Trial Transfer

My trial transfer was this morning. This was also the day that my consent forms and money was due. I don't think I will ever get over the feeling of handing over the credit card and paying for IVF. I'd like to be able to say, "Sure, here's my card. I pay for things more expensive than this all the time." But the reality is that IVF is a ton of money. Don't get me wrong: I don't regret doing IVF. But handing over that piece of plastic and signing the slip of paper ties my stomach in knots.

So I paid up, handed over the consent forms and sat down to flip through a magazine while I waited my turn. I got called back and taken to a room pretty quickly. I was told to undress from the waist down and that the doctor would be in soon. I always hurry to undress and get covered with the flimsy paper sheet because I have a fear of still undressing when the doctor comes in. So I disrobed and covered with the sheet and waited. And waited. And waited some more. I sat there for a full 27 minutes before the doctor came in the room.

The actual trial transfer went well. No cramping. Smooth entry with the catheter. Seven centimeters to my fundus.

Now I wait again. Continue taking the birth control pills. My injection class is a week from today with my baseline ultrasound and blood work the following Wednesday.

Big Box O' Drugs

I got my medication order today. I am really impressed with Freedom Pharmacy. I ordered early yesterday afternoon but since it was such an expensive order(!), my credit card flagged the purchase so I had to verify that, yes, I did authorize payment. That didn't get done until around 6 yesterday evening. My box o' drugs arrived before 8:00 this morning. That's pretty impressive. Of course, FedEx had something to do with it too.

Oh. You want to know what was in the box o' drugs, do you?

• 30 100mg progesterone suppositories (fun, fun, fun!)
• 2 10mg diazepam
• 28 100mg doxycycline
• 1 vial chorionic gonadotropin
• 10 vials of 75IU Menopur
• 8 boxes of 450 Gonal-F
• 12 20mg prednisone
• 8 100mg doxycycline
• 4 boxes of ganireliz acetate
• 2 vials of progesterone in oil
  
• 100 prenatal vitamins
• 20 27 gauge needles
• 20 27 gauge 1/2" syringes
• 40 23 gauge 1 1/2" syringes

So now I get to sit around and stare at the box. My trial transfer is one week from today, and my injection class is a week after that. My baseline ultrasound and bloodwork is 6 days after THAT and then I should be able to break into the big box o' drugs. I'm starting to get antsy and am ready to get the show on the road.