Cycle Day 2 - July 9, 2009

What a crazy day! Hubby woke me up at 5:15am for my first am shot this cycle! Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep today. I'm taking .2ml of Lupron in the morning and evening. I'm freakishly petrified of needles. I still have the needle markings from 5 months ago!

Did the Grouse Grind today... almost passed out after the 1/4 mark. I was sweating bullets, had major stomach cramps and my heart felt like it was going to burst out of my body. Thank God for my Grind buddy! I didn't want to let her down and I really wanted to continue, so I had to relieve myself behind a tree stump! How awkward and embarassing. Would hate to see myself in such a compromising position on YouTube! =) So even with my 15-20 minute break, we still managed to get to the top in 1 hour 45min. My goal was to finish it in 2hours, so I am quite ecstatic!

Since Monday, I have been on a vegetarian lunch and breakfast diet. I have been attending a Healthly Living session at church over the past few months and I decided to make this my daily spiritual cleanse and sacrifice for the duration of this IVF journey.

As a part of my birthday gift, my lovely sister decided to treat me to a 1 hour facial... oh was that ever good. I fell asleep twice and once woke up thinking I was in my own bed! Crazy, heh?

Just had my second shot today... feels no better with practice. I will be picking up my second set of daily injections tomorrow morning. Gonoral F will cost me $900 for 4 injections (2 days)... very pricey... it works out to $1 per micro mL!

Glad the weather's nice today. I'll be out gardening and painting interior window trim tormorrow.