Obligatory Meds Shot

This is my third time doing IVF. I can hardly believe that I am a well versed veteran of this experience by now, but I have never posted the obligatory meds shot. All the new stuff is on the bed. In the bin behind, you can see the remnants of the first two failed cycles. (We must save all extra needles and syringes in case the are useful in the zombie apocalypse, I kid you not). I am about to organize everything so it's easy to find all of our supplies when we need them in a few weeks. It feels like it's not nearly as much stuff as I know some of you have received. I think this is probably because I stim only with Gonal F, no Menopur. I won't complain about fewer injections for sure! What's new this time though, is the bag of 30 1 1/2" syringes we will need for the PIO. Ouch. (I still need tips and tricks on that please!) Oh, and three vials of PIO clearly take up a lot less room than 2 boxes of Crinone. (You'll see I still have some left over because I have yet to need that second box!)

For those of you who are unfamiliar, here's a break down of what was in my most recent delivery:

1. 1 Sharps Container (we have so many of these, it's comical, I think we've finally filled one last cycle)
2. 1 Leuprolide Dil 50 (we are doing a very-low dose suppression with diluted Lupron this time, hopefully starting on Christmas if b/w tomorrow morning shows ovulation). 
3. 30 Insulin Syringe (for the Lupron)
4. 1 Novarel (HCG trigger shot)
5. 2 22 Gauge Syringe for mixing and injecting the Novarel intramuscularly
6. 2 22 Gauge 1 1/2" Needles, see above
7. 4 Methylprednisolon (Medrol, a steroid given after retrieval)
8. 120 Estradiol (Estrogen pills, many taken many times a day from retrieval to beta)
9. 8 Doxycycline (antibiotic taken between retrieval and transfer)
10. 3 Progesterone Inj (PIO sometime after retrieval for many weeks after a successful beta)
11. 30 22 Gauge 1 1/2" Needles (for PIO)
12. 30 22 Gauge Syringe (for PIO)
13. 3 Gonal F pen 900 (stims started approx ten days after lurpon, I have extra left over in the fridge from last time should I need more, but the dose this time is only 225 once a day, so hopefully, this will do it). 
14. Alcohol Wipes

And there you have it folks, a little behind the scenes into what makes up a fresh IVF cycle.

This post isn't very merry, but it is my reality. I'm really hoping that I get the go ahead tomorrow. I certainly feel ovulatory. Yesterday, walking at lunch, I felt like I had been on stims for a week! Not fair. But, since this isn't very merry, I am hoping to be back later tonight or tomorrow to share some crazy holiday lights we are planning to check out tonight.