Stimming Day 4 (4-15-12)

IVF Stimming Day 4: Today is my fourth night of my three injections, lupron, follistim and menopur. I had a doctor's appointment this morning with my RE and i am now making follicles!! We did bloodwork to check my levels since i've started stimming (all hormones levels need to be in the correct range) and then an ultrasound to check my ovaries and see how many follicles are growing. I wasn't sure how much i would already see after only 3 nights of stmming but follicles were already there!! I didn't count because i was just trying to soak it all in but on my left side i had about 5 or 6 and they were all measuring around 6mm and on my right side i probably had about 8 and they were measuring between 6 mm and 7 mm. So everything was great, they said i was responding perfectly. We waited about 30 minutes for our bloodwork results and saw that my prolactin levels have gone down to a normal range (high prolactin levels can prevent a successful pregnancy) and my estrogen levels were at 510 and the Doctor said they needed to be over 400 so that was good. He lowered my follistim dose from 150 to 100. He wants to ensure that my ovaries don't get overstimulated (OHSS). So i left feeling pretty good. I am responding well to everything, my prolactin levels are where they need to be and I am a follicle making machine! Yay! It is my fourth night and i am not really feeling any side effects from the new meds. Im still emotional and have occasional hotflashes but thats about it. I am having headaches but i am not sure if it is from my period or my new injections. I started my period the first night of my stims and RE said it should be gone by the fifth night of stims. My period is flushing out the old lining so i can make new thick lining for those eggs to stick to. I was nervous during the first week of the lurpron injections, i kept thinking about what if it doesn't work and was nervous about stimming but now that i have started stimming all of that has gone away. I don't really dwell about it, i just go about my day and then do my 3 injections at night. Everyone responds to the injections differently but i feel pretty good about it and it really hasn't been that hard on me. IVF is giving me hope. I'm ready for my happy ending.