Momentous Day

I've started assembling my faith quilt. This is the quilt I decided to make to show the Lord (and myself) that I have faith that we will have a child at the end of this craziness. It's been fun working on it and here are some pictures of the progress so far:


I think the colors and patterns are somewhat gender neutral, but really, this is a baby quilt and I'm the one that has to like looking at it- not the baby. I've been reading up on faith scriptures as well. Here are a few that have stuck with me lately:
"Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as though wilt." -Matthew 15:28
"...whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it." -Enos 1:15
"For with God nothing shall be impossible" - Luke 1:37

I am working on having faith that this cycle will bring us our desired child and hopefully I'll also have a great little quilt to share with the baby.
Today was a momentous day as I started my Lupron! I reviewed the technique to give myself the injection and laid out all the supplies last night (except for the meds- they were in the fridge until I pulled them out to use them this morning) so that I would be ready to go this morning.



I had a brief "oh my gosh am I really going to stick myself with a needle?!?" moment and then did it. It was painless and went smoothly. I immediately had itching, redness and swelling. I cleaned up the needle and paraphernalia and then checked Dr. Google for side effects. Sure enough, the itchiness, swelling and redness are common. Phew! I thought maybe I was allergic to it! No side effects were noticed from it today. However, here is my current list of side effects from the stupid Loestrin oral contraceptive pill:
-random nausea
-heightened sense of smell
-spotting
-cramps

-skin break out
-tender/sore breasts
-WILD mood swings
The hot flashes have backed off, but I hear that is the major side effect from Lupron so they may be back soon. I continue with the birth control pills for one more week and then I'm done with them. The Lupron I'm on for about 14 days. I'm feeling hopeful and optimistic today. This cycle is working out well so far. Yeah!