time for meds

Once I started even the most basic of medications they have put me on for IVF the side effects started.

I began plain on birth control (DelEstrgoen based) mid August and immediately, I was exhausted every day. So sleepy in fact that a 2 pm nap was necessary. 2 weeks into the pill I added Lupron on top of it which seemed to only cause more pregnancy like symptoms. Food aversions, nausea and even digestive issues.

Notice the time needles for the Lupron

The Lupron, which is meant to temporally put me into menopause, started giving me very mild hot flashes once in the evening and always between 9:30 and 10pm. After a week with the over lapping of the 2 meds I dropped the pill which gave me back my energy and I didn't feel the pregnancy symptoms, which I might add, were never that bad during my own pregnancies. The only thing left was the mild hot flashes each night. The Lupron is a daily Sub Q (in the tummy fat next to my belly button) injection with a small insulin needle so not really any discomfort. These were low doses to be taken each morning They were just to temporally shut my reproductive system down, no ovulating, no uterine lining growth and best of all, no visits from my annoying Aunt Flow.  We had some issues with bloodwork that put me in a holding patter for a few extra weeks. Along with the issues with the labs they kept forgetting to run some. I had to go back 4 times for labs and Nik had to go back twice.
They kept me on the Luporon without starting the DelEstrogen so it pushed our Implantation date back. The big day supposed to be Sept. 19th but now were are playing it by ear dealing with the lab issues.



Note the large needle for the DelEstrogen.

The lab issues were so frustrating that I was starting to feel that surrogacy was not going to happen which really upset me. It seemed to take forever and there was a lot of arguing with the IVF clinic over their silly policies, red take and barricades they kept throwing up at us. Eventually we got it all worked out and immediately started DelEstrogen IM (in the butt cheek) injections every 3 days. We started out with a low dose but immediately my food aversions and nausea began. Once I began this medication we lowered my dose of Lupron to encourage my lining to thicken. I figured the hot flashes would subside after that but I had 3 days or random intense long hot flashes and always at bad times like in the middle breakfast out at a restaurant but after those 3 days they stopped and the pregnancy symptoms came in full force thanks to the DelEstrogen.

One medicating telling my body its pregnant and another telling my body its in menopause made for an interesting month....