The Reality

The reality of the situation is very clear now, let the IVF journey begin...

When I first started this journey I told myself that I would never do IVF! It was an expensive and invasive thing to do to your body that I wanted to have nothing to do with. Well funny how quickly things change. The RE told us that moving onto IVF is the only logical next step, so here we are.

As I sit in the IVF preparation class with 10 other couples, I start to freak out. Are we really about to do this? How are we going to afford it? How can I emotionally handle it? "All of that doesn't matter right now," my husband tells me "We will find a way, we need to do this."

I took diligent notes and tried to absorb every bit of information that the nurse was giving us. I looked around the room and saw the same eagerness and worry on the other ladies faces, all of us in the same infertility boat. I took notes about the suppression stage, about the stimulation stage, notating how long each procedure would take and when different medications came into the picture. More injections, more money and more worry.

After leaving class the scheduling began again. Immediately my husband and I were scheduled for more blood work and two more doctors visits within only one weeks time. I started birth control pills, which seems completely strange when I am trying to have a baby. Apparently it helps the system relax before the next stage. Stage one = suppression has begun!

Now what? I take a birth control pill every morning, take my prenatal vitamins, Parlodel, COQ10, DHEA and folic acid every night. I had to buy one of those pill organizers so I wouldn't forget anything!

Next week I start Lupron injections, then in two weeks Gonal-F, Menopur and G-CSF injections along with Folgard, and Aspirin. 50-60 injections in two weeks, I am hoping that I don't run out of injection spots!