Let the cycle begin...

Today is the first day of stimulation medication. After my blood draw and ultrasound, the nurses will call to tell me the lab results and to give me the dosage of medication I am to give myself in the form of shots between 6-8pm every day.

Tonight (and tomorrow night) was Bravelle 150 (2 vials) and Menapure 150 (2 vials). Good thing is I am able to administer all the meds in one shot. I did this only once during our IUIs and had to ice my belly first to make it go numb. I can't even tell you how many shots I've administered in my 15 years of nursing and yet it was such a battle to stick myself (on purpose) with a needle. There was no way I had the time to ice myself down every single day and with every single stick. I just had to suck it up and make it happen. Honestly, it wasn't that bad. Let's see if I'm still saying that after 10-12 days of it!

During the visit with the doctor, I was told that my AMH (anti-mullerian hormone) level was awesome. Apparently AMH blood levels are thought to reflect the size of the remaining egg supply, or "ovarian reserve." The average number in a women at child bearing age is 2. Women during or after menopause is pretty much undetected. Mine is 6. Therefore, the doctor does not feel the need to treat my infertility aggressively. He will treat me as a 30-35 year old. Ooh la la.

I am expected to gain 8-10 lbs of water weight with these hormone shots. Oh joy.