Sorry & Ideas

Sorry I haven't posted for a couple of days. These new meds are kicking my butt!! I am so tired and at times, I just can't sleep. I take the meds in the morning and by the afternoon, that spot is swollen with a red bump and hurts way bad. I even have some bruises. I need to take a picture of them.

I started reading some baby books and reality is starting to kick in! In less than a week we could have our eggs harvested and a couple days after that, they are going to implant the embryo. We are going to be parents! AAAHHHHH!!! It is all insane. So if we do the math - which we have been doing to wrap our heads around this - technically, this week is week 1 of pregnancy. Shut your FACE!! A week prego! WOW!!

I do need your help. We are cheating the system and everyone knows that we are doing this, but we still want to tell our parents in a cute way that it worked and we are prego. I needs ideas! We are going to tell each of our 5 parents individually. Thanks everyone!

3 Shots

Today was the day to start 3 shots. It went pretty good. I took more time to prep than anything. Here is a before prep picture. The one on the left is the same medicine we have been on. The Lupron. We lowered the dose today to 5ml from 10 ml, not to bad. The middle on is the Follisam pen. You put the medicine in, turn it to your dose and your ready, 75 ml. The one on the right is the WORST!! You have to mix the medicine. (For the life of me I can't remember what it's called). Take the saline solution out of one bottle and put it into the other and then swap out the needle. The needle is tiny, so it comes out really really slow.10 minutes after prepping, this is what I get. I also took it in this order, left to right. See how tiny the amount of the first one is and how much of the last one! These meds are supposed to stimulate my ovaries, basically put me into menopause; pretty much prevent me from ovulating the eggs we have created already.

Having 3 shots wasn't too bad. I have been struggling with headaches, but I think that is the lack of caffeine. I have been to not stay away from Alcohol (duh) & Caffeine (damn it) and to take only Tylenol. This will help lower the risk of miscarriage. Reality is starting to sink in! We are a week and half away from harvesting, so two weeks from implanting! YIPPEE!!!

Medication

I bet your counter top doesn't look like this.

Here are all the meds I received yesterday. They are even in order that I have to take them. The first box is what I am on now and I stay on for about another week. The box behind it, I start on Mondy and same with the two boxes behind that. Three shots baby! The two behind that I don't start until the egg retreivel (18 eggs!). So - Welcome to Pharmacy Remkes!

18 Eggs!

Yes!! We have 18 eggs so far!! 18!! YEAH!! I had an appointment today to check my ovaries and see how the meds were doing. The Dr wanted to go easy on the meds at first so we didn't have to much stimulation with the ovaries. When a woman has PCOS and you start fertility, your ovaries can over-react and create to many and we don't want that. That means the hospital, the cycle being cancelled, no bueno. So, Dr Gibson, good decision! 18 eggs!! On Monday the 1st I start two more injections that will stop ovulation so we can use those 18 maybe more eggs. (So I will be on 3 injections at one time). We will go in on Feb 6th to see where we are at with everything and could be harvesting around the 10th! That is in two weeks! I want to cry because I am so excited! I want to cry because I am scared! I want to cry because this is real!! And I want to jump up and down because I am so happy!! Parenthood is just around the corner!!

PS - Spent another $1387.65 on meds - we are up to $11216.65! Top that!

Two Weeks

Could it really be that close?? Only two more weeks until we start the harvesting process. WOW!!! It has gone by so fast, but so slow at the same time. Chris & I were just talking last night that it seems that things are going pretty good. I haven't felt too many mood swings or being upset about little things. Yes I tear up a little easier and I am tired, but other than that, the moods are good. Just getting more and more excited everyday!

Thanks for all the love & support. I know I have said it more than once, and I will say it again! Thank you!!

Signs

For some reason when I think of pregnancy, I think of a belly. You have a baby in there and you get bigger and bigger until you pop. I have heard about all the other things. Your girls (boobs in case you don't know) get tender, your sense of smell, random cravings, gagging & pucking (which I know works for me now), etc, etc. For some reason I never thought I would happen to ME! It has! I am not even prego!! So I would assume that the fertility meds are working! Come on and produce some eggs!! I have to go and buy some new bras. Its been 6 days and the girls have grown in size and are so very tender. You touch them, you die!!!! My cravings, oh the cravings!!! Popcorn & chocolate milk. YUM!!! Oh boy! Is this what I am in for?? Help me friends!! What else is coming?? I am a little nervous and excited for this!

It Has Begun!

My nose has been on sensory overload with these meds and so has my gagging reflex. Usually I can ignore the smells and what is making me gag, even at the movies when the gentlemen in front of us doesn't know what shampoo is and his hair is all grease or the kid behind us spills his root beer, thank goodness, I would rather smell the root beer! But not tonight! Couldn't control it. Yup, I puked. Not good. I made dinner everything was good. I was feeling full,went to take one more bite and that's where it ended. I saw a hair! No worries, it was my own, but was enough for me. Chris looked at me and before he could ask what was wrong I told him. He grabbed my plate as I ran to the garbage. Dry heaved a couple times and then there was dinner. I puked. Because of a hair. I'm screwed. On the other hand, this is what I wanted and I wouldn't trade it! I hope you all laughed, we did!