Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Monitoring Report

Ah, Tuesday at last!!! Halle-frickin-lujah! Last night I was just on pins and needles all night long, could not sleep, when I finally did pass out had a dream I went in for monitoring and my follies were huge and I had to trigger immediately. They were worried they didn't have enough time to develop, so yah...pretty much my worst nightmare. So much for not worrying about that!! Anywhoo, monitoring turned out to be great...my follies are just right, not too big or small! Here's the current count:

Right Ovary: 12.5, 11, 10.5, 9.5, 8.5
Left Ovary: 12, 11.5, 10, 8
Lining: 9.5

Estradiol: 649

The ultrasound lady said there were 5 more on each side that were too small to measure, but could definitely pop by my next ultrasound. And my follies were "nicely spaced" meaning we want bundles of grapes...all similar in size! My RE said the goal was 10-15 follies, so I think I will definitely be within that range. I'm just Soooooo relieved. I just felt like once I had this first monitoring appt under my belt, it would give me some insight to how at least the follie growing portion of the program was gonna go. And tonight I actually reduce my folli.stim from 225 iu's to 150 iu's, but adding in 75 iu's of Men.apur. And I'm still on the 10 iu's of Lu.pron. Hubby came with today, so he got his Men.apur mixing lesson (there are two viles with a powder and liquid that have to be mixed, similar to a trigger shot), so tonight we're onto 3 shots a night! And I go back in on Thursday morning for monitoring part 2!

So today I'm feeling great!! I have been suffering a little from some Lu.pron induced headaches, which my acupuncturists have been all over, and am starting to feel a bit bloated. But really, so far so good. Except my poor tummy...which is starting to get a little sore, more from hubby trying to get a good pinch each time than the shot itself. My new estimate for trigger is Saturday, 4/10 and ER on Monday. So we'll see, stay tuned!

26 comments:

A said...

Wow, that is amazing!! Awesome news!

Anonymous said...

Yea!! Hopefully this cycle goes as smoothly as this appointment went!

Rilee Brown said...

Yay! So happy to hear the good news and that you're feeling pretty good! :)

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! I know you are certainly relieved and I'm sure the excitement is building as to what this cycle will bring for you. Crossing my fingers, toes, etc for you!

Kim said...

Lovely news!!! I like how you explained it- like a bunch of grapes!!! Perfect visual! Hurdle # 1, down! Woot!

Anonymous said...

Yay! This is great news. Keep up the good work, follies. I can't believe you are less than a week away from ER!!!

Rach said...

Going great!! Good luck at the next appt.

R.J. said...

Sounds like you're right on track. Not too fast or too slow!

AL said...

Fantastic follie report!! So so excited for you!

Secret Sloper said...

Awesome news! Love those perfect follies :) Such good little babies already.

sienna said...

the anxiety is the killer, yah?? glad that you got a great report, and can relax, at least a little bit now ... hang in there!! you're halfway through :o) *hugs*

Anonymous said...

Yay! So glad the first monitoring appointment went well. The night before my first monitoring I was a wreck too! I dreamed all night that I missed my appointment and then they had to reschedule the whole ivf because I missed it. I woke up about 4 times that night, fell back asleep, and dreamt the SAME THING! haha. :) So glad everything is looking great! Keep us up to date. :)

Jessica said...

Yay...I'm so glad your ultrasound went well!! It is such a relief isn't it???

Anonymous said...

Could not have gone better--so awesome!!!!! Glad those follies acted exactly like they're supposed to! :)

T said...

YEAH for fantastic follies! Looks like the Easter bunny brought us all some good eggs :O)

I am so glad everything went well and you are right on track. Hopefully, these next couple weeks will just fly by for you!!

Andrea said...

Grow little follies grow!

So happy things are progressing so well :) And, glad you found some relief from anxiety of that bad dream.

Wow, this is going by so quickly! Your ER is going to be here before you know it.

Sending you love and positive thoughts...dream of +++++ signs!

Many Hugs as I cheer you on!

Anonymous said...

Huge sigh of relief!! I'm so excited for you! Sorry about the headaches and the pincy bruises...hopefully neither will last long.

Shanny said...

Yay, this is such good news!!! things are going nicely, I'm so excited for you =)
Praying, praying, praying!

Browniris said...

I am so glad that your monitoring appointment went well!!!

Anonymous said...

YAY! I'm so excited for you!!!

Anonymous said...

Woo hoo for the great monitoring report. that is some awesome lining ;)

Alison said...

Whoo hoo! This post made my day! I am so excited for you. You are responding perfectly and everything is aligning. Yay yay yay!
Sorry for the sore tummy and headaches, but it will so be worth it for the BFP!

Dear Diary said...

Yayyyyyy!!!!!!!! Awesome news!!! This is your cycle friend wohoooooooo =)

Stefanie Blakely said...

What an awesome monitoring appointment-- so excited for you!!

Erin said...

It's getting so close! I'm getting so excited!!!

Heather said...

That's awesome news!! I just found your blog and am your newest follower. I look forward to reading more!