Shootin' up! HAH!

Well this morning was my hormone blood work and my class to show how to mix and inject solutions.  The purpose for these injections are for me to mass produce follicles.  In each ovary the average woman has multiple follicles, I actually had 11 in one and 13 in the other- which is pretty good.  In some of these follicles there will be eggs but not necessarily in each one.  Their hope with these first injections are to produce and mature follicles with eggs in them.  This is the stimulation phase.  I will go in every other day for blood work and an ultrasound for them to check my hormone levels and to also look at the follicles to see when they will be ready for retrieval.  After about 7 days of these two I will start taking another injection which will stop me from ovulating, so I can hold on to what follicles/eggs I have.  Thomas and I will both be on antibiotics prior to my egg retrieval and his sample delivery(again poor guy..)  Lacy is currently on injections so that she doesn't ovulate and to get her uterus ready for transfer. Our tentative retrieval date is scheduled for January 10th and the trasfer will be 3-5 days after.  During the 10th through the 15th they will be monitoring the embryos to see the development and will choose two once they are ready for transfer.  I am absolutely being realistic about all of this, but I have never felt so good about something.  I feel whether it takes or it doesn't God has some amazing things in store for this little family of ours.. whether it's Thomas and I or we add a little one(maybe two).  I feel like God has had his hand in all of this from the very start and with that I can't go wrong.  If it doesn't take I honestly don't think of it as a loss or that we're missing something.  I married my husband because I love him for him, and it's always been us against the world.  Putting our journey out there has made us absolutely vulnerable for a number of emotions, but to know that we are helping people with their feelings through their own journeys makes every feeling worth it!  I took two injections tonight, Gonal-F and Menopur.. not going to lie the menopur burns but the Gonal-F wasn't too bad.  I've already googled all the side effects--- BAD IDEA!  HAha!  I mean as we sit here I'm thinking the side effects are already taking place, really probably not but my mind is going 100 miles an hour.  I've been on a steriod since Friday and not to be TMI but my boobs feel like they are going to explode and I feel so bloated (like I haven't been to the bathroom in forever) and I have battled to keep my sugar under 200 which is extremely frustrating only because I want everything to go smoothly and I want my body to be in the best condition it can be in!  We don't say enough how blessed we are to have the support system we have.  I hurt so bad for the couples that go through any of this process alone.  It's not easy, it's an emotional roller coaster.. To anyone reading this that thinks they are in this journey alone, you're not.. I promise there are so many couples that are in the same boat and just as scared to talk about it.  The one person who will never turn their back on you will be God, my faith has never been stronger.  When you're at the bottom and have ran out of options he will never fail you and his timing is always right whether you believe it or not.  Well I'm off to bed... I think my ovaries are already swelling--- not really but it's going to happen!! :) #babybray