100th Post!!!

Hooray!!!!!!!!!!! Okay totally thought my last post was my 100th...coulda sworn it said 99...must have said 98...I can't be blamed though...I haven't had much sleep since I started shooting up. Nice.

So for my 100th post I decided to give you a glimpse into an infertile's home. Check it out!!!

Infertile's kitchen counter:

I hope this is not really unsanitary and grossing people out!!!!! Just tell me if I should move it! LOL.

Inferile's fridge:

And last but not least, the infertile's bathroom reading material!

Yes, I know the toilet paper holder is ugly. It came with the house...but it holds TWO ROLLS PEOPLE....anything that saves me time is awesome!! Plus it holds the magazines...bonus. Yeah hubby is into Reptiles...no we don't have any currently in our house...hallelujah!! One more side note...I hate it when the toilet paper is put on that way...its gotta go OVER not UNDER....good grief people!! :o)

Hope you enjoyed the tour! Thanks again for all your support girls...you all are my counselors...my comforters...my friends. ((((((HUGS))))))

I hate nature...

Okay...not really. But I DO hate poison ivy. Never had poison ivy before. Well I got it now...LOVELY.

It itches...

So...

BAD.

I can't sleep...though maybe that's the Lupron...(all I do is dream all night...WEIRD dreams...most of which end up in the bathroom...maybe I need to drink less water??) But I wake up and my arm is sooooooo itchy.

I've tried Ivy Dry and Calamine lotion and its just getting worse. I'm thinking I need to head to the dermatologist this week...its been almost two weeks of this.

I was worried we were going to have to cancel my IVF...but from what I've seen online the drugs they give you can be okay and some may even help! Its on my forearm, on the inside of my upper arm and in the crook of my elbow...which would be weird if they're trying to draw blood from me and its a swollen blistery mess. YUCK.

The shots are still going allright. I did my third one today and it was more painful...and I bled...and some of the medicine came out. Now, they told me not to freak if the medicine came out...and I figure I bled because of the baby asprin....but why did it hurt so much??? I was probably a centimeter away from my day 1 injection site...maybe that's why it was more uncomfortable. Maybe I need to spread them out a bit more.

Yeah...this is not what I thought my 100th post would look like...was hoping more for a BFP post...but hey...

Thanks for reading gals...this journey is a lot easier when you're walking with friends!! :o)

First Injection!

And we're off!!! One down...too many to go!!! :o) I was a little shakey...and put the needle and Lupron in really slowly...DH was watching carefully and Espie was by my side. My best guys!

Every day a little closer...

Praying for my miracle!!!!!

Lets make a baby!!!

Definitely not your typical candles, rose petals and romance...but hey...it'll get the job done (hopefully!).

You guys weren't kidding...that is a LOT of stuff...I just kept looking at DH like...what have we gotten ourselves into???

Question...I see the needles that I need for the Lupron...but I feel like the Bravelle/Menopur needles were longer (when we went to the class) and I don't see them there. Are they in the boxes? Or do I use those small Lupron needles for them as well? We got to the class late so maybe I missed something.

Guess I should check out that manual they gave me!!! :o)

(Update...I checked the manual and opened a few boxes...I see now the lupron comes with its own needles...and the other nice and short needles are for the Bravelle/Menopur...Hallelujah!!!)

Here is what scares me the most...duh-duh-duh-duuuuhh....

(I hope I put the right med with that needle...lol...) That sucker is so LONG....

There was this VERY petite asian woman in our injection class and she saw that needle and about passed out. She raised her hand and said "I am small...that needle will go right out the other side of me!!"

It probably would too!

The instructor said they'd measure her and see if they should use a shorter needle for her...though that happens in very rare cases.

Man...me and me big American heinie...boo.

Hershey!!!

Spent the day today with my sister in good 'ol Hershey PA!!! Needless to say my chocolate cravings have been satisfied for the next century!! :o) YUM!!! We even got to pretend to be factory workers and package chocolate for the store (yeah...we were a good 15 years older than all the other participants...but who cares??!!) :o)

The sign above me says "Where kisses make dreams come true!" If only it were that easy!! :o) I certainly got enough hershey kisses today...maybe they'll make my dreams come true!! (No harm in tryin'! ha ha)

I also ordered my meds today and they're coming in tomorrow!!!!! I was feeling super excited on the ride home today...I can't believe this process is about to start!!!

In other news, my best friend from college just discovered today that she has PCOS...the first thing I told her was "GIRL...GET A BLOG!!!!!" I told her there are lots of girls out there with what she has and she should read their stories and post hers!!! So she's getting started on that right now...she's also going to start clomid too....wishing her the best of luck and sending lots of prayers!!!

Happy (Belated) Fourth of July!!

We decided to take Coastie to the dog beach for the fourth...he had a blast!! He definitely is a water dog...hence his breed name...Chesapeake Bay Retriever!!

Here is a not so cute picture of me and Coastie...but I had to add it in! (Dern wind) :o)

Poor DH had to work that night so I went to see the fireworks with my preggo friend...she's barely got a bump...so cute.

I'm ordering my meds tomorrow...(we decided to wait until some more of my babysitting money came in...to help with the dent its going to make on our account) :o) And will be shooting up on Saturday!!! Can't believe this week is actually here! I didn't think it would ever come!

I feel like I'm totally wishing my summer away with this whole IVF thing...

But I'll know soon enough.

And school will start.

And life will go on.

Trying to take a day at a time...enjoy now...today...every moment.

OUCH!!!

Went to the injection class today after my mock transfer...it was quite...informative!!!

We really do have to be little chemists...don't we?

Sounds like the last shot I have to do is the trigger and then I just do vaginal inserts...have any of you done those? Should I be wishing I was doing more heinie muscle shots?

The Lupron needle looks lovely...it shall be my friend.

The trigger needle...not so much.

I embarrassed DH again because I took pictures of us in the class...poor guy. I've decided since I have so much free time this summer I'm going to make a scrapbook of "Our Journey to Baby W."....here are the first couple pages...I also have a page of us signing the consent forms...but they have TMI on them for a blog!! (sorry girls...) :o)

This picture was taken at my sister's wedding...she used the paper parasols that I had in my wedding...its such a cute accessory!!!

This is my first time doing a scrapbook...and I have to say its quite fun. A bit more of an investment than I thought...there are just way too many cute papers and stickers that you can buy!!! I definitely bought a sheet of doctor stickers...complete with syringe!!!!! :o) I need to get a nice paper cutter thingy, because using the scissors and my untrained eye isn't giving me the best edges...that'll be next on the list when I go to Wal-Mart.

Can't wait til the 11th...let the games begin!