Day 1

Hooray! We finally made it to Day 1 of the cycle. I took my dose of Estradiol this morning, and already feel a headache from it, which is to be expected. But I've never welcomed a headache as I am today. After all, this headache means that our cycle is underway. :) So exciting! I wonder how our donor is feeling today, as she also began her injections today. I hope that the meds aren't too rough on her body, and she's able to feel at the end of this cycle that it was a good experience. Words cannot describe just how thankful I am to this young woman who is putting her body through the ringer for us, in the hopes that we are able to build a family. I know that the stim meds she's taking are quite hard emotionally to take...they cause very wild mood swings. She's taking Menopur and Follistim injections. This is the same stuff I was using for our previous cycle attempt. Although because she is only 20 years of age, and has nice young ovaries, she needs only a very small amount of the stim meds in comparison to what I used. As for what I'm using this cycle, here's the rundown:
Leuprolide injections, 10 units, daily
Estrace vaginal cream, 2 grams, at bedtime
Estradiol tablets, 1mg in am, 1mg in pm...this will increase to 2mg am & pm later
Estrogen patch, 0.1mg
Progesterone injection, 100mg, in the am & pm
Aspirin
Prednisone, 10mg am & pm

It's a lot of hormones going into me, so I only hope that poor Jeff can hold on tight when my emotions get the better of me. Poor guy.