Did the phone ring?

Day 9
Called the clinic, left a message, waiting for the phone to ring.

On the good news front, the scripts that were ordered the other day went through the insurance and Whewww! I am sooo happy. This was the other shoe I was waiting to drop.

So here is my IVF cocktail...

Birth Control Pills ~ Plain Jane birth control pills to harbor ovulation and not lose any more eggs (good or bad ones), also allows them to take control of the cycle.

Baby Asprin ~ Over the counter answer to better lining and blood flow to the uterus.


Ovadrel (injectable) ~ I will have to recheck but I think this one is the trigger that will boost the mature eggs for retrieval "harvest".

Zithromax ~ I will take after the retrieval "harvest" to ward off any infection.

Estrace ~ Estrogen supplement that I will take following the transfer procedure to support the transfer until implantation occurs or doesn't.

Progesterone Oil (injectable) ~ Simple injection to supplement the natural progesterone that is needed in the first weeks of pregnancy, especially for implantation and the first 12 weeks for placenta nutrition.

Gonal 450 (injectable) ~ This is the egg maker in layman terms, it will stimulate the ovaries to produce as many eggs as it can.

Menopur (not sure of this one?)

Lupron (injectable) ~ I will take this on day 14 of my birth control pills , this will put me basically in a menopause kind of state so the can stimulate more eggs other than the one or two that would normally grow to a mature state.

Doxicycline ~ Tom and I start to take in the morning has to be prior to the IVF procedure to avoid infection from current infection of unknown sources.


Yeah, there are a lot of injection, but honestly when the end results are what they are...really it is so not anything. After 9 years of fertility treatments and a google amount of testing, and being financially poor, a shot a day, it is like brushing your teeth. In a non-hypocondriatic way I sorta of like the militant regimen during that phase of the cycle it is a reminder that you are working toward something greater than today, which makes today's issues seem less hyped.


So, here I sit, waiting...

Ring, ring...later that day.
Oh yeah, I need the scripts by the 23rd because I will start them on the 24th. So we are going full steam ahead in this cycle.

Did you ask me if I was scared to death? Oh yeah. There is a lot to start praying for at this point. There is a lot at stake.