First step in the Process

Well, I had the lab draws done.  Wow, to go through fertility treatments you cannot be afraid of needles!  I cannot count how many times I have had to have my blood drawn since I have started fertility treatments, tons.  Anyhow, so last post I said I would have to call my nurse on day 1, so that was December 2nd.  All she had to do was order my meds at that time and then told me to come in for another blood draw on the 21st(day 20) to be sure I ovulated.  I did that and I did ovulate, the progesterone level has to be above 4, mine was 9.  Some women have to take birth control pills initially, those are the women whose ovaries make a high number of follicles however, I do not fall into that category, I am on the low end so I didn't have to take the pills.  I considered that a plus, one less med!  So I started Lupron shots every morning on December 23rd (day 22).  Lupron is a med that makes the ovaries kinda go into a non-functioning or low-functioning mode.   The reason to silence the ovaries is so that later I can take a med that will start a mass production of uniform sized follicles.  We want all the follicles to be very similar in size for when they are retrieved.  The next step is to be sure I start my period one more time, which should be Wednesday or Thursday, then my next doctor appointment is January 5th.  I should be getting a whole slew of more meds in the mail on Jan 4.  (All these IVF meds have to be special ordered)  I am really excited about this working.  I have two friends that have been successful with IVF so that really gets me encouraged.  I am so happy for my friends because I know how negative preg test after negative preg test can put you into a mindset of this is never gonna happen for me so for them to finally be pregnant has to be the sweetest feeling ever.  I will write again when something changes but for now, I feel no different at all, so I guess Lupron is my friend, the shot doesn't hurt either.