Water logged

It's been recommended to me by a friend, as well as my Dr, to drink 6-8 glasses of water a day. Doesn't seem like that big of a deal and really not that much water, but let me tell you, it is!!
This is something everyone really should do, but I'm putting more priority on it with all the medication I'm on and really trying to keep my body healthy and ready for baby.

I have already mostly cut soda out of my life, other than my one Diet Coke at lunch. (It's my treat each day!) I know how bad soda is, the sugar, Aspartame, caffeine, but I figure my one a day is okay. I don't drink coffee, so other than water, I typically have milk with dinner and if I want something sweet, I'll have juice. I also discovered Hansen's soda at Trader Joe's, which is a great alternative to soda since it's all-natural. Even better they carry it at Costco now too! 

But really I need to make sure I'm drinking more water, so that's what I'll focus on doing. I determined that eight glasses equals four bottles of water. I can do that! I started a tally on my whiteboard at work, as long as I drink two bottles at work, then I'll make sure to drink two more when I get home. It's actually going really well! I have to consciously keep track of what I'm drinking all day and keep reminding myself to drink, otherwise I'll go hours without a sip of water.
One thing I didn't keep in mind was one of the medications that I'm on. One of the side effects clearly states "Increased Urination", though it should really say "Warning: Bladder Is Always Full". Let's just say that although I'm doing really great on my water intake and meeting my daily 6-8 glasses per day, I'm also in the bathroom much much more. Not a fan of getting up twice in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, but hey, I better get used it :)

Be Back Soon!

I've really enjoyed sharing our journey with all of you and especially the next step we've taken, but now that we've started our first IVF cycle, it's time for a little blogging break.

We've decided to keep our retrieval and transfer dates to ourselves since we find things out much earlier than most. I'm sure you can understand, we don't want to share good news too early and if there is bad news, we'll share when ready.

However, I will keep writing on how the cycle progresses and post them later. And you may see random posts here and there!

Thanks for all the kind words, thoughts and prayers...keep them coming! Talk to you soon...and hopefully with good news!

Pills, and needles, and syringes! Oh My!

I had been prepped by the nurses of what to expect with my new medications, had instructions on how to use them and was told I should do inventory right away to make sure I had everything. The medications were ordered through a specialty pharmacy and were delivered so I immediately opened up the box to make sure everything was in there. As I started laying it out on the counter, I realized I wasn't prepped for how much there would be!

Welcome to Barrett Pharmacy.

In five of those boxes were vials of medication and also vials of saline since I would now be mixing my own injections. Two other boxes had my progesterone supplements. There were three smaller boxes with pre-filled syringes of who knows what and an even smaller box of my "trigger" medication (to induce ovulation). The bag was filled with syringes and smaller needles, since the syringes came with needles much to scary to dare stick in my belly. And I now had my own hazardous waste receptacle! Oh and pills, lets not forget the five bottles of pills with labels I can't even pronounce.

Good news was all the medication was there and now I needed to find a place to store it all! And this is all for only Cycle One? Oy!