Update

Hi! So I'm in the middle of making dinner, and waiting for Ed to come home. I have a few minutes while the sauce simmers, so I thought I'd give a quick update with the IVF stuff. Things are going to probably change every day and before I know it, the retrieval and transfer will happen! Yikes! I feel like if I don't write on the day something changes, I'll end up skipping updates as we go. So anyway, today was a 6:30am blood test and ultrasound (keeping up with the every other day thing). I was really hoping for LOTS of follicles. I always am. I'm a little messed up this time around, because this is a much shorter cycle than last time. I was assuming that today would be the big day as far as follicle counting. I should've asked ahead of time because I left the ultrasound in complete tears. I was actually that woman in the fertility center who doesn't have her husband with her (most don't at that hour) and rushed through the waiting room and out the door about to burst at the seams. Not fun. I immediately called Dr. Hardy's Care Team (I love that they're called the Care Team and not plain old nurses - it goes right along with how they handle me. Love them!) and left a sobbing message about how I only have 10 follicles (20 total, but only 10 that were the right size, which is >10mm). I had 12 last time and only 6 were eggs, only 3 fertilized and only ONE made it to the the transfer stage. In my message I went on about how this is just so reminiscent of the last cycle and WHY was this happening again, etc. The thing is, although it only takes 1 egg to make a baby, only a certain percentage will even make it to the transfer. And I've read people having 30 eggs! I'm not OLD, although I'm not young in the world of fertility either. I just feel like I should have more follicles. The dr called me back (usually it's someone from the Care Team, so he obviously heard my crying message) and told me NOT to worry that we still had time and that everything looked good. I still feel like my estrogen level should be a little higher by now (it's in the 400s and needs to get to about 3000 or so) and I want MORE follicles, damn it! Please pray for follicles and eggs! Please.

There was 1 change to my medication - starting tonight, I'll add a Cetrotide shot. So, now I'm up to 3 shots a day, but they're still the easy kind that I just give myself in the stomach. The tough ones come starting on the day of the actual embryo transfer. These shots, I can handle. For now.

PS - I take it back - the hormones are a ragin'! I cried most of today over mostly everything. Oh well. Could be worse.

I'll try to write more later. I had an interesting day at work that I want to blog about and also I had quite a debacle with my early morning shot that I want to write about. Off to finish dinner for now, and then American Idol and Modern Family (might have to be one or the other with the timing, but I can't remember.). Anyway, have a great night and I'll be back soon! Please pray (in your own little way!) for us and these follicles! Lots of follicles and eggssssssssss!
Thanks!

-Nissa (I don't have time to proof read this either)