Last night, my husband shot me! At around 8:00pm, he calls me and tells me he is ready to give me the Bravelle shot. I run upstairs and see that he is playing the instructional video on how to inject me. I get a bit nervous but I say to myself "I have to do this." He is sitting in a chair, I am standing in front of him and he wipes an area on my stomach with an alcohol wipe. I saw my lovely husband holding the needle like a "dart" and I totally FREAKED OUT! I told him I could not go through with it. The thought of him giving me a shot was too overwhelming. I kept slapping his hand away, backing up, making excuses and after about 10 minutes of him trying to convince me, he said the magic words; "Cowboy Up". So I stood with my back to the door (so I could not back-up) and let him do it. I let out a loud, long scream and then the medicine started burning and I continued to scream.
Let's be clear, I have had tons of injections but the thought of my husband doing this was unimaginable! I asked my sister and best friend if they would let their husband's give them an injection and they both said NO. In fact, my best friend said that even if her husband were a doctor she would not let him give her an injection. This was too traumatic for me and now I get the pleasure of doing it again!
Today, we went to see the progress of my follicles and estrogen level. While waiting for the technician to do the transvaginal ultrasound, my husband pointed at the "wand" and the cover over it, which looks like a condom. So he said, it's not a condom to which I replied "yes it is". He is looking at it and remarks that it does not have a tip, and I say that not all of the have tips. He goes on to explain why condoms have tips and I say that some people don't need the tip since they use condoms for fun. He looked dumbfounded at my answer and said "why would anyone use condoms for fun?!" The tone of his voice and the look on his face was so funny! It was like how could I think that men have fun wearing condoms. We started laughing so hard that we had tears and my belly hurt so bad from laughing. Anyways, on to the results...
We got great news! I have two follicles, one is 17mm and the other is 24mm. From what I understand the desired size is between 18 to 25. (they will grow 1 to 2 mm per day) Also, my estrogen level is 867 which the nurse said was good. So with the results, we are cleared to do the intrauterine insemination on MONDAY! My husband just gave me my "trigger" shot (Ovidrel) so the egg releases from the follicle and by Monday the egg and sperm can meet in the fallopian tube. By the way, I only hesitated a few times before the shot. My husband did so amazing!
We will continue to wait...
Let's be clear, I have had tons of injections but the thought of my husband doing this was unimaginable! I asked my sister and best friend if they would let their husband's give them an injection and they both said NO. In fact, my best friend said that even if her husband were a doctor she would not let him give her an injection. This was too traumatic for me and now I get the pleasure of doing it again!
Today, we went to see the progress of my follicles and estrogen level. While waiting for the technician to do the transvaginal ultrasound, my husband pointed at the "wand" and the cover over it, which looks like a condom. So he said, it's not a condom to which I replied "yes it is". He is looking at it and remarks that it does not have a tip, and I say that not all of the have tips. He goes on to explain why condoms have tips and I say that some people don't need the tip since they use condoms for fun. He looked dumbfounded at my answer and said "why would anyone use condoms for fun?!" The tone of his voice and the look on his face was so funny! It was like how could I think that men have fun wearing condoms. We started laughing so hard that we had tears and my belly hurt so bad from laughing. Anyways, on to the results...
We got great news! I have two follicles, one is 17mm and the other is 24mm. From what I understand the desired size is between 18 to 25. (they will grow 1 to 2 mm per day) Also, my estrogen level is 867 which the nurse said was good. So with the results, we are cleared to do the intrauterine insemination on MONDAY! My husband just gave me my "trigger" shot (Ovidrel) so the egg releases from the follicle and by Monday the egg and sperm can meet in the fallopian tube. By the way, I only hesitated a few times before the shot. My husband did so amazing!
We will continue to wait...
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