Today I start my birth control pills for our 3rd IVF cycle. I’m both dreading it and excited at the same time. We’ve waited over 7 months since our last IVF. I’m cautiously hopeful, but also scared to death. Plus, I hate how birth control makes me feel. It definitely affects my mood and gives me headaches. Even if I miraculously turn into a fertile-myrtle, I’ll never ever take it again unless I absolutely have to.
Yesterday I sent my IVF nurse a list of all the medications I had left over from previous cycles and all the medications that had expired (or will expire by the time my cycle officially starts in March). Luckily, none of the leftovers of the super-expensive meds (ahem, Follistim) have expired, but I did have quite a pile of Endometrin, Menopur, Progesterone, Lurpon, and Crinone. Those Crinone packs are like $40 each! I cried when I accidentally dropped one in the toilet during one of my IUI cycles. I really wish I would have thought about the expiration dates earlier so I could have donated them to someone who needs them at my clinic. Oh well… Hindsight is 20/20.
