Infertility

INTRO: middle of IVF/ICSI #1

hi Ya'll--can you tell I'm from the south. Texas to be exact. And from my screen name, it's obvious I'm 38. I'm on 4th day of stims and my retrieval is scheduled Dec 2. This is my first IVF and had so much anxiety going into this process because my protocol (seems) pretty aggressive. It's a total of 62 days from start of BC to ET: (not including 2 week wait)

Before I bore you with TMI, first let me THANK ALL OF YOU in this community for being an amazing resource for information and support during the months I spent lurking before starting IVF. Does that seem creepy? It's the Internet, folks!

So here's my schedule:

27 days BC

15 days of Lupron/Ganirelex shots (plus 2 Delestrogen shots last couple days)

13 days Stim schedule:
Bravelle 525 + Ganirelex 125 + menopur 75

JUST FINISHED 4th day of Stims. Woohoo!!!! (Insert emojis I don't know how to work yet on this site...where's the damn buttons?) I'm sure the dosages could change depending on what Wanda says, but I'm leaving it up to her. Lol (is that Bump protocol to call "it" Wanda?)

I've given myself every shot. Even Delestrogen Bc I'm a control freak. No pain Bc iced before and squeezed skin around the injection. Drinking a ton of g2 Gatorade, coconut juice and protein.

Just finished 4th day of Stims, so I'm almost there considering the long road I've travelled. Miraculously, I have not had any side effects yet. I was more emotional before the process started 2 months ago. My husband LIKES me better since I've started, so obviously I am a freak of nature. I have over a week of Stims to go, so my question: IS THE WORST YET TO
COME? Plus, I'm scared that no side effects are NOT a good sign. My couple of ultrasounds have been promising, but it's early yet.
I will tell you that I attribute my strength to God, my prayers and the support system surrounding me.
I was scared of OHSS at first seeing the amount of hormones pumped in my tiny body. but now trust the doctor and surrender my body as a science project. I began this journey only wanting a baby, which of course, is the ultimate gift. But, now I see God placed me on the IVF path to surrender completely because everything, I mean EVERYTHING is out of my control.
thank God for Amazon Prime and the loads of Gatorade and Prune juice I'm ordering.
Also, anyone doing Bar Method (or something similar) doing Stims??
Xoxoxoxoxo. Texas bump brewing.

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