At Home Pharmacy

I have been doing well with all of my injections, but my poor belly is starting to look like swiss cheese. I have so many red dots all over, and now that we are doing two injections a day we have been using both sides of my belly. We alternate the side everyday for each med, but it is one injection on each side every day. I thought that I would post some photos of all of the meds just in case you wanted to know.

This is the Lupron 5 units every day

This is the syringe/needle for the Stim meds

Here are all the stim meds lined up and ready to be drawn up

This is everything before we get started

So far I haven't had any noticeable side effects, and I am so glad. I did have a mood swing moment this morning, but I will chalk that up to running late, and dogs that would not listen. I have had a headache that I can not shake and I am afraid to take anything for it. I will just wait it out, it has to go away eventually right?

I had an appointment this morning to check all of my levels and so far so good. My estradiol level was 200, and I have 25 follicles on each ovary that are measuring less than 8mm right now. The nurse said everything looks good but because of my PCOS (poly cystic ovaries) they want me to come back in tomorrow for another check. I am really hoping that this does not become an everyday visit. I really like the office and their staff, but I would like to only visit every few days. My boss has been very understanding, and really good about all of the doctor visits. I just hope that this try will be successful so we don't have to go through all of this again. I am missing a lot of work, and we haven't even gotten to the retrieval or transfer day yet. I just realized this week that I am scheduled for the IVF week starting next Wednesday the 12th. That kind of freaked me out a little bit. It is funny how you wait so long for a day to come, and then all of a sudden it is only a few days away and your nervous. I am scheduled for the May IVF, which means that anytime between the May 12th and 19th I will be having my retrieval and then 3 to 5 days later they will do the transfer. I can't wait!

Thank you to everyone who is praying for us, I can not imagine how this would be without all the support.

Love and prayers,

Amanda