Today marks day 4 of the 225 units of Follistim each night. So far, so good. I hate to say it (for fear that I might jinx myself), but I seem to have had no side effects from the Lupron (the tingly hand had to have been something unrelated). In addition, so far the follistim shots are going in nice and easy. I did feel what felt like an ovulation pain yesterday morning, I am telling myself that it is an expanding ovary because there are already so many follicles :-) Other than that - nothing. A little bloating over the weekend from lack of water intake and some Chinese food on Friday night, but it seems to be better today.
I am not naive, I know that the bloat will most definitely get worse over the course of the next week and I will likely look 3 months pregnant before we even get to the beta (god, please let us get to the beta) but so far I feel great. A little more tired than usual, but nothing that going to bed an hour earlier isn't fixing :-)
It is raining cats and dogs here today and I am debating whether or not I want to brave it and drive 25 minutes to Zumba class. On one hand, I would like to get all the Zumba in that I can before I potentially risk ovarian torsion or am too scared. On the other hand, reading this article http://tinyurl.com/yc37wmk doesn't help my motivation at all. Maybe I will just pop in my Bend, Breathe & Conceive Yoga DVD and try out a couple of the poses on that. I mean, that has the word Conceive in the TITLE, so it has to be good, right?
I am trying so hard to fill my body with good for me foods right now and would really like to cut back on my caffeine intake. My intention was to not touch alcohol and cut the caffeine in half once I started the Lupron. Then I really wanted my coffee and figured I could wait until I started the stims. Then my friend died and the no alcohol idea went out the window for a few weeks. I think I am ready now to try to eliminate these two things. I also just realized that we have a wedding to go to out of state on the 13th, which will be just days before my beta, that may be difficult. Hmmm.
Anyway, only a half hour left of work on this rainy Monday. I can't wait to get home to a nice roast chicken and veggies.
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Glad all of your meds are going well! You are right, be careful with the exercise with ovarian torsion. That is scary stuff! I hope you continue to not feel any side effects!!!
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