IVF Round #2!

Soooooo guess who passed her blood test like a champ?!?!? That’s right.. ME!! Woohoo!!! We are full steam ahead for IVF round #2! 😄 But before I jump into all the things that start today, I have a quick side story about my blood work.. Everyone at this point should know who Cody is. If you don’t, you can read the post where I quickly introduced him here –> Cody!

Okay.. so I usually take Cody with me to all my appointments especially if I am going by myself. Since Cliff wasn’t home on blood work day, Cody loaded up in my purse and we went to get stabbed in the arm. You know, typical Thursday.. Well, I’m holding tightly to Cody as the woman starts picking which one of my veins is going to get punished this time. We are making mindless small talk and I mentioned how Cody always comes with me when I have blood drawn. She paused.. looked at Cody.. then looked at me.. and I saw something click in her head and then she said, “I don’t remember you but I do remember Cody! Welcome back Cody!!”

…I have been going to the same place for blood work for the last 3 years and its my teddy bear, NOT me, that they remember. I guess I cant be too upset though, its hard to resist his charm 🐻

So we learned 2 things from that day.. 1) Cody apparently ranks higher than me in the world and 2) my bloodwork came back normal! YAY!! After that news, we hit the ground running and got all my meds ordered. The only downfall to this round is that we have to do the whole IVF process all over again. Not just a transfer.. ALL of it. I was very grateful for the 2 embryos we got during round #1 but that means when we used both of them on transfer day, we left ourselves with no backups and basically put all our eggs in one basket. Ha! Get it?? IVF pun totally intended there.. 😂

We are looking at another round of egg growing/retrieval and all the fun that comes with that. And by fun I mean torture because I am back to giving myself multiple shots every day for about a week. And since my doctor is upping my meds this round, I received SO many boxes when the order was delivered yesterday. I know what you are thinking and yes of course I took a picture for you!

Do you see that lovely bag of needles hiding back there?? Yep.. another one full of needles just for me. 💉 Every time I open that bag I half expect an evil laugh to come roaring out of it. But anyways.. a week-ish from now, 99% of that stuff will be gone, my stomach will be very bruised, and I will be so bloated that none of my clothes fit and just walking around will become difficult. Does that sound appealing or what?!?!

The crazy thing is.. to me and the other women out there going through another round of IVF, it sounds like the greatest thing in the world. I even know what’s ahead of me this time and I still feel that way! I know its going to be painful at times and I will most likely cry myself through parts of it. Then there are the mood swings.. oh my goodness the mood swings.. cant forget about those outrageous things. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I should start a game called “Guess which inanimate object in my house made me lose my mind today” The prize would be watching me go all Office Space on the object that upset me. Hmm.. that sounds kinda fun actually. I might be on to something here..

I could go on and on about the hard parts of this process but no matter how long that list is, it wont change the fact that we are back to being able to get excited about things again. This is where our hope gets ramped up! 😍 I cant say that it starts up again because you cant restart something that never stopped. We were crushed when our first round of IVF failed but that doesn’t mean our hopes failed with it. We are so incredibly blessed that we get another try at this and now its time to hope that this is the round we have been waiting for. Think about it.. the shots I start today could begin growing that special egg that’s going to fight along with us and become the baby we have been praying for. I will do as many shots as it takes for that kind of chance.

Speaking of shots, today will add #’s 176, 177 and 178 to the shot count list. Maybe when I do shot #200 I should reward myself?? I would love to see the look on the persons face at the bakery when I ask for the words, “You stabbed yourself 200 times and didn’t die. Congrats!” to be put on a cake. 🎂 But first I must earn that cake and all that starts tonight! IVF Round #2.. Lets Do This!!! ♥