U-Turn

OK - well the last week has been a total roller coaster.  Everything was going great.  N had 12 follicles (eggs) and then 15 and they were growing!  Then she went in on Tuesday and the Dr. measured them differently than the Dr. on call on Sunday.  Lesson to be learned: if at ALL possible - get the SAME Dr. to measure.  So, they postponed the retrieval for a couple of days - and then on Thursday, they scratched it all together.  Her estrogen was so high that they were worried she would over stimulate after the Trigger injection.  This would maker her very sick, it's dangerous.  So, we start over... I am to step down on the patches and then we both take Provera to get our cycles going again.  This all sounds very cut and dry to read it, but it's so much more than that.  It's devastating and N & J are just emotionally spent.  We'll see what the next few days bring us. 

Buckle Up!

We are approximately one week away from the Retrieval!!!  I am stoked, but N is so very nervous.  We are both so jacked up on these hormones, I'm amazed that we can talk to each other.  But as usual, we both seem completely normal to each other, it's all these other crazies that are surrounding us.  Of course, I feel sorry for our husbands, my children, family, friends and co-workers - but I think that it is our dogs that are suffering the most!  Poor guys, they are stunned at the Sybil in both of us! 

N went for another ultrasound this morning - 15 follicles!!!  Woohoo! They are growing like weeds.  
Agenda for tomorrow: My last Lupron injection and 4 patches!  I am praying that the headaches and other side effects, that I won't gross you out with at this time, will disappear by the weekend.  Lupron is truly the Devil's Spawn.  There is no doubt in my mind.  We both woke up at 5 am with screaming headaches.  
I'm sure that the patches will make up for the loss of the Lupron! :)
It's all worth it!  I wouldn't change a thing!