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I'm on day 5 of medication and feeling good. I get bouts of nausea which I fully expect, I usually get nausea the first week or two of meds before my body adjusts and some big
sad feelings that hit out of no where but I know it's the meds to I'll just have a quick cry and go on with my day!
I'm feeling good about this round. I've gotten a pretty thick lining in the past on medicated cycles and if it's not quite where they want it, they will bump up my estrogen by a bit. Keep your fingers crossed for us next ultrasound!
What did you try to help with lining thicken? Any fun old wives tales or things your clinic had suggested?
#surrogacy #surrogate #ivf #fertility #infertility #infertilitytreatment #ivfcommunity #canadiansurrogacy #canadiansurrogate #intendedparents
10It's NOT Mother's Day, it's:
LADIES NIGHT - GAMES, PRIZES & MORE
If you're a #fertilitywarrior, M****r's D** can suck. Fertility isn't fun and games - but this evening will be.
We're keeping it simple: a community game night where We do NOT talk about kids, motherhood, or even fertility! Just fun chats, games & great prizes.
Bring yourself a drink and a snack and get ready to have a fun night! - It's a safe space and community for us to let loose!
LADIES ONLY!
Open to Canada & the US!
Date: May 11th, 2024
Time: 8-10pm EST
Location: Online through Zoom
#fertility #fertilityjourney #fertilitywarrior #surrogacy #surrogacyjourney #intendedparents
10A mock cycle is essentially when you take all the medications and have all the ultrasounds and bloodwork but no embryo transfer. This is to see how your body responds to a certain medication protocol.
For this one we decided to try a modified natural cycle since it involves way less medication and all its side effects. For this one, the only medication I had to take was
something called letrozole which typically helps thicken uterine lining. I had an ultrasound and bloodwork on cycle day 11 and cycle day 16 to monitor my hormone levels and lining thickness.
Unfortunately this cycle was a flop! Womp womp My lining didn't get thick enough and What's strange is that my lining was even thinner than when I did a complete natural cycle with no meds at all, so strange!
So the next step is to do a medicated mock cycle and see how that goes. I've done many of these and my thickest lining has been with a medicated cycle so we all feel pretty hopeful that it will do the trick, I'll just cry a bit @ (the
estrogen medication makes me a tad bit emotional!) I'll share more on that protocol later on.
What type of protocol have you tried?
#surrogacy #surrogate #intendedparent #ivf
#fertilitytreatment #gestationalcarrier #fertility
10
Last week I started a medicated mock cycle. I'm currently taking 8mg of estrogen daily and a low dose apsrin. and a million vitamins for good measure *shout out to @birdbeco for making the only prenatal vitamins I've ever had that don't make me nauseous! We also decided to add vitamin E and L-Arginine to help encourage lining thickness and of course my daily probiotic which I've been taking since my last journey.
I'm on day 5 of medication and feeling good. I get bouts of nausea which I fully expect, I usually get nausea the first week or two of meds before my body adjusts and some big
sad feelings that hit out of no where but I know it's the meds to I'll just have a quick cry and go on with my day!
I'm feeling good about this round. I've gotten a pretty thick lining in the past on medicated cycles and if it's not quite where they want it, they will bump up my estrogen by a bit. Keep your fingers crossed for us next ultrasound!
What did you try to help with lining thicken? Any fun old wives tales or things your clinic had suggested?
#surrogacy #surrogate #ivf #fertility #infertility #infertilitytreatment #ivfcommunity #canadiansurrogacy #canadiansurrogate #intendedparents
2 years ago
THE FIRST EVER EVENT OF IT'S KIND..
It's NOT Mother's Day, it's:
LADIES NIGHT - GAMES, PRIZES & MORE
If you're a #fertilitywarrior, M****r's D** can suck. Fertility isn't fun and games - but this evening will be.
We're keeping it simple: a community game night where We do NOT talk about kids, motherhood, or even fertility! Just fun chats, games & great prizes.
Bring yourself a drink and a snack and get ready to have a fun night! - It's a safe space and community for us to let loose!
LADIES ONLY!
Open to Canada & the US!
Date: May 11th, 2024
Time: 8-10pm EST
Location: Online through Zoom
#fertility #fertilityjourney #fertilitywarrior #surrogacy #surrogacyjourney #intendedparents
2 years ago
Last month, as part of my medical clearance, I did a mock cycle.
A mock cycle is essentially when you take all the medications and have all the ultrasounds and bloodwork but no embryo transfer. This is to see how your body responds to a certain medication protocol.
For this one we decided to try a modified natural cycle since it involves way less medication and all its side effects. For this one, the only medication I had to take was
something called letrozole which typically helps thicken uterine lining. I had an ultrasound and bloodwork on cycle day 11 and cycle day 16 to monitor my hormone levels and lining thickness.
Unfortunately this cycle was a flop! Womp womp My lining didn't get thick enough and What's strange is that my lining was even thinner than when I did a complete natural cycle with no meds at all, so strange!
So the next step is to do a medicated mock cycle and see how that goes. I've done many of these and my thickest lining has been with a medicated cycle so we all feel pretty hopeful that it will do the trick, I'll just cry a bit @ (the
estrogen medication makes me a tad bit emotional!) I'll share more on that protocol later on.
What type of protocol have you tried?
#surrogacy #surrogate #intendedparent #ivf
#fertilitytreatment #gestationalcarrier #fertility
2 years ago