Femara Cycle #2

Here we are in the midst of Femara Cycle #2. I've taken the first two doses and....helloooooo hot flashes! I'm like my own personal space heater. Even the dog won't sit next to me because I get so hot. I guess its less like a hot flash and more like I'm just an oven all the time.

This cycle will prove to be interesting because we are headed to Italy. I've read that BBT should be taken at the equivalent of the same time each day and should be adjusted for time zone. I don't think I can adjust to Italian time and I have no idea what jet lag will do to it all.

I've been slacking

Cycle #1 with Femara + Progesterone was a bust. I'm not surprised and neither is the hubs.

The weekend of ovulation we were off in upstate New York at a wedding. It was perfect. We stayed at a romantic B&B, got to make googlie eyes at each other, and all around we had a wonderful and relaxing time with family.

Unfortunately the next week at work the Death Flu was going around and I was so lucky I got a wonderful case of it. I wasn't able to rest properly because I was in another wedding the following weekend. Bridesmaid duty called and I ended up with bronchitis and on all kinds of breathing treatments and other drugs. The good news is I felt better. The bad news is I was horribly ill with a fever and on all sorts of medications when implantation should have taken place.

I have no idea if the Death Flu could have messed things up or not. All I know is we did the thing you have to do to have a baby every single day that cycle until the Death Flu hit and nada.

I gave the Death Flu to Mike. I felt bad.

I still l have bronchitis and I'm still up hacking up a lung all night so Mike has ditched me for the second bedroom. We are going to have to remedy that before too long. ;)

I got my Femara refilled and I start again in a couple of days. I have no idea how this cycle will work out because I'm set to ovulate right about the time we leave for Italy. I'm sure that will mess with my BBT big time. I refuse to do any opks this cycle with all the traveling and time changes so BBT it all I'll have.

Oh well. I'll post about some good news on the IVF/ICSI front soon!

Femara Day #4

~Waves the white flag~

Uncle! Uncle!

In the last 48 hours I have slept the majority of it. I am so exhausted! I believe the clinical term I am looking for here is fatigue. Man oh man.

Femara has officially kicked my butt. I've already slept 13 hours today and once I'm done with this blog post I'm going back to bed. I can't think straight I'm so tired.

Day #1 of Femara (CD5)

I can't tell I took anything. I decided to take it in the morning to see what would happen.




Nothing.



Nothing happened whatsoever.



I have heard all sorts of horror stories about Clomid turning people in raging crazy women and I wondered if Femara would do the same thing. The mechanism of action is different for each drug, but they each essentially do the same thing. Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up and be mean and nasty, but I doubt it. I've also heard of people having hot flashes on Clomid. I do seem a little warmer but I always seem warmer when the weather cools off so I don't think my new body temperature has anything to do with the Femara.

I'll be interested to see what Day #2 brings!

CD 4

I am now on CD 4. I had this whole debate with one of my BFFs who is also a nurse practitioner yesterday about whether or not to take the Femara as prescribed. Most people I have seen around the internet baby making sphere take it days 3-7. I was told to take it 5-9.

In the end I went with the 5-9.

I start tomorrow. Now I'm debating to take it in the morning or at night. From what I have read most people take Clomid in the evening because of the side effects but Femara isn't supposed to have such awful side effects. More than likely if there is any side effect to be had I will have it so I'll probably take it at night.

I hope I remember. I am going to tape it to my pillow or something because I know I will forget!!

We will be traveling to my BILs wedding during prime baby making time so perhaps my egg will enjoy a change in scenery. We are headed to upstate New York, a truly beautiful place and one of my most favorite places to visit. We are staying at a great B&B and I can't wait!

Willing AF to Show Up

It's not often I sit at the end of a cycle and will Aunt Flow to make an appearance but today I am.  For the first time in my life I have at least 12 days of an LP. That is amazing for me!!! I wonder if the FertilAid made the difference?

I'm ready to get this show on the road so I can start my Femara and see what that does. My longitudinal experiment is ready for Phase 2.

Come on AF!

Again?

So....a bit of an awkward post. Mike had his urology appointment today. I went along with him. It only makes sense since he always goes along with me and holds my hand. No way was I going to hold his hand through a prostate exam.

No. Freaking. Way.

So I stood on the other side of the curtain and tried not to laugh. This is the second prostate exam Mike has had in the last few months and more than he probably ever wanted to have in his entire life.

The urologist seemed to be slightly more optimistic than we were. He said Mike's counts were still good and his motility was good. He told us past behavior was a predictor of future outcome and we had been pregnant before naturally so we should continue on that path for now.

He also thought Mike's sperm were good enough for IUI so that is an option for us if these medications don't work.

Geez. Baby making isn't supposed to be this hard.



As a side note...I have never seen so many questionnaires about erections! I know I'm a nurse, but even I was giggling the 15th time they asked him to describe it in detail!