Day 2 of Stims

It's official. I am the most uninformed IVF cycler in the universe. I went in on Friday (day 10 of Lupron injects) for lab and ultrasound. The wand monkey revealed that I had four small follies on the right (5,5,5,5) and five small follies on the left (8,7,5,5,5). My lining was still pretty thick at 11, and Dr Funny said to expect a full blown period. My uterus must have heard him, because by the time I got off the exam table, I started bleeding pretty heavily. Luckily I was able to get dressed and get to the bathroom before I made a mess of everything. Went upstairs and had blood drawn at the lab, then headed back to work.

I was supposed to start stims on Friday. However, Friday afternoon my IVF nurse called me and said to continue with 5 units of Lupron only for two more days. Then he rattled off my stim protocol, which was not to start until Sunday. 150 of Gonal-F and 1cc of low dose HCG in the morning, 150 of Gonal-F and 5 units of Lupron in the evening. Also 2 doxycycline pills a day, while D takes 2 Cipro a day.

As I frantically wrote all of this info down, my mind must have turned to mush, because when the nurse asked if I had any questions, I stupidly said no. No idea what my E2 level was, no idea why they made me wait to start stims until Sunday and no ballpark idea on when my retrieval will be. By the time I realized my idiocy, it was after 4pm and too late to call the clinic back. So, I let it go over the weekend and have resigned myself to having a list of questions at the ready when I go in for more lab work on Tuesday.

So there it is...a summation of the last few days. Sorry it is so boring and devoid of quirky or witty stories, comments, or the like. It's just that I'm feeling soooo tired lately. Is it the lupron? Maybe. Have I worried myself into exhaustion? Perhaps. Never thought I'd say it, but I'm actually glad to start stims. After D gave me my first shot of Gonal F he said "There. Do you feel stimulated now"? Oh, how I wish. This exhaustion is for the birds.