So I went in on Tuesday and did my blood work and my ultrasound. The kids were in schools so I didn't have to worry about finding anyone to help with them.
Dr. Nuredeen (she did my last hysteroscopy) did my scan. She said my lining was really thin and my follicles were small. She can't make the decisions on my treatment because Dr. G is my official doctor. She said "I can see you starting- but it all depends on your bloodwork and Dr. G." I waited all day to hear back. Finally, at 7pm I got my message that I needed to start my meds that day!
Thankfully, I had pills and patches left over from August. While I was at the doc's office I called the specialty pharmacy and ordered my meds for overnight shipment just in case.
It's official.. I'm a walking pharmacy this go-round.
estrace (dissolvable pill) 3x a day
estrogen patch (changed every 3 days)
lovenox (blood thinner) injection every day (uggggh!!)
Metanx - to help me absorb folic acid- 2x/day
baby asprin
and then later on... the lovely progesterone in oil.
I'm excited for the IVF part... the whole meds part totally sucks. I don't know if I'll be able to this another time if this doesn't work.
People keep asking me "you really want another one?" are we crazy? I never know how to respond to that... or why I have to defend our decision. It's a 3rd child... not a 10th. Jon and I made this decision together. It's going to be hard. It's going to be a lot of work... but it's worth it. We started talking about when the twins are grown. They'll only have a few kids each.. that means if they only have 2 kids each.. that's only 4 grandchildren. Then we talked about family gatherings that we have in our own families. It's fun to have multiple siblings and having cousins to play with. We want that for our family.
Sorry, had to get that out lol. I'm nervous. I hate the meds.. but I have high hopes!
Grape Soda Club
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
Blood results and where to go from here
So, I had my monster blood test done in September and we saw Dr. G at the beginning of October.
First things first- what we learned from the test was that Alton and Ashlyn are truly miracle babies.
When we sat down with Dr. G- the first thing he said to us was "Well, we did the blood test and we got more than we bargained for!"
Basically- I have a few genetic mutations. MTHFR is one of them. That's basically where my body doesn't absorb folic acid like normal people. That's easily fixed with a supplement. Not a really big issue.. however... with that comes something a little more serious. I have something else where because I don't absorb the folic acid- I am prone to clotting which is most likely why the last FET/IVF failed. If we do this again- I will take the supplement to help with folic acid and also a blood thinner (in an injection form, of course...).
At that visit I was like day 30 something into my cycle... he said to call when my cycle started. I told him that we were going on vacation from the 18th-23rd of Oct. He said not to worry and suggested to schedule me towards the end of the week before we were leaving to see where I was at. So, if my cycle started I'd call before that appt and if not- that appt was already in place. We had a plan.
I went in for my appt on the 15th.. day like 45 of my cycle... my lining was thick. Results showed that my cycle would start within 10 days. Great. I was hoping that it would come later in the week so that we wouldn't miss the opportunity. Then... Sun/Mon (18th/19th) my period started on our trip. We were in FL! I couldn't call them... what was the point? I couldn't go in to be checked and I didn't have my meds and I wasn't about to have them shipped to the hotel. I decided to just not think about it because I wanted to enjoy our vacation and not stress.
We got home on Friday the 23rd. I could've called them when we got back into town, but I didn't. I was still just on the fence. Then today came and I got the nerve to call. I told the nurse that I was fully aware that I had probably lost my window for being able to do a FET for this cycle but I was looking for advice on what to do. Their IVF lab closes at the end of December.. so timing is important. However, my cycle is NEVER normal. Sometimes it comes around 28 days and sometimes it decides to take a holiday for 6 months! This is why birth control is important for those who are going through fertility treatments. I was assuming they'd tell me to call when my next cycle started and then they'd probably put me on birth control to get more control. The nurse said that if my period didn't come by day 28 then I would need to call them so they could see where I was and maybe jump start it. Marked the calendar and ended the call.
About 5 mins later I got a text saying "check your patient portal". The nurse had talked to Dr. G and he wants me to come in tomorrow and see where I am (ultrasound and bloodwork) and see if we can start this cycle. I'm not holding my breath. I'm keeping my hopes low. I will be VERY surprised if we start the meds.
Wish me luck...
First things first- what we learned from the test was that Alton and Ashlyn are truly miracle babies.
When we sat down with Dr. G- the first thing he said to us was "Well, we did the blood test and we got more than we bargained for!"
Basically- I have a few genetic mutations. MTHFR is one of them. That's basically where my body doesn't absorb folic acid like normal people. That's easily fixed with a supplement. Not a really big issue.. however... with that comes something a little more serious. I have something else where because I don't absorb the folic acid- I am prone to clotting which is most likely why the last FET/IVF failed. If we do this again- I will take the supplement to help with folic acid and also a blood thinner (in an injection form, of course...).
At that visit I was like day 30 something into my cycle... he said to call when my cycle started. I told him that we were going on vacation from the 18th-23rd of Oct. He said not to worry and suggested to schedule me towards the end of the week before we were leaving to see where I was at. So, if my cycle started I'd call before that appt and if not- that appt was already in place. We had a plan.
I went in for my appt on the 15th.. day like 45 of my cycle... my lining was thick. Results showed that my cycle would start within 10 days. Great. I was hoping that it would come later in the week so that we wouldn't miss the opportunity. Then... Sun/Mon (18th/19th) my period started on our trip. We were in FL! I couldn't call them... what was the point? I couldn't go in to be checked and I didn't have my meds and I wasn't about to have them shipped to the hotel. I decided to just not think about it because I wanted to enjoy our vacation and not stress.
We got home on Friday the 23rd. I could've called them when we got back into town, but I didn't. I was still just on the fence. Then today came and I got the nerve to call. I told the nurse that I was fully aware that I had probably lost my window for being able to do a FET for this cycle but I was looking for advice on what to do. Their IVF lab closes at the end of December.. so timing is important. However, my cycle is NEVER normal. Sometimes it comes around 28 days and sometimes it decides to take a holiday for 6 months! This is why birth control is important for those who are going through fertility treatments. I was assuming they'd tell me to call when my next cycle started and then they'd probably put me on birth control to get more control. The nurse said that if my period didn't come by day 28 then I would need to call them so they could see where I was and maybe jump start it. Marked the calendar and ended the call.
About 5 mins later I got a text saying "check your patient portal". The nurse had talked to Dr. G and he wants me to come in tomorrow and see where I am (ultrasound and bloodwork) and see if we can start this cycle. I'm not holding my breath. I'm keeping my hopes low. I will be VERY surprised if we start the meds.
Wish me luck...
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