Coasting
Finally got the call from the nurse – presumably after a significant amount of conferencing between doctors and nurses about this sticky situation. Some of the typical options in this situation – the half-dose trigger, or retrieving and freezing – aren’t very good options for me with my severe egg maturity problem. But damn was I worried, sitting here all day waiting for someone to call me.
My E2 levels are as I expected, at 6500. So they’re not going to trigger me tonight. I coast tonight (just lupron, no stims or menopur) and go back in tomorrow to check my E2 levels again. If they’re around 5000 then we trigger. If not, we wait another day. She said they really want to transfer me this cycle (ie, not have to freeze and wait because of OHSS) so they’re just going to let me coast until things come back under control and then trigger and retrieve.
Hell, maybe my eggs will appreciate the extra day to grow up. They had better frickin take advantage of this, you hear me eggs?! You think REALLY HARD about how you can use this extra time. I suggest reading some books. Get in a college education. Learn all about spermies and embryos and how you can contribute to the greater good.
So I wait another day. Perhaps it’s just not possible for me to have a cycle without some kind of unexpected disaster to strike. Maybe this will get it over with so we can be pleasantly surprized at fertilization. (Ahahaha. Yeah, that’s the sound of me laughing hysterically.)
Sending all my best wishes for a good end to this crazy cycle!
Having mildly overstimmed before with considerably less eggs, all I can say is my ovaries are seriously aching for you! I just want to lay down and cry thinking about how sore, bloated and achy you must be feeling right now.
Just want to say good luck and that I’m thinking about you….I did IVF with ISCI almost 13 years ago and my ovaries were sore and I didn’t have nearly that many eggs…..
LOL! I’m actually feeling not that bad. Which shocked the hell out of the nurses. They figure I should be curled in the fetal position by now. I’m a little tender and have to pee quite frequently because everything is squished, but it’s not really painful or anything. And I don’t *look* very bloated.
I guess it’s kind of like my pregnancy… my body handled that easily too.
I’m always surprised at fertilization, I just don’t know about how pleasantly.
Hang tight. Waiting with you.
Good luck, I hope your eggs use this time wisely.
I’ll be thinking of you.
LOL I hope they get some learning done! I think mine need some too.
I’m hoping things are perfect for tomorrow!
wow. i’m glad you are not in pain. i am set for my ER sunday and i am waaay behind you. but my problem is that i am young yet i just don’t respond very quickly. eventually my body says “oh, ok, i see what you want me to do…” while yours says “whoo hooo let’s party” from the get go!! LOL you are coasting and i am on, get this: 450 Gonal F and 150 Repronex and 5 units of Lupron. yes, with those doses you’d think i am menopausal.
i have enjoyed reading your posts so much. it’s fun to read along and know that, on some level, we are going through the same thing.
i like your goal: one good embryo. why be greedy, right?
Ha, KC, I think I could give you a little bit of my ovaries get-up-and-go and we’d be perfect. Either extreme sucks monkey balls. I hope we both get to retrieval with good eggs!!
I am saying a prayer for you that those follicles listen to you! I have to say kuddos to you for all you have gone through and are going through…I am not sure how some people do it – I guess you just have to right? I am sorry to hear about what happened to Devin, I cant imagine…but I am glad to hear that you are going ahead again…I may not know you at all but you deserve it!