You would think by the 3rd frozen egg transfer this process would get easier, however that isn't always the case. I would say, it gets more familiar, but not necessarily 'easier'. My Dr. increased my PIO shots to 1 ml DAILY. Ladies, these daily PIO shots kicked my little butt! I had every pregnancy symptom you can think of....
- Nauseous - food aversions, I couldn't stomach MEAT at all!
- Sore boobs
- Sleepy - naps, naps and more naps
- Insomnia: would wake up from 1-3am with full energy ready to take on the world! Eat midnight snacks, clean the kitchen, watch another episode of that reality show I really shouldn't be binging....
- Peeing 3-4 times in the night!
If you too are walking into daily PIO shots, my PIO advice would be:
- NEVER ice the area before a shot. Over time this makes the shots hurt so much worse!
- Use heat compression, heat up the needle by placing a wet rag in the microwave for 30 seconds and then wrap the needle with rag.
- Therragun your injection site or massage the area after shots for at least 10 minutes. This helps to break up any knotting that WILL occur.
- Heating pad is your friend on the injection site, before and after.
And of course know where you are injecting, here is a little chart for reference:
As much as I hated the increase to daily PIO shots my 14dp5dt doubled at 554! My husband and I were over the moon. Going into my 5w3d ultrasound I was nervous and overwhelmed from previous loses. I don't think this will ever get easier, but it's obviously the safest route to rule out an ectopic! The Dr didn't see much other than an empty Gestational Sac. Deep breathe, come back for next week's ultrasound....
Undress, lay down, legs on stirrups. My Dr and Tec came in the room and the 6 week ultrasound which clearly showed an empty Gestational Sac— she looked for about 5 minutes zooming in and it was empty. She deemed this an abnormal pregnancy (blighted ovum) NO yolk sac NO fetal pole… the Tec leaves and we discuss miscarriage — I advocate to do another ultrasound at 8 weeks to give baby boy more time to grow Incase of the slightest chance of late implantation/ weird positioning. Dr. agrees that I can come in for another ultrasound after Christmas (8 weeks) 
..So then she says, "Let me check your tubes to make sure it’s not ectopic if that’s ok I forgot to check those." I said, "yes of course". Before she went back in I closed my eyes and prayed, “God please cover this child in the blood of Jesus please allow us to see him any sign please” She goes back in and the tubes are clear and then Christian says I see something on the screen.. She starts changing the coloring of the screen and we see what might be a tiny yolk sac, the more she adjusts the color boom there is a full 6 week yolk sac and faint fetal pole. I lose it with happy tears... A WHOLE ROLLERCOASTER of emotions in that 20 minutes… she called it a “Christmas miracle” Picture Below:
8 week ultrasound rolls around.... the GS is empty yet again, our hearts break for what feels like the 3rd time during this transfer. To be 100% sure my sweet Dr. brought me to a room with a newer ultrasound and thoroughly checked one more time-- FET #3 is officially deemed a blighted ovum. We start to begin the process of grieving the loss of our 4th baby. Letting go of the life we mapped out in our heads for this embaby.
Now it's time to schedule another dreaded D&E, detox with the right foods and workouts, prepare my body & mind for another transfer after 2 full cycles and cry at church while surrendering it all to the Good Lord before FET #4.
Until we meet again, xo.