Lord have mercy. I think this cycle is a bust. We jumped the gun and thought I had ovulated, only to realize I ovulated later, so our BD timing was off by about 2-3 days. Still in the fertile window, but not great timing. A BFN today on 10DPO, so I think I'm out because I am just not feelin it and my temps have been on the low side since ovulating.
So, here is what I experienced for side effects on this first round:
Intralipids: Nothing other than a bit tired/headachey afterward. The worst part was just sitting there for over 2 hours with the dang needle. Really a breeze overall.
Neupogen: I have felt a bit achey in my joints all cycle long and the day after my first injection I felt some bone aches. Nothing much though, it's practically side-effect free!
Lovenox: I think this gave me some bloating, gas, and a lot of crampy/twingy sensations in my abdomen. The main problem with this drug is injecting it! The med stings like mad during the injection and locally at the site for about 20 minutes afterward, like a burning sensation. It leaves bruises every time at the site, most of them are not too bad, but I have one GIANT bruise the size of an orange on my abdomen. Seriously looks like I was beaten. The other problem is that a few times the injection site leaked, and leaked, and leaked blood...over 15 hours once, right through my clothing at work twice. I contacted the doctor but they just said this was not that uncommon. If it had continued I would have needed to get my platelets checked. Argh.
So...I'm anxious to get on to a new cycle already. Now I wait for ages for Aunt Flow, who never shows until 17 freakin DPO with my long luteal phases. Had a good cry this morning, I always get so depressed around this time on BFN cycles. Infertility SUCKS major sour pickles.
So, here is what I experienced for side effects on this first round:
Intralipids: Nothing other than a bit tired/headachey afterward. The worst part was just sitting there for over 2 hours with the dang needle. Really a breeze overall.
Neupogen: I have felt a bit achey in my joints all cycle long and the day after my first injection I felt some bone aches. Nothing much though, it's practically side-effect free!
Lovenox: I think this gave me some bloating, gas, and a lot of crampy/twingy sensations in my abdomen. The main problem with this drug is injecting it! The med stings like mad during the injection and locally at the site for about 20 minutes afterward, like a burning sensation. It leaves bruises every time at the site, most of them are not too bad, but I have one GIANT bruise the size of an orange on my abdomen. Seriously looks like I was beaten. The other problem is that a few times the injection site leaked, and leaked, and leaked blood...over 15 hours once, right through my clothing at work twice. I contacted the doctor but they just said this was not that uncommon. If it had continued I would have needed to get my platelets checked. Argh.
So...I'm anxious to get on to a new cycle already. Now I wait for ages for Aunt Flow, who never shows until 17 freakin DPO with my long luteal phases. Had a good cry this morning, I always get so depressed around this time on BFN cycles. Infertility SUCKS major sour pickles.
