Well I started on August 10th. I started with 10 units of Lupron which is used to supress ovulation. After going to my baseline appts on August 17th where an ultrasound was done, as well as blood work. I received a call from the Dr's office and was advised to go ahead and start stimming. YAY!!!! So Sunday was my first day mixing all of my medications into one syringe and giving the injection. I am have to mix Menopur, Lupron, and the Gonal-F Pen into one viale, and I do one injection. As opposed to some women who have to give the injection of Menopur, then the injection of Lupron, and then the injection of Gonal. Makes it so much easier to just do one shot over and be done with it.
These are videos from Youtube if you're interested in seeing and understanding just how this all works. Where as this woman has 2 viales of Menopur I am on one, and while she is only mixing the menopur I mix the Menopur, inject my dosage of the Gonal Pen, and my Lupron into the Menopur viale so it's only one injection I have to do.
Video One
Beginning the mixing of the Menopur
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8AKsUx4PtT0
More Mixing
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UBQyYmW5uqo
Giving the actual injection everything from here on out is just how I have to do it
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ElnkX7Xnayc
This is the Gonal F Pen and how it works again I just inject my dosage into the viale of Menopur and Lupron
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fADyj_nLKqs
So this is my daily life for the next week or so......
We'll keep updating as we go along!
What is with the Pineapple reference?
The reason this baby is referred to as our little "Pineapple" is because of the nickname Bob gave me after we started IVF. Bob said because I had endured so much, and was so strong I was like a "pineapple". The outer shell of a pineapple is strong, stubborn, hard headed, but once you peel back those layers it's just a mushy, sweet fruit inside. So immediately when we found out we were pregnant the ladies on my board started calling the baby our like Pineapple. So there you have it, how the nick name Pineapple and TTP (Teeny Tiny Pineapple) came to be.
Why a blog?
I wanted to share our Journey of IVF and TTTC with others. It is and was a long difficult road, and I feel that if I can help even one woman find comfort, give suppport, and make a difference even just woman who is going thru infertility or IVF than I have done something wonderful. I've brought a sense of understanding and comfort to someone else. To my fellow TTTCR's I pray for us all, and we will have our babies.....
Our Dream
Some dream of big houses
Or shiny new cars,
Ours is to someday
Hold a baby that’s ours
Some dream of more money
To hoard and to keep,
Mine is to someday
Rock my baby to sleep.
Some dream of careers
In buildings so tall,
His is to someday
Toss his kid a baseball.
Some dream of great power
To be strong and tough,
Ours is to someday
Have a child to love.
Some dream of things
Such as silver and gold
Ours is of the day
Our child we’ll hold.
Or shiny new cars,
Ours is to someday
Hold a baby that’s ours
Some dream of more money
To hoard and to keep,
Mine is to someday
Rock my baby to sleep.
Some dream of careers
In buildings so tall,
His is to someday
Toss his kid a baseball.
Some dream of great power
To be strong and tough,
Ours is to someday
Have a child to love.
Some dream of things
Such as silver and gold
Ours is of the day
Our child we’ll hold.
Monday, August 20, 2007
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