Infertility Journey of Nikki

 Well it's been 3 weeks since my last update. And boy has a lot happened, and yet I feel like I'm still in the same exact spot.  Starting where I left off, I got my period on 11/6, and went in for a baseline ultrasound and bloodwork the next day. My baseline follicle count was 11. I was approved to start my stimulation injections that evening. It was stressful, because I was supposed to be taking an oral medication Clomid as well, and it wasn't sent in the specialized pharmacy order. I had to call the after hours nurse and get it sent to my pharmacy and thankfully they had it in stock. Things like that just really stress me out. The first night doing the injections it took my husband and I a while to figure everything out. Mostly, him. He had to set up the Follistim pen, mix to Menopur, and inject everything correctly. The Menopur did burn which I had heard it would, and I did bleed a little at the injection site. Otherwise, it was okay.  We did those injections for the w...

 I never feel like I have time for updates anymore. I met with my superintendent, and I shared with her what is going on with my fertility journey. She was very understanding about the appointments and how I won't have much heads up which made me feel so much better about everything. Then, I had a meeting with the place that does the PGT-A testing. I knew most of what she was saying, but I did ask if the genetic issue our last loss had would be caught with the testing. She explained it wouldn't, but it is somehow harder to catch with female embryos (I don't totally understand the science.) So, she said if we had euploid female embryos, my RE would likely recommend further genetic testing to ensure they were chromosomally normal. That did stress me a bit, but it sounds like something my RE would already know and consider. After that, I had my ultrasound, where it turned out that it didn't appear that my body had ovulated yet. I was frustrated because that meant I had to ...