2 Ovaries and a whole lot of eggs!

9 days of stimulation and we are ready to roll.  Things are moving right along.  Today I finally got the go ahead to do my trigger shot injection!  So Wednesday is the day that they will take my eggs.

 Here is how many pokes it took to get to today...  9 days of injections = a total of 30 shots/ blood draws to get all of my eggs ready for retrieval!  That is a whole lot of poking but Matt has done a great job and after each night of shots has created a little "spa" night with hand/ foot massages.  There has to be some kind of perk to your husband poking you every night right?  

And if you were wondering what all of this medicine does to your body 

Nope not pregnant just have a lot of bloating.  This happened the first time as well.  Sexy... 

I will keep you posted on how many eggs we get on Wednesday!  Here's to hoping and praying we have a lot since majority of the eggs will be no good do to my balanced translocation. 

Medication Galore!!

Well if you ever wondered what in vitro medication looks like here it is!  Shots and shots galore!  

Thank heavens Matt has been surrounded by nurses his whole life and is not intimidated to inject me with needles.  Although I poke people everyday I just can't quite get the nerves to poke myself daily in the stomach. 

 So on the menu for the next week or two... Follistim, ganerelix, low dose hcg, Lupron, baby aspirin, and a short course of doxycycline antibiotics!  

And so it begins...

Aunt Flow stopped by for her monthly visit so today marks the official beginning of ivf round # 2.  Birth control pills to start with then onto shots starting April 19th!!! 

It's bittersweet to begin the process so close to my previous due date ( April 1st) but we are excited to get things started again.  

3 Beautiful Angels

Sometimes life isn't quite as we expect it to be.  Sometimes life is fair and other times it is not.  Not that life hasn't been fair it just hasn't been easy.  Matt and I have been blessed with 3 beautiful angels. Through our faith, amazing family, and beautiful friends we remain hopeful that one day the Medema Family will expand with one of life's little miracles.

Many say that God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.  Through two miscarriages and a stillbirth god has shown me how strong Matt and I really are.  I thought blogging would be a  nice way to one day be able to look back and see how far we have come on this journey.  So stay tuned and enjoy the road less traveled as Matt and I embark on our second journey of in vitro fertilization.