My doctor's appointment today went well my estrogen and progesterone levels are looking great so far! I am still giving myself the daily 10 units of Lupron and changing my estrogen patches every other day. I am still at two patches and will increase to three patches on Friday.
C and I are getting a bit antsy! Our RE called C about a week ago and said although her TSH level is normal but he wants it a bit lower in order to respond to injectables better. So he started her on a low dose of synthroid to take daily with her prenatal vitamin and BCP. I feel so bad for her she has been so groggy/tired since she started it, not really sure why... considering it should be the opposite. Who knows but I know she is super siked to stop the BCP tomorrow!! And not so excited to start injectables Sunday only because of the fact that it requires self injectable needles lol. She will be happy in two weeks when the retrieval time is here! And so will I... I feel like we are so close yet so far away!
Anyway aside from my lack of patience, my life, along with my wife's has been crazy. We are both working crazy hours... she started to pick up overtime to start the crazy saving! Lol. I just got done working five days in a row (four of which were 13hr days)! Today I got to enjoy myself a bit, C suggested that I get a Boudoir photography session done (pre-baby lol). So, I did. It was very cool, we used our wedding photographer and she came to our house, so I would feel comfortable in my own bedroom. She made me feel beautiful... but I don't know how I will feel when I see them! I am a bit heavyset now a days, and I haven't always been so seeing nearly naked photos of myself may be a bit of a challenge for my confidence. But I suppose post baby I will appreciate the way I look now....? Who knows!
CRAZY TO THINK IN MONTH I COULD TOTALLY BE PREGNANT! I hope I am not being too optimistic!
I totally get the antsy feeling! ( see my latest blog post) but y'all are soooo close! Don't work yourselves to death! And there is no such thing as too much optimism ;) I'm on synthroid too but I haven't noticed any side effects-maybe it's the overtime lol...
ReplyDeleteI've been on Synthroid since October, and haven't noticed much from it at all... though my TSH levels are now ones that make my doctor happy.
ReplyDeleteIVF has good success rates, and it seems like you're both young and healthy... I think optimism is totally warranted!
I think its great to be optimistic. The odds are in your favor. Cant wait to follow your progress.
ReplyDeleteA month will fly by and you'll be joining the baby brigade! Hope the start of BCP's goes ok - I always felt quite moody on them...eek!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much everyone! C and I are super excited!
ReplyDeleteI just read your journey and you two are going to be awesome parents! I am wishing you lots of luck and you two are in my thoughts! I know how you are feeling! It is such an exciting and anxious time! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! And congrats to you and your wife on the pregnancy with your baby girl!
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