Day 3 of Estrogen

My daily regime includes:
3 prenatal horse pill vitamins
3 calcium horse pill vitamins (1500 mg a day)
1 baby aspirin
1 Estrogen pill
1 Lupron shot
1 low dose antihistamine

Sounds like fun doesn't it?  Blahahahahaha!

Shoving 6 horse pills down my throat in the afternoon is the highlight.  I have to do them all at once or I just can't do it.  It has taken many lessons to learn not to gag.  Two of the prenatals have fish oil in them and God forbid one breaks open - let just say I have to eat lunch AGAIN.

So far so good with the Estrogen, baby aspirin and antihistamine added a few days ago.  I have no added side effects.  However, I am now feeling that weight starting to pack on.  I have gained a pound in the last few days.  And I am hungry all of the time.  I crave mostly carbs - which is really bad.  I am already 20 pounds over what I want to be, prior to this process.  I can't diet right now so I am just going to have to be happy with what I am. 

I leave tomorrow morning to go visit my family in Michigan.  I still have not called the airline to see how to get my needles on the plane.  I am sure diabetics carry them all the time and with my RX it should not be a problem.  It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. 

Wouldn't you know it - Kirk just called and said that they are coming in from offshore because of the storm that is building in the Gulf.  They are already at 10 foot waves and it is raining.  It won't be a fun 12 hour boat ride for them coming in. I have not seen him in a month - here he is coming in and I have to leave for Michigan!!!  He is really upset.  So am I but there is nothing I can do and it only hurts me to be down.  I have to keep in good spirits.  It is what it is and we just have to deal with it.  Hopefully he will still be here when I come home on Monday.  If not, we will only have about another month to go before he is home again.  And who knows - maybe he can come to Michigan if they think they will be here for a few days!

My friend Stephanie has been staying with me since Friday.  She just returned home from a two year assignment in Afghanistan along with a business trip in Dominican Republic.  She is in the process of buying a house but it seems to be taking longer than they expected.  I feel terrible that she has to sleep on my couch, but I am so happy and grateful for the company while Kirk is gone!  It fills my days with more than just work and couch potato time when I am home.  The dogs love having her there too, especially during the day when I am at work.

I have been reading a lot on the IVF forum I joined.  There are several woman that are close to the same schedule as me.  It will be interesting to see what happens to all of us.  I think I found one that is in Texas too.  I sent her an email to see if she is close.  I would love to have a buddy here to be each others support through this process.  It is not easy in any way.  And it makes it that much harder that Kirk is not here with me. 

Work has picked up for me.  YAY!!!  I have pretty much been busy all week.  And, with all of the projects I have going right now I should stay that way for several weeks.  It makes my days go by so much faster.  With all of the new jobs starting up as well, it looks like I will have a steady stream of work flowing in through the rest of the year.