Side Effects

So the side effects of Lupron have hit hard. Insomnia, night sweats, headache, nausea! Oh well, I have to keep my eyes on the prize! Lupron shot #4 tomorrow morning!

Hopefully my body will follow the doctor's plan: my visitor should come on Monday, 5/3 and I will go in to the doc's office for blood work on 5/5 and I should start the Follistim and Menapour that evening....if my body decides to cooperate. :)

As for now, I am just rolling with the headaches and nausea. I am so lucky to have a numb belly (My lucky side effect of my salpingectomy!) Though I don't feel the needles entering my skin, I have started to feel some soreness.

I have been spending a lot of time reading other women's blogs to get a feel for how the experience of "stimming" goes. Through this reading I have had a definite "a ha" moment...I know what causes my infertility and I have (and can afford) a very viable solution. I feel blessed that I have this knowledge. So many women simply don't know why they can't have a child...for whatever reason, they just can't. They have to try many avenues before reaching a treatment that actually results in a healthy baby. My husband and I have been trying for two years, but we found out the problem about a year ago and knew the solution immediately. Granted, we fought with the insurance company for a year, and yeah, this all really sucks, but now our time has arrived. I am sure that this is our time and we will have a beautiful and healthy baby in February 2011!

My first shot!

So much has happened these last few weeks! I have been on BCP for 19 days now and today was my first shot of Lupron! I was so nervous about injecting myself (since J has to work late tonight). The shot was absolutely no big deal...the needle is so small and my skin is still numb below my belly button (side effect of the surgery).

Hooray! One shot down and about 50 more to go!

P.S. Is it too early to have a headache from the Lupron? About 2 hours after the injection, a horrible headache crept up.....psychosomatic??