SpawnWatch: It’s BAAAAAAAAAACK
This past week was the beginning of the cycle where Melody will be on hormone medication (injections that I have to give her) to induce what they call “super-ovulation.” The medication is expensive, but mostly covered by insurance (for now). If we go with full IVF, then the medication is not covered…which is BS if you ask me.
Anyway…I’ve been giving her the injections for a couple of days now, and then this morning she had to go in for an ultrasounds to check to see if any follicles had formed (ie: the medication is working properly).
Turns out….there is only one small follicle (they were hoping for at least 2 or 3), and then the worst part is that during the ultrasound they found a couple of recurrences of the endometriosis.
Bad news bears.
It’s not terrible…yet….but it’s far from good news.
When Melody had the surgery 8 weeks ago, they removed the endometrioms (that cause endometriosis i guess), which were 5.9 centimeters in diameter. That’s 2.3 inches across.
Today, the one he measured was already 2.5cm across….basically half of what was removed just 8 weeks ago.
We’re pretty upset and depressed about that, because it means things are regrowing at a rate that is not very conducive to fertility.
So….steps from here….
He increased the dosage that I need to give Melody each night of the hormone medication. We were at 150ml, but now we are at 225ml per night. AND he said we needed to start the next medication early, which is the one that prevents Melody from ovulating earlier than what will be the right time for the whole process.
Basically things are moving quicker than expected (but not quite in the right direction), and that means Melody needs to go in twice this coming week for an ultrasound, and then a saline ultrasound (not fun from what i hear).
It sucks….but as usual we’re dealing with it. Sunday has now turned into a sit-in-front-of-television-and-watch-movies-together.
I’m going to get back to that now.
