Thursday, September 22, 2011

We are go for stims, ladies (and gentlemen?)

Baseline scan this morning went great!  Everything was quiet -- thank goodness.  My last "full of cysts" scan was at the end of May and I've had only natural cycles (and 3 weeks of BCP) since then, but there was still a part of me that was afraid that those annoying little bastards had stuck around.

Dr. Smiles, once again, looked at my ovaries and declared them either "young" or somewhat polycystic.  I have no normal signs of PCOS and my hormone profile doesn't say PCOS.  And I ovulate regularly.  But, every time anyone looks at my ovaries they say "hmm, cyst-y."  Anyway, what it seems to come down to right now is that I have quite a few antral follies ready to go -- that seems like a good thing.  Given how I last responded to FSH  (E2 over 1500 after 7 days of 150 IU), Dr. Smiles wants to start off a bit cautious -- so I'm on 225 IU Follistim starting tonight.  Next scan Monday morning!

I picked up my giant bag o' drugs which I will, of course, photograph and post soon.  Because what kind of IVF blogger would I be without that picture?!?

Let the insanity of the mad dashes to the clinic begin!

(Now I'd better do, you know, some actual work.  Deadlines aren't getting any less deadlier...)
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25 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    yay for a great scan!!!! :)totally psyched for you guys!!!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    Yay for a great scan and getting started. HERE WE GO! :-D

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    Go, girl, go!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    Great news!

    I too got my drugs today =)

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  5. GurleeSeptember 22, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    Woot-Woot! Your off, Rebecca!! good luck :)

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  6. MichelleSeptember 22, 2011 at 12:31 PM

    Yay for the go ahead! Fingers crossed for you!

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  7. JillSeptember 22, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    Yay! Stim away!

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  8. AlexSeptember 22, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    Woohoo! And we're off on IVF! So excited for you!

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  9. OakSeptember 22, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    Let the games begin! I'm so pumped for you Rebecca!

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  10. Joys TrulySeptember 22, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    Wish you a safe and healthy (with the best result ever) cycle!

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  11. St ElsewhereSeptember 22, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    Wishing you the very best for IVF #1. May it be the one for you.


    iclw #39

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  12. MyTwoLinesSeptember 22, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Best of luck, the start of an IVF cycle is so exciting!!

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  13. DawnSeptember 22, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    This is so exciting!!!!!!!!

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  14. KSeptember 22, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    Woohoo - we are cycle buddies! I start my IVF #1 stims tonight, I am on 75iu Puregon and 75iu Repronex. Best of luck to you!

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  15. erikaSeptember 22, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    The show is on the road my Twinnie (hugegrinonmyfaceinsertedhere) and with a great start!!! Cheering for those beautiful antral follies!:) I will be on pins and needles waiting for your updates.

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    Alright! I hope there are tons of follies in there with great eggs just waiting to come out!

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  17. threelittlekilosSeptember 23, 2011 at 4:36 AM

    how exciting! and oh yay for a bag of drugs!

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  18. DandelionBreezeSeptember 23, 2011 at 4:57 AM

    Fantastic news... glad your scan went so well and that your cyst are gone :) Looking forward to seeing all your meds and hearing about your cycle :)) Hoping this is the one for you my friend xoxo

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  19. My New NormalSeptember 23, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    New follower,, so glad to have found you through ICLW. Good luck with your cycle. I will be cycling with you. I've got a frozen cycle with a transfer date of mid-October.

    Oh and of course you've got to post a photo of all your meds. We've all done it!! I've got one on my blog as well,,, I call it my bag-o-meds.

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  20. someday-soonSeptember 23, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    WOO-HOO! The party is officially been started =)

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  21. ChrissieSeptember 23, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    Wishing you every success on this IVF adventure!

    ICLW#23

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  22. Jessica WhiteSeptember 23, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    Best wishes for this cycle: It's a wonderful feeling to being doing something.

    ICLW
    Jess
    Life in the white House

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  23. A m a n d aSeptember 24, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    So excited for you!! And relieved to hear that everything was looking good. Can't wait to see the infamous picture :)

    I'll be thinking of you on Monday!

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  24. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    So glad the scan last week went well and no pesky cysts decided to show! And I'm thinking wonderful thoughts for today's scan!

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  25. JJSeptember 27, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    Hope you are doing well and getting good news during your monitoring!

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