So yesterday morning I did my Lupron shot and then last night I did Lupron, Gonal-F, and Menopur. The Gonal-F is in a pen-type injection, which is different from what we had 8 years ago on our first IVF cycle. The Menopur has to be reconstituted, which means you draw up 1 cc of sodium chloride and then mix it with the powder(s) depending on your dosage. So I had to do a total of three shots last night, and yes it does hurt. Also, my abdomen is so bloated and I just feel "ick". It sucks that I am already feeling so bloated and we just started the stims :-( I did find an interesting video online from another fertility clinic that tells you how to mix Lupron, Gonal-F, and Menopur into one injection instead of three. That would be awesome, but Brian won't let me do that until I ask if it's okay with Dr. Nichols' office. It was worth a shot though, get it shot, ha ha. I slay myself :-)
Anywho, I called yesterday to question about acupuncture. Turns out there is a physician in Greenville that works with Dr. Nichols' office and will actually come to his office on the day of your retrieval for a 3-hour session, and she stays with you the whole time! The cost for that is $350, so I am not sure about that, but I figured it would be worth a try to go and meet her and have a consultation. So, I scheduled that appointment for this coming Wednesday since I had that day "free" since Betty (my therapist) is going to be on vacation and I see her on Monday instead. I felt really bad having to let my work know that I have appointments this week on Monday (therapist, even though I don't tell them that), Tuesday (first ultrasound and blood work after starting stims), and on Wednesday (for the acupuncture). I just told them that this one was for a consultation that could not be rescheduled. They don't need to know that I'm doing acupuncture. The problem is that the appointment is at 2:30 in Greenville, so that means I will have to leave my house by 1:30. Then the appointment will last until 4:00, meaning I won't be home until 5:00. Luckily the company I work for is in a different time zone, so they are an hour ahead of me. Betty says that I should stop worrying about any extra appointments because this is only temporary, but I don't want to jeopardize my job because then that would definitely mean we couldn't do fertility treatments until I found another job, and I don't think anywhere else would be so understanding of my fertility treatments and crazy schedule with all of this. Well, I should just put it all in God's hands.
On another note, I did download the fertility meditation program for IUI/IVF and listened to the first session last night. It was very relaxing and I almost fell asleep while listening to it, so that's a plus. The program is designed to be listened to on specific days during your treatments, but I'm starting a bit late so I am playing catch up. You can check out their programs here: Circle + Bloom
I did do better on my diet yesterday until last night when I had some apples and caramel dip that I really did not need to eat. I was just stressed, feeling bloated, and hurt from the three shots to my stomach. I will try to do better today. So far this morning I made some gluten-free apple cinnamon muffins with flax seed (it was a mix), and I had two of those for breakfast.
Well, I've done my morning shot of Lupron, had my breakfast and took my morning meds, and even paid the bills (which was kind of hard to do since Brian's paycheck was not direct deposited for some reason). Luckily we have his tuition money set aside in the bank for fertility treatments and I was able to pay the bills with that for now. My checkbook is in a perpetual state of negative because of keeping different funds separate. At least I have my little "fertility ledger" to keep everything separate.
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