Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Progress is good

I started the estrogen patches last Monday and now I am up to 4 patches a day. The Lupron headaches are killing me and I feel like biting heads off anytime things don't go exactly my way. I'm blaming the drugs.

MTB and I headed to the parents' houses last week and upon our return, there was a box on our front step. I opened it to find that Brenda had returned the tiki fertility cups. I sent them to her nearly a year ago in the hopes that they would bring a little luck during her third and last IVF attempt. Unfortunately, they didn't work. At the sight of them nestled in bubble wrap inside the box my heart jumped just a little in excitement. Then I remembered why she was returning them and my heart hurt for her. We will toast our future babies with these cups just as we did for our very first IVF. The results from that cycle are stunning (and asleep in the next room).

Thursday, December 17, 2009

CD1

Here we go... is this the cycle that will work? Last birth control pill was Tuesday (although it was supposed to be Monday - oops!). Estrogen patches start Monday and then we should really be cooking then.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Okay, I'm an idiot

I forgot to take my Lupron shot Friday evening. I have an alarm set up to remind me to take it every night at 9pm, and on Friday, I was too busy looking for recipes online to be bothered with the shot. I kept saying, "I'll take it in a minute." Yeah, that never happened. I finally remembered at about 8 the next morning so I was about 11 hours late. Not sure what to do, I took it 8 am and again at 9 pm last night. It should be okay, but I'll call RE on Monday just to let them know. I need to not push snooze on the shots.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Uhm, I can't think of a clever title

I started acupuncture again this afternoon. The lady is local, so it works out well that MTB and I can tag team ARB while I get stuck. The lady is nice and I think she did a good job. After only the first treatment and about an hour, I felt great! Also, she's got bargain pricing where you pay $350 for unlimited treatments for a month. I'm looking forward to getting my money's worth.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Next steps

Sono yesterday was clean, and I got the green light to go for Lupron. I started with 20 units, which is twice as much as in my IVF cycles. No headaches so far.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

On pins and needles

Once upon a time, I tried acupuncture. I did it for about 3 months right after we lost our first baby in Oct 2007. I thought it was very relaxing until the acupuncturist basically fired me when she said, "I don't know why you are not getting pregnant. Come back if you want help with your headaches." Hmmm.....

I was only a little surprised when RE suggested acupuncture. He suggested one in Dallas while his nurse suggested someone else local. I contacted the local lady, and I'll start with the treatments in about a week. She has a deal where I can get a month of treatments for one low, low all-inclusive price. Now I just need MTB to commit to taking care of ARB while I attend these unlimited sessions. I want to make sure I get our money's worth.