Egg Retrieval Scheduled

It's official, ER will be 8am Sunday. We have to do our hcg trigger shot tonight at 8pm, this one goes in the muscle.
My estrogen was 2053 today, the nurse said I plateaued and that is ok. I still have enough for about 20 mature follicles, if we have that many again.
I have been awake since 1 this morning, maybe nerves, I'm very sleepy.

I am working on my waddle

Holy cow!!!! My ovaries must be the size of lemons. I will find out this morning at what should be our last sonogram before Egg Retrieval. I have slept the last two days straight away. I am so thankful I can just be lazy for the week. :0)
Cetrotide this morning was just fine. Cody really has been doing an awesome job with my injections.
Now to wait until my appointment, I'm getting restless and anxious. Just a few more days!!
Estrogen for today was 2373. We didn't get a good count on our follicles but there were many, one in the left ovary was almost the size of the ovary. We go back tomorrow for another look. The best estimate is we will go in for Egg Retrieval Sunday.
I'm so excited!! I was less sleepy today too. :0)
Happy Thursday!!

Day 6

Holy cow!!  Just got back from my morning appointment and WOW, that medicine does the trick.  I had blood drawn and a sonogram.  My ovaries are huge and the follicles growing inside are many and large.  Both ovaries look great, the left side is a little larger than the right side.  There are 8 and 6 follicles between the two and a couple of them are already 8, 10 and 12mm.  They will be mature to harvest when they reach the 18mm point, I think that's right.  Cody held my hand as I was prodded in a very uncomfortable manner, and they are only going to get bigger.  :o)  I will wait until my blood work comes back this afternoon to know how well my nurse thinks things are going and see if my medicine concentration changes.

We started the morning with our Cetrotide, today was better.  My belly is getting sore, oh well only a week left.

What a long day. My estrogen level came back at 463 today, up almost 300 in 3 days. Gonal-F 225 at 6pm, my belly is getting sore. I have felt exhausted all day. Tomorrow will be better.

Day 4 and 5

Yesterday was a blur. We were up early and headed to work. It was drill weekend and we had our annual Golden Corral breakfast, yuck! I had 200 emails from not being at work for a month. Got my shot at 6pm.

Today was busy, lots of work and lots of party people. It was a great day. I'm so lucky to have good friends and working on making more all the time. I got a new shot today, Cetrotide at 6am. It's a longer needle and it hurt for quite a while today. We think this is the shot that is supposed to be inserted at a 45 degree angle. We'll try that tomorrow. At 6pm we did 225 Gonal F. That is that for the day. I am exhausted and ready for bed. I hope to not have a sweaty night of sleep, wish me luck. Tomorrow is sonogram and blood work. I hope my levels are at a good level. My belly feels full but the other stuff is holding off. :0)

Day 3

No early morning medicine today. I had blood drawn first thing this morning and had to wait until 1 to get the results. They are super fast!! My nurse is awesome and added encouraging words in her email. So, my estrogen level is 173. That is very good. I will keep the same medicine but we will switch to evening shots.
I had a really good day, lots of energy but I think the medicine is starting to work because I could feel ovary twinges. The goal is both ovaries stimulated with lots of mature eggs.
I go back Monday for another blood check and a sonogram.
6 pm, 225iu Gonal-F, no pain no blood. Hopefully another great nights rest!

Day 2

5:30 Gonal-F 225 delivered again without pain or blood. I now have two small needle marks on my belly. Just the beginning of the traceable evidence of this trip.
I forgot to say yesterday that my ovaries took well to the birth-control pills, meaning the were not actively trying to produce an egg and there were no cysts. :0)
Still feeling good. I slept really well last night!!

Day 1

Gonal-F 225 iu at 5:30 this morning. I did not sleep very well so the mixing of the medicine was a little comical. Cody was a champ, shot given without pain or blood!!

1p.m. Sonogram screening
Thin uterus lining, good thing. Now this multiple week period should be ending very soon.