Starting to Feel It

I'm uncomfortable.

And really glad that I bought myself some new "IVF" sweatpants.  Sweatpants make me happy.  They are purple and soft and I love them.

I started to really "feel" my ovaries yesterday (Day 7 of stims).  They just feel large.  It's kind of hard to describe, but now I get the no major activity during stims rule.  Do you think golf will be fine?  Ovary torsion sounds like one of the scariest most horrible tortures ever invented.

I was also kind of crampy yesterday.  Like pre-AF crampy.  For me, sometimes this goes into my upper legs.  Like yesterday.  And my boobs hurts a little (and I NEVER have boob pain).  It's extremely annoying having hormonal symptoms when you know you are not pregnant.

My tummy is also very sore.  I have had 2 shots bleed, both on the left side.  I was going to try to avoid this side for awhile, but starting last night, I now have 2 shots instead of 1.  The Cetrotide actually hurt a lot less than the Bravelle/Menopur combo.  That one stings a bit going in.  I didn't feel anything with the Cetrotide.

Here's a quick list of the numbers (You'll like this Belle!)

• 11 needles inserted (9 at home, 2 blood draws)
• 3 bruises (2 on belly, one on arm)

And the "trash":

• 9 syringes and their wrappings
• 8 alcohol swabs
• 8 Q caps
• 18 needles (every syringe comes with a big scary one - then I put on a much smaller one)
• 16 bottles of Bravelle
• 9 bottles of Menopur
• 8 bottles of Sodium Chloride
• 1 bottle of Cetrotide

I had another first last night too!  I brought all of my stuff and shot myself up at my sister's house.  I was hoping no one asked what was taking so long when I got up in the middle of the movie.  But 4 out of the 5 people probably guessed what was going on.  (I went over there because my dad came down for the night.  He knows we are trying, but I haven't discussed any medical stuff with him.  Mostly because his girlfriend is a weirdo who would find someway to make it awkward.  She's the one who told me she thought I was pregnant when I posted on Facebook about having food poisoning.  And said she had a dream that I was having a girl at Thanksgiving.  Both of these incidents were after a year of trying unsuccessfully which she knew.)

Everything went well!

I'm at school right now proctoring a Practice AP Test for my kids.  I'm wearing my wonderful sweatpants and I don't care what they think about it!

Day 3 of Stims

I have given myself 2 shots so far and they went well!

For those of you that have not done injections.  I want to give you a quick run-down of what giving injections means.

1) Gather supplies. (2 Bravelle, 1 Menopur, 1 Sodium Chloride, 1 Qcap, 1 syringe, 1 needle, 1 alcohol swab)
2) Pop tops of vials and swab with alcohol.
3) Get rid of big huge needle on syringe and put on Qcap.  (Thank God!)
4) Get 1 ml Sodium Chloride, put in 1 vial of Bravelle.  Swirl to mix (liquid with powder).  Pull liquid back in syringe.  Put all liquid in next Bravelle; then repeat with Menopur.
5) Swab skin with alcohol.
6) Pinch a chunk of skin.  Insert meds.

Done!

You'd be amazed at how much trash there is each time!

The first time Mr. GG helped "supervise" to make sure I got everything right.  Then he winced.  Not me.  When I inserted the needle.  And asked me if it hurt while I was still giving it.  Not super helpful.

I'm a little tired. And have a slight hangover feeling.  But not bad.  I can do this!

I don't have a whole lot to say...just wanted to update.

Update & Ovarian Reserve Stats

Got the test results.  (They called me by 2:00 which was nice.)  I doubled checked that they were the right ones over the phone and then again when I picked them up.  They are!  Imagine that!

So my AMH is 1.9.
FSH is 10.6
AFC is 16.

I guess this is all "fine."  Especially because of the AFC. 

I'm not freaking out because I kind of expected the results.  

Am I right?

As a reference, my clinic requires AMH over 2 and FSH below 9 for the "Success Guarantee" Program.  (They let me do the program anyway knowing the FSH value, but not the AMH.)

I will definitely post the results of my baseline ultrasound tomorrow.  I haven't ever had a cyst that I've known of, so I really hope I don't tomorrow. 

Oh and here's a pic of my medications on my pool table for good measure:

 

That's 5 boxes of Bravelle, 2 sharps containers, 3 boxes of Menopur, 3 boxes of Endometrin, various pills, and lots of syringes and needles.