I haven't been very active on my blog lately because a lot has happened and I really don't know what to think about it. I started BC immediately following my failed IUI. The second week on the BC I noticed that my chest was so sore! More sore than the three times I was pregnant. I was coming home and literally icing my chest. I know how ridiculous that sounds, and trust me it was but I was in so much pain! I was also having cramping. Since I was on an extended BC cycle of 5 weeks, I made a call to my RE basically telling them that I couldn't take this crap for another three weeks. They told me to stop taking the pill, have my period, and then schedule another baseline before they would put me on the nuvaring (low dose BC).
Well, you would think everything would be fine right? No! Thursday was my baseline, and afterwards I received a call that afternoon from the nurse who told me I had a 30+ mm cyst on my left ovary. My estrogen was also at a whopping 571 at baseline! So technically this wasn't a cyst, but it was a follicle. My body was about ready to ovulate while on BC. My estrogen was around 40 and the follicle did not exist before beginning the BC. My body is so messed up that it is now doing the OPPOSITE of what it is supposed to be doing. So frustrating.
I had some concerns of just going back on BC and letting this cyst/follicle go away on its own because if it is not gone before we begin stims in two weeks, then our October IVF will be pushed back to November. My husband will be leaving for California again at the end of November (when my RE cycles his IVF's) so we do not have the option of waiting until November. Because of my concerns, my doctor actually called me back himself. I was shocked. He has never called me himself. He decided to change my protocol. I was instructed to give myself an ovidrel shot Friday night to release the follicle, and then I will begin Lupron injections beginning the 23rd until my baseline. If the cyst still is not gone by my baseline on October 7th, I will remain on Lupron. He reassured me that he would work with our timing and if we had to do an IVF at the beginning of November then we would.
While all of this is going on, I also received all of my meds for the IVF. They were delivered in 2 large boxes. I couldn't believe how many meds there are. AND...I am having more delivered since I will begin Lupron this week. I can't wait to actually begin this process. I feel as if emotionally I just can't take much more. I am ready to move on with my life....i just wish I could control what happens.
