Hey peeps! Yesterday evening was nice. We had our dinner (yum, again) and just talked. We are both happy to move forward in the ivf. I knew I would be okay but then again, anything can go wrong. Now, I am hoping that I stimulate. I hope I am not one who doesn't respond. But I trust that I will be fine.
So tonight I start my stims. "Stims" for short because they are the drugs that stimulate your ovaries into making the eggies. The one I am taking is Follistim Pen. The nurse taught me yesterday and I ran it through Aaron last night. Hopefully it goes okay. I hope it doesn't sting. With the Lupron (the shot I am doing now) sometimes it stings, sometimes it doesn't. Its been rare but there were 2 times the freaking needle bounced off of me!! I didn't feel it but I could tell it happened because Aaron looked at me as though he thought he broke me. Then the other night he used different needles then the ones in the Lupron box. They were still the insulin needles/syringes but Aaron said they looked a tad bigger. Well he injected me in the dart motion and the needle bounced and actually bent!!! He just said "what the..." I didn' t realize what had happened until he showed me the needle. I am so happy those needles are small! But overall they have been going great. Yesterday when I did my bloodwork it was a big needle! It hurt a bit but last night I noticed I bruised. Hmm, I told Aaron I am not too scared of needles anymore. I have been thinking about the progesterone in oil ones but not too much. I will deal with them once I get there. KWIM?
Sooo tonight I start my Follistim injection, I drop down to 5 units of Lupron (instead of 10) and I start the baby aspirin which help the blood flow of the uterus. Then on Monday I will start my 3rd injection- Microdose Ovidrel. That's alot huh???
Hopefully this is the one and only time I have to go through this. I really hope I get pregnant on my first try. It happens a lot but then it seems rare. I hope I am one that does get that positive!! I haven't decided whether or not I will test at home or just wait for my beta test. I can see why it would be good to find out the results at home and not through the phone (if it was a negative) that way I could cry and scream (yes, scream) at home if I wanted too. But if its positive I would love to be told over the phone. But then again, I do want to see those 2 lines on a test. I have NEVER seen two lines on a home pregnancy test so I think a change would do me some good. I still have a way to go though until test time. I haven't gotten my appt for my follow up ivf appt which is when I do my test but I guess that will come later once I do my retrieval. My retrieval date could always change and so can the transfer date.
Well, I am just rambling on and on... I am getting excited though!!