My official protocol arrived today for IVF #2.
It it entitled "LUPRON STOP PROTOCOL" because I have retarded hormones that couldn't handle both the Lupron and stims at the same time.
Apparently, I liked the Lupron too much and became "overly suppressed".
Somehow I imagine my ovaries just hanging out, smoking a doobie saying "Duuuudde, what's the rush?"
Anyway, with the exception of the Lupron stoppage, all appears to be the same:
1/27 - start birth control pills
2/14 - start Lupron (10 units each morning). Begin children's aspirin each day
2/19 - Expected CD1 (a.k.a. Aunt Flo, being on the rag, having my friend in town)
2/21 - Lupron Evaluation. If all goes well, I'll start stims that night
(Gonal-F 300 IU and Menopur 150 IU)
3/04 - Estimated egg retrieval
3/7-9 - Estimated transfer
So, there it is. My hopes of having a child all wrapped up in 8 lines of text.
I have to admit that while I'm very excited to get started again, I'm also a little apprehensive.
IVF #1 went well.
Yeah, OK.
So, I didn't get pregnant. Geez, you're so picky!
But other than that... I was a poster child for making babies!
They retrieved 16 eggs, 11 fertilized and we ended up with 5 blastocysts. 5 AA blastocysts, I might add.
Now, I'm afraid I set the bar too high for myself and I won't be able to reproduce (no pun intended) the same results.
What if I suck this time?
What if one year really does make a difference in reproduction?
Okay, I have something to admit. I'm old.
Alot of you are in your 20's or early 30's. I'm pushing 39.
THIR-TEE-NIIIIIINE!
For those of you that are mathematically challenged, that's almost forty.
While my RE has never questioned my age... come to think of it, she's never even mentioned it, it has to be a factor.
And, it scares the holy be-jebus outta me.
Alright, it's Grandma's bedtime....
4 comments:
I'm glad you got your protocol, Suzanne. I laughed at what you wrote about your ovaries!
I know what you mean about wondering about age. I'm 35 and I worry/wonder about it, too. I guess I'm holding onto some bit of hope that somehow I'll get pregnant on our own since we're not doing IVF. Highly unlikely at this point, but still... I hope that you have good luck with this cycle just like you did with the way you responded to the first one. They retrieved so many eggs - that's wonderful. Hopefully they will get lots of good quality eggs this time, too.
Ok, you are so funny.
I'm not sure which part was my favorite ... maybe it was shouting out your age in their separate syllables for all to comprehend! I have to admit, I'm one of the ladies in her early 30's ... but for awhile I thought I had DOR or POF (heck, I still might ... who knows!) but I used to try to nail it in people's heads that although I was 31, my ovaries were in their mid-forties! So your ovaries are smoking doobies and I thought mine were using a cane!
Ok, seriously, I get how scary it is to go through this again ... what if things don't go so well ... it's such a huge investment.
I'm pulling for you and will definitely be looking for updates.
HAHAHA...
Love your post... You're too funny!!!
Perhaps your RE never mentioned your age because your ovaries are like those of early 20's.
My goodness, those were some stellar quality embryos you produced there.
Here's to hoping for better end results.
Many thoughts and prayers to you and DH for a wonderful cycle with a positive outcome.
Anna
I know that you dont know me, but I just wanted to tell you that 39 is NOT old to be having a baby. Reason I say that is because my mom was infertile (drs didnt know why) from the ages of 20-39. Then at the age of 39 she got pregnant and had me (1980) and then my sister at 41 and my brother at 43. We were all normal healthy babies, and still are perfectly healthy to this day. So hang in there and dont give up HOPE ever. Good luck with your IVF #2 =). God Bless
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