LUPRON SHOT? CZECH!
I know, so corny.
I wasn't sure I'd sleep last night, so I made sure to listen to a Circle + Bloom meditation right before bed and take 2 Tylenol PM! I slept okay, but as soon as I heard my guy stir around 6:00 AM the butterflies returned! The plan was for him to give me the shot after he showered. I heard him return to the room and begin fumbling with the box. I waited eyes closed and praying. I knew that I had to let him handle preparing the shot; if we both tried we would end up arguing. "Just let him handle it," I kept repeating to myself. Alternating that phrase with several "Hail Marys"! Then he started cursing. "I think I just f'd this up." Breathe. Don't react. Breathe. He's not asking for help. I roll over. He's holding the syringe in one hand and the shaking the vial in the other. "Um, I thought you were supposed to leave the needle in the vial?" I get "The Look." I shut up!
So then there were several attempts to draw the suspension into the syringe. Lots of air bubbles. Finally, I gently ask if he wants me to try. I get probably 95% in the syringe. I'm satisfied. He's not. I try again and get 100%. Phew! I then assumed the position and waited. And waited. And waited. "Here we go." Nothing. I'm still in the position. Still nothing. Then he sticks me. With a band-aid. What?!!? I turn around. "You did it?" "Yup. All done." (he holds up the empty syringe). I never felt a thing!
So are you doing only one lupron shot? Or daily? I'm doing a donor egg cycle with my sister and we do daily shots. Interesting to see it be done differently.
ReplyDeleteYes! Just the one!
DeleteI agree it is crazy when you start comparing your protocol to others. I try not to because it makes me too anxious! I know someone whose tentative egg retrieval is several weeks before mine and no Lupron yet for her.
I think when your travel abroad it changed things too. No blood work for me. Just 1 ultrasound the week before retrieval day
Good luck to you and I'm so excited someone is reading this blog!