This week I started up once again with the super-early morning monitoring for my IVF cycle. Because I'm working again, I made the appointments for 7am so that I can still get to work at a decent hour. The biggest hassle (besides the early hour) has been getting all the way to the northside neighborhood where my clinic is located from my centrally located home, and then back downtown for work all by using public transportation (because if I took my car I would either have to drive it all the way home and then dash to work or pay the ungodly prices they charge in this town for parking.) I think I finally have it all down now, but it still means that I have to get to the subway a full 40 minutes before my appointment to get there on time. I would just cab it but I just hate spending that kind of $$$ every day because I'm too lazy to suck it up and get it together.
So anyway, things actually went pretty quickly this morning (as opposed to Monday, when I waited for almost 45 minutes to get called back for my ultrasound.) The good news is that I still seem to be responding pretty well to the meds, even though I'm taking less than I was last cycle. Today I had about 10 follicles ranging in size from 11mm to 14mm and another 10 or so follicles that were less than 10mm. The nurse seemed pretty optimistic that most if not all of them will catch up with the others, and of course I hope she's right. The nurse who called today told me that they are reducing my gonal-f to 75 units from 150, and I go back tomorrow to repeat the whole ultrasound and blood work bit again. I'm still going to acupuncture twice a week after work, and the acupuncturist wants me to keep up with this schedule until after the retrieval. Still no word if I'll be ready for retrieval by next Monday, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Your cycle sounds really good. Crossing my fingers for you.
Posted by: Emily | November 04, 2004 at 01:32 PM