September 22nd, 2008

Here is where it may get confusing for some of you. The title of my post is the date that I actually posted the subject- just on a different website. I am moving it here for you all to see.




So- On a fertility note...

Well, after one cancelled Clomid/IUI cycle (50mg) I have decided, with my doctor, to go straight to injectibles. The Clomid made me incredibly dizzy while I was on it, and the mood swings afterwards were practically unbearable. I would be so filled with anger, for no reason, and then I would be in tears. It was awful. I also wasn't sleeping well at night because I kept waking up sweating and thirsty. Oh, and it did nothing.So, the doctor started me on an INCREDIBLY low dose of Follistim. 25IU to be exact. It was to be injected into my belly once a day, for 5 days. I was terrified of giving myself the injection, and my husband told me he couldn't do it, because he would pass out. Because many people do it in the evening, I thought I would stick with that, and therefore, had to learn how to do it myself. I prepped the needle and swabbed my skin with alcohol and then...I chickened out.Luckily, my husband loves me, and decided he would grin and bear it, for me. (I love him!) So he did it the first night, and was SO proud of himself. And it wasn't really THAT bad. I barely felt it, and decided I could handle it from now on. Hubby surprised me the next night, though, when he rushed out of the shower so HE could do it again!Five days went by pretty quickly. I went back in for blood work and a sonogram (internal of course), which showed that I had an 8.5mm follicle on the right and a 7.5mm on the left. Not good enough. Dosage increased to 50IU for the next five days. This morning I went in for more bloods and another sono. I am now CD13. The sono showed the biggest follicle to be at 8.5mm. Not good at all. Now I am awaiting the doctor's orders. He will probably up the dosage again, otherwise- this cycle will go in the trash. Again.