Stims Day 8The Beginning of Panic

Tomorrow is our first U/S since commencing "stims" to see how the follicles are shaping up. The nurse who made my appointment today said for me to administer my shot of lupron, but not the FSH, as they might change the dosage during the appointment. I'm already doing 225iu of Gonal-F in the AM & PM, and 150 of Menopur (50:50 mixture of FSH and LH) so I'm getting a total of 525iu of FSH a day. This is more than I've ever taken. One would think that perhaps this would lead to overstimulation...at least I would, however, I'm feeling a bit tender in the ovary region but it's nothing outrageously terrible. I'm still working out without issue and going about my daily business without much thought to what's going on down there. Once in a while it feels crampy down there.

Clearly if they are planning on changing my meds, I would think they'd adjust them downwards as the risk of overstimulating me looms.

The hCG will change my tone of complacency. It always does.

After the shot of hCG that 36 hour clock starts ticking rather loudly, nerves set in, I start to panic, and who wouldn't? My ovaries will start to feel like they have lead weights attached to them and I'll fret that they'll explode before I can reach the clinic in time. I am already worrying if their custom blended lupron is adequate to suppress me. I'm 5'10" and weigh more than many of the waifs that I see in the clinic. Is 5iu twice a day enough for me? Such is the way in which I panic. This is the 3rd time. It's my routine and I do not anticipate wavering far from it.