Another monitoring appointment. Not sure what to think yet as I haven’t talked with a nurse yet. Only 6 measurable follicles. I thought I would have more at this point. Most were 15 and above. I have a cyst that is growing. 22 mm last Wednesday and now 44 mm. Apparently it’s nonfucntuonal. I have no idea what that means. I was really hoping for more follicles. I felt good after last weeks appointment. Now I’m a little bummed. The tech did not count all follicles, just measurable ones.
First monitoring appointment this morning. I’ll have more info later as this was just the ultrasound techs info.
About 10 follicles in right, 4 we’re not big enough yet.
Cyst on left ovary. Find out more about that my later. 4 follicles in left. One or two were big enough. Uterus also looks ready and doing what it supposed to do.
I have my first monitoring appointment tomorrow. I noticed I have quite a bit of cervical mucus already. I’m on day 5 of gonal f and menopur. Is that normal?
How long is it supposed to take? I feel like I need to get through this part of IVF, I haven’t even thought of the testing after retrieval.
My Dr told me when we do it it will be a couple weeks.
Got back my genetic tests for the horizon panel and all good. This estradiol is making me crazy my boobs hurt so so so bad. Also I am always hungry.
We did genetic testing too. I’m a carrier gor a rare form of dwarfism. It was so weird to see that. My mom seems to remember hearing about her grandmother having a brother or sister who had dwarfism. I’m also a carrier of some weird fructose intolerance disease. Since I’m a carrier of these it triggered DH’s test. He is not a carrier of these things. It’s all so fascinating.
No genetic results until early next week. I may not survive. This week has been shit and this is the icing on the cake. 😔 they really need to prescribe Xanax during IVF lol.
How long is it supposed to take? I feel like I need to get through this part of IVF, I haven’t even thought of the testing after retrieval.
75 menopur and 50 Gonal f. My Gonal f was at 75 for 4 days and then it was lowered.
That is low. That's what I was on for our final IUI before we moved to IVF. Ideally you only want 2 mature follicles. Some clinics will cancel if you have 4.
For our first IVF I was on 225 gonal and 75 menopur for 10 days. We're doing another ER and my doses will be increased
I’m starting today with 225 gonal f and 150 menopur. I’m so nervous. I’m taking my last true HIIT class today. I’m a little sad that I can’t workout like I’ve been for so long, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s not that many days. I’m still going to go to my classes but I’ll just walk on the treadmill and do some light cycling. No running or lifting .
I’m on a pretty low (I think) dose of menopur and Gonal f and today I feel super bloated. I’m doing IUI, so I’m feeling so nervous that I suddenly have a million mature follicles in there. I had an ultrasound yesterday and there were 2 that were almost 14mm and 2 that were almost 10mm, and the nurse indicated that I wouldn’t have more than 4, but probably just 2, mature follicles for my IUI, most likely on Saturday. I really hope that’s what we see tomorrow!
joenali, welcome! Good luck with your first IVF cycle, I hope it goes by quickly for you!
Thank you! I reread what I wore and it sounds depressing! Lol! I’ve been on my period alll damn week. And it’s horrendous. It’s hard to get excited when I feel so miserable.
It’s been about 3 years since I’ve been on these boards. I’ve been lurking around a bit on here.
I start my IVF injections on Friday. Possible egg retrieval the week of April 22. We’ve been trying for about three years. 3 failed IUIs. And took a year after the IUIs to just try on our own. I have adenomyosis which lead to severe anemia and an iron infusion. I still have really low ferritin but not anemic 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️. I’m trying not to get my hopes up, I’m 41 with a shitty uterus. If this cycle doesn’t work, we are done and I’ll be getting a hysterectomy.
No. I'm silent because I'm on a message board. I choose to not engage because it's a message board, I can engage when I want and how I want. Privilege has nothing to do with it.
No, you are silent because you are not one of the WOC that were targeted and had micro aggressions tossed at them. (Or in some cases macro aggressions)
Oh boy. I can't even fucking follow the whole thing. It's crazy. It's ridiculous and it's a message board. People should be more vigilant with their private information.
I just can't engage with the crazy. Someone posted that if you aren't engaged in the conversation than something is wrong with you.
I enjoy coming to the boards, but I can't engage with the heavy drama.
I think it's fine not to engage in the drama but to also recognize that your privilege is the reason you don't have to engage in it. Silence is a luxury that we (white people) get to have.
/end deep thoughts and all
No. I'm silent because I'm on a message board. I choose to not engage because it's a message board, I can engage when I want and how I want. Privilege has nothing to do with it.
In the most recent local math curriculum stir -- maybe a year or two ago? -- the school district ended up adopting a "Singapore method"-based textbook series over a more middle of the road textbook that a stakeholder's committee had recommended. A teacher friend of mine was on the committee; he was understandably PO'd that the school board got steamrolled by a bunch of activists and bloggers (Cliff Mass -- a local celebrity meteorologist, no lie -- was a big part of the campaign). I don't think it's a Kaplan or Kumon series.
I didn't follow the action super closely. The Singapore method is the one you read about when people reshare articles about actual rocket scientists complaining that they don't understand how to do their second grade child's math homework. But my impression from afar is that Singapore is trying to give kids lots of different techniques for tackling a given math task, and hoping that enough of them stick. Intuitively this makes sense, but it always struck me that some of the basics in math just took a lot of practice more than anything else. Maybe there is a happy medium between the two?
I teach second grade and use Math in Focus. MIF and Singapore use concrete, Pictorial, abstract sequence to teach. For example if I'm going to teach stack and "carry" or really it should be called regrouping I can't just teach the abstract first. We start with let's say 10 beans on a Popsicle stick to represent 10s. And single beans to represent ones. Once kids understand that 10 ones is the same as a 10, we move on to something a bit more abstract like base 10 blocks. The we think about the standard algorithm while using the place value mat and base ten blocks to regroup. That way, students understand what it means to "carry" or regroup. Then we might even move on to something g a bit more abstract like number discs. You have ones, 10s and hundreds represented by discs (kind of like coins) instead of base 10 blocks.
If I just teach the standard algorithm they done know why they are doing it. You can't go right to the abstract and expect understanding.
90 minute trainer ride: 2x12 2x8 2x6 Was the big main set. Then a few other shorter things.
5k this morning. Walked it, my goal was under an hour and I did 55 minutes. My foot did not feel great. Lots of pain in the deltoid ligament... Still. Annd I passed people!
I'm absolutely exhausted but still riding the high from my run this morning. I haven't had a runner's high like this for a non-race run in a long time.