IVF Day 1

IVF Day 1

So, apparently I was supposed to start my injections last week, the day of my last RE appt. When I said I hadn’t been doing them, I got a troubled look from my nurse. All this time I thought I was to wait until I got AF (A BIG miscommunication on their part. Also, it’s written all over my Lupron box that I shouldn’t take it if I’m pregnant or could be pregnant…HELLO!?! I could have been!). If AF starts, I have to wait another MONTH before I can proceed with IVF-which is not a good thing. I was put on Provera to stop it but I also have to start Lupron shots today. Lupron is the easiest and friendliest of my injections on my body. It’s just a small needle- ½ inch long-and given in my stomach every day. I’ve done IVF before, but not from the beginning. This part is all new to me. (I did do Lupron for 6+weeks about a year ago for my FET but never for IVF).

I thought maybe we were going to have problems with timing IVF because we are leaving town for two weeks to go to Texas (Dh goes TDY for a week to San Antonio and I’m going to tag along and go to Houston. Then we’re spending another week in there for Thanksgiving.) When I asked about how it was all going to work, I was told again that we can’t postpone another month because I may not have that much time given my endo severity. The plan (I love plans) is that I’m going to get monitored (do u/s’s and blood draws) in Texas and as soon as we get home, I’ll have my egg retrieval. Another small possible hitch may be that I’ll need a ride home from the egg retrieval because they knock me out for it and I’m not sure if Dh can take more time off for that. I guess I’ll figure it out as we get closer to the date. (Around Nov 30th)

I want to record how much of the meds I’m using (for reference later so just bear with me)

Today I did:
5 mg of Provera
20 units of Lupron using a 28 ½ G needle

I again went through my fertility meds box and am completely amazed at how many needles I now have. (if I thought I had a lot before…watch out!) I compared the sizes and have found that the needles for my FET were smaller so I may be doing a little swap out.

Here is a pic of my needle sizes. I do have one more size not included but it’s pretty close to the first one on the left (which I use for Lupron only). The last one is only used for mixing the meds (no that thing doesn’t actually enter my body, thank the Lord!) My current pharmacy sent me a bunch of the 25G needles (the second from the right) to use for my butt shots but man that thing is MASSIVE. Maybe you can't tell in the pic but in real life, that thing is enormous! I’m used to using the middle one for that but I don’t think I’ll have enough of those to get me through three weeks. It should be interesting!