Medication Commencement

I had to take a regimen of birth control and estrogen before I went for the mock transfer. The birth control was to control when my next period would begin and the estrogen was to thicken my endometrium lining. They do this to see how your body will respond to the estrogen; how thick your lining gets. This determines how much estrogen you need to take for the actual transfer. They had a student shadowing Dr. Keenan, and of course I said it was fine for her to be present. What I didn’t know was that she would be doing the procedures with guidance. The problem was that it took a long time with her and was painful because she didn’t know what she was doing. I always forget to take ibuprofen beforehand like they tell me to. So I had a lot of pain and bleeding afterwards. But it is ALL worth it! The good news is that my endometrium lining was shockingly thick and Dr. Keenan was excited about that!

Soon I will begin the regimen of shots and doctors’ visits while I prepare my body for babies. I was sent home taking estrogen and progesterone to “wean” my body off the estrogen. Then I had a 3 day period, during which I had to begin birth control to keep me from ovulating until my transfer in November. The downsides to the medications are cost and side effects. My insurance doesn’t cover anything on the progesterone, so that is $200 per order, with 6 refills! Yikes! And all the medications have a ton of side effects, the worst of which are tiredness, headaches, and nausea.

I received my box of meds in the mail yesterday and now I simply await my “protocol” from the NEDC. It should arrive by the 15^th. I am not looking forward to shots again, but I know what they are for, and that makes it all so much easier. We also have to find a local fertility clinic to monitor my lining and such before the transfer and afterwards.

So here we are, on the cusp of pregnancy once again and I am so excited. Please pray for us. Pray for the thawing process to go well, pray I respond well to the medications, pray for Dr. Keenan and Carol the embryologist, pray that we have a successful pregnancy again!

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