Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Medication Mishaps
I guess with this amount of medication, we are bound to have a few problems. I received a call from the doctor yesterday and I learned that they had ordered the wrong type of Lupron, so they had called the pharmacy to order a different kind for me. This is the medication that I am supposed to begin on Thursday. I heard from the pharmacy yesterday and the right meds should be here tomorrow! Luckily we only paid $5 for the wrong meds so we didn't lose too much on that mistake and since we haven't opened the medication, we can donate it to Carolina Conceptions for them to give a patient who doesn't have insurance.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Here we go!
Baseline ultrasound showed a nice thin lining on my uterus and my estrogen levels are good so I'm good to go! I will take my last birth control pill today and start the Androderm patch tonight. Justin gets to start giving me shots on Thursday. I also had my 2nd acupuncture appt today and let me tell you I am starting to love that stuff. Thanks once again for all of your prayers!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
we're jumping on this baby train!
Here we go. Tomorrow is our baseline ultrasound along with some more blood tests. They will take a look at my ovaries and determine if I'm ready to begin hormone injections. Please keep us COVERED in prayer throughout all of this!
Aaaand just because pictures are fun, here is a picture of the portraits Justin and I did of one another during our date-night painting class we took on Friday. The instructor lead us through creating a Picasso-like painting as we sat across from each other. It was a total blast!
Aaaand just because pictures are fun, here is a picture of the portraits Justin and I did of one another during our date-night painting class we took on Friday. The instructor lead us through creating a Picasso-like painting as we sat across from each other. It was a total blast!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
plans
"You can make many plans, but the LORD’s purpose will prevail." -Proverbs 19:21 (NLT)
Just wanted to share this gem today. A friend posted this on his Facebook and I surely can't be reminded of this enough. Oftentimes I find myself tricked into thinking I am in control of my life. I love to be reminded of God's control because I know He has my best interest in mind. Although it kills me not to know what is going to happen, I have faith that I am in good hands and that God has a plan!
Just wanted to share this gem today. A friend posted this on his Facebook and I surely can't be reminded of this enough. Oftentimes I find myself tricked into thinking I am in control of my life. I love to be reminded of God's control because I know He has my best interest in mind. Although it kills me not to know what is going to happen, I have faith that I am in good hands and that God has a plan!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
holy moly time is slipping away!
So this week we've been spending our time doing super fun & stress-free things.
Monday: Acupuncture was really good on Monday. It didn't hurt at all! The acupuncturist said it may feel like a mosquito bite, but I wouldn't even rate it that high. I didn't even feel some of the needles. I don't know if I really feel any different due to the acupuncture but I will take what I can get. This is pretty atypical of me to be involved in something that I haven't researched to death, but I guess I'm just trusting this acupuncture thing. Here is a website link that explains it pretty clearly.
Tuesday: Anniversary #3! I went shopping for a new outfit & got gussied up by getting my nails & eyebrows done before our big date at Ruth's Chris. Delightful.
Wednedsay: Spa day for me! I used all of my SpaFinders gift cards that I've been collecting for about a year on a Facial, Scalp Massage & Pedicure. Heavenly!
Thursday: Justin's anni-fun-day - we went to the Bennett Place historic site then to Mama Dip's Country Cooking Restaurant, a little antiquing, then got some awesome deals at Target on some new bedding and home decor.
Friday: My anni-fun-day - Justin is taking me to Wine & Design for Couple's Night. We will each paint a cubist version of ourselves as a couple. Perfect decoration for our bedroom since that is the one room we haven't even started to put together in our home.
While we were in Target today, it dawned on me that I had quite a few prescriptions waiting for me there. The specialty pharmacy mailed me all of the injectable hormones and then I was supposed to pick up some oral steroids, pain meds, anti-nausea meds, and antibiotics. I've been living in la-la land over here forgetting how fast time is FLYING by! So while I was talking to the pharmacist, I was reminded that there is outstanding Rx that we haven't been able to get filled. It's a hormone patch that the mail-order pharmacy couldn't fill and that Target can't order. I told the doctor's office about it when I first heard about it during the week before Christmas and was supposed to receive a call back, but I totally forgot about it since then. When I got home and reviewed my calendar of events I realized that the patch is the ONE medicine that I am supposed to start on Monday! YIKES! That'll send the stress right back to me. I left a message for the doctor's office and hopefully they will return my call in the morning. I'm sure my 'Androderm' issue just got lost in the holiday shuffle - that office has been great so far so I'm sure they will find a way to help me out.
So pray this goes off without a hitch. :) There are so many moving parts in this baby project! We need to be on our A game!!!
Monday: Acupuncture was really good on Monday. It didn't hurt at all! The acupuncturist said it may feel like a mosquito bite, but I wouldn't even rate it that high. I didn't even feel some of the needles. I don't know if I really feel any different due to the acupuncture but I will take what I can get. This is pretty atypical of me to be involved in something that I haven't researched to death, but I guess I'm just trusting this acupuncture thing. Here is a website link that explains it pretty clearly.
Tuesday: Anniversary #3! I went shopping for a new outfit & got gussied up by getting my nails & eyebrows done before our big date at Ruth's Chris. Delightful.
Wednedsay: Spa day for me! I used all of my SpaFinders gift cards that I've been collecting for about a year on a Facial, Scalp Massage & Pedicure. Heavenly!
Thursday: Justin's anni-fun-day - we went to the Bennett Place historic site then to Mama Dip's Country Cooking Restaurant, a little antiquing, then got some awesome deals at Target on some new bedding and home decor.
Friday: My anni-fun-day - Justin is taking me to Wine & Design for Couple's Night. We will each paint a cubist version of ourselves as a couple. Perfect decoration for our bedroom since that is the one room we haven't even started to put together in our home.
While we were in Target today, it dawned on me that I had quite a few prescriptions waiting for me there. The specialty pharmacy mailed me all of the injectable hormones and then I was supposed to pick up some oral steroids, pain meds, anti-nausea meds, and antibiotics. I've been living in la-la land over here forgetting how fast time is FLYING by! So while I was talking to the pharmacist, I was reminded that there is outstanding Rx that we haven't been able to get filled. It's a hormone patch that the mail-order pharmacy couldn't fill and that Target can't order. I told the doctor's office about it when I first heard about it during the week before Christmas and was supposed to receive a call back, but I totally forgot about it since then. When I got home and reviewed my calendar of events I realized that the patch is the ONE medicine that I am supposed to start on Monday! YIKES! That'll send the stress right back to me. I left a message for the doctor's office and hopefully they will return my call in the morning. I'm sure my 'Androderm' issue just got lost in the holiday shuffle - that office has been great so far so I'm sure they will find a way to help me out.
So pray this goes off without a hitch. :) There are so many moving parts in this baby project! We need to be on our A game!!!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Happy New Year!
Happy 2012! I know the blog's been quiet for a while... we've just been trucking along until we have the ultrasound on 1/9/12. I've been taking my birth control nightly and trying to remember my prenatal daily. I have an appointment with an acupuncturist today. I've heard & read a lot about the positive impact of acupuncture on health in general, including IVF success rates. I asked Dr. Park (the reproductive endocrinologist in charge of our care at Carolina Conceptions) about acupuncture and his reply was basically that it can't hurt and I've seen it help, so go for it. What's really cool is that Triangle Acupuncture is moving into the same building as Carolina Conceptions. YAY!
God's timing is impeccable! Ecclesiastes 3:11- "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end." I know I can't even begin to comprehend much of what God has done for us, but when I catch even a glimpse of what He's done, I get really excited. When we met with the nurse for our training, our original timeline put us a week ahead of where we are now. My period came late and that pushed our cycle back one week. This works out wonderfully because I already have this week off of work to celebrate our third anniversary. We get to kick off 2012 spending relaxing quality time with each other and our families. I couldn't ask for a better way to prepare for the intensity of the upcoming weeks.
God's timing is impeccable! Ecclesiastes 3:11- "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end." I know I can't even begin to comprehend much of what God has done for us, but when I catch even a glimpse of what He's done, I get really excited. When we met with the nurse for our training, our original timeline put us a week ahead of where we are now. My period came late and that pushed our cycle back one week. This works out wonderfully because I already have this week off of work to celebrate our third anniversary. We get to kick off 2012 spending relaxing quality time with each other and our families. I couldn't ask for a better way to prepare for the intensity of the upcoming weeks.
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