I called this morning to get my protocol - because they did not have it yesterday - since I have not been to the RE since my last failed IUI cycle in Feb - they did not have my protocol ready from the doctor - I am almost 100% sure it is a long lupron protocol but I need to know all the medications I will need so I can price them out and see where I can get the best deal. Plus as I read through all the paperwork they gave me yesterday it said I need to have my medication lined up prior to calling in for day 1 of my period. So I called and spoke to one of the IVF nurses and she said she will talk to the doctor and get back to me - I hope I hear back today.
As I said in my last post - the IVF nurse suggested I start bladder training - so that I am not crying the day of the ET - today is day one. For the next few days I will go to the bathroom (even if I do not have to) every single hour - then after a couple of days I will increase it to every two hours and so on - and if I have to pee before the time is up - I have to hold it - hence the bladder training coming into play - she also said to cut out all caffeine - so no more ice tea or coffee. I plan on stopping at Bed, Bath and Beyond tomorrow and picking up decaffeined coffee pods for my coffee maker and also buying the Mr. Coffee Ice Tea Maker because that way I can make decaf ice tea. She said I also need to drink more water. I figure I have to give up caffeine for the IVF cycle anyway - mind as well start now. Plus I want to enjoy my ET and not have to be thinking about peeing my pants - so I ready want to try this - I hope it works.
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Hopefully she gets back to you soon! I have a list of 4 pharmacy's you might want to look into (not sure if you have them on your list but these are the ones I have come across people discussing)...
Freedom Pharmacy
IVFmeds.com
Alexanders Twin Pharmacy (in Trenton NJ)
Schrafs (AZ)
I hope for your sake you have a bigger bladder then I do! I have such a small bladder that I feel like I have to go all the time!! It ought to be intresting.
Bladder training?? My dr/nurse didn't tell me about that.
Good luck with the cycle. I just started my BCP today so we are starting our IVF journey.
GL!!!
Praying you finally get your BFP!
I don't know if you know this but decaf stuff still has trace amounts of caffeine. Good luck with everything.
i think that bladder training will be good :) i remember how obsessive i was with all of the IVF stuff. having something else to split your time with should be good. you can obsess over how much you think that your bladder is holding, whether OJ is as irritating as coffee, etc. :) i can think of lots of ideas for charts and graphs!!
xoxo
Crap, I'm behind the curve. No one said not to drink caffeine or start bladder training before ER. Mine is tomorrow! Oh well.
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