You so crazy. I now have a patch on my ass that’s as big as the palm of my hand. There is nothing subtle about it as it continuously pumps estrogen into my blood stream.
Well, just as soon as it gets through all my ass fatness (assness?).
The hormonal train has left the station, folks. Nausea. Migraines. And a general feeling like I’m going to burst into tears at any given moment. Thankfully, I manage to keep the meltdowns in check… well, mostly.
I think it’s time to whip out our old friend, Keiko Ka-Boom again:
I went to one of the most beautiful weddings I have ever been to this past weekend, in the Finger Lakes of New York. The bride read Billy Collins’ Litany to her groom. Sweet Jesus – just typing about this gets me choked up. (The poem is a stunningly beautiful read.)
Then there was the discussion with Larry yesterday morning about financing this cycle (again) where I burst into tears, blaming myself for our financial instability (again). A lot of you helped me out by telling me your cheesiest knock-knock jokes. And Larry also shared a joke with me via text that is entirely too inappropriate to post here that gave me quite the hearty laugh I needed. It involves penises and your mom. I’ll just leave it at that. I promise it’s hysterical.
And then there was watching Masterchef last night… {Spoilers ahead.} The fact that Christine is now in the top two and Gordon Ramsey asked her, “Who would you dedicate your cookbook to if you win?” and she says: “I would dedicate this book to my mom. She died when I was 14 so she never taught me her recipes. I’ve been trying recreate her recipes by taste ever since then.” Folks, she’s blind. This home cook is blind. {End Spoilers.}
My G-d, doesn’t that just wreck you?
No?
Just me? Just the estrogen?
Ha, oh, ok.
CD12 ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow morning. Have my first ever acupuncture appointment scheduled for Friday at 3pm.
And somewhere in this mix, I imagine another 3-4 crying jags, easily.
Ah yes, the hormones. Oh so fun. Be good to yourself during this time as being hopped-up on these drugs is not for the faint of heart.
I love acupuncture. I find it actually levels me out nicely. One of the things I found is that my insurance covers it (minus the deductible). It may be something to look into.
Hang in there! You’re doing great!!!
I guess I was lucky: I never experienced any side effects like you’re describing during our DE IVF cycle. The worst part was the Lupron prior to starting estrogen, which gave me some mild headaches, and the PIO after transfer, which made me tired. (Of course, both these symptoms were a minor annoyance compared to the side effects of a twin pregnancy. . . . )
I’m sorry you are feeling nauseated, headachy, and moody. That bites.
I’m very lucky that I don’t have to do a suppression protocol with Lupron. Was NOT looking forward to that and now I’m relieved that I’m just estrogen priming right now. I can’t even imagine these symptoms while pregnant with twins! But, yanno… it’s a statistical possibility!
I’m so interested to hear how your acupuncture goes and what you think of it. I wanted to do it with our IVF cycle but it just wasn’t in the budget.
I’m interested too… the only way I could afford it was the fact that it was a Living Social Deal. I saw a package of 3 acupuncture sessions on Groupon so I snagged that too. So I’ve got at least 4 acupuncture sessions I can schedule in the next month that thankfully, will not break our bank, because every last penny (and I do mean EVERY penny) is going into our out-of-pocket costs for this cycle.
I never even thought about looking on Groupon! Will definitely have to remember that if we do another cycle. If nothing else you should get some relaxation from it which should be beneficial in itself!