the hcg shot

Well today is trigger day.

At 9:45 exactly I will have to get the hCG shot.

In my butt.

I'll have Jared do this one since I won't be able to reach back there myself. 

The big needle is the mixing needle, the small one is the injecting needle

I have to take the hCG shot 35 hours before the egg retrieval

this will make the eggs go through the final stages of maturation before they are retrieved.

{there really is too much to learn and remember with this IVF business}

Tomorrow I'll start taking an antibiotic to help prevent any infection from the procedure on Monday.

Today I cleaned my house and did a weeks worth of grocery shopping since my activities will be even more limited next week.

And I got a nice reminder of why I'm not supposed to do housework.  

Making the bed was painful and I had to lay down for like, 

an hour afterwords.

I felt like an old lady!

And when Jared and I were at Costco I started cramping really bad {Just from walking around!} and all I wanted to do was sit down.  Anywhere.  So I sat on a crate of soup for like 5 minutes, haha.  Is regular life this hard when your pregnant?!

Jared said I should have got one of those motorized carts to drive around the store.  I think I would rather stay home and go hungry than drive one of those things... which is funny because I think it would make Jared's week to be able to drive one.  Boys are silly.  He keeps life interesting though so I guess I'll keep him around awhile longer.  ;)

2 days!