Thursday, April 12, 2012

Stim, stim, stimming!

Tomorrow I have an appointment with my RE and it is to get my new calendar with the daily dosages of my stim meds. Which means I start my IVF stim meds that night..which means that i start making my eggs!!! I will be starting the hard part, yes apparently its been a breeze until now (yeah right). So stimming is very important, basically this is the point where you can no longer have alcohol, caffeine, artificial sweetener and strenuous exercise. They also say that you should eat like you are already pregnant so your body will be as healthy as possible and most importantly, don't forget your prenatals with extra folic acid :) You are about to be a baby making machine! When you start you stim meds, you are required to drink a certain amount of water each day to prevent OHSS (hyper stimulation of your ovaries). OHSS can be very painful and sometimes get your cycle cancelled for that month. I will get all the details tomorrow but i have read that you should drink 2 liters of water and one liter of milk daily. I will also be drinking 12 oz of Gatorade daily, this should all help prevent OHSS. The last thing I want is to go through this and then not be able to have the eggs put back in and then have to do a frozen embryo cycle. My doctor put my success rate for IVF at about a 65% but if you have to wait and do a frozen embryo cycle, that puts you back at the normal rate for conception depending on your age( i think mine is 20% but then again that is for someone without fertility issues). So tonight is my last night of a single injection, wow that was fast..I'm sure the rest of this month will fly by as well. I'm going to try really hard to just stay excited and to not get too nervous about the additional injections. Baby Dust my friends, lets get this party started!!!!

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