Stim Day 9

AM Meds
Lupron- 5 units
Follistim- 225 units
Baby Aspirin

PM Meds
Follistim- 225 units

So, I neglected to mention yesterday that I had some strange hives on my arm in the morning and a few on my other arm at night.

This morning I did my follistim and lupron then headed out to the RE for my appointment. I got there and thought, "my legs are itchy- I forgot to put on lotion." I had my blood drawn and then went back for my ultrasound. I took of my opaque black tights and had a mini-freak-out. My legs were covered (read: RED, bumpy, not a square inch of normal skin) in hives. My belly and back and upper arms were also affected. I went into the ultrasound room and showed the nurse. She grabbed Dr. Opie. He looked at them and asked about the others from yesterday. He told me to take some Benadryl. He thinks that the latest cartridge of follistim I put in yesterday morning has something in it that I'm allergic to. He told me to hang onto the vial and call my pharmacy to inform them and NOT to use it again.

The ultrasound then proceeded. He started measuring the follicles and then when he was almost done said "well, you won't win any awards for good response" (or something stupid like that) I asked him if he was going to cancel the cycle. He pulled up the measurements, and I now have 5 dominant follicles. The rest are far behind and won't catch up in the time we have left before having to trigger. He went on to tell me that the average number of eggs retrieved in a woman my age is 20. He told me they would call me in the afternoon but to go ahead and schedule an appointment for tomorrow.

I left the ultrasound room, got dressed, popped a Benadryl and then went to the lobby. A nurse gave me a new cartridge of follistim to borrow, and I set up my appointment for Wednesday.

I went home (frantically calling DH all the way- until he called me back) and dropped off the follistim in the fridge then went to work.

I filled my work boss (the dad- mom was at work already) in about the situation. He seemed fine with the fact that it might get cancelled throwing out all the back-up nanny plans out the window. He and his friend (visiting from out-of-town) then left, and I got the girls up and ready for the day. The temp nanny showed up and we went to school. Big one said goodbye and then we hit the supermarket to get a quick dinner for the girls and temp nanny. We came home and I did the great clothing swap (2T packed up for my girlfriend's baby, 3T in little one's closet/drawers, 4T packed up in closet, 5T in big one's closet/drawers). I came downstairs and little one and temp nanny were hitting it off. We ate lunch, picked up big one and came home for naps. I put little one down and temp put big one down. I then filled her in on a few other things and took off for the rest of the day.

I called my boss (mom of the girls) to let her know how great today went with the temp and fill her in on the possible cancellation. She said it was fine and to let her know what decision is made. I got off the phone with her and called my pharmacy. They referred me to the manufacturer of the drug, who was closed for the day. While on hold at the pharmacy my nurse called to tell me, my estrogen looked great -977 and to come in the morning for my appointment.

I hope this all works out. I'm preparing myself that we might get cancelled and start over again. I just want a baby out of this. If that means starting over, then let's do that. This is our one shot at IVF. I don't know that 5 (possible) eggs are the way to go.