posted by Mel
All 17 embryos have arrested. There’s nothing to transfer. We don’t know why.
Entries from July 2007
July 31, 2007
Looks like it’s over
July 30, 2007
Egg Retrieval Rocks!
Posted by v
Witnessing the retrieval of our 22 eggs was a truly amazing experience. Mel was out of it, but every now and then she’d manage a slurred question like, “Can you tell if the shells of my eggs are penetrable?”
I held her hand and watched the ultrasound monitor while Dr G sucked out the [...]
July 29, 2007
Embryo Report
posted by Mel
They retrieved 22 eggs. According to the report this morning, 17 fertilized normally (with ICSI). This is more than I ever hoped for. Vanessa was a bit closer. She guessed we’d get 15. Dr. G says I am an “ovary achiever”– glad I wasn’t alert enough to hear that. Now we wait to see what [...]
July 26, 2007
All systems go
posted by Mel
We’re on for retrieval Saturday morning at 10 AM. Vanessa (who is HOME for now! btw) gave me my last Menopur shot this morning, and we trigger tonight at 10 PM and not one minute sooner. Cue hyperventilation brought on by me imagining arriving at the surgery center to find I’ve already ovulated.
I am officially [...]
July 25, 2007
Second opinions rock!
posted by Mel
Holy crap. Vanessa called me from the oncologist’s. She and her mom went to get a second opinion. The oncologist feels that an embolism (basically shutting off the tumor’s blood flow) is possible, contrary to what St. Francis’s pulmonologist said, and they’re admitting her to IU Hospital right now for the procedure at 1:30. As I understand it, [...]
July 25, 2007
Last u/s before IVF (I think)
posted by Mel
I had what I think will be the last ultrasound before IVF this morning. Despite decreasing the stims from 225 to 150 IU each of Bravelle and Menopur, we somehow recruited 5 more follicles. So now we are up to 35, but I’m revising my earlier estimate and saying now that I believe [...]
July 23, 2007
8 days of stims, 6 days since the world started spinning in the opposite direction
posted by Mel
My estadiol level has recovered. We have 30 follicles all at different sizes. I’m predicting a worst case of 9 ready the day of retrieval, best case 15. The smallest follicle is 7.5mm, and the largest is 15.5mm. We’re looking for 18mm or larger. The nurse this morning said that when the lead [...]
July 20, 2007
Quick update
posted by Mel
I know it has been a while. Stuff has been going on with Vanessa’s mom that actually seems to dwarf IVF, but I have to let Vanessa post about that.
In IVF news, there was some confusion between the lesson we got on Menopur/Bravelle stims and what was on the actual paperwork we were [...]
July 14, 2007
Baseline
posted by Melody
We had a baseline and E2 (estradiol) draw this morning. Because I have pitifully small veins and the RE’s office insists on making blood draws and ultrasound appointments at what we in the Indy household like to refer to as the butt crack of dawn and because the office is kept at frigid temperatures that make my [...]
July 9, 2007
The Update
posted by Melody
Grandpa passed away on Sunday morning. I did not get back in time to see him again, but I still feel good about the way I left things with him. I saw him on the last day he spoke. I told him about our upcoming trip, and he was able to speak enough [...]
