Embryo update

Today is day three and the embryologist called with our second update. She said at this point they like the embryos have 6 to 10 cells. She said "yours are doing really really well" of the 17 we have, 14 of them are at that point :)
Will will get a last update in three days, on how many they will freeze.

Embryos

We started with 22 eggs, when the embryologist came to talk to us yesterday he explained that Dr. Schoolcraft wanted to do a proceedure where you inject the sperm into the egg on half, and let the other half fertilize on there own.
On the first half, out of 11 we had 9 mature and 8 that fertilized. On the second group we had 10 mature and nine that fertilized. That gives us a total of 17 embryos!  We will get a day 3 update and they will freeze at day five which is the blast stage.

Retrieval

Retrieval went well. Iv went in pretty smooth! It only took her once, thats a first for me! It was pretty excruciating pain when I woke up, im so thankful for pain meds and heating pads!
We got 22 eggs, not sure how many are mature yet. We will have an update tomorrow.
I am pushing hyper stimulating,  Estrogen is above 4000 right now so lots of liquids and sodium and hope for the best.

Part one trigger

Its almost midnight and im waiting a few minutes for the first half of the trigger shot, (next one will be at noon). Its funny what anxiety it caused, knowing i HAD to wake up at midnight to do this.  Even though my alarm was set, I've looked at the clock 5 times since 1120. Its funny how our bodies work! I so hope I can fall back to sleep! !

Retrieval date

Retrieval is friday at 11. I will have to wait 6-8 weeks for transfer. Like she said it is for my own good, it would be awful to transfer and then hyper stimulate and  id rather have a no stress pregnancy this time. Ill try to be patient !
Thanks for all the support this week!

Good to go!

As long as levels are where the need to be, the trigger shot will be sometime tonight and retrieval will be friday. I have at least 15 follicles on each side that are ranging from 18-21mm. (That's a picture below)
I am so thankful to be off today and in comfy pants!! Im excited for Friday and super ready to be done with the blood draws! (Although there are several more to come)

Moving right along

Making progress, but not quite there yet. Still no for sure date yet, looking like friday for retrieval . We will see what levels look like  tomorrow ...

Continuation

Bud and Kye were pretty sure they won a game of hide and seek when they found me on the couch this morning. That's the best thing about dogs, they are always so excited to see you. It might have only been ten minutes and the act like its been days.
After my shots i weighed myself and Thankfully the scale doesn't feel what I do!
But, I now understand why I feel pregnant,  I have about 20 follicles on each side, she thinks I could have 10-12 mature eggs on each side. The biggest ones are measuring 11-18 mm and were trying to get to 20 for retrieval. Still no definite dates...

Head games

It is 2 am and I cannot sleep to save my life, (and in order to not rip Jasons head off for snoring so loud the neighbors should be able to hear him, I am now on the couch). I don't remember the last full night of sleep I had.
And apparently my mind is too busy too sleep.
For anyone else who's always been a compulsive yo yo dieter. You understand the "head games" that come with the "deprivation" feeling. They took me off of metfomin two weeks ago  (which they put you on for and the insilin resistance part of pcos) and in fear of constantly getting shaky, I was eating more often, healthy, but non the less more often. That started out as a good thing, but with the small dietary restrictions of no  caffeine, chocolate (which i dont typically eat anyways, so its really stupid!) mixed with remembering conversations with my old Fertility doctor about sugar... let the head games begin. (If you've never struggled with any sort of eating issue im sure that sounds psyco!) But crazy or not its real and mixed with all hormones its been a constant battle this week.  I've had cravings like I havent eating for days!
looking back, I think i've eaten like a pig!! Now, I feel fat and bloated (not to mention my overies are enormous) so instead of sleeping im torturing myself about what I shouldn't have had and of course it wouldn't be me if I didn't start worrying about something! So my mind began racing about hyper stimulating and what if that's why I feel this and that...
With that said, good thing I have an appointment in a few hours!
(And here is an other good reason for a blog! Its good way too get everything out of my head. Perhaps I should have started journaling  years ago)

Lots of Follicles

I now have 11 follicles on one side and 15 on the other. They want each to get to 18-20 mm. Dr. Schoolcrafts theory is the ones the grow the biggest and fastest release the healthiest eggs...
I had an awesome nurse today! She got a bad vein to work the first time! Yay!

update

Today was my ivf physical, it was a simple appointment to make sure everything is good for surgery and I signed my life away to the anesthesiologist! The only part of surgery that makes me nervous is getting the iv started. It always takes serval tries with my fabulous veins! She did inform me I'd be getting the "Michael Jackson drug" only I'll be monitored ;)
Emotionally I still feel great, I'm just now starting to feel my overies. Although, my body is exhausted! I feel super tired. I'm sure it's just from getting up earlier everyday then I'm used too. I'm glad we are in the home stretch, at least for the first part!!

Update

Nothing too exciting to update today, moving along slowly. We add in a third injection now.
We may end up having to push retrieval back a day or two since were moving slow, but that's what they want so its good. Im still feeling great, but it is time to switch veins!
We will see what they saw tomorrow..

So far so good!

I had an ultrasound this morning and we are off to a good start. Several follicals on both side, small still, but that's good. Trying to prevent hyper stimulation, they want it slow and steady. My nurse did just say she would be very surprised if were able to do a fresh transfer. Most likely it will have to be frozen which means an other 8 weeks after retrieval...
Jason comes back tonight so no more injecting myself! Wahoo!
Im retarded with the needle, I somehow  managed to leak out an intire vival of meds before I was able to do the injection, that was an expensive lesson!
On a good note my one good vein is still coroporating!

I did it!

Wahoo! I did my own injection this morning. I only had to 1..2...3.. twice

Here we go!!

Today we began the Ivf journey. I had a blood test and and ultrasound this morning, which moving forward was pending on positive results. Everything was excellent! Even my ovaries are calm, (thanks to help of 21 days on the pill) and my hormone levels are perfect. With that said, we begin injections tomorrow, one in the morning and one at night and a pill before bed. We remain in that routine until the 15th, which is when ill post again, nothing exciting just an update. That starts 9 days straight of blood test and ultrasounds.
(And can I just tell you I have the WORST veins ever, I only have 1 that likes to corporate. This is not going to be good ;) anyway, my tentative egg retrieval is scheduled for the 23rd. We wont know when transfer will be until we see how my body is responding to the stimulation meds and Dr. Schoolcraft decides on the trigger shot medication. (which is the medication that will cause my ovaries to release the eggs at a precise time) 
Below is a picture of the pharmacy we will be putting into my body the next few weeks which will make me hot, blotted, bruised and emotional!
(As if infertility didn't make me crazy enough without help! Poor Jas!!