Trigger Shot!

I had my ultrasound this morning and my doctor said we are ready! We have about 8 large follicles and so tonight we will do a trigger shot called Pregnyl and we are scheduled for egg retrieval on Monday morning. 

The Pregnyl injection (trigger shot) stimulates the final maturation of eggs in the ovaries. The eggs will be collected 32 to 36 hours after the Pregnyl injection.

This has been my morning routine for the past week and a half but...not tomorrow! We get tomorrow off since it is the day prior to retrieval. Yay!

I am so extremely excited that we are finally ready for this step in the process. Some days it seemed like it may never come but God has been so good to me. I have felt His joy and a supernatural peace so much throughout the past couple weeks. I can honestly say that it had been very easy on my emotions
...UNTIL YESTERDAY...
My nurse was giving me the extensive directions for the trigger shot and saying things like...
"the needle is much larger and must be given directly in the muscle above your bum, just make sure you don't hit a blood vessel, check the syringe for blood, it is going to hurt much more than the other injections, you may have shooting pains down your leg, measure carefully and be sure to give it at the exact time we tell you. Oh and don't forget your other 2 injections as well!" 

I nodded my head, smiled and confirmed that I understood all of the instructions and then headed to my car. Where I instantly began crying.
 As if all of the above instructions were not enough, my husband was not there to watch the training, and all of this is going to have to take place during my brother's wedding tonight. 

In my head all I could hear was...
"bring refrigerated injections, wearing a dress, finding a place, husband best man, mixing medicine and switching out needles, BIG needles, HUGE needles, okay maybe I am not over my fear quite yet, Lord help me."

The top needle is the needle we have been using for subcutaneous injections in the belly each night and the bottom needle is what we will be using for an intramuscular injection tonight...AT THE WEDDING!

My breakdown did not last long but I think I just needed to let out some tears. It has been a long few months but we are almost done! I am so thankful that we have been able to do this whole process.
I have an amazing husband who now says he would love to go back to school to be a nurse. 
(You never know what God has for our future!) 

I have a wonderfully supportive family who have stepped in to pray with me, encourage me and even give me the shots when Shaun has not been able to. 
We truly, truly are BLESSED. 


The retrieval is a big step for us since my fertility issue is lack of eggs. Just because my doctor said there were about 8 follicles does not mean they will all make it through the retrieval, fertilize and still be strong enough for implant. Please pray!



And, on that note, think of me tonight while I'm at the wedding...doing shots...and not the fun kind. (;