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Friday, February 13, 2009

IVF meds have arrived

I even took a picture of the pile of meds, needles, and the sharps container. I will post it when I get a chance to upload them from the camera:) For those of you interested, here is my IVF protocol:
  • Lupron -5 days after O until ER
  • Follistim -CD 3 until ER
  • Ovidrel -trigger (34 hrs before ER)
  • PIO -ER to beta or until 12 weeks pg
  • Medrol & Tetracycline after ET
I feel like we were on this crazy fast train to get things done, and now we are just going 2 miles an hour waiting for the next stop. I can see it...but it is not coming quickly enough.

Guess what I did this week? I actually bought BABY stuff. Can you believe it? It is, of course, not for me. I am not even sure if we would want a baby shower b/c I am too superstitious and would worry about all the baby things in the house. It was almost empowering to go into the baby section and not want to cry. To browse through the items and not get super jealous. I did have to move to another section when a pregnant lady started using the scan gun to register for shower items, though.

13 comments:

Erica said...

Did the lidocaine cream come with the meds? I know I commented about this already - that's how important it is that you have it. Unfortunately not all REs order it for their patients. Good luck! Glad things are moving along...

kirke said...

The scan gun is enough to make anyone jealous.

Seriously. I'm glad your meds came in! I'm excited for you to get this party started. :)

Megan said...

I don't know why getting all that medicine is so exciting, but it is...Congratulations!!!

Caroline said...

It's exciting that the meds have arrived. I'll be following your journey! It's nice to feel optimistic isn't it?

Stephanie said...

How exciting that your meds arrived! I'm sure it feels like a huge step, but I'm sure time will go so slowly till it is time to start. I'll pray for you that time goes fast....your ER will be here before we know it right?

Melis.sa said...

how exciting!!! It'll be here before you know it!

And good for you!! I have to go 100mph through the baby stuff still and my daughter is in 2t stuff so i still have to see it, just not acknowledge that it exists :)

Anonymous said...

so proud of you that you were able to not cry in the baby section! that takes one strong woman! :)

why are you taking the medrol and tetracycline after ET? do you know? that sounds weird to me.

i know how you feel though....the beginning of the cycle feels so slow, then the middle will happen really fast, then it comes to a screetching halt during the 2ww. arg.

:)

Bluebird said...

How exciting! I can't imagine how overwhelming that box of meds must be - but how awesome to take steps in the right direction (even though I'm sure they feel like baby steps sometimes!)

Anonymous said...

I have a feeling you're going to need a lot of progesterone...cause you're gonna be on it until 12 weeks! :)

Anonymous said...

This is sooo exciting. Love getting a box of meds. I have the same question that strongblonde has... why the medrol and tetracycline?

Good Luck! Can't wait for it to get started.

Hoping for our own Peanut said...

very exciting! i refered to that as my baby in a box. :)

Meinsideout said...

getting the meds is so excited - it reminds me of that movie where demi and woody rolled around in all of the money - I can picture me and Mr. M rolling in bed over all of the syringes and vials...

Cady said...

it's crazy how many meds there are, isn't it? i have a cabinet full!