Kick Off

My IVF cycle officially kicks off this weekend!  I had my ultrasound this afternoon and the nurse said everything looked good and that I was ready to go.  She counted 16-18+ antral follicles, which means I should expect to produce about that many eggs.  According to everything I've read, it means that I have very good fertility potential.  

The plan is to start my injections on Saturday night.  I will be starting with two different injections in the evening, both of which need to be injected into my stomach.  I admitted to the nurse that I was quite nervous about the injections and she was so encouraging.  She said that I'll be fine and that she always gets excited for patients at this stage.  She said that this is the stage when something is actually happening and every few days you get to have a progress report.  I'm sure it's easy for her to say since she's not the one injecting herself with hormones, but it did make me feel better. Below are all of my meds and a curious cat, who sneaked into the picture.:) 

I  have my first monitoring appointment scheduled for Monday at 8 am.  I will have another ultrasound and a blood draw.  The nurse said I can expect to have a monitoring appointment like that every other day or so.  She also told me that my egg retrieval will likely be somewhere between 9/17 and 9/23.  I'm really hoping it happens sooner rather than later. I want to be done with injections as soon as possible.  

I'm sure you'll be hearing from me a lot more often in the next couple weeks.  I'm so glad that every stage of this process has been good news so far. Let's hope I only get good news for the rest of the cycle.