Follow along as a jot down all my notes during our <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IVF</a> experience..

Preparing for 1st round of <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">ivf</a> with icis

For a brief background, I'm 31 my husband is 32. Ttc baby #1, 10 years. (2012)

-No previous pregnancies, at all..

-No children outside our marriage..

-3 failed IUIs.. (2 failed, 1 canceled due to over stimulating premature follicles)

Female Factor Infertility:

- PCOS (cycles range from 32 - 52 days, average is 35-38)

Male factor infertility:

- Husband 1 year post varicocele repair, no improvement in sperm analysis. (High white blood cells present, low count, mobility etc)

------------notes below

05/22 - Medicine arrived (insurance was billed 17k, we paid roughly 5k out of pocket. (Super thankful for this insurance)

05/23 - no period cd 35, cramps

05/24 - cramps, spotting. CD 36

05/25 - CD 1

05/26 - CD 2

05/27 - CD 3 (Start cycle appointment) blood work, vaginal ultrasound. Hoping everything is okay, last cycle my estrogen was 290.5 so we couldn't start the <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IVF</a> cycle.

05/27 - 22 follicles on right side, 17 on the left. Uterine lining measured at 4. (The nurse said they like to see under 5) blood work was normal!!

5/27 - @ 8:00pm just finished first day of injections! 150 menopur & 150 follistim

5/28 - day 2 of injections 💉

5/29 - day 3 of injections.. slight cramping but nothing unbearable and not persistent. Overall, the injections are all that bad. Uncomfortable but it's over rather quickly.

5/30 - Blood work & ultrasound at 8:45am. 12 follicles on left, 15 on right side. Blood work came back normal, no follicles were measuring at 10 yet.. not sure their sizes. Medicine update, menopur stayed at 150 but follistim increased to 175.

5/31 - 150 menopur, 175 follistim. I've noticed last night I was moody, had to put myself in check. Today I've had slight cramping (pretty minor) and my head hurts. It's hard to tell if my head hurts from the medicine or not.. it's pretty common for me to get headaches for whatever reason.

06/01 - ultrasound & blood work at 8:00am (husband's birthday!) Ugh, definitely uncomfortable feeling today, my cramps are uncomfortable but not unbearable.

06/02 - slight cramps

06/03 - ultrasound and blood work were good. They increased follistim to 225 (2nd increase)

06/04 - ultrasound and blood work were good. They increased menupor 225 ( 1st increase) they said I need to go back tomorrow. I assume my trigger will be tomorrow, Monday preoperative blood work and Tuesday egg retrieval but I could be wrong. We shall see tomorrow....I feel heavy, bloated, tired and I have cramps but ehhh.. it's honestly not as bad as I thought it would be...just uncomfortable at times.

06/05 - ultrasound and blood work completed.we trigger tonight!

06/06 - no medication/Cramps and feeling heavy. Egg retrieval tomorrow morning!

06/07 - Retrieval went well..we got 18 eggs! Now we wait to get updates over the next week. We are doing genetic testing so fingers crossed all is well. 🤞 so far the cramps are painful and my lower back/butt Crack area has cramps LOL! It's not unbearable but it's not fun. Going to go home and relax...I plan to work tomorrow (I work in an office setting for HR) but we shall see... I might take the day off.