IVF Series: 7

With all my time off we decided to repaint the interior of the house. I decided that I was already fully invested in this process so a little paint to the walls wouldn’t hurt. It all started with the nursery. Because of the Covid shutdown and thrift stores being closed, many people were giving stuff away for free because they had no where else to take it. Most of the stuff was actually really nice stuff so I decided to work on furnishing the nursery. After we finished painting, the room looked completely different. It is clean and fresh, ready to welcome a little one. Now we were on a roll. We had to do the rest of the house! I had my first stim appointment which consisted of writing a large check and having an ultrasound. 2 days later, I began meds. I woke up that morning and thought “Today is the day!” I was so excited! I couldn’t believe it was actually happening. I had 2 injections in the morning (which absolutely burned and resulted in a couple swear words each time) and then an injection and pill at night. This process went on for 11 days; swear words and all. These injections are meant to enlarge follicles. Follicles are essentially the little pockets that house the eggs. In a normal case, one grows larger than the rest and then releases an egg. With the meds, all the follicles grow at a rapid pace. My first ultrasound to check the follicle growth I had 25!! I was so ecstatic! Now, no, this doesn’t mean I am having 25 kids. There is a lot more to the process. But it does mean that I have a high chance of ending up with more eggs retrieved, which in return means more eggs to be fertilized that could possibly turn into embryos. Because of my weight and age, my doctor is very strict about only inserting one embryo because they strongly believe the success rate is high for me. While this is very reassuring, I still hope to have a decent number of embryos to choose from because not all of them may be strong enough. Every day that I get closer to the retrieval, it becomes more and more real. The thought that something could actually come of this. The thought that this journey may just lead us to one of the best gifts in life. A child. Lucky for you, I couldn’t decide on just one picture so you get two! Here is the picture of our nursery that I got everything in this photo for less than $10 total. Crazy right?! And also, here is a picture of just *some of my injections. Also crazy right?!

And for now,

Xoxo