A Change of Plans and Ouchie!

I got my period last week and had to spend Friday at home with a heating pad, thanks endometriosis.  I promptly called Dr. M and made my appointment to learn how to do my shots and talk about how the IUI process would work. My appointment was scheduled for Saturday morning.

I had Matt come with me because he would be the one giving me the injections in my stomach.  We showed up and I went back so that I could change for the ultrasound.  Dr. M came in a little (okay a lot) late and asked me if I had ever had an internal ultrasound before.  I told him I was used to them because of my cysts, so we got started.  The good news was that the left ovary that had been so beat up in surgery earlier this year was looking good and healthy.  The bad news was the the right ovary is now covered in cysts.

Dr. M decided that we needed to do whats called a uterine sounding in order to measure the depth and angle of my uterus to prepare for IVF, yeah, that's right... IVF!

Little did I know that this uterine sounding business was not going to be a walk in the park.  He inserted a speculum and then the medical assistant told Matt that he would probably want to hold my hand.  They cleaned my cervix with iodine and then clamped my cervix in order to insert the measuring tool.  That part hurt, bad.  The medical assistant told me that this pain would help prepare me for labor! OUCH! The pain didn't last too long and the cramping went away about 10 minutes after the procedure was done.

They taught Matt how to give me the Menopur injections, which are actually intramuscular and in my butt. I'm not going to lie, the needle is REALLY big and does not feel good.  We went into Dr. M's office and talked for an hour or so about our options and why IVF is the best bet.  We should have a 50% chance of success with this method and are pretty excited. Dr. M took my blood and showed us how to do the Lupron injections in my stomach.

We went home overwhelmed, scared and excited (and feeling a little bit like a pin cushion already).

More to come on the adventure that has been this week, details on injections and how I'm feeling so far!