Friday, August 31, 2012

This ones a fighter!

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Well, things have progressed since we last talked.  My meds came!  I put a bottle of wine next to it to remind me how big those boxes are.  I think I'll need that wine to get through the shots.  Too bad Im giving up drinking until we know if IVF worked or not.  Normally, Im in the drink till its pink camp, but Im too scared with IVF.





One of our kittens, Dunkin, was really interested in what I got and wanted to help me unpack.
As you can see, he is really helpful.





Murray is still helping by supervising from the box while his brother Dunkin is trying the hand on approach.











Thats quite a haul!!  I have Menopur, Follistim, Ganerelix, and Novarel as my injectable meds.  They also sent me the valium and doxycycline and all the supplies. 
 Then the kittens got bored with what I was doing & decided the boxes were more fun.








So I spent 3 weeks on birthcontrol pills to suppress my natural cycle.  Not pleasant.  Now I remember why I went off the pill in the first place.  This past wednesday I went in for my baseline labs and ultrasound before work and started the shots yesterday.






Now, I'll preface this whole thing by saying you will never meet another person as afraid of needles as I am.  I had been dreading the first shot since we agreed on IVF.  Suprisingly, it only took me 20 minutes to work up the guts to actually do it.  I'm pretty damn proud of myself.  And of course I took a picture of that too. 
I'm really hoping Im more of the stim for 8 days type of person, than the stim for 12 days kinda person.  Itll all be worth it in the end.