Stim day 5

I had last week off of work and so I wasn't really by a computer enough to post. Things have been moving right along and my belly is speckled and bruised from all the injections.

Last Wednesday, DH and I went to the RE and he had a blood draw (mandatory STD test) and I had a blood draw and also an u/s to make sure everything was quiet and suppressed - it was so I got the green light to start stimming. On Friday, I added Follistim and Menopur injections to the mix and now I do Lupron and Menopur in the morning and Follistim in the evening. Three shots a day makes for a very sore belly! Actually, the only one that really bothers me is the Menopur. That one is a pain and it stings quite a bit.

Yesterday was stim day four and I went in for a blood draw to check my E2 levels. The nurse said that if everything looked good, they wouldn't call but if the Dr. saw numbers that required my medicine to change then they would call by 3pm. I was worried that I wasn't responding much at that they would call. By 2:30 I thought I was home free and then at 2:40 the dreaded call came (actually it was a voice mail). The nurse left me a message saying that my estrodial level was 273 and that it looked "great" but the Dr. wanted to drop down my Follistim dosage from 225 to 125 for the next two nights. Hmmm...I really wanted to call her back and ask her exactly what that meant but she said no need to call back and I didn't want to act like a spaz. I am guessing that means I am responding well but I guess we'll see tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be stim day six and I have an u/s and more blood work. I am really looking forward to the u/s so I can see what is going on in there! I have been starting to get very tender and bloated. I can feel when I ovulate normally so it is no surprise that I am feeling quite a bit now. I just hope that means that I am producing lots of nice, beautiful follicles!!

So, I an appointment tomorrow and another scheduled for Friday. Retrieval could be as early as Sunday! I am so excited and nervous!! I just really, really want this to work!!

Please think positive thoughts, keeps fingers crossed or say a little prayer for us.