CD8- 2nd Gonal-f shot

I'm not sure what I did different this morning, but it STUNG sooo bad!!! I'm thinking that maybe I didn't let the alcohol dry all the way or where I decided to poke today was more sensitive than yesterday's spot. But Holy Hell!!!

I was able to video it (just excuse my extra fluffiness and my sleep lines on my stomach, I had just gotten up)

Trust me though, I was wide awake after that one!

 

Yesterday mid-afternoon I felt like I haven't eaten and I was starving! I had a Lean Cuisine Sweet and Sour Chicken (my favorite) and then I had a Fiber One Brownie. About an hour later, starving again! I tried to drink it away with water and that would help for a little bit but it would come back! So aggravating!

And then the bubble guts started! I could feel and hear them in my stomach and this lasted until I went to bed. I would keep going into the bathroom, thinking that I had to "go" but nothing. Just loving the hundreds of little bubbles that I could feel moving around! At one point, it was even painful for me to lay on my side!

Apparently, I'm in the 3% for that lovely side effect!

First Gonal-f Injection!

I set my alarm because I didn't want oversleep this morning. I got up and called my RE's office to ask about "priming" the pen, which is says to do in the pamphlet but the office said nothing about it. And I didn't want to do something wrong.

They told me to not prime the pen, and I was all set to get this done!

I got everything set up in the bathroom, and made sure to follow the instructions, picture by picture. Pulled the cap off and cleaned the top. Put the needle on the pen and took off the outer cap. Got a second alcohol wipe to use on my stomach, and of course I drop it! Got another and swabbed my stomach. Pinched the skin and jabbed!

The needle decides to bounce (yes, bounce) off my skin! Umm, WTF!!! And Ouch!!!

The second jab was more forceful and it went right in! Pushed the plunger and waited about 5 seconds before pulling it out. And then started to bleed slightly from two different holes, lol

No picture because I was too nervous that I completely forgot!

After telling Justin what happened to me this morning, I asked him if he wanted to do the one tomorrow. He started to make karate moves and sounds, and pretended to jab me in the stomach while saying "Waaahhhh yaaaahhh!!!"

I'm probably just going to let him sleep through my shots!

This will NOT be happening!!!

Look what I got in the mail!

Today is CD5 and I got my meds in the mail today! It's becoming more real and I'm super excited but also super scared!!!

The needle looks like it's the same size as the Ovidrel and that didn't hurt at all, so that's what I'm hoping! Since I was told to do the shots in the morning, I asked Justin if he could do my first one. He kind of just looked at me, and said "But I don't want to hurt you." Such a sweetie! Maybe I can get him to take some picture while I do it!

And now the picture! Lola and Spike helped me unwrap the package and they were very excited  to see the pen!

Shit just got real, y'all!

CD3 u/s and b/w!

Appointment went great! No cysts, ovaries full of follies, and my ute looks nice and then!

Jessica was the one to go over my instructions for this cycle. Femara and Dex on CD3-7, and start Gonal-F injections on CD 8-11. Yep, that's 4 and maybe I'll have to do one more on CD 12, it just depends on what my ultrasound finds!

Super excited to start the injects, but holy cow the price! $278 for the Gonal-F pen that has all 5 shots in it! That's $55.60 a shot! Hopefully, this will be the only cycle I will need it, but if not, maybe I can get in on the Med Donation that some ladies put together on the TB. I just thought that for this cycle, I didn't have time to apply for it since I start the injects in 4 days!

Lola and Spike even came to my appt!

The lady at Quest for my blood draw was too quick for me to get Lola and Spike out of my purse and I didn't want her to think that I was nuts, so they stayed in!

CD...1!!!

This felt like the longest cycle ever (even though I had longer ones). Time was going by soo slow! But AF finally showed up last night, so I'm counting today as CD1.

I was fortunate enough to have this passed to me and I think that's what did it! Thanks girls!

Yep, it's the voodoo tampon! Apparently whoever she is passed to, that person will get their period. And it works, lol!

I also think that it helped that I gave in and POAS. I thought that it couldn't hurt and since my body likes to screw with me, I thought I would help it along.

I called my RE this morning and scheduled my appt for Thursday for an u/s and bloodwork!!! She (receptionist) asked what my treatment cycle was last time and this time. She also asked if I wanted to do injects this cycle and I was all like "Hells yeah! Anything to get me to my IUI!"

New Year, new treatment plan! Time to get this show on the road!

Today is CD54

And where the hell is my period?!?!?!? Today marks 6 days after my last birth control pill. Last time, AF showed up in 5 days, and when I was on birth control pills back in the day, AF always showed up in 4.

I'm starting to get worried about what happens if it doesn't show up, then what? My RE's office is notorious for telling me, "Just wait it out." Hello, I'm tired of waiting.

I showed Justin my chart and after I explained what he was looking at, he asked "54? That's a really long time, right?"

I told him that most people's cycles are around 30-34 days, and I'm pretty much double that. And then I added that my body is stupid, but he said that it was beautiful. What a great guy I have!

Some good news though, meet Lola and Spike! I'm hoping that these two will bring me some good luck in the future!

Getting some ink!

My BFF Jaimee came over to my mom's and we hung out for a few hours. I was getting nervous, and then I just told her, I just want to get it over with.

I ended up going to the guy, Matt, she goes to since the guy who did my first tattoo, his shop is closed :( We caught him as he was almost leaving, and he said that he would stay and do mine! Then Jaimee decided to get the exact same thing to show her support for me!

As he was setting up, I was soooooo nervous, like my hands were in a cold sweat! He put the design on, and made sure it was straight and then it was go time!

He did one of the stars first and OMG did it freaking hurt! But once he got going, it didn't hurt as much. I would still say that the pain factor was about a 5-6. It felt like I was getting stabbed with a hot needle, lol!

It took him less than 20 minutes per person so not too long at all! I absolutely love how it turned out!

Design on

Setting Up

First star

Not too bad after

Jaimee taking it like a champ, lol

All done!