had it from being on the pill too long. I would call your RE to see what they think.

It happens to me when I'm on birth control for too long too! I spotted throughout the pill this cycle too. It stopped when I went on Lupron though. Definitely call your nurse! Hoping it's just coincidence for you though!

Edit to add words that were missing!!!

CMH25

@ChristieH917 91!  Holy cow! Happy Birthday

@crazygirl7882 I know what you mean about tears and meds - I was told this week that I had a new boss and I cried.  How embarrasing! 

@sweetpotato123 My DH tells me to relax all the time!  That makes it worse, when will he learn?

@turquoisqueen GL with the stimming.  Of course reactions are different for everyone, but I found Lupron is the worst and the other just make me emotional.

@buttmonkey34 Send T&P for your mom! and you!

@Kam10 yay for insurance!

@meld42 wait, no wine during stims?  I don't stop until ET. 

CMH25

Hello!

I am on day 5 of stims.  I have u/s and bw tomorrow for my first follie check.  My meds - 225IU Gonal-f, 75IU Menopur, 0.25mg Cetrotide

If i stim for 8 days, ER will be on 9/3.

I had bw yesterday and I thought you all would appreciate this story.  This poor woman was there when I went.  She was supposed to have an u/s, but the u/s tech was MIA.  They told her not to worry and to come back tomorrow.  I would freak!

QOTD: Saturday morning I'll be waking up early for monitoring appt (bummer).  Saturday night I have my Fantasy Football Draft - YAY!

Sunday and/or Monday my monitoring office will be closed, so I'll likely have to drive 2 hours for additional monitoring.  So I have to say I'm less than thrilled about the holiday.

Good luck, everyone!

meld42

@CMH25‌ thank goodness!!!!! My RE said to act like I was pregnant when I start stims. I knew it seemed extra cautious, and I've heard most people don't start acting pregnant until ET. I won't be going nuts, but tell a girl not to drink and what is the only thing she wants?!

Giants721

@Buttmonkey34‌ T&P to your mother! Do you live in MA? I love Cape Cod.

Giants721

Buttmonkey34 said:

@Giants721 thanks.  I live in CT, but my inlaws have a house there.  I am lucky   Can't wait to get to Beachcomber!

Have a great time! We lived in CT for a few years and moved to western mass this spring.

MSU_Girl1202

Hi sweet peas! Super quick update from me since I'm in the car with DH headed to the first Michigan State football game!
Still on my last week of ocps so hopefully AF next week!
Not much else going on except super excited about college football!!!

Justone13

@buttmonkey34 thinking of you and your mom! 

@giants721... Hamptons? Like RHONY Hamptons? If you see the countess take a pic! LOL! 

@jzyla I just came home from seeing The Hundred Foot Journey... It was a great feel good movie. 

Yikes you ladies are rocking it with the Lupron, Stims, follicle and lining checks! AWESOME!

AFM: OOOKay so I received the protocol from my RE and it shows a ER on 10-2 since AF was so delayed (50 flipping days). AND the FET (if this freaking cycle works positive thought positive thoughts) for 11-11. It feels like this will never start. I ordered my Lupron today so that should be delivered on Wednesday. Other than that I'm just popping my supplements and praying they make a difference. Oh and we just paid for the TESE surgery... not sure what is more painful.. the 3g's we just dropped or the surgery my DH has to go through .. again. 

QOTD: I'm on the evening shift the WHOLE weekend.... but my shift loves to eat so we are at least having a cookout on Monday. Hope everyone else gets to do something really really fun! 

Sigh202

I'm on day 3 of stims and a bit concerned about my monitoring appt tomorrow. At my first ultrasound a couple days ago, there was a huge cyst in one of my ovaries. It wasn't impacting the hormone levels so the nurse thought it would have no impact. FX and GL everyone!

brlee225

Hi Ladies,

This is IVF #1.  Just received my protocol today.  Starting stims on 9/6.  Hoping for an ER week of 9/15 and ET shortly after.  Getting my meds on 9/5. 

@Buttmonkey34 T&P to your family and your mother.  My father is waiting for a biopsy to clarify he has Cancer of the Larynx.  His surgery is scheduled for 9/9. 

Hope everyone gets to enjoy the long weekend.  We always have an end of Summer party, so no rest here.  Tried to cancel it this year, but my mother in law lives with us and does not know we are about to start this process.  She is aware of our infertility and that we are working on it.  But we felt it would be less stressful on ME, if we kept her from the details for the time being.   

crazygirl7882

Buttmonkey34  Prayers for your mom! My insurance pays for nothing aside from blood tests so I feel your pain on the med costs. 

marianass Welcome to the group!

airidh80 Not using a mail kit.  My RE said they've never had a problem with Quest doing a stat analysis and faxing the results to them.  Apparently in my area the stat lab is too far away for them to get the results quickly enough.  The good news is the hospital was pretty empty today so they got me in and out very quickly. 

brlee225  T and P to your dad for his upcoming biopsy. 

meld42 & CMH25‌  You mean I can have wine??  I haven't had a drop in a week since I started stims and could seriously use one!!!  Maybe I'll just have a little glass...

Anyone else have bowling balls in their pelvis?  It's been a week of stims and I'm ready for these suckers to come out! 

mrscsw

brlee225  T & P to your dad for his upcoming biopsy. 

kittenmittens9

phew, lots of updates!

@sweetpotato123:  it's strange not to get monitored so often isn't it?  My lining check is next week and I feel so in the dark about what's going on in there.  It's tough not to worry.  GL to you though!

@Buttmonkey34 and @brlee225:  sorry about the bad news.  T & P to both of you and your families.

@ky29:  There's still time to get your follicles and estrogen back where they want it, but even so, a freeze all cycle could prove to be a better bet in the long run. 

welcome to @marianass

for me, I'm just doing my estrogen every 3 days and my 5 units of lupron and  baby aspirin.  My period, which started last friday, is lingering (light brown spotting).  Wasn't expecting that but who knows with the meds.  DH forgot to prime my IM injection yesterday but nothing bad happened so I guess injecting a little air into my muscle is no bid deal.  He also must've blown right through a vein or some capillaries because I bled a bit more than normal afterwards.  We were operating on 4 hours of sleep though so I guess I'm lucky we got the right dose in the right spot.

QOTD:  We're going to a birthday party on Sunday.  That's all I have planned so far.  I need to revive my plants and pull some weeds too.

Giants721

Justone13 said:

@buttmonkey34 thinking of you and your mom! 

@giants721... Hamptons? Like RHONY Hamptons? If you see the countess take a pic! LOL! 

@jzyla I just came home from seeing The Hundred Foot Journey... It was a great feel good movie. 

Yikes you ladies are rocking it with the Lupron, Stims, follicle and lining checks! AWESOME!

AFM: OOOKay so I received the protocol from my RE and it shows a ER on 10-2 since AF was so delayed (50 flipping days). AND the FET (if this freaking cycle works positive thought positive thoughts) for 11-11. It feels like this will never start. I ordered my Lupron today so that should be delivered on Wednesday. Other than that I'm just popping my supplements and praying they make a difference. Oh and we just paid for the TESE surgery... not sure what is more painful.. the 3g's we just dropped or the surgery my DH has to go through .. again. 

QOTD: I'm on the evening shift the WHOLE weekend.... but my shift loves to eat so we are at least having a cookout on Monday. Hope everyone else gets to do something really really fun! 

Yes! Last year I sat next to Heather Thompson from RHONY on the beach!

ChristieH917

We have a HUGE group going on here!!  We are now up to 50 Sweet Peas!  I think I got everyone updated.  Please check out the updated list and let me know if I missed something.  

Thank you to everyone for all of your updates and it is so great to see all of these dates!  I am super excited.  It looks like we will have a lot of PUPO's right out of the gate. 

@buttmonkey34  I know it is hard to look at the positive side because cancer sucks, but at least your mom's doctor found it early.  I lost my dad about 4 years ago to cancer.  He had no symptoms and they only found it due to can physical trying to get life insurance.  It was already stage 4 by the time he was diagnosed. 

Edited because I am a numbers geek and I can't spell.  

erbear84

H's surgery on Wednesday was a success - 16 million sperm!  They're apparently swimming, too.  I have my trial transfer on Tuesday so I'm going to have to talk to my doctor about the necessity of ICSI.  

Poor H, though - we knew he was missing his vas deferens due to CF but he's also missing most of his epididymis, too.  He had to have a double biopsy.  Soooo...labor day weekend will be spent taking care of him!  He's doing well, though - just discomfort and some swelling.  

mariana81

Hello!!! Hope everybody is enjoying the long weekend

meld42 CMH25kittenmittens9‌ I have talked with my nurse yesterday and she told me one glass of wine during the stims it is not a problem not that I intend to drink everyday, but maybe once and while to kill the bad mood..

Good luck ladies, FX for everybody!!!

AFM, today is my second day of stims, soooo happy that I was able to do the shots by myself 

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jwoods2011

Hi Ladies I am home finally - what a long day

It was a very hectic morning….. what could go wrong went wrong I think:P

I had to be poked 4 times to get the blasted IV line in - they finally got it in my thumb.

Richards first sample wasn’t good enough, so he had to give a second one which was great according to our embryologist.

Then I went in for the ER - they tried to do a spinal!!! 10 times they poked me - and failed - my back is so swollen and bruised right now - and it hurts like heck

so they put me into some form of twilight sleep using a few different medicines, which Dr. Y dubbed the ‘Jessica Cocktail’.

I then was put into recovery, and they ran my intralipids infusion.

We then waited for my PIO shots to arrive from an outside pharmacist

and then went home  

………………. I suppose you’re curious as to how many eggs we got ……………………..

Drum Roll please

14!!!!!!!!!!!! I will know tomorrow how many has fertilized!!!

Please Please pray we get a good amount! 

Justone13

@Giants721‌ I love heather!! Holla!!! Lol!!

@kaly75‌ Chin up buttercup. It will be ok. You are in a funk which is totally understandable. The weight gain is the worst and I feel your pain. I've gained a good 12-15lbs since starting and I'm just not comfortable with it. It seems like no matter what I do exercise or diet nothing works. Know you aren't alone.

@erbear84‌ your poor DH!! Its such a painful surgery to begin with but to add that on must be so much worse. Sending t&p for a speedy recovery!