Holy needles batman.....

Okay....so the big day came when alllll my meds arrived at my house. Now, I must warn everyone that I even have a few meds LESS than other people. I will say, seeing it all laid out was pretty overwhelming and added a whole new reality to the whole situation. I had mixed emotions of excitement to get started but also that relentless underlying fear of possible failure.

My first medication will be Lupron. Lupron suppresses the ovaries and helps your body hold all your eggs in and not ovulate during stimulation. I had my first Lupron injection this morning. My husband was not nearly as nervous about giving it as I was to receive it. The Lupron injection is done subcutaneously (which means barely under the skin, like an insulin shot). I could hardly feel a thing! What a relief!! I will continue my Lupron each morning for about 2 weeks and also keep taking my birth control pills.

Speaking of birth control pills.... I havent taken BC in a long time and I forgot what it is like to be a total emotional wreck. I am ready to be OFF of these. Side effects from the Lupron are supposedly similar to those of menopause but since it was only my first injection this morning, I am not feeling any side effects yet. Here's to a week of painless injections....

Here are pics of the meds.....

First Post

So I am new to this whole "blogging" concept. When my husband and I first found out that we were going to have to do IVF I hit the blogosphere running. I must say that reading about people's journeys really helped me cope. I thought maybe someone out there could relate to our story so here goes....

I lived my life like every other girl, dreaming of getting married and starting a family... I met the PERFECT man who is the best thing that has ever happened to me. We got married, bought a house, everything was going as planned. We decided we wanted to start trying for a family about 1 year ago and we were ecstatic. We never dreamed we would have problems getting pregnant- but after almost a year of trying with no success our doctor decided to start running some tests. When we got the news that we would not be able to conceive naturally we were obviously shocked and upset- but really tried to stay positive.

One week later we found ourselves sitting in a fertility specialists' office and he told us that IVF was our only option. It has been quite a whirlwind but I am now in Day 5 of my IVF cycle... I spoke with my nurse, ordered my meds...to the tune of $2800 and we are ready to go... Does anyone find it strange that our IVF cycle starts with Birth Control pills... seems ironic doesn't it? Being Lupron injections in 9 days.... Wish us luck...