Triple Whammy

Day 5 and had my follow up consultation to see how my body is responding to the treatment.

Seems that even with what is considered a high dose of stimulants, this morning's ultrasound detected about 6 eggs in my ovaries. I think the doctor said my left ovary is not responding as well to the stimulants as my right. Our first fresh cycle IVF generated 12 eggs by the way.

My first question to the doctor was, "What's wrong with me?" but was assured that each body reacts differently to stimulants and there is no wrong or right. He also highlighted the fact it is important to go for quality than quantity in terms of harvesting eggs. Finally the doctor told me, "No sense in worrying. It makes no difference." How true!

In addition to the two daily injections that I have to do, I need to take an additional third injection called Orgalutran. I was told that the stimulant was to help prevent ovulation before egg extraction, which would take place approximately Day 13 or 15. More on the Orgalutran stimulant and side effects can be found on this link http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/pregnancy/medicines/orgalutran.html.

In terms of side effects from Puregon and Menopur, I haven't felt any headaches yesterday or today but have been experiencing just a touch of nausea and a bit of bloating off and on. The hot flushes however are just constant, and it feels warm wherever I go whereas I am usually sensitive to cold even to the slightest wind draught.

My stomach is starting to feel tender I guess from all the daily injections that I am doing. No mood swings yet like I experienced during the fresh and frozen cycles. Just been feeling a bit mellow, and I read on the internet that one of the side effects of the stimulants is tiredness and/or fatigue.

Not happy about the third additional injection that I have to do daily, but what can we do? I have read on the internet that the Orgalutran injections will hurt like crazy but will cross that bridge when I get there. Worrying about it now won't make a difference.

One good thing about Orgalutran is that it comes in a pre-filled syringe and there is no reconstituting (mixing) needed like Menopur. I will upload a photo on my next post of what the Orgalutran looks like. Just not in the mood to look at it right now, so it will sit nicely in my fridge until I have to face it again which is... tomorrow morning!