- Name: Liz
- Location: New York
I'm 37 and have been happily married since Sept. 2002. Ivan is truly my companion in life. Our TTC journey has felt like a never ending roller coaster ride. We had an ectopic PG in Dec. 04 and in April 05 found out my IF is due to tubal abnormality. We were told IVF was our only hope. July 05 we did IVF # 1 and it was a chemical PG. We did IVF # 2 in Oct. 05 and it was a BFN. In Jan. 06 we did a combined fresh and frozen embryo transfer and it was a BFN. We were determined not to give up our dream of having a baby. IVF # 4 was in April 06. The cycle worked like a charm and on December 20, 2006 we were blessed with Hannah and Matthew.
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Thursday, January 12, 2006
IVF # 3
The fun begins…I start stims tonight. In a little while I will lock my door and inject. Oh what a sight if someone were to walk in. I’m feeling horrible. The lupron is giving me terrible headaches and I’m having hot flashes. The last couple of nights I was so hot that I had to sleep in the living room with the windows open. I keep telling myself no pain, no gain…this has to work. I'm hoping with the decrease in Lupron these annoying side effects will disappear. Jenna called me earlier and asked if I was feeling hopeful. I want to and I think that now that I’m starting stims hope will come along. I’m worried but as with other things in life there are no guarantees. All I can do is try, hope and pray that it’s successful.
| posted by Liz at 2:45 PM |
12 Comments:
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commented at 4:02 PM~
Liz, I'm hoping and praying for you. Hope the side effects go away. Lots of luck to you!!
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Timea commented at 7:45 PM~
Liz, I hope the shots go okay:) I'm sorry you haven't been feeling well. I get bad side effects just from my injectibles for IUI, I'm scared to think what the IVF drugs will feel like. I can understand how hard it is to stay hopeful. I really hope that thirds times a charm for you.
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commented at 9:38 PM~
I'm so sorry to hear you're having such a rough time with Lupron. I hope it diminishes a bit with the dosage decrease. And of course, I hope it will all be worth it in the end.
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commented at 9:33 AM~
Sorry that the Lupron is causing so much discomfort. It should start going away once you start decreasing the dosage. I know it's hard to be hopeful but I'm so glad you're not giving up. You've got lots of people rooting for you.
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commented at 3:20 PM~
I dread the lupron...hope the side effects start decreasing. Wishing you the best with this cycle.
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commented at 4:01 PM~
Ick. Lupron...
I hope the days go by FAST and you'll see the end of this phase of the process soon.
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Portlairge commented at 8:34 PM~
Good luck with the stims and hopefuuly the lupron side-effects will disappear.
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x commented at 10:10 PM~
thanks for the honesty about side effects. I start cycle #1 this spring and have been anxious to hear some honesty about cycling. I'll be thinking of you, wishing you all the best.
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April commented at 11:19 AM~
Thinking of you and hoping and praying it goes well.
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Jenna commented at 11:50 AM~
Hey Liz, I hope that the side effects are getting better with the stims not worse. I really pray that this cycle works. I really want this miracle for you and Ivan. Hugs, Jenna I will call you today.
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Ally commented at 5:16 PM~
Good Luck Liz...I hope God blesses you with a pregnancy and a healthy baby in 9 months.
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jude commented at 5:30 PM~
Liz - I started my stims for IVF #2 on Thursday night too(1/12/06). The Lupron makes me hot flash in the middle of the night now as well. Last time, my flashes were in the middle of the day! It's no fun wanting to peel your clothes off in the middle of Wal-Mart!! The Gonal-F in this cycle isn't giving me "bug bites" but I feel the mood swings pass over me like the tide. Good luck to you this time. I've chosen not to share any of this IVF cycle with the friends or family. My outlet is my blog. I'm feeling superstitious this time around, I guess!
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