IVF 6: Day 7

Monitoring this morning took a while but was overall uneventful. One stick for blood. Total wait time was 50 min, normal for weekends especially around a holiday. Follicles are growing: largest at 12 and I'm starting Cetrotide in the morning. Progressing faster than previous cycles so maybe I'll stim less time? We'll see.

Color: S'il vous plait

I went to get my mani/pedi this morning and got Essie's s'il vous plait on both hands and toes. I got a new girl - I don't mind trying new people, I'll give most people a shot. Pro is that she didn't nick me but cons is that she had trouble coloring in the lines and I had to fix it at home. I'll stick to my regular girl next time.

I've been exhausted the past few days. Friday night I fell asleep at 8:30 pm and slept until 6:00 am. This morning I had to wake up early for monitoring and fell asleep in the afternoon for an hour nap. I've been parched but drinking water takes so much effort. I know I need to keep drinking, but ugh.

I had a weird incident this evening. We went out to dinner with friends. Knowing we'd be eating out I saved up nearly all my calories for this evening. I had a half cup of cottage for breakfast and a bowl of cereal for lunch (total of 350ish calories). I ate what I would normally eat when we went out, but I also included snapple and tasted from all the extra dishes ordered for the table. We got a piece of chocolate cake to share among the entire group, so just a sweet bite at the end. As I was eating the cake I started to feel woozy. My hearing got dim and I felt like I was going to pass out. My husband looked at me and asked if I was ok. I wasn't - I felt terrible. I went with a friend to the ladies room and splashed some cold water on my face. I didn't know if I had to go to the bathroom or throw up, I just didn't feel right. As I walked around I started to feel better. I went back to the table but the place was crowded and I left the table twice more to walk around. The more time passed the better I felt.

It's been a few hours since and I feel totally fine. I think it was a significant spike in blood sugar that I didn't expect. I definitely overdid it on the eating and I think it shocked my system after the strict diet for the past few weeks. I have to be more careful about managing my calories better. Once the retrieval is behind us I'll continue the diet but a lot less strictly. I can't imagine this is healthy and I definitely don't want a repeat.

I'm hoping for a Sunday retrieval which means trigger on Friday. If numbers continue to progress as quickly we may not make it that far. I hope it's not a Saturday retrieval but if it is, then it is. Can't do anything about it. Friday retrieval would also be good. Better, actually, so I can have the weekend to recover. I go back on Tuesday so we'll see how things are progressing.