so even more officially, i have the greatest friends in the world!
last night after some bubbly, a delicious dinner with some tasty red wine, and before the chocolate truffles they cornered me on their couch. i thought it was just for a change in scenery but then i saw the blue ziploc bag that contained my ovidrel shot sitting by the couch. i knew it was on the evening agenda but i was so not ready.
(reminder: ovidrel shot is to encourage ovulation within 12 to 40 hours of injection)
they, tim and jennifer, are nice people for sure but they seemed a little too excited to give me the shot which made me very suspicious. my neighbor suggested that i use ice on the injection site and tim had it all wrapped up for me in a napkin. he was way crazy prepared.
this of course signaled that it was time to watch the utube video on how to properly give the injection. further evidence that i am truly taking this literally one step at a time. outside of jennifer's gasp when the entire needle was injected into the model during the video, it went pretty well. i nervously walked/hopped around the room sipping my wine with increased purpose.
finally, we were ready. let me rephrase, tim and jennifer were ready. i found myself scrambling trying to figure out what i was going to do during this process. do i keep the wine in hard? i will grab jennifer's hand - no wait, her arm, i might accidentally hurt her hand. so back to the other hand - wine? hold the couch? too many decisions. ultimately i opted for the couch out of fear that i might spill the wine and that just seemed potentially wasteful.
so i braced myself for the worst and then it was done and i didn't even feel a pinch. tim and jennifer are for sure hired! here i am with tim post injection. outside of not having jennifer in the pic as well, i think it pretty much captures our experience (note "imposing" syringe in tim's hand, his HUGE smile of success, wine bottle, ice in napkin, kate not passed out on the floor).
my heart is bursting with love and appreciation. feeling so blessed.
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