Let's not and say we did, ok?

So, it's waaayyy too late for me to be up but I've been thinking about my first progesterone injection on Thursday. I have to say I'm very nervous and I've really got to stop reading stuff about the shots on the internet or I'm pretty sure the home care nurse isn't going to make it past the doorstep.

For those of you who don't know, because Miss Aubrey decided to grace us with her presence at 35 weeks last time ( with a thwarted escape attempt at 25 weeks), I am now the unwilling recipient of a large injection of progesterone hormones ( to prevent preterm labor) on a weekly basis until I'm term. Fun stuff.

The worst part is that they sent the medicine and needles to my house! Like I really need to be staring those in the face while I try to psych myself up to do this. I'm not typically this big of a wimp, but over the years I have become progressively more "sensitive" you might say, to needles.

It seems that all the research says that it is a safe drug and has proven to be effective, but I'm still not wholly convinced that I'm in need of it. I have so little history to base it on though and I know they're just trying to be safe. So here comes 18 weeks of shots and hopefully a good outcome.

The problem is that it is one of those situations where if I have a healthy birth they'll say it was because of the progesterone ( whether or not it truly was), thus condemning me to progesterone usage in all my future pregnancies. Of course if I don't take it, and I do have pre term labor again, they'll attribute that to me not taking the progesterone. It's kind of a blind thing, but I guess we're just doing it. I'm still on the fence but they start tomorrow so... here we go!