completed first round of "ovulation boosting"

SQ214 · August 2010

I know I have been not so faithful to keeping up with this message board, and I apologize. We are all going through the same thing and I only turn to you all when I'm freaking out. I need to get better at that.

Ok, so I just completed the 10 doses of Femera (last Tuesday), the 3 follistem doses (Friday, Sat and Sun), and my HCG shot (Mon. - who would have thought a shot in the butt would hurt more than a shot in the belly????). I was pretty happy to learn that I had 3 nice big follicles just waiting to be released. And now I have to wait. It is killing me. I have an appt. on Wed. Sept 1st for blood work to find out if I'm PG and it feels like forever! I just sit at my desk at work and wonder "what if I'm pregnant right now? What if there is a little itty, bitty baby in my belly? Maybe I shouldn't eat this in case I am. I have a headache, can I take this medicine?" I know stressing out is not healthy and I am trying to remain calm (my husband has been a saint these past couple of days), but the more I think about the possibility, the more anxious and stressed out I become. It probably doesn't help that I have recently come off of Zoloft (for anxiety). I guess my question is, how do you all handle the waiting? What do you do to keep your mind off of it? I don't want to jinx myself by constantly thinking about the possibility either. Please tell me what I am going through is normal?

dicer2 · August 2010

Good luck! And you won't jinx yourself, so keep thinking positive thoughts. I think we all go through the same thing, we're so hopeful that THIS is the cycle that we're pregnant. It's better than being miserable and negative.