Day 3 Shots – Menopur & Follistim
Friday, February 17, 2012 Okay so I am a dumb ass. I saw on the Menopur website I should be using 1 vile, which is 2ml for every 300IU. So I have been using the 2 ml for 4 viles of powder. I read the directions from RMA and it states to use 1ml for […]
Day 2 Shots – Menopur & Follistim
Thursday, February 16, 2012 So far the only side effect I have from the Menopur is a little bruising. I did some googling and found that it is possible the shot was put into a blood vessel, which can cause bruising. I do not have any side effects from the Follistim. I was dreading the […]
Day 1 Shots – Menopur & Follistim
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Today I had my baseline ultrasound appointment and lab work. I had 8 follicles on the right side of my ovary and 11 follicles on my left ovary. The ultrasound tech said that was a good number and a good start. The ultrasound tech is horrible at drawing blood. I am […]
List of IVF Meds & Pricing
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Attached is a list of meds we received and will be taking throughout this whole IVF process.
CD 1 & Vivelle Dot Patch
Monday, February 13, 2012 So to my surprise this morning I started my menstrual cycle. I am 6 days early, which is not par for the course. I am usually spot on (no pun intended) with the timing to starting my menstrual cycle. I called RMA to talk with my nurse Rachel and was told […]
Shipment of IVF Meds Arrive
Tuesday, February 14, 2012. First, Happy Valentines Day!!! I came home today to find a mountain of boxes with meds on my front porch from Medco. My first reaction to all of those boxes was holy shit what the hell is that. I could not believe that there could be that much medicine I would […]
Cetrotide Shot III
Sunday, February 12, 2012 Today I am spotting and have a little bit of cramps. I thought maybe this could be a side effect from the Cetrotide. I did some Internet research and did not find this was a side effect. Pete thought maybe the spotting was occurring because I have been major stressed this […]
Cetrotide Shot II
Saturday, February 11, 2012 This is the second night of the three series of shots for this week. I have now switched to Cetrotide as the pricing was cheaper at the pharmacy. The intention again was for me to give it to myself but that did not work out. Pete and I agreed just as […]
Ganirelix Shot
Friday, February 10, 2012 Today is the first day of a three day series of shots that I need to take. Pete and I watched the video on how to give the shot to make sure we administered it correctly. The intention was for me to give myself the shot. Once we prepared the […]
Progesterone Blood Work Take II
Thursday, February 9, 2012 drank water almost non stop yesterday so the blood work this morning would go smoothly. The nurse pricked me twice with the needle and no blood would come out into the tubes. Wendi gave me a prescription to go to CPL at lunch time. I drank only water until I went […]
Progesterone Blood Work
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 I went in to RMA this morning to get the progesterone blood work labs done. Since Austin Gastro took blood on Monday and had difficulties I was quite bruised in both arms. The nurse advised me to pound the water to re-hydrate my body. I have another appointment in the morning […]
Sonoysterography (Saline Ultrasound)
Thursday, January 26, 2012 I had the saline ultrasound this morning. This was simpler than the HSG procedure. I still took a Vicodin and .50mg of Xanax. The procedure uses sterile saline that is injected into the cavity of the uterus, distending or enlarging it. The saline outlines the endometrium (the lining of the uterine […]
The Day After the HSG Procedure
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 It is now the next day evening after the HSG procedure. Needless to say I took too much medication and had a difficult time waking up this morning. I probably could have slept another four hours if I could. I was told my Pete when talking to him on the way […]
HSG Procedure
Monday, January 23, 2012 Hi I just wanted to share the experience I had to today with the HSG procedure. First of all to explain that an HSG procedure is a hysterosalpingogram (HSG) is an X–ray test that looks at the inside of the uterus and fallopian tubes and the area around them. Several days […]
RMA of Texas – Dr Arredondo
Thursday, January 5, 2012 Starting from left to right – Dr Francisco Arredondo, Rachel Decker Nurse and Wendy Brummitt Ultrasound Tech Today we had our second consultation appointment at RMA of Texas http://www.rmatx.com/. We met with Dr. Arredondo and our assigned nurse Rachel. As soon as we walked through the door the environment was so different […]
Texas Fertility – Dr Burger
Thursday, December 29, 2012. Today was one of the first appointment at a fertility center. Pete and I met with Dr. Burger, who had a calm, quiet personality. She started off by asking us what felt like 100 questions about our family history, conceiving experience and even our intimacy relationship. Based on our age […]