Cycle 5, FET1, CD23

Aug23 - CD17 - Doxycycline
                           Medrol
                           Endometrin
                           Vivelle patches - 5

Aug24 - CD18 - Doxycycline
                           Medrol
                           Endometrin
                           Acupuncture before and after transfer.
                           Symptom - mild cramping

Transfer was a little harder than the previous time but not too painful. Transfer was done with an empty bladder and that cause some difficulty in visualizing the catheter through ultrasound. The doctor finally saw the catheter and transferred two embryo's. The 4AA embryo thawed perfectly, but the 3AA was not so good. The picture for the 3AA one looked quite different. Came home and started my 3 days of light activity.

Aug25 - CD19 - Doxycycline
                          Endometrin
                          Vivelle patches - 5
                          HCG Booster shot
                          Symptom - mild cramping, bloating, tiredness

Aug26 - CD20 - Endometrin
                           Symptom - sleepiness, tiredness

Aug27 - CD21 - E2 - 174, P4 - 6
                           Vivelle patches - 5
                           Endometrin
                           Symptom - hot flashes, lower back pain

Aug28 - CD22 - Endometrin
                           HCG Booster Shot
                           Symptom - hot flashes

Aug29 - CD23 - Endometrin
                           Vivelle patches - 5
                           Symptom - hot flashes, coming down with cold, mild  
                                             nausea                                                     
I am going from extreme belief to extreme denial that this cycle is going to work. I really want it to and cannot believe I need to wait 5 more days for my first beta. As usual my clinic does not call after the first beta so I will have to call the lab directly and find out the results myself. I cannot do HPT's this time as I am giving myself the HCG booster shots. I am planning to do one on the day of beta - Sep3.

Cycle 5, FET1, CD16

The last few months I have tried to distance myself from the upcoming FET cycle. Somehow I did not have the compulsion to read about it, to track it or even write about it. The obsession has gone and I am not sure if it is good or bad. Today I received some not so good news and hence wanted to write a post to keep track of things incase I have another cycle coming up.

I was on birth control pills for about 5 weeks.
Aug1 - Started Lupron 10units

Aug7 - CD1 - Lining  - 4.5mm
                       Estradiol - 18
                       Lupron - 5units
                       Vivelle patches - 2

Aug8 - CD2 - Lupron - 5units

Aug9 - CD3 - Lupron - 5units
                      Vivelle patches - 4

Aug10 - CD4 - Lupron - 5 units

Aug11 - CD5 - Lupron - 5units
                        Vivelle patches - 4

Aug12 - CD6 - Lupron - 5units

Aug13 - CD7 - Estradiol - 80
                         Lupron - 5units
                         Vivelle patches - 4

Aug14 - CD8 - Estradiol - 170
                         Lupron - 5units
                         Vivelle patches - 5 (added one new)

Aug15 - CD9 -  Lupron - 5units
                          Vivelle patches - 5

Aug16 - CD10 - Lupron - 5units

Aug17 - CD11 - Lining - 15mm
                           Estradiol - 210
                           Lupron - 5units
                           Vivelle patches - 5

Aug18 - CD12 - Lupron - 5units

Aug19 - CD13 - Vivelle patches - 5
                           HCG trigger shot

Aug20 - CD14

Aug21 - CD15 - Doxycycline
                           Medrol
                           Estradiol - 118
                           Endometrin
                           Vivelle patches - 5

Aug22 - CD16 - Doxycycline
                           Medrol
                           HCG booster shot

Transfer is scheduled for Aug24. We are still debating on transferring one or two embryo's. We have really good quality embryo's (3- 4 AA's and 1 - 3AA). We absolutely do not want twins as we both work full time and have another child and also no family around. But with the low estrogen value and too thick lining we are both leaning towards transferring two. Will have to make a decision by tommorrow evening.