First weekend during IVF..

First time IVF, I have PCOS and 3iuis did not work.

Started period last Wed, had baseline Friday and was given the the go ahead to start injections. Doctor advised both my husband and I to take an antibiotic just to minimize any risk of infection as we get to egg retrieval next week.

When I got the meds, I received 2 identical bottles in the same bag and read ‘doxycycline’ which was what we needed to take. On Friday, I pulled the bottle out and sorted them into pill organizers for both my husband and I. Friday am and pm, we both took meds as instructed. Also took it Saturday am.

Saturday mid day I go to refill my pill organizer and grab the medicine bottle. It’s fucking estrogen. Just looked identical to the doxy and was sealed in the same bag together. I call me husband, he freaks. ‘I’m gonna grow boobs!’ Is literally the first thing he says. Thank the lord the doctor got back to me right away saying it was a low dose and I caught it early so there would be no harm. So that was a fun panic experience.

Saturday night we had a wedding to go to. So we premake the injection and pack it into a cooler to take 2 hours away. We go to the car to do the injection and that fucker is frozen solid. We warm it up in our hands and I give my husband hand sanitizer. His hands are slippery so he goes to take the cap off and slips and stabs himself with the needle into his finger, bending the one needle we have. No we didn’t pack an extra because we don’t know what the hell were doing. Luckily my friend at the wedding knew to bend it back and she gave me the injection no issue.

Sunday night, injection goes fine. Stings but it’s whatever. Then the emotions hit. I fell asleep on the couch and when I woke up I told my husband I was gonna get a bowl of cereal. He had been eating something and said, ‘here you can just use my spoon’ I looked at him and as I said ‘thank you you are so sweet’ I just started sobbing. Couldn’t stop and his face looking at me like i was crazy made me laugh but I was like laughing while sobbing and sounded like Satan. Then my dog came to be sweet while I was sobbing and i cried harder for how sweet she was being. About 10 min later it finally subsided.

Day 4 scan today showed solid development of follicles all we’re tracking normally, I just feel like it was a hell of a weekend starting all this. So hopeful for success!

Just wanted to share ❤️❤️❤️