Mock meds/injections with our IVF calendar for next 4 weeks
Class tonight was super cool. It made even more real that we are doing this… I feel so blessed and so excited! I also feel much better about all the drugs, calendars, injections, etc. It was sort of overwhelming to get all that stuff and not know what to do with it all, but now, feeling much better.
There were six couples; three straight, three lesbian. We were all kind and jovial with each other. I brought chocolate and shared it. It’s Valentine’s Day after all. In the end, we all wished each other good luck and went about our ways. I knew we’d likely not see each other again so I wanted to take a picture of the group- just for my blog but I figured that’s probably crossing the privacy boundary line. I did however take a picture of the mock drugs and injections right in front of us. See it below.
Gina is meticulous and methodical, cautious and careful. Turns out these are incredibly useful traits to have when it comes to giving injections. I’m feeling very safe and lucky right about now.
My boobs are getting sorer and sorer. I wake up multiple times at night because I can feel them hurting me when I roll over, etc. And, I’m slightly tearier than normal (a side effect the nurses made sure to well warn all the partners about); other than that, no other side effects so far.
We start our first shot of Luprin this evening. And despite that fact that I’m about to get multiple shots day and night for the next three weeks, I am really excited.
I also start a mild steroid that is said to help with egg quality and development. It has to be taken with food, but not with diary and must be taken 2 hours away from the Luprin. Also have to take baby asprin, pre-natal, pro-biotics and a low dose anti-biotic (that I’m going to try to get out of). This is the protocol each morning and night (minus the Luprin which is just at night) for the next 12 days.
Aaaannnnd, we’re off!