Shot Day!

If only shot day implied the kind you drink instead of the kind that hurt!

Today was the beginning of my second IVF round. I’ve been anticipating this day for weeks. It’s almost like I can’t wait for it to get here so I can feel like I’m actually doing something. So let’s get this show started! I feel good and positive!

My dosage stated with 1 vial of Menopur in the morning along with 0.7 ml of HGH (Human Growth Hormone). This is said to help with egg quality, which was a problem in our first round attempt. So we paid the $900 it cost for HGH since it was not covered by insurance because we would stop at nothing to help my egg quality and having more healthy embryos.

So the shots went well, but I’m feeling bloated and crampy from starting my period yesterday. It’s just such a pain in the ass to have to start shots when you’re already feeling at your worst. So this cramping and bloating will only get worse….yay. As the day went on, I felt more bloated and had to undo my belt buckle notch by notch until I just took it off. Leggings it is tomorrow!

My nightly shot was 300 IUs of Gonal-f. I like that this shot is already in a ready to inject “pen” and requires no mixing or measuring, just turn the dial to 300 and inject. If only every med was this easy!

So now I’m laying on the couch with a heating pad on my lower half. Already dreading tomorrow and the feeling of my ovaries growing by the minute. But I’m also excited to be doing something and looking forward to next Thursday, retrieval day.