Now I'm officially freaked!

Got our 2nd box of medication/injectables today......Officially freaked!

Okay, not freaked, but very aware of what is about to be done to my body.

Just the fact there is a bag with 100 needles in it...a little unnerving!

We have our injection training tomorrow and they will go over all the medications I will be taking and how/when to take them. I'm sure this will ease my mind, just knowing in what order things will be done.

I will post more tomorrow...

Don't worry, I'm okay...I think I need retail therapy though :-)

What does $2500 worth of medication look like...

This is what it looks like...


This is actually the first shipment of injectable medications they are sending me. I have another shipment (this one only $1200 worth) coming in a couple hours.

I was told by my doctor to up my protein and start "relaxing"...so that is what I am doing.

(PS - sorry if you are getting multiple posts...blogger is having issues and keeps having errors)

Ultrasounds

Today (yesterday) was my 2nd ultrasound to see if my ovaries are looking "settled", the follicles (little egg sacs) are a plenty and good size, and my lining looks good.

Check, check, and check! Dr. says I'm on the right track.

I've had about a hundred of these ultrasounds and after a while, they are like brushing your teeth, no biggie at all :-). But, I can see how this wand (see picture to the right) would scare the willies out of you the first time you saw it.

Also, my blood runneth free...I think they are trying to see how much they can take without sucking me dry.



So far so good!

(PS - Jim is complaining about how the antibiotics are making him feel icky....I'm kinda getting a sick joy out of it...so that he has a "little" experience of what I have to go through) Suck it up Mr! :-)

IVF Success Video...and an interview with my Doctor (Dr. Vu)

What are the chances?

I get this question all the time...What is the success rate.
Well, I try not to think about it too much...since the # scares me, but here they are (see picture...click on it to make it bigger).

I've been told I am very luck...

Pills, Pills and More Pills

Today is the first day I have felt...Blahhh! I'm 99.9% sure it's from the combination of pills I have to take.

Starting yesterday, I will be taking the following for the next ten days:

1. Birth Control Pill (to calm my reproductive system down)
2. Prenatal Vitamin
3. 81 mg Aspirin
4. Folic Acid/B12/B6
5. Doxycycline twice a day (antibiotic)

I just realized that drinking coffee with soy-cream in the morning is NOT helping this combination!!!!

You can't eat for at least 2-3 hours before or after taking Doxycycline (antibiotic twice a day)...that's a little hard.

Trying not to complain, but this morning I feel just Icky!

DAY 3

So, Day 3 of IVF means this:

Day 3 is your 3rd day of your period. I went to my IVF clinic and had an ultrasound....and then went to a independant clinic (which is cheaper) to take labs (give blood and urine) on this day to test for all the "bad things" in your body...which thankfully, I'm free of (HIV, STD's, Cystic Fibrosis, and high/low levels of hormones). Jim also had to do these lovely labs.

Today I will start my birth control pills for 13 days to "calm" my reproductive system down (so all the egg follicles grow at the same time when we start stimulation drugs). They did see a big cyst on my ovary, but the Dr. said he thinks it will go away in the next week. If not, we may be delaying the process a bit.

They gave us a calendar of what our month and a half will look like...see picture below.

Wow...that's a lot !

At the IVF clinic right now...wow, this is actually happening!

Negative...and Ready to Go!

I got my pregnancy test back and it's a "negative". Usually this would be bad news, but today...it's good news. This means that I'm ready for IVF! We start our appointments this week and the nurse said....

"You will most likely have egg retreival in April"

APRIL!!!!!

Blood...Yuck!

I hate getting my blood drawn!!!!!!
I should be used to it by now, but every time I have to visualize myself in a "happy place" so I don't pass out!

I had blood drawn today (for the hundredth time) to make sure I'm not pregnant....ironic....so I can start our IVF process.

I will get the results back tomorrow.

If I'm pregnant....holy-friggin-what-the-heck....that would be hilarious! But, I'm sure it will be negative and away we will go.

Until tomorrow....

Blogging???

So, I'm going to Blog...only because what is going on in our life currently may help somone else.

We are trying to have a baby! After five years, we are doing IVF (In Vitro Fertilization)!!!!!

For the most part, I hate reading other people's Blogs...because they are too long and sometime boring (sorry, but true). I will try and keep these short and sweet...and to the point.

Here we go.....