poke-poke-poke!!!

Ryan says I'm distracting him sitting there watching him prep the injections so he banned me to the computer room. :)

Figured I'd update my blog while I wait!

Here he is prepping the shots. (hee hee...maybe this is why it was making him nervous? cause i kept taking pictures of him?)

And here's one of the new meds. Blech. Longer needle. This one comes in two separate containers, the top is liquid and bottom is powder and mix them together before he injects it...

Oh look! He's ready! Poke-poke-poke!!! Here we go!!!


... 10 minutes later...

i hit a wall.
i cried. (before he injected me)
and then i laughed. (before and then while the needle was in me)
and then i said, 'holy crap' cause holy crap was it sore.
and then i cried.
and then i laughed.

this is going to be a long 10 days.

OUCH. oh dear. look. i'm bleeding on my shirt.

TMI?

So how much information is TOO much information? ;) hee hee...

• blood test today = E2 levels (estrogen?) looking good. Yay!


• ultra sound today = 11 follicles on the left, 10 follicles on the right. YAY!!!! (way up from 8 & 5, 5 months ago during our consultation-maybe the acupuncture?)


• mock transfer today = curved uterus. BOO! not unusual but VERY uncomfortable. BOO!!! (the nurse had to remind me to breathe) Let's just say it was pretty much your worst papsmear times 10. Hence 13 hours later and I can still feel it. BOO! (was that TMI?)


• However good news is that we're all a go!! YAY!!!!

(of course in my head I was thinking, 'wait, i've had 9 days of shots and we weren't sure?!')

Rye's getting to be a pro at jabbing me with the needle. I think he's starting to have too much fun. We'll see how he takes the pressure of 3 tomorrow!

With that and acupuncture gonna really start feeling like a pin cushion! :)

xoxoxo, poke, poke, poke,

stace

1 shot, 2 shots, THREE

Oh dear, oh dear...we begin 3 shots already on Thursday! - gulp -

odd...

it's a super odd (and not to fun) feeling to have tender ovaries.

at least this means the Lupron is working!!!

oh dear...

i cried 4 times today...i think it's the hormones. course getting speeding ticket didn't help either. ;)

6 shots down 44 to go...

ryan's been doing pretty well at them. only one really hurt and bled (maybe hit a muscle?). the rest have been very tolerable.

more difficult has been remembering which pills to take when. 1 prenatal 2x a day, 1 folic acid 1x a day, doxycle-something or other 2x a day 12 hours apart and can't be taken with a multi b/c it inhibits absorption but has to be taken with food, 1 baby asprin 1 x a day, levothyroxide (my thyroid one) 1x a day 30 min before eating anything in the morning. hee hee...and can't forget our black chix soup 3x a day and my chinese herbs 2x a day!

midnight here at Kaneohe and Rye is unloading our most recent Waa house trip, but has forced me to sit and relax since this is supposed to be unwind time, and we need my body nice and relaxed. :) am trying not to feel guilty.

toodloo, poke-poke-poke,

love,
stace

OOWWWWWWW!!!!

okay, well not THAT bad. not fun, but not that bad. (didn't help that i had close to hysterical nervous laughter that wouldn't stop which was making Ryan laugh too...)

1 down 50 to go!

OMG.

Ryan just practiced on himself!!! hee hee hee...he said it didn't hurt, but when I looked he's bleeding!