It's Thursday. I've now had one full day of stims on the microflare protocol. Basically, microflare is the end of the line in terms of dosage. It's the most aggressive plan of action for those labeled "poor responders" which typically means women over 40 and, um, me. My eggs are ancient at 27, or at least they're acting all decrepit in there. Thanks, ladies. Not helping things!
That terms slays me, though. Poor Responder? The only things I've ever responded poorly to in my life are dairy and algebra. There is a lot of shocking lingo in the ART field (such as "not compatible with life" when they grade your eggs) but I digress...
That terms slays me, though. Poor Responder? The only things I've ever responded poorly to in my life are dairy and algebra. There is a lot of shocking lingo in the ART field (such as "not compatible with life" when they grade your eggs) but I digress...
This is what my schedule looks like currently:
20 IU Lupron between 7:30 and 8:00 AM
20 IU Lupron
15 IU low dose hCG
450 IU follistim
(All given between 7:30 and 8:00 PM)
This is technically the third day of the stim cycle, as I began Lupron Tuesday night. If we're counting down, I have at least seven more days left before I trigger. My next bw/us is Saturday morning in Basking Ridge. Dr. Hock, our doctor, is on the monitoring schedule so that's a good thing. I've seen her more already this cycle than I ever did over the summer!
I don't know what to expect in terms of growth after only three full days of injections but I am hoping the five follicles we saw will all be measurable. My E2 was only 54 on Tuesday which is normal for me but I guess pretty low (and indicative of DOR--diminished ovarian reserve.) That needs to be well near 1000 by this time next week for retrieval to happen. I read that you can expect 200 per follicle so I'm just going to keep my head down and stim on, trying not to worry about it. Did I mention that endometriosis is a bitch? An otherwise completely healthy ovary just can't support the numbers of follicles it normally could after sustaining such intense damage from the disease so I'm pretty fortunate to have even five good-looking follies to work with.
So far, I have had raging diarrhea from the Lupron, a bit of a headache and stinging throughout my abdomen immediately after injections but that goes away after a few minutes. It's really nothing at all so I'm fortunate. The spotting from coming off of BCP has finally stopped. Ugh. I felt like I was bleeding for 14 straight days, which I was, and it was unpleasant. Now I feel some slight cramping. It's almost like my uterus and ovary is waiving saying, "yup, we're still here!" No pain, no mood swings yet. I was ready for bed at 9:00 last night so fatigue is definitely rearing its head. Otherwise, I know it's Day 3 so I'm just bracing for the week ahead.
20 IU Lupron between 7:30 and 8:00 AM
20 IU Lupron
15 IU low dose hCG
450 IU follistim
(All given between 7:30 and 8:00 PM)
This is technically the third day of the stim cycle, as I began Lupron Tuesday night. If we're counting down, I have at least seven more days left before I trigger. My next bw/us is Saturday morning in Basking Ridge. Dr. Hock, our doctor, is on the monitoring schedule so that's a good thing. I've seen her more already this cycle than I ever did over the summer!
I don't know what to expect in terms of growth after only three full days of injections but I am hoping the five follicles we saw will all be measurable. My E2 was only 54 on Tuesday which is normal for me but I guess pretty low (and indicative of DOR--diminished ovarian reserve.) That needs to be well near 1000 by this time next week for retrieval to happen. I read that you can expect 200 per follicle so I'm just going to keep my head down and stim on, trying not to worry about it. Did I mention that endometriosis is a bitch? An otherwise completely healthy ovary just can't support the numbers of follicles it normally could after sustaining such intense damage from the disease so I'm pretty fortunate to have even five good-looking follies to work with.
So far, I have had raging diarrhea from the Lupron, a bit of a headache and stinging throughout my abdomen immediately after injections but that goes away after a few minutes. It's really nothing at all so I'm fortunate. The spotting from coming off of BCP has finally stopped. Ugh. I felt like I was bleeding for 14 straight days, which I was, and it was unpleasant. Now I feel some slight cramping. It's almost like my uterus and ovary is waiving saying, "yup, we're still here!" No pain, no mood swings yet. I was ready for bed at 9:00 last night so fatigue is definitely rearing its head. Otherwise, I know it's Day 3 so I'm just bracing for the week ahead.
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