Injections day 18.... Best husband ever <3

I have never had a fear of needles. Good thing. Considering I am giving myself three a day and getting blood taken every other day. Yep for all you math wizards that means I have had over 36 needles in that past 18 days! Fun right?!

Today though, I realized just how much I love my husband; and that I need to tell him how amazing he is every now and then. Let me start out with me being me, and emailing him grills that I would like for my birthday around 230 today before leaving work. On the way home, Ry calls and says I got you a little early birthday present since we aren't sure how you will feel on your real birthday. I was super excited. I pull onto our street and he was standing at the front door, present wrapped, in hand, grinning from ear to ear. I opened the gift and was excited to see it was the cover for the grill I wanted along with the sweetest card ever. I was a little confused but so happy we were going to get my grill "this weekend". When I went to start dinner a few minutes later I realized my grill was sitting on the deck. I was so excited. Completely made my day/birthday. I know I am a lucky girl. I just need to let him know that more often. :)

Human Pin Cushion

Last week was on the the worst/crazy/insane weeks I have had in a very, very long time.  Work was insane, it was a full moon and my lupron was in full effect. The side effects stayed pretty tolerable until Tuesday night. I got the worst headache I have had in a really long time, maybe ever, and it did not go away until Thursday. Wednesday I was literally in bed by 7!!!

On Friday morning, I went for my baseline ultrasound and blood work, and started my Follistim and Menopur injections Friday night. Knock on wood. So far so good with these injections. I was a little emotional (for absolutely no reason) this morning, but have been fine the rest of the day.

I continue the 3 injections a day for the next week and go for ultra sounds on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I can't wait to see what the next week brings :)

Just in case...

you didn't believe me that there is A LOT of medicine to take...

The wait is over...for now

I have been slacking and didn't post for a while, well because there was nothing to post. Last time I posted we were waiting for MORE test results! Thankfully they ALL came back normal, and we were able to start the IVF process.  On February 13, I started taking the birth control pill (go figure), I guess you have to go backward before you can move forward. There are reasons that they do it but I still think its a little crazy.

A few weeks later I received my GIANT box of all the medicines I would need for my IVF cycle. If I hadn't been overwhelmed by this process yet, the box of medicines did it!

That following Monday, February 27, I began my Lupron injections. I have to do them every morning for the next few weeks, I start out at 10 units and then decrease to 5 units on March 7.  That Friday (the 9th) I start my stimulation injects (yes that means I will be giving myself 3 injections a day! 1 in the morning and 2 at night).

The needles aren't bad.  I am having pretty minimal side effects, just ask Ry how wonderful my moods are :) I have been having some hot flashes and nausea, but nothing intolerable.

Now that my cycle has started, I am going to try to post more often and hopefully by Easter I will have something new to post about :)