Stims + Appointment Notes
This will likely be boring to anyone who is not me, but in keeping with the chronicling of this process I felt it necessary to document my experience with ovarian stimulations and related appointments...
Stims Day 1 (Sunday October 18) - first day of stims was crazy! Ben and I both got up at 6 this morning for my first injections. I did them by myself (I insisted) but it was harder than I thought it would be! Spent the rest of the day literally laying around waiting for 6pm to come for the next ones. The second one (night only) really stung going in.
Stims Day 2 (Monday October 19) - Feeling some side effects today...headaches off and on all day and felt tired and cranky.
Stims Day 3 (Tuesday October 20) - SO TIRED today. These meds make me so sleepy.
Stims Day 4 (Wednesday October 21) - first monitoring appointment today! Didn't take exact notes but I did some Googling afterward and everything seemed perfectly in line and normal for someone my age with DOR. Sucks that Ben can't come to these appointments and instead I just have to text him selfies and reports after the fact.
Stims Day 5 (Thursday October 22) - still feeling tired. These meds are kicking me in the ass.
Stims Day 6 (Friday October 23) - 8 total follicles at my appointment this morning! 6 on the left and 2 on the right. Today was also a huge day for us in another arena - we sold our condo! We bought it in 2011, lived in it until 2014, and the market has been crap ever since so we've been renting it out at a loss for almost 5 years. Such a relief to finally be done with it!
Stims Day 7 (Saturday October 24) - nothing to report! Side effects have mostly subsided and I'm spending most of my time on the couch knitting and watching TV. Anxious for appointment tomorrow.
Stims Day 8 (Sunday October 25) - 13 follicles this morning!!! I can't believe it. Four look like they are going to be good to go this week, and 6 more may catch up. Kat told me to come in one more time on Tuesday and to prepare for retrieval on Thursday.
Stims Day 9 (Monday October 26) - no news, just hoping these follicles keep growing!
Stims Day 10 (Tuesday October 27) - went in for my last monitoring appointment! I had 4 follicles that looked good to go. The others don't seem to have caught up as much as we'd thought, but they still could! Even still, with DOR and starting with an AFC of 7, ending up with 4 mature eggs retrieved would be pretty solid. Took my last injections today and trigger shot at 10pm tonight! Crazy to think that this part is already over!
