Follie Check

Because I am always so excited and nervous at my ultrasounds, I always forget to ask for a print out. But this is exactly like what I saw on the screen today. My doctor seems to think he will be able to retrieve all 10 eggs on my right ovary and a possible 1-2 on my left. This is fabulous news. I was going to consider myself lucky if I could get 6. I have responded better than anyone expected to the medication. I think it has a lot to do with the DHEA I was on for a few months leading up to this. I am feeling good, I am starting to feel pressure in my lower abdomen. I can definitely tell something is happening. I may even have extra embryos to freeze and save! Retrieval is looking to be a little sooner than expected, possibly Monday! I see the Dr. everyday until the retrieval now, so stay posted. It won't be long now!

Luckiest girl in the world.

IVF meds $5000, IVF $9000, Insurance covering all of it = PRICELESS

Good first appointment.

When going through infertility treatments it is a culmination of high highs and low lows. Today was our initial appointment and it was a good day. Things looked great. The nurse practitioner saw me today which was awesome, because I obviously think nurses are awesome. She took the needed cultures to make sure I am not harboring any bacteria that could reduce our chances of conception. She also decided to do an ultrasound to look at my uterus and do an antral count. An antral count is where they count the follicles(which contain the eggs) before they start stimulating them to see about how many we may be working with. They like to see at least seven, well I had a whopping 12 just on my right side. That's the biggest antral count I have ever had. I think the DHEA I have been on may be working. Anyway, they drew blood from Tom and myself and I actually don't need to go back until the 13th for the mock transfer and medication class. I start injections the 14th. I am so glad things went well and we are able to proceed.

Officially insured!

My blog got a face lift, do you like it? Our active date for our benefits was yesterday. We officially have medical/dental/vision and our health flex account which makes life so much easier. I posted a new ticker for a new phase in our journey. Our first IVF appointment is Monday for cultures and routine blood work. I have one more week on the birth control pills. Then it's the big guns. It will mean about two shots every morning and evening for several weeks. My first ultrasound is March 8th, they will also do a mock transfer that day. This is so the doc knows right where to go on the big day. We anticipate the egg retrieval to be between the 24th and 27th and the embryo transfer three days later. I can't believe the time has come!!!

I thought high school was over?

Sometimes I think work is just high school grown up. I honestly feel like the only adult in a sea of 40 something co-workers. I have recently been promoted to nurse manager of the clinic I am at. Lets just say the clinic I am at was in big trouble with various issues before I got there and a lot of crap has been dumped for me to clean up. While the clinic is improving, my relationships with my coworkers struggle a bit. What happened to our Grandparent's generation of of suck it up and do the work? I love the Patient Care Techs that I work with but that being aside, they drive me crazy!!!!! You try to be fair, you split work evenly, you accommodate and nothing. All I get is complaints what makes one happy pisses off another. JUST SHUT UP AND DO THE JOB!!!

New York to L.A....ahhh shucks!

Yes, yes I know he's not going off the air, Conan will be taking over The Tonight Show in June. But I can't help but feel a little sad. We have watched Late night with Conan O'Brien forgoing Letterman and Leno for the most part since we've been married. We love him. His sense of humor coincides nicely with the hour it airs in which almost anything goofy makes you laugh, but on the rare occasion I have taped it and watched it later, he still cracks me up. I just hope his move from east to west coast doesn't mean a total 180 from the late night show we have come to like so much. 3 more shows of Late night With Conan O'Brien left, catch them if you can. If you don't we are now stuck with Colin Farrell....Boo.

Irony

IVF a go! I find it ironic that our IVF journey starts with me having to be on birth control pills for a few weeks, which I start tomorrow! I think of all the birth control pills I took the first year we were married and it makes me laugh. Really, if I had known it would have saved me a lot of time, stress, and a little money. Anyhow! This is the first step in our IVF cycle, so I guess...yep, we are underway. Can't wait!