Welcome to IVF...

This additional box of goodies arrived on my doorstep yesterday. I thought the first box was overwhelming but this one definitely takes the cake.

It came with 5 additional drugs, mixing instructions and these syringes…

These needles will be used the duration of my IVF cycle starting next week and they definitely freak me out more than the small needles I have been using do. I swear once I get through IVF, I will be able to do anything! Thanks for all the support and good thoughts. I feel like I have been more whiney and needy lately so I appreciate you all putting up with me.

On a funny note (and something I didn’t know before all this), Mike had to go in on Monday for a hamster penetration test. Apparently when you do IVF up at the U, they have the sperm donor (in my case Mike) give a sample and pair the sperm with a hamster egg to see if it will be able to penetrate the egg naturally in order to fertilize it. If it is able to penetrate the egg then when you undergo IVF, they will pair the sperm and allow it to fertilize itself but if it is unable to penetrate the hamster egg then when you undergo IVF, they do what is called Ixy where they manually inject the sperm into the egg in order to fertilize it. I think it’s incredible what modern medicine can do but it made me laugh and all weekend Mike was telling his friends he had to impregnate a hamster and he wondered if they would let him get to know the hamster before trying to have its baby. You have to find some humor in this entire process I guess. Apparently I am feeling better today, even with my new array of meds.