This is our IVF adventure.......

Our adventure begin June 2007 with our first appointment. Overwhelmed, scared & excited (excitement from my husband), we tried to make sense of all the information and steps. All I remembered were the amount of injections I was going to have to receive and the probing that I was going to have to endure, and quite frankly, I was feeling much like a prized sow ready for show and breeding.
You see, I have always thought myself to be very healthy, as well as doctors. But since our family stayed limited to our 4 legged fury family for the past 2 years, we accepted the fact there was something wrong or, in our case, unexplainable.
And so that's how our journey into IVF began: unexplained infertility. I will spare you the details of the thoughts and concerns and, yes, disagreements, my husband and I went through to get to this point: I will get to the nitty gritty.
Our IVF clinic, thankfully, is so methodical, and you have to be, everything is based on your body timing, they put everything on a tentative schedule. I went on birth control pills. Before I started my next cycle [period], I had to undergo a Hysteroscopy (inspection of the uterine cavity). No fun! BUT I was heavily sedated :) & it was necessary for this to be successful.
Once you have reached the point of IVF, they don't want to know why you can't conceive, their goal is get you pregnant, so they pick & probe you and you spend more time than you would have imagined in stir-ups to make sure they are doing everything possible to create a nice, cozy, comfortable environment for your embryo's so they can grow. Yes, I said embryo's. I'll get to that later.
So let's fast forward........ on Sept 06, Thursday, I began my first shot of Lupron. Honestly, it didn't hurt. The needle is so tiny, you can't even feel it- seriously BUT I tell my husband it kinda hurts for sympathy ;). I was worried about mood swings and "road rage" moments but so far so good. We will continue these for 2 weeks (week one down- yay!!!).
On Sunday we began the massive egg production shots: one in the morning & one at night, along with the Lupron. That is correct, 3 shots a day! But they really don't hurt .... unless, you make your partner mad (like I stupidly did) and he inserts the needle slowly :( Still, it wasn't bad.
Throughout this process, I have been up in stir ups more times than I appreciate and have had more strangers look at my girly part's since that one time in college..... never mind.
The way I see it, you're going through all this and spending all this money (& it's a lot of money) to make sure it is a success and to bring home a healthy baby/s. Oh ya, they put multiple embryo's in in hopes that at least one grows but if they all (up to 3 in my clinic) grow, plan on that tummy tuck. I will let you know when my eggs are retrieved (tentatively scheduled for 09/20) and when the embryo's are transferred three to five days after that.
I went in today and had an ultra sound and everything is looking great, my body is responding to everything as it should.
So there you have it, the fast forwarded and condensed version of what we are currently going through.
Please feel free to ask me any question. At this point, I am not shy and very little embarrass me- I've come a long way since just a couple of months ago I referred to being on my period to "I'm on the fritz". I guess I'm just weird like that.
Good to all who are going through this and if a glass of wine doesn't relax you enough to prepare for the shots, laugh... what else can you do?