Tag: IVF meds

  • The Shots

    The Shots

    You’ll probably recall I had a lot of anxiety about the Progesterone in Oil (PIO) shots, so I thought it’d be good to provide an update on how those have been going. As I expected, I was building up the shots in my head and making them scarier than they actually are. There are also…

  • Here We Go Again… Again

    Here We Go Again… Again

    Well readers, I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to do a blog post last week. There honestly wasn’t too much going on on the normal blog day (Tuesday), and, as I find myself saying over and over again in this blog, we were “hurrying up and waiting.” The week before, I’d re-ordered all the…

  • Timing

    Timing

    Timing is a funny thing when it comes to IVF. You might think you’ll know when a certain procedure will happen, and then one day’s lab results can upend the whole thing. The next day, it can happen all over again.  On Thursday, the nurse called with my results and dosing info for Friday. She…

  • Comparing Cycles

    Comparing Cycles

    Since I’ve been through this process once before, it’s hard not to compare the two cycles in my head. As I mentioned earlier this week, the bloating has definitely been worse this time around.  Oddly enough, though, it did seem to ease up a bit in the past couple of days. It almost had me…

  • Stretchy Pants & Remote Work

    Stretchy Pants & Remote Work

    This week, I’m especially grateful for stretchy pants and remote work options. The bloating is real, folks. It’s definitely worse this time given that my doctor doubled my meds.  I was expecting this, but I didn’t realize how much worse it’d be than the first round. On top of the uncomfortable bloating, one of the…

  • The Meds

    The Meds

    As I mentioned last week, I received all the prescriptions for the next round of IVF. I had them sent to the same pharmacy I got my meds through during the first cycle. Seeing the total was going to be around $6,000 just made me nervous. 

  • Here We Go Again

    Here We Go Again

    It was time to start IVF again, and that comes with a lot of hurry up and wait.