It begins again,,,, INJECTIONS!!!!!!

     Time is flying by. We leave for the Czech Republic in 4 days!!!!!! We are getting all the last minute things ready, and the packing is in progress. Unfortunately, we had a small hiccup with the meds. I was NOT told to keep taking the birth control pills through the time of my last period. When we had our phone conference I was told then which was a week later. The coordinator called the MD in the Czech which instructed me to double up on my pills until April 29. I was also told that I might get my period, which I did with a vengeance! Everything went as planned and now on May 4th, today, I am starting the injections. I had to wake Nathan up at 0500 this morning. Not for the fact that, "If I had to be up doing this so will he", haha. No I really needed him to give me the meds. The reason we had to start the injections at 0500 is due to the time difference in the Czech. They are 6hours in front of us. I am working the next 3 days and I leave the house at 0500 so we had to stick to that time. We have to take the meds at the same time everyday for the best effects. 

    The medications are different this time. I am starting with Menopur 75units x5 each day. That means I am using 5 vials that each contain 75units for a total of 375units of Menopur a day. This is 4x more Menopur than I took with our last IVF cycle. I am not starting with the Follistem that I used then, due to my AMH level being low. AMH is the ovarian reserve, which is the number of eggs I have left in my ovaries.  I am unsure how low but not normal is worrisome to me. I guess I would just need 5 good ones. ( Nathan and I always talked about having a large family, 4-5 little ones). Look at the picture below, I received my medications from the Czech Republic but didn't think that everything would be written in Czech also. Good thing I had used this medication before and know what and how to use it. 

     Our plans are to leave the house at noon to head to the airport. Terri, Nathan's mom is going to drop us off at the airport. Our flight does not leave until 4pm, but I have medications and syringes that we have to get through the gates with. We fly out of Raleigh to NY then to Prague. We will arrive in Prague at around 1035am the next day. Our first appointment at the clinic is May 10. We will have our first ultrasound

(monitoring ) to see how many and quality of eggs I have developed from taking the medications. 

    From what we know so far. We can not use our cell phones, we will be communicating through emails and skype. We do plan to video everything and hopefully be able to upload and update our blog as we go. Keep us in your prayers for safe travel and a pregnancy. Love you guys and thanks again for all your support!!!!