I went for betas Wed, Friday and Sunday and they got blood every time on the first try. Then today I had to go get blood drawn today so I could get my Rhogam shot and that took 3 sticks! One lady tried in each arm and missed both times. Finally I asked for Lily, she can get me every.single.time!!! My left arm is really sore and bruised!
I will do anything for my kids though!
Re: I literally feel like a pin cushion
I went through a year of infertility treatments. Some weeks I had blood drawn 6 times and then came home to give myself needles in the stomach each night. Consider yourself lucky that you are just starting to get poked and prodded now!
In the end it is all worth it though!
TX: IUI #1-4 = BFN + 1 c/p
IUI #5: Clomid 100mg + Bravelle + Trigger + B2B IUIs + 800mg Progesterone = BFP!
Beta #1 (14dpiui): 460 Beta #2 (16dpiui): 998 Beta #3 (23dpiui): 21,832 Beta #4 (29dpiui): 129,771
I had to do this with my last one to!
ETA: Not the infertility part but all the testing because of 2 previous losses.
Sorry you had a hard time
I'm a notorious hard stick and with my last pregnancy for the glucose test they tried both arms and hands and almost missed the window for getting the results which would have meant taking that drink all over again and waiting an hour for them to repeat the process! My DH is a medic and was begging them to let him do the draw
That's sad that your husband was asking to do it so you could get your blood drawn. I bet you were glad they finally got it within the window.
That drink has so much sugar it gave me a horrible headache!