Side effects from hormones

So far I haven't had too many side effects, but I do want to keep track of them for any future possible IVFs or other fertility treatments.

BCP: I've had the worst s/e on bcp. I was on Apri for 21 days for IVF, and bled pretty much the entire time (not just break though, actual flow). My RE told me to double up for a couple days, but I still bled. I also had slight nausea in the morning and headaches. Overall Apri just made me feel crappy (moody and bitchy).

Lupron: I had headaches for a couple days while I was on 10 ius, since I reduced to 5 ius I haven't had any headaches. The most annoying s/e has been the hot flashes; now I know what it will be like to go through menopause. I've woken up a few times in the middle of the night dripping in sweat (pretty gross).

Stims (Follistim and Menopur): I've only been on stims for two days, so so far I've only had the sting of injections. Follistim stings a little at the injection site for a few minutes after injecting. Menopur stings while injecting because it's thicker, and needs to be injected slower.

Bring on the stims!

I had my mock transfer yesterday, and I'm good to go to start stims on Monday. My RE commented on by beautiful uterus (but I'm sure he says this to all the ladies). I really wasn't paying too much attention because I had to pee sooo bad. I had to come with a full bladder for the u/s, and because I had been admonished in the past for not drinking enough water far enough in advance, this time I drank more than neccessary farther in advance. So, naturally, he made me sit in the waiting room for about 20 minutes with an already too full bladder. I made it through the mock transfer, but I swear he's lucky I didn't pee on the vag cam. He made a comment to my dh after the mock transfer (while I was in the bathroom, finally peeing) that I had a very long uterus. Dh asked if this was good or bad, and he said it didn't really mean anything, but he'd never seen one that long. So I guess my ute is a bit of a freak show...

We also got our protocol for the rest of the cycle, and it goes something like this:

2/28 - Last day at 10 units of Lupron
3/1 - 3/10 Start Stims (225 units of Follistim, 2 units of Menopur, 5 units of Lupron)
3/11 - Possible trigger (Ovidrel)
3/11 - 3/13 - Possible ER dates
3/14 - 3/17* - Possible ET dates
*I'm really hoping that a transfer date around St. Patty's Day will bring me the luck of the Irish.

So far I haven't had too many issues with Lupron. I've had headaches the last couple days, but nothing a couple of advil can't fix. I'd say the most annoying s/e is the hot flashes; I woke up the other night drenched in sweat - it was pretty gross. From what I'd heard, I thought Lupron would be a lot worse, so I guess I can't really complain. Next up.... stims!