Round 1 (IVF): Substituted with IUI

I had my third ultrasound last Friday and things do not go as planned. In the previous scan I had two potential maturing follicles and a bunch of tiny ones, but on Friday I had only one large follicle remaining and all others had shrunk down. This is good AND bad. Good, because my body is responding the way a "normal" woman should finally. Bad because when you are doing IVF you would hope for more eggs to be collected! Why go through everything for only one egg?

Anyhow, so they initially scheduled me for IVF and told me they would phone later with the details on when to come in and everything. My doctor would have to review my file before things could be finalized. Which he did... and then he cancelled my IVF. Basically, with only one possible egg AND the fact that the ovary is still stuck behind my uterus he didn't want to risk the trauma. Not to mention that the government only pays for three cycles and it would have been wasted on this really.

So, how do you get the egg out? Ovulate. He told me to take my "trigger shot" and come in the following day for IUI. I find this ironic because this is how we started treatment YEARS ago and my follicles never fully matured causing them to cancel four cycles. Now that I am in IVF they are maturing well and suddenly we have to go back to IUI.

Anyhow, so we went in on Saturday and had the IUI. DH did his thing, we waited for nearly two hours and then, once my name was called, it took all of five minutes. Romantic, huh? And now we wait. Although I admit I am not overly hopeful. My chances just went from 50% to 16% apparently, so we will see!

So, in TTC lingo I am now 3dpiui (three days post IUI). Unrelated, my sinuses are completely blocked and I haven't been to work yet this week. IUI symptoms? Aside from major cramping the day of I haven't kept track this time because, honestly, everything becomes a symptom and they have only led up to disappointment so far so I am not bothering. I will just take things one day at a time and see.

Round 1 (IVF): Ultrasound 2

Ok so the second ultrasound is done. Things are going well but it's still far too early to tell anything. I go back in 3 days for another one so hopefully I will have a better idea of how I am responding to things then.

The injections on the other hand... ouch! I don't know what's wrong this time but I am just not coping with them well. I am taking 2 different ones a day right now (the Repronex like last time and Orgalutran as well) and every day it seems like a different one is acting up on me. My legs are sore, I have huge lumps at each injection site that last for 2 days or so and I will not be ending them any time soon right now. Even the blood test this morning hurt! I guess it's age LOL. Anyhow, it's all for a good purpose so I will stick with it. I may have to try using other injection sites though if I am going to make it through... arms or stomach (ew)!

That's it for now... will post more when I know more!

This Statement Is So True...

I saw this posted on Facebook and had to re-post:

Did you know the people that are usually the strongest are usually the most sensitive? Did you know the people who exhibit the most kindness are the first to get mistreated? Did you know the one who takes care of others all the time are usually the ones who need it most? Did you know the 3 hardest things to say are I love you, I'm sorry, and help me.

Round 1 (IVF)

Yes, you read that correctly; we are beginning our first round of IVF today! The process isn’t very different from IVM at the moment so I will not go into details just yet, but I wanted to announce that we have begun. The injections start tonight and my next ultrasound is a week from now so I will update then.

Good Riddance 2011!

To recap, let’s just say that 2011 sucked for me – big time!

Despite 2 failed attempts at IVM, the first 3 months were great and I really thought it was going to be my/our year. But, those 3 months were soon followed by 7 of what I THOUGHT were the worst months of my life… until I came face to face with the last 2 months of 2011 and I realized that THOSE really WERE the worst months of my life.

So, what’s in store for 2012? Well, we are 3 days in and I suppose things are going well right now but we are only just beginning, right? All I can say for sure is that by this time next year I will NOT be feeling the way I am right now and I will be happy no matter what it takes to get me there.