Sunday, September 29, 2013

I am starting to feel like myself again ... thanks Target bathroom

Now that retrieval is done and I don't have to do multiple injections of Gonal F, Menapur, & Ganarelix I am starting to come down off that hormonal high and feel more like a human being again. I realize that for the last two weeks I have been amped up, even forgetting if I have had certain conversations with people. Yea, I guess the meds can do that to ya. I did have some pain after the egg retrieval. So much so that I had to take serious pain meds! Yikes! For three days I laid in bed with the heating pad. Finally today I left the house with the family and ran some errands. At Target the sudden sensation to GO hit me! I had to use the bathroom. For a while I have been a little dry and plugged up but always regular. Well apparently its been a while since I have had a normal "bm" and I am sorry for the TMI. I ran to the bathroom stall and omg, did I have to go but nothing came out. It was stuck! OMG! I panicked. I cleaned myself up and walked out of the bathroom with sweat on my forehead- I found my wife and children waiting for me. I guess I had been in the stall for a long time, that they had finally come looking for me. I told my wife, who is a Physician Assistant, what was going on. I knew she would understand and help calm me down. She gave me this look of sorrow. I didn't know what to do. I looked around and saw that Target had private individual restrooms and I bolted in. I sat down and pushed and well low and behold I birthed a ton of waste and felt HUMAN again! I was deflated. It was amazing and I was relieved! My belly and my private area are still sensitive, but the pain has subsided. My wife on the other hand is not so happy these days. The progesterone in oil shots are no fun at all! It's called PIO for short and my poor wife has to endure the after effects of the shot. So far I have been giving the shots in the butt and rubbing the butt afterwards but the pain the day after is almost unbearable. She was in tears this morning. She can eventually switch to suppositories and pills, but our RE's office is against it before transfer. We know that its all in the name of baby so we keep on moving forward. Transfer is Tuesday. I am praying that one of the two embryos stick! Cheers, Micki

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