Thomas and I went to Dr. Butler's office this past Friday for an "injections class" for me to learn how to give myself the injections when it's time. My medications came in the mail early last week and my insurance actually paid for one of them! Whoo! This class was mostly a refresher since not much has changed, but I was reminded of the whole process and why and how each medication works. When I told the nurse, Dee, that day 35 of my cycle would be May 19th (a week from today), she said I could start earlier if I wanted to, as long as it was at least 28 days. Yay!
So I'm going in on Wednesday morning for an ultrasound, pregnancy test, and some other labs to make sure I'm not pregnant and that everything looks okay. If I'm not pregnant (and I doubt I will be), I'll start a medication that night and take it for 10 days. My period should start 2-3 days after stopping the med. Once my period starts, I'll go in to the office for a baseline ultrasound to make sure everything looks okay to begin the injections. I'm hoping we don't have a repeat of last time, where the presence of a cyst on my ovary would prevent us from starting the injections this month. I'd have to take birth control to make the cyst go away and wait until my cycle started again. I'm just ready to get this show on the road and I have absolutely no control over it! Dee kind of burst my bubble a bit in the office the other day when she said sometimes the second baby is harder to come by for some reason. Great. Just what I need to hear! But, she's hopeful that since we had success on the first try last time, we'll have it again.
That's all I know for now! Luckily, I have several things going on over the next few weeks to keep my mind occupied. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't want to wish my life away, but I'm ready for this to happen!
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