Drugs have arrived

I picked up all the medicines that I should need for in vitro today. They are (in order of use)
1) Ortho-Novum (birth control pills - hahaha) 1 daily for 3 weeks
2) Lupron 1mg (0.2ml) SQ injection daily for 14 days - that is the really small box in the middle and the 14 syringes. This medicine is to suppress my luteinizing hormone and estrogen production. Lupron will allow the ovaries to produce multiple eggs. without the fear of premature ovulation
3) Gonal -f (not sure the dose or how long I will do this yet) This is the 4 boxes of medicine. Its a pre-filled syringe. Each syringe should be a couple days worth of medicine depending on how the labs go. It could be once a day or twice a day depending. This medicine will cause the eggs to develop and grow.
4) Novarel (HCG - trigger shot) this is an IM injection given 36 hours prior to egg retrieval.
5)Doxycycline (Antibiotic) - 1 tablet twice a day for 11 days. This is given around the retrieval time to reduce infection.
6) Xanax and Tylenol #3 - both for the egg retrieval process as its supposed to be painful.
7) Prometrium (Progesterone) - This hormone will act upon the lining of the uterus to make it receptive for embryo implantation. As part of the egg retrieval process, progesterone-producing cells are removed along with the follicular fluid and oocytes, making the ovaries unable to produce progesterone sufficiently. Progesterone is vital for endometrial development and continued embryo support. - This is the only one that will not be fun..its 1 capsule three times a day in the vagina. And I have 180 pills of this with 3 refills!! That's kinda crazy. I guess its nice I don't have to do the Progresterone shot as I heard that one really hurts (real thick liquid IM) Sorry for the tmi (too much information) on that one!
8) Not shown is my daily Pre-Natal Vitamin and my baby aspirin that I also take daily.

So the game plan is suppression, stimulation, retrieval, transfer and maintain. If everything falls perfectly into line we are looking at an 8/8/08 egg transfer day, which just happens to be my mom's birthday and the start of the Olympics!

So kinda just hanging out for 2 weeks. On July 14th we have an ultrasound, blood work and a meeting with the IVF coordinator scheduled.