ervous I am at the time.I've read all the info the RE's office has sent me, and I am READY to get this show on the road! I read the side effects of the Gonal F-RFF pen, and it gave me the dreary list of Breast tenderness, mood swings, bloating, fatigue, pelvic discomfort and possibly cysts. But y'know what?
SIGN ME UP!!
I am so down for all of those things if it means we have a higher chance of getting pregnant.
OK, so I'm sure you guys have heard of Jon and Kate plus 8 right, well maybe all of you knew this bit of info but I certainly didnt....the concieved their sextuplets using an IUI with injectables. I thought they had done IVF. My jaw dropped. And I had to have a little converstion with K. It went like this:
Me: Hooooooney......can I tell you something?
K: Of course you can, whats up?
Me: Ummm, you have to promise not to freak out first!
K:*far more interested now* Ohhhh, thats a bad way to start a conversation.
Me: Promise?
K: Yes, Sarah I promise. Now whats up?
Me: well, you know that show we watch sometimes with the couple that has 8 children, six concieved at the same time?
K: Uh, yea...Jon and Kate right?
Me: yep, thats them....so..uh...do you know how the came to have the 6 little ones?
K: Nope, how?
*just noooot catching on...*
Me: They used an IUI with injectable meds.....
K: *blank look*
*Crickets chirpping*
Me: WE are going to do an IUI with injectable medications.....
K: *wide eyed* Oh.
*gulp*
Me: I mean, its a really low chance that we'd have THAT many...but you DO know that it slightly increases our chance for multiples right?
K:*lookin kinda pale* Er...uh...yea. Yea, I know.
Me: Are you ok with that? Like really really ok?
*loooong ass pause....much swallowing*
K: I am. Yes, I am 100% OK with that.
Goddess, I love that man!!
13 comments:
I'm glad things are moving along! The ovidrel doesn't hurt at all. I have the hubster do it only because I don't like the idea of giving myself a needle, but it doesn't hurt. Good luck! :)
And I thought acupuncture was enough with the needles! I'm impressed with how chilled out you are (both with the needles and the 6 little sarahs idea).
Stace- Thats really good to know. It just looked a bit bigger and like it had a bit more medication in it, that why I thought it would probably hurt more.
MFI-Nah, the needles dont bother me, they are really thin and short much like the insulin needles I have already become familiar with. You hardly feel them. Now if they were telling me to inject something in my VEIN....then we would have a HUGE problem!
Gonal F just made me really, really tired. My center doesn't do the pens, I think she said because you can't get the last drop of the stuff, and it is expensive. My vials contained 450-600iu's at $350 a pop. I think I used 5 or 6 last cycle. I'm sure with IUI, you'll do less than that though.
If your RE is nervous about multiples, they will let you know. I think with our IUI's our goal was two/three mature follicles.
Ovidril stings a little sometimes. Do the injection really slow, and pull it out slow. Ovidril just gave me sensitive/sore boobs.
I know how you feel about wanting to get things going! I always felt good about moving forward.
6 little Sarahs... that man needs his head examined...
PJ- we arent worried about multiples.
X-You cheeky monkey!
You do realize that BECUZ you brought that up, when you get preggo you will now have multiples? It's Murphy's Law, baby! lol
SO excited that you're getting things moving!!!! Good luck with the injecting, I'm sure it'll be a piece of cake :)
heyyyy
good luck! but 6??? hehehehe
I am having trouble with 1 running around! Can;t imagine if I had 6! yayy!!
lol
Just kidding. :)
BTW... First time round here... and am loving it! :) just added u to my reader if u don;t mind... :)
helloooo! :)
April- Oh geez! =)
G- Thanks, I'm not to worried...the needles are REALLY tiny.
Urban- Hey thanks for stopping by! Glad you like it. I tried to read yours but my head almost exploded! Your blog gave me seizures. I am a simple girl. And it confused me! LOL!
Just letting you know...the Ovidrel shots are not that bad at all. :) I noticed that I had packed on a few pounds while giving myself the Gonal-f shots, but definitely enjoyed the comments afterward of how I look like I have lost weight :) Whoo hoo!
I asked my nurse the question about Jon and Kate Plus 8 and she just laughed at me. She said the chances are very low, but they are there. I think they probably get the questions about that all the time :) Glad to hear you are moving right along! Good luck!
Somebody I know through an online forum had a medicated IUI and ended up with triplets, three baby girls I think, so you never know :o)
Best of luck with it!
Sounds like you've got an awesome husband. :)
Of course you never know, but the odds of higher order multiples is fairly...I guess none of those families ever thought it'd be them either though. ;)
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