This month represents our 42nd cycle of trying to get pregnant.
Normally AF's appearance would be greeted with a glass of wine and a good cry, but today it means something else.
It's CD1 of our first IVF cycle.
(and hopefully only)
(and hopefully only)
I'll start BCP's the day after Christmas. My nurse gave me our tentative schedule, and I haven't been this excited about anything in a very, very long time. I want a BFP so fucking badly I can taste the after vomit from morning sickness... (too far? oh well.)
12/26 Start Birth Control Pills
12/29 & 1/12 Humira Injections (for Immunology Issues/ Neutralize Cytokines)
1/16 Start Lupron Injections
1/20 Last BCP
1/25 Estradiol & CBC, Blood Tests
1/27 Start Follistim
2/2 Estradiol, Prolactin, NK & TH1/2, Ultrasound & back up Semen Sample
2/6 - 9 Estimated Retrieval
2/9 - 16 Estimated Transfer (they prefer a day 5 transfer)
Beta at 13 days past transfer
Presumptuous? Yes. But monkeys? I can't afford to be anything BUT hopeful....
Anyhoo, this might be my last post for 2010 (and good riddance to this year, I'm so OVER it). So I'd like to take this take this opportunity to thank all of you who offered unwavering support through my year of "recovery", then wish everyone a Merry Christmas; if that's your bag, but more than anything I wish you all a very, very Happy 2011.
37 comments:
Ooooh - I'm so excited for you!!! This WILL be your cycle and year!!!!
Dropping by again for ICLW week!
Hoping that the new Dx & protocol work for you this time. Sending lots of STICKY baby dust your way!
The Cs
#78 ICLW
HELL YES, you are going to DO THIS.
Sounds like a great plan! I'm so excited for you!!! Merry Christmas:)
I'm so hopeful and excited for you!
I'm sorry #42 wasn't it for you, but I have very high hopes for this IVF for you! Merry Christmas!
Here from ICLW and glad I found your blog! We do have a bit in common, I THINK I have ovulatory PCOS too (polycystic ovaries; 34 and 30 in two checks, 34 day cycles, slightly elevated androgens) and though I've conceived twice I've lost both pregnancies.
Best of luck with this upcoming IVF!
Merry Christmas Melissa! I'll be starting IVF around the same time....I might just be a week or two ahead. Good luck! May 2011 bring us all our hearts desire! Merry Christmas!
Yay to CD1! Wishing you the best this IVF cycle. Happy Holidays!!
Much luck and good wishes for you this coming year... and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours!
wishing you so much luck with this ivf cycle!!!
Happy holidays and wonderful things to come for you in 2011....
Go go IVF treatment! Good luck and best wishes for the New Year...may it be THE YEAR!
Sorry that stupid AF reared her head at all! I am wishing you all the very best with your first (and only) IVF cycle!!!
May 42 be the last regular cycle you see for a very very long time!!!!
Well then it's great news to know that old Aunt Flo is here! Hoping that 2011 is all that 2010 was not !!!
Good luck with your IVF cycle! It feels so good to have a plan. And with a new treatment comes renewed hope! Enjoy the feeling. It is better than the alternative desperation/depression/anger we can usually feel.
Hi visiting from ICLW. Congrats on starting a new cycle....baby time in 2011! Buh-bye 2010. :D
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! And hooray for starting BCPs today. I hope these BCPs lead to a BFP in a few weeks!
Starting off the new year with good luck and lots of hope to you! My doctor also liked a day 5 transfer protocol and it worked for me... after MANY failed cycles.
#61 ICLW
GL!!
I am so excited to read your plan! I have very high hopes that this is your year and IVF will work for you! I am hoping my CD1 is this week then we can compare protocols!
Eek!! You started your bcp! Praying you WILL be parents in the fall of 2011. xoxo
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Best Wishes for 2011. I look forward to following your cycle (fingers crossed this is your one and only IVF cycle!). Happy Holiday ICLW.
I love this post and how hopeful you are! I am so excited for you!! I have an IVF advice post if you're interested! BTW, I just featured your blog! ICLW (#16)
Good luck you have every reason to be hopeful, IVF works for so many people, and it has worked for me twice, once even on the first try. Go for it!
Cheers to 2011! Let us hope it is the year all our dreams come true! Good luck and keep us posted!
Your IVF cycle is gonna fly by and before you know it you'll be the most PUPO you've ever been. I have high hopes for 2011 for you!!!
Yay!!!! So excited for you - I know it has been a long haul, but for the IVF part, I hope it is one and done for you.
Wow, it's here! I am so psyched for you. I really hope this is the answer for you. Lots and lots of love and good wishes being sent your way xx
I seriously cannot believe I am only just now commently here. I suck.
I am so so excited for you and what is to come this year. Thinking of you during this exciting, if slightly terrifying, time. :-)
Very excited for you. All finger and toes in our household are crossed! Much love.
Wow! Good luck with the IVF cycle!
congrats on getting started. i'm sorry the 42nd cycle didn't work out but 2011 is going to be your year!
Oh yeah! Here we go!! I hope those blasted little BCPs are treating you kindly. You are on your way, dear friend. Sending you all positive thoughts and wishes which will hopefully turn into pee sticks so very soon. Cheering loudly from the sidelines!
I'm seriously so excited for your IVF and the new year. It's a fresh start for you and I have a very strong suspicion it will be the year you become parents. I can't wait to hear all about the journey!!
Gooooo awesome embies! And many of them! And sticky, sticky ones, too! I am wishing you the absolute best and I love that you are hopeful, as I am hopeful for you. Fall 2011 sounds like a fine time to have a baby (or two, ahem, as it does happen).
This monkey is super duper hopeful and thinking of you!! Hope the bcp's are treating you okay. Crossing EVERYTHING!! XOXOXOXO
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