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Lovely Lupron (very informal) check in

JosiecatJosiecat member
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 Ladies-

I'm writing this from my iPad in the kitchen while staring at a bowl of cut potatoes. I just kicked DH out, in the rain, to go to the market to pick up some forgotten items for this evening's dinner. This, after I threw a fit and some poor unsuspecting pots took the brunt of my anger.

Oh, I also cried today because of some reason unbeknownst to me.

I'm approaching the one week mark of this stupid drug.... How are all the Lupron gals feeling?

Is there a formal Lupron check in that I should be watching out for? Or am I the only one loosing my freakin' mind on this thing? 

BFP #1 - chemical pregnancy, natural miscarriage at 7 weeks on 2/11/12 BFP #2 - u/s at 8 weeks showed a tiny fetal pole measuring at 6 weeks, heart rate slow at 94bpm. Natural miscarriage a few days later on 4/15/12 August 2012- Diagnosed with pancreatic divisum, September - ERCP w/stent placement. Fingers crossed this was the issue! Doc gave the go-ahead to start trying again. BFP #3 - Chemical pregnancy ending a few days after Thanksgiving 2012. Clearly my pancreas was not the issue. Doc told us to try one more time. BFP #4 - Chemical pregnancy ending in January 2013. Now I'm pissed. February- meeting with RE. Test results show I have a low egg reserve and DH has severely messed up sperm. Docs are quite confused as to how we're getting pregnant to begin with. Let the IVF games begin!! April - stim time!! 7R, 6F via ICSI, 5 made it to day 5, 3 look "good enough" to be sent for PGS testing. We are now the proud owners? Parents? Of 2 healthy frozen embryos. June - ugh. Lupron. So much Lupron. And Aygestin, and Estrogen, and Progesterone suppositories. Things are going in to my body every way possible! July 25- scheduled for our first FET. Aaand huge fail. All of the estrogen gave my pancreas a good old fashioned hissy fit. Long story short, moving on to gestational carrier.
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  • AnnaLynn83AnnaLynn83
    Bless you! Sorry, I'm a southern girl. I don't know if its the Lupron or just the stress of it ALL. I'm not going to lie... I cried oneday at work in front of everyone. Only my boss knew why! Everyone kept asking if I was pregnant because I was late getting back from a monitoring appt and I started bawling. I think they thought I'd had a miscarriage! But, this is a VERY STRESSFUL time. I'm sure DH will understand. Hang it there and it will be worth it for all of us oneday!
    Happily Married since 2007! TTC #1 since 2/12! Me(29)-PCOS(Metformin) DH(30)-MFI, 10/12 SA=Azoo(Clomid started), 12/12 SA=0.1mil, 2/13 SA=2.1mil/Abnormal Morph. IVF #1 scheduled May/June 2013
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  • girlgotwingsgirlgotwings
    I flipped out this weekend because DH asked me if I could drive him to the airport.  Started bawling uncontrollably.  Then...DH asked if it was the hormones making my monkey brain turn on, which for some reason really cracked me up (good news for him...cuz it could've gone the other way and gotten much uglier, fast).  I was then laughing and crying and blowing snot bubbles out of my nose...which made us both laugh even harder. Ah the joys of hormones...and this is the "easy" part according to some :P
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  • katmarsokatmarso member
    Oh no!   I'm sorry your so emotional.  I'm starting lupron on Saturday, now I'm nervous.  I'm already over emotional because my BCPs aren't low dose.  I guess I'll have another week of out of control emotions.

    TTC since 9/2011

    IVF #3 w/ICSI = 9/2013 = BFP!   Beta #1 9/9: 79, Beta #2 9/12: 441

    EDD: 5/20/14

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  • dogparkdivadogparkdiva member
    Today makes day 27 of Lupron for me.  It has been an emotional 27 days!  I usually have to remind my husband that it is the Lupron making me extra crazy.  
    TTC since June 2010:  Blocked tubes due to Endo
    IVF July 2013

    4/2 accepted into New Hope Fertility Clinical Trial in NYC 
    7/5 ET one blast transferred
    7/12 first beta 7dp5dt:  39  Pregnant!!!
    7/15 Beta: 146
    7/19 Beta: 935
    7/26 Beta: 14,671

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  • Edwina.McDunnoughEdwina.McDunnough

    Please don't perpetuate false or exaggerated side effects for this or any other drugs. It's an extremely bad presence on the board and causes undue worry for others. Honestly, to me it sounds like stress or a combination of things, or your own personal reaction to Lupron. Many many MANY people have zero side effects to Lupron, including high doses for extended periods. So to each their own. The weekly IVF check-ins should be sufficient for any and all aspects of cycling, including how you're feeling on any of the medications.

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  • sunflowermama42212sunflowermama42212 member
    Its not false or perpetuating, people are entitled to feel how they feel and write what they want to write. The lupron has made me emotional and i can definitely see a huge difference by this drug. Yes SOME people may not feel any different but OTHERS will. That is the beautiful thing about this group that you can say what ever you want to make yourself feel better. I'm so tired of reading post where someone acts like they know everything. Post like this is what makes me not really commit to any groups on here.
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  • JosiecatJosiecat member

    Oh man... I totally didn't mean to exaggerate or perpetuate! I appreciate the support of this board, and I don't mean to frighten anyone!! I just feel like, at times, I have no one else to share my crazy feelings with. This night being one of them!

    Thanks to everyone who responded, and thanks for giving me a good swift kick in the butt (I'm watching my language for our southern gal) :) 

    BFP #1 - chemical pregnancy, natural miscarriage at 7 weeks on 2/11/12 BFP #2 - u/s at 8 weeks showed a tiny fetal pole measuring at 6 weeks, heart rate slow at 94bpm. Natural miscarriage a few days later on 4/15/12 August 2012- Diagnosed with pancreatic divisum, September - ERCP w/stent placement. Fingers crossed this was the issue! Doc gave the go-ahead to start trying again. BFP #3 - Chemical pregnancy ending a few days after Thanksgiving 2012. Clearly my pancreas was not the issue. Doc told us to try one more time. BFP #4 - Chemical pregnancy ending in January 2013. Now I'm pissed. February- meeting with RE. Test results show I have a low egg reserve and DH has severely messed up sperm. Docs are quite confused as to how we're getting pregnant to begin with. Let the IVF games begin!! April - stim time!! 7R, 6F via ICSI, 5 made it to day 5, 3 look "good enough" to be sent for PGS testing. We are now the proud owners? Parents? Of 2 healthy frozen embryos. June - ugh. Lupron. So much Lupron. And Aygestin, and Estrogen, and Progesterone suppositories. Things are going in to my body every way possible! July 25- scheduled for our first FET. Aaand huge fail. All of the estrogen gave my pancreas a good old fashioned hissy fit. Long story short, moving on to gestational carrier.
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  • Edwina.McDunnoughEdwina.McDunnough

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    Its not false or perpetuating, people are entitled to feel how they feel and write what they want to write. The lupron has made me emotional and i can definitely see a huge difference by this drug. Yes SOME people may not feel any different but OTHERS will. That is the beautiful thing about this group that you can say what ever you want to make yourself feel better. I'm so tired of reading post where someone acts like they know everything. Post like this is what makes me not really commit to any groups on here.

    I'm not saying she's not entitled to her feelings, and I clearly stated that owning her individual experience is fine, but starting a check-in for every single aspect of IF, let alone something that's not a common side effect of a drug, is not appropriate, overinflates only one aspect of treatment, and causes a lot of anxiety for others. Anyway, with 23 posts to your name, I don't think you can really say you understand what goes on on this board. 

    So, if people can say anything they want, I can surely say anything I want as well, including the above, because it makes ME feel better. Therefore you can't rightly criticize me, under your own premise.

    If you're volunteering to take over the FAQ, meaning you read every single post and log all the relevant ones, I'm glad to consider passing the baton. Because you'll see a LOT of the same freak outs over and over based on one person's personal so-called-horrific experience.

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  • AnnaLynn83AnnaLynn83
    Feel free to share your feelings with me anytime you need! I think that's what we are all here for... Unfortunately, were all in the same boat! No need to watch your mouth in front of this southern girl! But, you will have to forgive me when I throw out a "bless your heart!" Haha
    Happily Married since 2007! TTC #1 since 2/12! Me(29)-PCOS(Metformin) DH(30)-MFI, 10/12 SA=Azoo(Clomid started), 12/12 SA=0.1mil, 2/13 SA=2.1mil/Abnormal Morph. IVF #1 scheduled May/June 2013
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  • BrideJackie11BrideJackie11 member
    Personally, I felt horrible on Lupron because of the constant headache. I may have been more moody because of that. It ended a couple days after I started estrogen. Good luck! Hope you have a better day tomorrow!

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    Married June 2011 Dx: anovulatory due to prolactinoma (1.5cmx 1.5cm in 2006)
    April 2012: MRI- questionable cyst 8mg by 12mm in pituitary ; referred to RE by Ob-gyn after amenorrhea x 4+ months, provera ineffective, low estrogen level
    cycle 1: May 2012, clomid 50mg; cycle cancelled, thin lining, no response
    cycle 2: June 2012, femara 5mg; cycle cancelled, no response
    cycle 3: July 2012, femara 7.5mg; cycle cancelled (largest folli on Cd12 & cd 16: 11, lining 4)
    Repeat MRI July 25,2012- Cyst unchanged, likely old infarction.
    Aug. 8: met with RE, move to injectables if HSG and SA normal
    Aug. 23: HSG all clear; DH- perfect
    Switched to a new RE in early Sept. IVF here we come
    Genetic testing reveals: Fragile X- Intermediate risk/grey zone.
    IVF#1: ER 11/30: 14 retrieved, 10 mature, 7 fertilized. E2 prior to trigger 5200. Decision made to freeze 6 embryos and transfer later due to OHSS.
    IVF#1.2/FET #1: estrogen injects start 1/18, FET delayed to try to thicken lining. lining 5.4mm. FET- 2/18- transferred one 3AA expanded blast. BFP 5dp5dt. Beta #1- 2/27 9dp5dt- 102.27 beta #2 3/1: 147 :(, beta #3 3/4: 268 told to stop meds and let nature take its course. requested 4th beta (3/6); Beta hell for 2 months.

    FET # 2: endometrial scratch 5/6, added estrace vaginally and ASA to delestrogen and PIO. June 10- transferred one 4AA hatched embryo, BFP 4dp6dt, Beta 1 (9dp6dt) 187, Beta 2 (11dp6dt): 412; Beta 3 (15dp6dt ): 4452. U/S #1- one beautiful embryo with a heartbeat of 133 at 7 weeks.  8 weeks: heartbeat 156. EDD 2/26/2014: born 2-3-14 induced due to Pre-E and HELLP at 36w5d.

    12/1: met with RE to discuss trying for #2


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  • Edwina.McDunnoughEdwina.McDunnough
    imageJosiecat:

    Oh man... I totally didn't mean to exaggerate or perpetuate! I appreciate the support of this board, and I don't mean to frighten anyone!! I just feel like, at times, I have no one else to share my crazy feelings with. This night being one of them!

    Thanks to everyone who responded, and thanks for giving me a good swift kick in the butt (I'm watching my language for our southern gal) :) 

    Feel free to vent, but please also be aware that side effects are individual experiences. The very thought that there will be a check-in for every medication prescribed makes me cringe. People that have little s/e or just tolerate them usually do so quietly. So if all the people that vocalize about it, start check-ins, etc then that aspect is overemphasized, and then people read about it and not only get worked up, but start getting these s/e by suggestion or get mixed up between actual s/e from a drug and the stress from cycling. I'm sorry if I came off as being harsh, but I see this happen often on the board. I guess what I'm saying is, asking what everyone's experiences are, doing a survey, is a different thing than banding together just to talk about bad experiences only.

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  • JosiecatJosiecat member

    My sincerest apologies Edwina!! I think my post title was is really mislabeled... I was more wondering if there was a separate check-in for Lupron users, since it can take up so much time in one's cycle. I didn't mean to 1. Insinuate that there SHOULD be a check-in (or that i would do it) and 2. Start trouble. Trouble is the last thing we need on this board!!

    so fellow bumpies.... I apologize!!! I'll be more careful with my words! 

    BFP #1 - chemical pregnancy, natural miscarriage at 7 weeks on 2/11/12 BFP #2 - u/s at 8 weeks showed a tiny fetal pole measuring at 6 weeks, heart rate slow at 94bpm. Natural miscarriage a few days later on 4/15/12 August 2012- Diagnosed with pancreatic divisum, September - ERCP w/stent placement. Fingers crossed this was the issue! Doc gave the go-ahead to start trying again. BFP #3 - Chemical pregnancy ending a few days after Thanksgiving 2012. Clearly my pancreas was not the issue. Doc told us to try one more time. BFP #4 - Chemical pregnancy ending in January 2013. Now I'm pissed. February- meeting with RE. Test results show I have a low egg reserve and DH has severely messed up sperm. Docs are quite confused as to how we're getting pregnant to begin with. Let the IVF games begin!! April - stim time!! 7R, 6F via ICSI, 5 made it to day 5, 3 look "good enough" to be sent for PGS testing. We are now the proud owners? Parents? Of 2 healthy frozen embryos. June - ugh. Lupron. So much Lupron. And Aygestin, and Estrogen, and Progesterone suppositories. Things are going in to my body every way possible! July 25- scheduled for our first FET. Aaand huge fail. All of the estrogen gave my pancreas a good old fashioned hissy fit. Long story short, moving on to gestational carrier.
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  • ILoveRedVinoILoveRedVino member
    Every single post on this forum is someone's individual experience. I wouldnt think that any reasonable person would think that things posted here would outweigh what their physician or pharmacist has told them.

    I've had a second trimester loss and a miscarriage that didn't involve bleeding/cramping. Do those things scare people? Sure. And while they aren't common, they're my reality, and it is ok to share them the same way it is ok to talk about side effects.

    I, too, had raging anger on Lupron.

    I'm actually scared of FET because it will involve more Lupron. I'm more scared of feeling that way again than I am of going through the process.
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  • sunflowermama42212sunflowermama42212 member
     Your worrying so much on what other woman will think by reading these post and i don't think you understand that no matter what people say on here every woman going through this will be scared or overwhelmed and this is an outlet. 
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  • mfarmer0811mfarmer0811 member
    I'm so glad you posted this!! I've been on Lupron for a week and a half, and just started Gonal-F Monday. I thought I had bad headaches on Lupron, well, yesterday, I had the WORST headache I've ever had in my life!! I have also been very moody! Going from laughing one minute, to not even wanting to be around anyone the next!! I think it's good to share the experiences we have on all these crazy medicines! 
    Me 28 DH 30 Married 08-11-07 TTC since 07/11 HSG 01-21-13 Left FTB Seeing RE 1-28-13 RE 1-28-13 Both tubes blocked LAP surgery 2-15-13 Both tubes removed Started IVF #1 June 2013 Meds: BCP, Lupron, Gonal-F, Ovidrel, Medrol, Doxycycline
    Beta #1-BFP!!! HCG-55 Beta #2--111 Beta #3--2,825 Beta #4 22,031 1st U/S 7-29-13 Saw and heard our little sweet pea's heartbeat!! 109 bpm 


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