This is us at our baseline appointment.
Excited to start our STIMS (ovarian stimulation)!
At this point I’ve started my cycle, took 5 days of birth control and tested my levels with Lupron. This baseline appointment was to see how my follicles looked this month and gauge the daily injection dosages.
The 5 days of birth control felt so sickening. I don't know how I took it for so long in the past!
Friday, April 13, 2018 - Day 1 of FSH and Micro HCG shots. My next three days looked like this:
- 8 AM - 150 IU FSH
- 8:05 AM - 5 unites of Micro HCG
- 8 PM - 150 IU FSH
My Symptoms: Nausea, dizziness, tired, bloating... all sexy things
Monday, April 16, 2018 - First blood test (for Estradiol level) and ultra sound post injections Things are looking good! There are about 18-20 follicles total we can see and they look like little grapes. And as of today, 8 of them looked like nice and plump (measurable). We've only had 3 days of injections so I'm excited to see how many more will mature fully into some Costco size grapes! The NP (nurse practitioner) said about 80% of the follicles typically have eggs in them. All we can do now is pray for a lot of follicles, then a lot of eggs, then a lot of healthy embryos. ONE STEP AT A TIME.
*FSH = subcutaneous injection of a medication containing follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), which causes follicles containing eggs to develop in the ovaries. HCG "trigger" shot = injection of a medication called HCG, which causes the eggs to complete the maturation process. Learn more...
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