Pre IVF - Day One

Yesterday our appointment went amazing. We learned how to do all the injections and I think my husband is going to be a champ at them :) As of right now our first injection will be on November 4th. :) I'm so excited!

After we finished filling out the kazillion consent forms my hubby asked our nurse (I'll refer to her as Nurse Awesome) a funny question. He asked, " Is there any way our embryos can get mixed up and we end up with a Chinese baby?" She replied, " Good news is... we don't have any Chinese couples doing IVF this cycle." Then she went on the assure my hubby that there was no way possible to get them mixed up. I could not stop laughing. The things that come out of his mouth are just too funny.

After our appointment we had dinner plans to celebrate my best friend T's birthday. On our way there we talked about what the next month could possibly bring us. We talked about pregnancy, nurseries, breast feeding, cloth diapers vs. disposal ones. Anything "baby" you can bet we discussed it.

We arrived to dinner and met up with our friends. I didn't mention before that T is almost 9 months pregnant with her first little girl. I'm so excited for her and I can't wait for my little niece to be here! I can't stop touching her belly, I think she gets annoyed with me sometimes but I think it's just so amazing what the human body does. I love to poke her stomach and get the baby (I'll refer to her as sweet pea) to move. I probably ask her a billion questions about pregnancy but she's okay with answering them. I enjoy the fact that when I do get pregnant I have someone to go to with all my questions.

Today I started my antibiotic. It's just to prevent me from getting sick. If I get sick during my IVF cycle my RE ( I like to call him Dr. Miracle) will most likely cancel the cycle and we can't have that. I will be on the antibiotic for 10 days. My hubby was suppose to take them too but apparently if you have excessive exposure to the sun, you can't take them. Nurse Awesome isn't to worried about it because his sperm count is amazing. They like to call him super sperm, lol.

I also started my folic acid. I already take a prenatal vitamin but they wanted me to take some extra folic acid, so I started that as well.

I can't believe IVF is right around the corner. It's so exciting to know that in less than a month I could be possibly pregnant :)

Anxiety

Today is our appointment to go over the last final details and medical plan for IVF this coming month!!!!

My husband and I will learn how to administer the injections. To be honest I'm terrified of the injections! My husband on the other hand is all grins and giggles. I think he is just looking forward to torturing me :). But seriously the needle for progesterone is HUGE. I'm told that it doesn't hurt but my word... that whole thing has to go into my muscle?!? My game plan is to take the injections like a champ and remind myself with every injection I'm that much closer to our dream.

Well the month of November holds so much for us. I'm sure there will be tears, sleepless nights, and everything that comes along with the emotions of TTC.

Keep us in your prayers :) We pray God blesses us with our miracle.