Tales of the Polycystic Ovaries

Transfer Complete

They're in there.  I will scan the pic later.  I went for acupuncture at the clinic first.  First there was acupuncture then some acupressure and then the acupuncturist gave me some quiet time alone to drink some water.  At this point I was starting to kind of feel like I might need to pee because of the Gatorade I drank 30 minutes before we left home.  I shouldn't have done that.  Anyway, I slowly drank my first 16 oz. bottle of water and by the time she returned to give me a back massage before walking me to the room for the transfer I told her that I had to pee so much that I wouldn't make it through the transfer.  I was going to pee right there in about 30 more seconds.  She asked if it was painful and I said YES YES YES!!  So she told me I could go pee "just a little bit".  People, I know my small bladder.  I knew how much I drank.  I went to the bathroom and peed until I couldn't pee no more because I was absolutely certain that event though it was 2:10 and my transfer was scheduled for 2:20 my bladder would be full again when they checked it.  By the time I got my purse from the acupuncture room and walked up stairs to the transfer room I had to pee again.  All went well.  7 were left, all were good but 2 were super awesome.  We put those two in.  The acupuncturist came in after they were done and then I relaxed for another 10 minutes and left.  It went very well.  Yay!!  I'll post the pic of my beautiful little blastocysts later.  right now I need to sleep.  Gotta take care of Thing 1 & Thing 2.

Eggs!

As scheduled, I went in for my egg retrieval this morning.  They had a good time trying to find a vein.  They poked me 3 times before they got it to work.  I don't blame them, it's the same thing every time someone has to tap a vein in my arms so I know it's me.  I try to have a good sense of humor about it.  All went well and they got out 17 eggs!  Woohooo! Ok, that's as excited as I'm going to get.  No more celebrating until we know how many of them were mature enough for fertilization... and how many embryos there are.  So, I'll know more tomorrow.  But so far so good, right?  I have scheduled an acupuncture appointment for before and after the embryo transfer to hopefully improve my chances of the embryos sticking.  It'll be nice and relaxing.

I am very uncomfortably bloated and tired so I took a nap with Aislinn this afternoon.  After we woke up she was snuggling with me and watching tv when she suddenly threw up.  That's when I noticed she was a bit warm.  Howie called the doctor's office because she had told him earlier that her tummy hurt and she had only eaten half a waffle all day.  We left without taking her temp because we figured they'd just do that there.  They took her temp, but under her arm and not well because they said it was normal and Howie was like, "but she's burning up".  Then the doc said she seemed warm when she was checking her.  We checked her temp when we got home and she had a fever of 100.7.  Just a slight fever, but she looked red and worn out.  We gave her some tylenol and she was a new baby.  She ate a waffle, some cheese, 2 pedialyte popsicles, water and chicken soup.  She is attached to me at the moment so I think the two of us are going to sleep on the couch tonight.  Hopefully we'll wake up to some good news tomorrow.

My plan of action. Let's hope I take action!

Tomorrow Howie and I are going to meet with Dr. Hotness to talk about maybe getting some Metformin.  Bummer.  I wanted to try bio-identical hormones because it's the only thing I haven't tried yet.  One thing I did try and thought was wonderful was Insulite Systems but there were so many pills that I just couldn't keep up with them.  If anyone out there has PCOS and doesn't mind taking multiple pills 6 times a day then you should try Insulite Systems.  The good thing about taking pills 6 times a day is that it forces you to keep on track with your meals and snacks.  

We'll see if Metformin is a possibility.  I took it years ago to see if it would help with my PCOS but it made me sick.  Not in the same way it seems to make others sick.  When I took Metformin I felt like the room was spinning around me and I was extremely nauseated.  Maybe it had something to do with what I ate with it but I just couldn't handle taking it anymore.  I couldn't work or do anything really.  I've got to do something about my PCOS symptoms because I feel like I'm slowly turning into a man and it has to stop!  I guess I'll just hold on and pretend I'm on some kind of roller coaster until the nausea goes away.  I also need to get a refill for my thyroid medication because I have a hypothyroid.  I suspect that I'll need another hysteroscopy pretty soon.  Dr. Hotness did a hysteroscopy last fall to remove a polyp and a whole mess of lining but during a recent trip to the ER for a painful cyst they told me that I had some polyps and/or fibroids in there.  I just don't keep a clean uterus, what can I say?  It's a mess in there.  

Aside from the Metformin I have to get my butt to the gym on a regular basis again.  I'm thinking about going in the morning before Howie goes to work.  Hahahahaha!!  Me? Get up early?  That's funny!  I could go later in the day with Aislinn but she's not a fan.  I'll be taking Aislinn out for a jogging and swimming plenty this summer so that will help.  I also have a fertility yoga DVD so I need to start doing some yoga.

Perhaps I should start going back to acupuncture.  My acupuncturist and I are friends and she gives me a discount but money is pretty tight right now so I'll have to see if it's possible to squeeze that into the budget again.  I do LOVE going to acupuncture!!  

Hmm, I hear my neighbor who just had a baby on Saturday doing laundry and vacuuming and stuff and here I am still in my jammies.  I really need to close my computer and get something done around here.  I'll see ya'll again soon!