First Lupron Shot

Ok, so I took my first shot last night. After getting over the anxiety of it being the first shot it wasn't bad at all. I guess what I had been told about putting it into a fat roll was right after all. Now I just have to remember to take it. Anyone who knows me knows I'm not real good with a schedule.
Here's what all those meds are for: The Leuprolide (Lupron) is what I'm taking now. There is 14 doses in that one tiny box. I take that shot once a day from 6-8 for around 14 days. The Bravelle has 5 does in each box. I have 6 boxes. The Menopur has 5 doses per box also and there is 2 boxes of that. The purple boxes are estrogen patches which is for after the transfer. The 3 white boxes are progesterone shots. Those are also for after the transfer. The two white bottles I have no idea what those are for. I guess I might need to find that out huh! The other bottle I think is pain med. I NEVER take pain meds so that will probably be wasted. I think it's for after the egg retrieval. The small box is the Ovudrell. It contains one BIG shot. You take it the day before the egg retrieval. All the rest are needles and a box to put used needles in. Well I think that's it. Just thought I would explain. We are on Lupron only for the time being. I'll let you know when we move to the next step.

Hey everyone,

Here's the scoop. We got all our meds in. Wow it's a lot. I hope I remember how to do all of them. I think the doctor's office will walk me through step by step. I've included a picture of all the meds. I was on 2 rounds of birth control. I know. You are probably asking what? They put you on birth control first to get your body doing exactly what they want it to. The next step is to start Lupron. This is a drug to keep you from ovulating. The whole goal here is to make lots of eggs, so they don't want you ovulating too soon. You take Lupron in the form of a shot. It goes either in your tummy or you upper leg. They say it doesn't hurt if it goes into fat. Well I have lots of that so we should be good to go. I'm taking my first shot tonight (Wed. 17th). We have to take all our meds between 6 -8. I'll let you know how they are.

Our Story

Welcome to Jeremy and Amanda's Blog. On Dec 27 we will have been married for 5 years. Our favorite thing to do is just stay at home with TaMolly. We are such home bodies, and we absolutely love our chihuahua. We alos enjoy hanging out with friends and faimily and watching college football. We love the hogs and go to all home football games. Woooo Pig Sooie! Go Hogs! Jeremy has always been a huge Razorback fan, and after we got married I figured I could either protest and both of us be miserable or I could just learn to love the hogs too and we could both be happy. I tell people I'm a hog fan by marriage. I have to admit, I've grown to love the hogs just about as much as Jeremy does. I even love to watch ESPN College Game Day on Saturday mornings.

After we were married about a year we decided to start trying for kids. Let me tell you, it's not near as easy as some people think. After trying for about 2 years we started taking meds. We got pregnant the second month and ended up having an ectopic pregnancy. We decided to take time off while we built our house. In January 2008 we started trying again. Doctors started running test and determined that In Vetro Fertilization (IVF) was our only option. After lots of prayers and consideration we decided to go for it. We have one shot at this so I hope it works. This is why we started this blog. I wanted a way for our family and friends to be able check in on us and see what's going on. I know lots of people have been praying for us. Thank you and keep praying. We need your prayers. I'll update this every time I have news, so check back.