July 14, 2014: The Retrieval is Scheduled!

I am so nervous, and excited and anxious, all rolled into one!!!  We will be retrieving in just 2 days!!! Eeekkk!! :) :)  I feel like I have been cruising pretty calmly up to this point.  Now my nerves are really starting to kick in.  Will the trigger shot hurt?  Will it make me feel funny?  Will it work?  Will I do it properly?  Will I have enough eggs?  It is all in His hands, and I just need to KEEP GOING!!!!

 

July 12, 2014: The Stimming Phase

Now that we are in the stimming phase, it seems so surreal.  I am icing my abdomen to help with the burning of my injections.  Some burn so bad, and others, you don't feel a bit.  I am also icing my veins for tomorrow's appointment.  Oh you know, just some more bloodwork!  I am hoping that this is the last night of stims and we will be able to trigger tomorrow.  The retrieval is getting so close!

 

July 9, 2014: Cleared to Continue!

I had my bloodwork and follicle scan done this morning.  I was cleared to do three injections tonight!  Tomorrow, I will be heading back to the doctor for more labs to be drawn.  I'm not sure which veins they are going to use.  My poor arms are bruised with track marks.  Anxiety is kicking in, and I'm becoming an emotional mess as all this is happening so fast.  Or so it seems.  At the end of the day, I am looking up and thinking positive.  :)  With IVF, you have to be closely monitored.  I go to the doctor just about every day for bloodwork and ultrasounds.  You have to trigger at the perfect time, and ensure that you do not get over stimulated and end up in the hospital.  Tip:  Lots of protein and SmartWater!

It is crazy to see what modern medicine can do for us and our bodies.  It can literally make dreams come true.  You just have to believe.  Never give up hope.  Especially when it is all you have left.  

A day in the life.... IVF

This is a normal view for an IVF'er.  Needles, needles, and more needles.  After a while, you sort of get used to the routine.  The poking.  The injection of the medication burning.  The bruising.  You take your meds with you wherever you may go.  Keep them in cold packs, and inject whenever it is time, wherever you may be.  Each one has a specific time it needs to be administered.  One time, while on a road trip, my husband did one of my injections in a gas station parking lot.  Eww.  :)