Things are moving...

Tonight was stim night #4. The meds have most definitely kicked in! In fact, after just two nigths of stimming I was already starting to feel a fullness in my abdomen and it was a little tender. I was walking down the hallway at school, kind of quickly, yesterday and everything felt like it was bouncing around and being jossled with every step I took.

It really surprised me that after only two days I'd be feeling the effects of the stims, but when I thought about it a longer, it made a lot more sense. For the January IUI I was only doing 50iu every night. I did that for 6 nights total and had 5 total follicles. Two of them were mature, and a third potentially matured by the time I actually ovulated. My dosage this time for the first two nights was 225iu each night, which means, in one night I had almost as much medication as I did in a whole week back in January. No wonder I could feel it working already!

Last night was the start of Menopur. That was quite the experience. My dosage of Follistim went down to 150iu and then I took half a vial of Menopur. Menopur is a little tricky in that it has to be mixed. It comes in two vials. One containing the powder, the other has the sterile solution. Once I got it all mixed I thought the hard part was over. Unfortunately my syringes have been kind of a pain in the rear and I've had a lot of air bubbles in the syringe. I tried to get as many out as possible, but I also didn't want to lose the medication. Since I'm not injecting into a vein it's not a huge deal to have air bubbles, but it definitely feels weird! As I'm pinching my skin to give Matthew a place to inject, I can feel the air bubbles underneath. It's a little disturbing, not gonna lie. It throws Matthew for a bit of a loop too.

The addition of Menopur last night plus continuing the Follistim made my belly even more tender and sensitive. I had to losen my belt at school from the normal notch because it was so uncomfortable. I'm really starting to see why people have told me to make sure to wear loose clothing by the time I get to the retrieval. They're not kidding about becoming really uncomfortable. I'm really starting to wonder what I'm going to feel like a week from now!

Needless to say I'm really anxious to see what kind of progress I've made on Monday. I think this is the first time ever that I actually want Monday to be here! I would be really surprised if there isn't much follicle growth. As much as I can feel right now, it just doesn't seem possible for there to be minimal growth. It's also getting hard to find a spot to pinch that isn't sore. I'm doing really well with the injections, but this evening between the sore abdomen/ovaries and the bruised tender skin, pinching for my two shots was a little painful. Oh well, WHEN it works and we finally have our baby it will all be worth it! Any extra positive thoughts and prayers for this cycle are greatly appreciated!!!