Listening to: Soul Meets Body by Death Cab For Cutie
I had my ultrasound this morning and I've been given the go ahead to start the medicine tonight! My next ultrasound is 11/25 at 9 AM and we'll be looking to see how the follicles are growing to determine how many more days of shots I need to do before the IUI. Needless to say, I am way excited and am totally expecting today to drag along.
On a completely different topic, I bought the ham and turkey for our Thanksgiving dinner next week. Looking at the list of food that will be made, you would think I was cooking for 20 people...but no, it's just 6. We've got company Friday to Sunday and then more company next Wednesday to Sunday. There are a lot of things that I need to get done around the house for next week's company but I'll be lucky if I can get most of the items marked off the list.
UPDATE: I took 2 Letrozole pills (5mg total) at 6 PM. No side effects so far but that might not mean anything.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Let's get this party started!
Listening to: Arizona by Kings of Leon
We went to Charlotte this past weekend to spend time with our friends and their little girl. I spotted slightly most of the weekend but it was sporadic so I didn't think anything about it. Monday morning, the spotting was a little bit more frequent and I still had two more doses of Prometrium to take. I called my RE's office to speak to the nurse and she told me to just go ahead and stop taking them...evidently, some women start their periods while taking them so it was perfectly normal to be spotting. When I took progesterone before, I always ended up taking all the pills and then waiting for my period to start 3 to 5 days later and I was expecting the same thing with this medicine. Turns out I was wrong...but it's nice to be wrong because Prometrium made me feel really weird and tired so not taking it meant no side effects! So, I officially started my period last night and called my RE's office again to schedule my baseline ultrasound for tomorrow morning at 9 AM. Tomorrow's appointment is just to make sure that there are no cysts so it shouldn't be too big of a deal.
So, what does this mean? Yesterday was cd1 and tomorrow will be cd3 which means I start taking the Letrozole tomorrow night! I will be taking it cd3 to cd7 and then on cd7 I start doing the FSH injections and continue those to cd10. On cd10, I go in for the ultrasound to see what's going on and they tell me how many more days to continue the injections. Finally. We're finally getting somewhere. Excited doesn't even begin to accurately describe the emotion I'm feeling right now!
We went to Charlotte this past weekend to spend time with our friends and their little girl. I spotted slightly most of the weekend but it was sporadic so I didn't think anything about it. Monday morning, the spotting was a little bit more frequent and I still had two more doses of Prometrium to take. I called my RE's office to speak to the nurse and she told me to just go ahead and stop taking them...evidently, some women start their periods while taking them so it was perfectly normal to be spotting. When I took progesterone before, I always ended up taking all the pills and then waiting for my period to start 3 to 5 days later and I was expecting the same thing with this medicine. Turns out I was wrong...but it's nice to be wrong because Prometrium made me feel really weird and tired so not taking it meant no side effects! So, I officially started my period last night and called my RE's office again to schedule my baseline ultrasound for tomorrow morning at 9 AM. Tomorrow's appointment is just to make sure that there are no cysts so it shouldn't be too big of a deal.
So, what does this mean? Yesterday was cd1 and tomorrow will be cd3 which means I start taking the Letrozole tomorrow night! I will be taking it cd3 to cd7 and then on cd7 I start doing the FSH injections and continue those to cd10. On cd10, I go in for the ultrasound to see what's going on and they tell me how many more days to continue the injections. Finally. We're finally getting somewhere. Excited doesn't even begin to accurately describe the emotion I'm feeling right now!
Monday, November 09, 2009
Waiting
I gave up on waiting around for my period to start and began the Prometrium last night. Damn it. So, now I've got 10 days of pills to take and then I wait for my period. I feel like absolute crap. I guess waking up at 4 AM does that to a person!
Still listening to the New Moon soundtrack and I will admit that it's growing on me. These are the songs that I really enjoy:
Still listening to the New Moon soundtrack and I will admit that it's growing on me. These are the songs that I really enjoy:
- Meet Me On The Equinox by Death Cab For Cutie
- Possibility by Lykke Li
- A White Demon Love Song by The Killers
- I Belong to You by Muse
- Done All Wrong by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- The Violet Hour by Sea Wolf
- Shooting The Moon by Ok Go
- No Sound But The Wind by Editors
- New Moon by Alexandre Desplat
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Merry Samhain!
Listening to: Drive by R.E.M.
So, I had a moment of freaking out and ended up having my medicine shipped yesterday. It arrived this morning by Fed-Ex and for a moment, I felt like a child opening up the first Christmas present. Right now, it's sitting on the dining room table (except for the stuff in the refrigerator) and I get giddy every time I walk by it. Sick, I know.
B finally got home this morning after a nightmare trip home on Delta. You'd think he'd been gone forever by the way he's acting. It's great to have him home though....and hopefully I'll be able to sleep better now that he's in bed beside me.
To avoid indulging in Halloween candy, I didn't even buy any this year. Nope, we're not doing the whole trick-or-treat thing this year. Call us party poopers if you must but I'm not missing it.
So, I had a moment of freaking out and ended up having my medicine shipped yesterday. It arrived this morning by Fed-Ex and for a moment, I felt like a child opening up the first Christmas present. Right now, it's sitting on the dining room table (except for the stuff in the refrigerator) and I get giddy every time I walk by it. Sick, I know.
B finally got home this morning after a nightmare trip home on Delta. You'd think he'd been gone forever by the way he's acting. It's great to have him home though....and hopefully I'll be able to sleep better now that he's in bed beside me.
To avoid indulging in Halloween candy, I didn't even buy any this year. Nope, we're not doing the whole trick-or-treat thing this year. Call us party poopers if you must but I'm not missing it.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Information Overload
Listening to: I Belong To You by Muse
Wow. Today I had my injections class and it went smoothly. It's really not that much different than my allergy injections I used to give myself...except now they're in my stomach. We got this little packet of information with all the instructions and information about the IUI...and they faxed in my prescription and I've already set up the delivery date for my medication (November 6th). Now we just wait around for AF to start which "SHOULD" be next Friday. I'm only giving myself until Sunday and if nothing has happened....I'm going to start the Prometrium.
So, in case your interested, here is the complete medication list for the first cycle:
Brian comes home late tomorrow night! We've only got to spend 18 hours alone together in the last two weeks so I'm excited to get some quality snuggle time. Unfortunately, he's got a lot going on with school and will probably be spending most of his weekend studying for his test and working on his project.
One last thing...yeah for the time change this weekend (one extra hour of sleep that night) but I'm sad that it'll be getting darked earlier. That will limit my walking on the trails to weekends which is kind of a bummer!
Now, I'm off to bed to see if I can actually fall asleep before 1 AM. This week I haven't had much luck and I feel tired but I've felt tired all week.
Wow. Today I had my injections class and it went smoothly. It's really not that much different than my allergy injections I used to give myself...except now they're in my stomach. We got this little packet of information with all the instructions and information about the IUI...and they faxed in my prescription and I've already set up the delivery date for my medication (November 6th). Now we just wait around for AF to start which "SHOULD" be next Friday. I'm only giving myself until Sunday and if nothing has happened....I'm going to start the Prometrium.
So, in case your interested, here is the complete medication list for the first cycle:
- Ovidrel 250 ug pre-filled syringe
- Gonal-f RFF 450
- Antagon .25mg prefilled syringe
- Progesterone suppositories 50mg (oh yes, suppositories for my whoo-whoo)
- Letrozole 2.5mg
Brian comes home late tomorrow night! We've only got to spend 18 hours alone together in the last two weeks so I'm excited to get some quality snuggle time. Unfortunately, he's got a lot going on with school and will probably be spending most of his weekend studying for his test and working on his project.
One last thing...yeah for the time change this weekend (one extra hour of sleep that night) but I'm sad that it'll be getting darked earlier. That will limit my walking on the trails to weekends which is kind of a bummer!
Now, I'm off to bed to see if I can actually fall asleep before 1 AM. This week I haven't had much luck and I feel tired but I've felt tired all week.
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