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Thursday, April 27, 2006

Lupron: Day 8. Stims: Day 6

My Date with the DildoCam

First monitoring U/S was moved from Friday to today after I sent off an email about how much my ovaries were aching.

Good thing I did.

I'm nearly ready to pop.

13 follicles
8 on the right
5 on the left

And there might be a few more lurking about, says he. 14? 15? I can only dream I'll get so many. I had a 50% follicle to transferred embie rate last time. So this mean that we may have 6 or 7 to transfer, and let me tell you this: they're all going in. I ain't freezing anything.

He saw one that was already at 19mm and a couple others were hovering in the 16 and 17 vicinity. All I know is that I'm wondering if this speed can be attributed to my switching from Bravell/Urofollitropin to Gonal F? I mean, that is the precise day the twinges started.

So I am going in for one more U/S tomorrow. He wants to do one more U/S, just to be sure, and especially since I am SO damned early, but he said he is 99.9% sure I'll be triggering TOMORROW. Which, of course, means a Sunday retrieval and a Wednesday transfer.

And John is working that day. [growl].

Other data I got today:

E2= 1543
Prolactin = 30

The prolactin should be below 30, as in 29 or lower, and because I'm just over that threshold, I now get to add Parlodel to the daily drug cocktail. (Directions: "Take 1/2 tablet at bedtime as directed". What it really ought to say is, "Crack tablet in half and stick it in your coochie".)

So I'm early folks. Those eggs were growing fast and all that aching and griping I was doing wasn't all in my head.

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Anonymous statia said ... (8:11 PM) : 

I'm so glad you got in early. Women's intuition.

 

Blogger tonya said ... (9:02 PM) : 

So very glad you are in tune with your body-- great catch! And super speedy egg growing too. Hoping all stays on track (though I am bummed that your hubby has to work on Weds.).

 

Blogger Millie said ... (10:48 PM) : 

Sounds like everything is going great this cycle. You've got some fast eggs there!

 

Blogger Pamplemousse said ... (9:18 AM) : 

Fantastic news, Linda! No wonder your ovaries were griping.

 

Blogger Donna said ... (12:59 PM) : 

Well, don't we have busy little ovaries? A Sunday retrieval sounds like an evangelical event. I'll be checking on you obsessively in the next few days. Let me know if you want to get together!

 

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Ultrasound of a 9 week old fetus

Diagnosis:
elevated NKs, NKUs, 3 +APAs (2 borderline), heterozygous for MTHFR A1298C. Slightly low thyroid.

dq-α:
me: 1.1, 4.1
dh: 1.2, 3.1

Low LADs were treated in Mexico and elsewhere with LIT.
Anti-sperm antibodies
Article: LIT and the FDA

No: ANAs, normal TH1/TH2 Cytokine ratio, or x-DNA/Histones.

IF Treatments:
-Clomid #1: Sept 2005
-Clomid #2: Sept 2005
-HSG: Oct 2005
-Lap/Chromo: Oct 2005
-Nat'l IUI: Nov 2005
-IVF #1: Jan 2006, β1=2.0, β2=0.9
-IVF #2: May 2006, β1=<1.0
-Myomectomy (5), salpingectomy (both), & endo removed via lap on 6.6.6
-LIT#1 in Nogales: 6.16.6
-LIT#2: July 2006
-FET #1: Sept 2006, β1=2.48, β2=<2.0
-Dr. Hungarian Dx Oct 2006
-Dr. Hungarian Tx Dec 2006-Mar 2007
-IVF#3: Mar 2007 Canceled myself right before retrieval
-IVF#4: April/May 2007 Canceled due to dominant follicle
-IVF#4: August 2007, β1<2.0
-IVF#5: December 2007

Pre-ET
Feng Shui'd the House
500mg Zithromax starting with stims
4 LIT Treatments
17 Weeks of Humira or Enbrel
30g IVIg CD5 of IVF cycle (day 2 or 3 of stims)
30g IVIg 2 days before transfer
1mg Dexamethazone starting with stims
30mg Lovenox, 2X's/Day
0.0375mg Synthroid
Lexapro
Prenatal
Folguard 2.2 2x's/day
Extra 1g C (Stop at ET)
Extra 1g Calcium
Extra 400mg E (Stop at ET)
Nettle Tea & Capsules
2g Bromelain
Extra D3
Keep BMI<24
4-6g Fish Oil/Day
Baby Aspirin
Eating Loads of Protein!
Nettle Caplets
Femoral Massage (Stop at ET)
Acupuncture (Stop at ET)
TCM Diet: No cold or slippery foods
Immune Friendly Diet: No non-sprouted wheat, sugar, starches. Little fruit.
No nightshades
No caffeine
No coffee, not even decaf
No soy when in cycle
10 days Doxycycline

Day of Transfer
Light activity

Post ET Changes
Visualization
200mg progesterone capsules
Take it easy days 2&3
No sex til beta#1
Cut out egg yolks (contains immunogenic acid)






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