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@Sunshine1810: good luck! Ice your belly before and everything will be great.

@Shutterbug: It's going alright. I had an issue with the Menopur the first night I did it. I felt like such an idiot. I had a problem with the Q-Cap not being on tight enough when I was putting one vial of mixture into another, and ended up wasting two vials. It's going much better now though.

I haven't had any monitoring yet. I lower my Menopur dose tonight to 75 and keep on the Gonal-f at the same dose, then tomorrow morning I have blood work. I was originally scheduled for an ultrasound tomorrow too, but now she just has me going for blood work and she will adjust my meds from there. I actually don't have an ultrasound until Friday.

@Sunshine1810: Sounds like you're doing great! I think there's always something that goes wrong the first night of stims. We managed to mess up my first dose of gonal-f... and it was preloaded in the pen! Do you have more firm retrieval/transfer dates yet? That can't be too far off now!

@Sunshine1810: I'm so glad it is going well!! Can't wait to hear how the blood work today went and how they adjust your meds. You must be so excited for the ultrasound on Friday!!! Next week is your big week!!

Did anyone experience soreness while stimming? Today my shoulders and back feel sore, almost like when I start a new work out routine. I don't know if it's that I slept funny of if this could be the medication.

@momazon: Perfect solution! I am feeling better today, so that's good. Maybe I did sleep funny the other night.

My doctor is on vacation this week so she is communicating with her nurse via email. The nurse is AWFUL. I have had a lot of issues with her. She called me yesterday afternoon and said that based on my blood work I needed to go back up to the 150 of Menopur. Obviously that wasn't the news I wanted to hear. I asked her what my levels were and she said that the doctor said my estradiol levels could be higher.

She called me back 10 minutes later and said she misread the email from the doctor and I actually need to double both the Gonal-f and the Menopur. She said I now need to take 150 of Menopur in the morning and at night, and 150 of Gonal-f in the morning and at night. Obviously that means things are bad. She wouldn't expand on it though, and I don't know what my actual levels are. I won't really know what's going on until tomorrow. I just feel so down today

@Sunshine1810: Sorry that the nurse isn't awesome. I have my FX when you go in for your ultrasound things will get cleared up. I know my RE said that sometimes if you were supressed before starting that thing can take some time to get going.

@Sunshine1810: I agree with everyone else - you've been suppressed with Lupron (and BCP?) so it takes a little while to kick your ovaries into gear. Definitely nothing to worry about! Good luck tomorrow!

@Sunshine1810: yeah, especially with PCOS, they want to be careful to start slow and steady so you don't get OHSS.

@Sunshine1810: Great update! Hopefully they all continue to grow nicely

@Sunshine1810: That's awesome!! And you may have even more than they can see! I had more retrieved at retrieval than were seen on my last ultrasound before trigger. Sounds like great numbers! When do you go back for the next scan?

@Sunshine1810: slow and steady growth is what you want! It sounds like your follies are all around the same size, too, which is great! That means you should get lots of good eggs, I think!

@swedishfish: I'm sorry about the low progesterone number, were you on anything from right after your transfer? I hope that the increased supplementation will help quickly and this will be a sticky baby for you

@swedishfish: prayers to you!

@swedishfish: hoping for the best!!! I'm not familiar with progesterone and endometrin. I know I was on pio throughout the process until like 9 weeks. Hoping the supplements work and you caught it on time!

@swedishfish: I was on PIO and Crinone suppositories from 1-2 weeks before transfer and continued both until 7 weeks pregnant. Then continued Crinone until 12 weeks. I feel your pain, but I believe they worked wonders for me! Praying they do the same for you!
Did the doc give any indication either way about the success of the pregnancy? If they are trying to supplement I wouldn't be worried just yet, it means that they feel it's viable! Try not to get upset just yet, you're still pregnant! xoxo

@swedishfish: hoping the best for you! Your HCG number seems great, and I'm sure with the PIO added your progesterone # will get better as well. I've heard before that vaginal progesterone doesn't register as well in your blood (even if it's working in your uterus).

@FliegepilzHut: yay! So soon!

@Shutterbug: I am comforted by the idea that vaginal progesterone doesn't register as well in your blood. I'm trying to keep zen about tomorrow's blood work.

@swedishfish: I am praying for you!!! The nurse kept me on the same doses of medications this weekend, and I went in for a follicle scan and blood work at 7:00 this morning.

@thisisme: Definitely getting close! I should know more this afternoon.

@FliegepilzHut: Great! It must feel good to be getting started. I was really excited to start my cycle.

This morning I went in for a follicle scan and blood work. Things are definitely progressing. Here's the rundown: Left side: 2 - 16mm, 1 - 15.5 mm, 2 - 15mm, 1 - 12mm, 1 - 11mm, and 6 that were under 11mm.

Right side: 1 - 15mm, 2 - 14mm, 4 were under 11mm.

My lining was 13mm. I was really glad to see they have been growing. Hopefully my retrieval will be soon!

@FliegepilzHut: Thank you!!! Best of luck to you too, let us know if you have questions!!! Hellobee has really been a life saver for me throughout this process especially!