Day 1 of Progesterone

Unfortunately I ended up at Urgent Care today, but probably not for the reason you are thinking.  I have had a sore throat since Tuesday and it is getting progressively worse.  I mentioned it to a nurse at my IVF clinic and she made a big deal about it.  Apparently if it was the flu or strep I would have to cancel or change my transfer.  Thankfully it's just a Sinus Infection.  The urgent care doctor didn't want to give me any additional medicine though so I just have to tough it out.  She said I should be feeling better by Sunday.

I am actually on 5 things right now--the progesterone shots, baby aspirin, azithromycin (a 4-day antibiotic), medrol (a 4-day steroid), and progesterone suppositories.  The antibiotic and steroid are supposed to prevent me from getting sick before the embryo is transferred in, but now they'll apparently help treat the sinus infection I now have going on now too.

I am so glad that I haven't had a negative reaction to the progesterone.  I'm crossing my fingers that it stays that way.

Before Seth went to work this morning he gave me my shot.  I think it really helped us both to have the square guide lines drawn on my toosh.  Every day I will go over it with a marker so it stays.  We are going to do the 4 corners, middle, then repeat.  

I met with someone today who gave me some good advice.  She told me, "Don't borrow trouble."  I am really going to try and apply it.   I have a habit of worrying about the future and things I can't control.  I worry about what bad things can happen while pregnant (miscarriage, Zika, Still Birth) and the things that can happen after (disease, bullying, the unknown).  It causes me a lot of stress.  So my goal is to take it week by week.  For the current week, all I need to "worry" about is the progesterone shots.  Once next week hits I can "worry" about the transfer.