Day 8 follicle check and blood work

I was up bright and early this morning (ok, maybe not bright - those of you who know me well know that I am NOT a morning person! But I was up really early) for my day 8 follicle check and blood work.  I was at the doctor's office by 7:15 am as I had to be at church to work from 8:00 - 1:00 pm.

As of today (which is still pretty early in the cycle) I had 4 good size follicles....3 on my left ovary and 1 on my right.  Can you say quadruplets?  Just kidding - it's way too early to start saying silly things like that!  But they said everything looked good and to continue the Bravelle injections until Tuesday when they want me to come in for another round of bloodwork and another ultrasound.  We had already planned on doing a day 12 follicle check which would be Thursday so that's 2 more ultrasounds this week....cha ching!  Today was $210 and Tuesday and Thursday will be about the same.  So that's $630 in tests for this week, plus they want me to order 4 more Bravelle injections at $50 a piece plus shipping so we're in for another $860 this week.  Ugh.  Sure hope this works the first month because we're blowing through all the money we saved up REAL quick.  We were budgeting about $1000 A MONTH, not $1000 A WEEK!  You know, they say money can't buy happiness but having plenty of it sure would make life less stressful!  LOL.

On the positive side though, I'm feeling pretty good and so far, haven't had any weird side effects from the drugs.  Other than some back pain which is manageable, I'm feeling normal!

I'll update again after my next appointment on Tuesday.