I wanted to blog last night but yesterday was so stressful for me that by the time I got done with my trigger shot I just wanted to go to bed. I did the shot all by myself. I am very proud of myself for that.
Last night I decided that I needed to have no distractions during this injection. My stomach was sick for hours from the anxiety. So, I did what all desperate moms do, I rented the kids a movie. I made the mistake of mentioning it to them before I rented it. I needed this movie to be started at just the right time so that it wouldn’t end just before I was about to inject myself. I ended up listening to whining about “why can’t we watch it now” for about an hour or so. Kids have no patience. I started the movie at 9pm and had to do the injection at 10pm.
I headed up to my office and got all the stuff together to mix my injection. I had already watched the video on mixing this over and over many times. The mixing is not any different than the other meds I had to mix but I still had to keep watching the video just to be sure I was doing it all right.
Well, the video only demonstrates an IM injection in the butt. Most girls have their hubbies do it for them but I felt more comfortable doing it myself. Strangely enough, I am not afraid of needles. I am not sure why because I have a gazillion strange phobias (like elevators) but needles don’t bother me. I managed to find several YouTube videos from regular people doing IM injections in their thigh but to be honest, I am not comfortable following any old idiots directions on an IM injection. I have been to nursing school before so I know how to do them but it has just been a while. Most of the people didn’t pull back on the syringe like you are supposed to do to make sure that the needle isn’t going into a vein. I guess I just don’t trust that they were doing them right.
I found a credible website with step by step directions and pictures. Even though the nurse showed me how to do it I just needed this for my nerves.
I mixed up the medication about 45 minutes early and then I just had to sit and wait. That was the longest 45 minutes! Then I practiced it in my head a gazillion times. I was a total wreck. But, when it came down to it I did it perfectly! My hands wouldn’t stop shaking after I did it. I am confident I did everything right.
Today my thigh is killing me. I feel really sore. It feels like you would feel if you got in a really good work out that caused your muscle to be sore. I am strangely relieved by this because it makes me feel confident that I did it right and it went in my muscle.
Then to confirm things, this morning I took a pregnancy test. Sure enough the hCG is showing up on the test so it must have gotten into my system just fine. I am planning to test every day until the hCG is out of my system and then keep testing to see if it turns positive. Here is my thread on Am I Pregnant if you want to see. I won’t know for sure if I am pregnant until I get my blood drawn because the trigger shot takes a while to get out of your system and can play tricks with you if you rely on a pregnancy test.
This is one of my longest blog posts but I am feeling so much better today. The retrieval is tomorrow! I will be staying at a hotel tonight but will update my blog as soon as I can.
Tags: hcg trigger shot, injections, IVF
