Posted in Life on August 24, 2009|
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I called my Doc’s office on Friday to setup the timeline for IVF#4. And here it is…
Aug 21st – Start BCPs
Sep 8th – Last BCP Dose
Sep 9th – B/W + Suppression check appt
Sep 12th – Start Stims (175IU of Foll.istim + 2 vials of Me.no.pur)
Sep 15th – 1st B/W + Monitoring Appt
And if I respond anything like my first IVF, here’s whats to follow:
Sep 18th – 2nd B/W + Monitoring Appt
Sep 18th – Stims changed to 175IU of Foll.istim + 1 vial of Menopur
Sep 20th – 3rd B/W + Monitoring Appt
Sep 20th – Stims changed to 125IU of Foll.istim + 1 vial of Menopur + Gane.relix + 50ml Micro-do.se h.CG
Sep 21st – 4th B/W + Monitoring Appt
Sep 21st – Stims changed to 125IU of Foll.istim + Gane.relix + 50ml Micro-do.se h.CG
Sep 22nd – 5th B/W + Monitoring Appt
Sep 22nd – Last stim shot of 75IU of Foll.istim + Ovi.drel trigger shot in the PM
Sep 24th – RETRIVAL!!
Sep 29th – 5-day transfer!! (I have never had a 5-day transfer… and I am so hoping for one this time around)
Oct 9th – Beta! GULP!
You know… I often wonder why I have to pay $$$$$$ for someone to give me this schedule. I know what’s going to happen when. Those blood draws aren’t rocket science (if done right that is! I have had some pretty bad ones though. In any case, shouldn’t be hard to pick up). I know what to look for in my ovaries. I know when I am ready to be harvested. The only thing I probably need help for is that retrival thing. Crap they knock me out… so I don’t even get an opputunity to learn how to do that + I don’t think I can get myself to stick a needle through my vagina into my ovaries…. yeah… not happening. So ok fine… I guess I will shell out some $$$ for that. And definitely for the embriologist that does her magic. I will not attempt to cut down the salary of the one person who looks after my babies before I get to see them!
Heck, they should start giving out discounts for the seasoned IVF patients like me. Let’s see….
- For one, we know what’s to come, so less prepping time needed.
- We have so few questions… if any.
- We don’t care for the flowery talk… just give us the plain facts… straight and square.
- We know the numbers of all the nurses and IVF coordinators and doctors there… so no need to waste any energy trying to hide details… because you know we are going to double check.
- All the people in the clinic know us by our first name, so no worries abt miscommunication issues.
- And no worries abt looking at the wrong file either, because ours will be the biggest/fattest file in your filing cabinet!
Care to add to the list?
All in all…. I am an easy patient! Now all that the nurses and doctors have to do is to do as I say… and we will have no problems. Simple! ;)
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