As we're off.......

Today is the first day of injections. Dawn and I both will start taking Lupron injections into our belly. This sounds worse than it actually is, it is a little stick followed by a slight burn, the trick is psyching yourself up to doing it!

Info for the the scientific among us:

Lupron acts by suppressing the pituitary gland (which is normally responsible for triggering ovulation). However, before suppression occurs, Lupron may briefly stimulate the pituitary causing an increase in the pituitary hormones LH (luteinizing hormone) and FSH (follicle stimulating hormone). This is called the agonist or flare. For this reason, it is usually given for a few weeks before starting the other fertility medications. This allows us to “get past” the stimulation phase and into the suppression or desensitization phase.

Using birth control pills

The problems with Lupron can also be reduced by first starting a woman on birth control pills. The pills can be given for variable lengths of time but at least for 10 days. The Lupron can be started at any point after the fifth day. Once started, the birth control pills would be continued for five additional days and then stopped.

Which explains why I had to take those damn BCPs for the last few weeks! They are over Friday though. I hope that when they are over I will stop having this pimple problem as well.


Oh the things we do to ourselves for the sake of motherhood!