The doctors put me back on the regiment of oral estrace and wanted to do a mock cycle in order to build up my lining. Gradually build up my dosage, day by day...2mg for a couple days, then 4mg, then 6mg. Day one came and went like all the other tries....on Day 14, I went in and had an ultrasound to figure out what the status was....by this point, I was on 6mg of estrace for about 3 days. My lining was at 6mm! This was the highest it had been in some time...so, Dr. C said to let it go one more week, taking the estrace at 6mg, and re-check. On day 21, I came back in and found out that instead of my lining getting better...it got worse. It was down to 4mm with fluid...I was so bummed out and upset...I didn't even know what to think. I cried. It's supposed to get better as time progresses and mine went the complete opposite way. And to make matters worse, I had a stupid nurse who was just awful and didn't know what to say or what to do...I found this to be a recurring theme. I'll have a great nurse, one who specializes in IVF/FET/Donor Cycles and then I'll get a crap nurse who doesn't even seem to know how to read or tie her own shoes. They don't know my files, they don't know my history, they don't know ME....so, when I thought the world was ending, she basically confirmed it, yet again. But, anyway...the nurse (I can't even remember her name, or choose not to) told me to go back to work and the doctor would call me later that afternoon.
When I received the call that afternoon, it wasn't from the doctor. It was from yet another nurse, this time it was Theresa...I've had her before and she was just a dear, so I had a little sigh of relief. I feel like I haven't seen or talked to my doc in years, but hopefully they communicate to one another accurately. They wanted to change my protocol and switch me over to an injectable estrogen called estradiol valerate. So, they wanted me to have a bleed and then start up on these new injections....twice a week, in my bum. Theresa said to call in when I had my period and we'd do a baseline ultrasound just to verify my lining starting point, draw on my "targets" or injection circles, and reteach me on home to do the injectable medicine.
I was so upset...I don't know how to explain it...I basically called M and asked about transferring clinics, how to do it, getting a second opinion from her main doc, determining whether or not Attain would transfer out, etc. We basically had one week to decide...before I had to start my new injectables.
Exciting...I was already scared for the progesterone shots I would eventually need to start before a transfer...and now, I get to start a different shot on top of that AND try to figure out if I should just change clinics and start over. Lovely. But, we're not giving up...there are always options.
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