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4.09.2017

How goes it?

As I said before, there is a lot of hurry up and wait in the world of IVF. Hurry up to get your meds ordered and delivered. Then wait to use them. Hurry up to get call the doctor with the start of your cycle. Then wait for day 3 or 4 to actually be seen. Hurry to get blood work completed to evaluate your hormone levels. Wait for a phone call to either up your dosage or lower it. The list goes on and on.

In my last post I had stated that my donor would be coming to town on day 3 or 4 of our cycle. That was a lie. For months, MONTHS I tell you, we had been synced with our cycles within 24 hours of each other. We went on birth control to "sync them" even though our March cycle started on the same day. Wouldn't you know it, after finishing our birth control protocol, we are no longer synced! My donor started 3 days before I did. Due to this little "hiccup" our plans have changed. She is now coming to town on day 6. THREE DAYS from now!! I can't believe it!

I called the doctor's office on my day one. They instructed me to come in this morning and to bring all my meds and needles. If a police officer had pulled me over, they might have demanded quite an explanation for all the syringes and such I had seated next to me in the car. So my beautiful Sunday morning started off with a date with Wanda and Dr. S. Wanda was gentle on me today (she isn't always very gentle). The doctor said me lining was pretty thin and my job was to grow a nice and think lining over the next 2 weeks.

 They started me on two new medications today. One pill and one injection. I think there will be a time where I am on like 5 meds at once specifically for this process (not including my prenatal vitamin, thyroid pill, and aspirin regimen). I am preparing myself for a stretch of days that are laced with massive headaches. I feel blessed that I have only had one since I finished the first week of birth control. My hormones are out of wack from the Lupron I have been taking, which I have to continue to take until at least Thursday (April 14th).
This is my Estrace pill. Estrace is estradiol (estrogen).

This lovely vial contains Delestrogen (estradiol). This one is really fun because it is in oil, so it is really thick. You have to draw it up with an 18 g needle and then luckily it gets injected with a 22 g needle. Scott is responsible for giving me this. Unfortunately it goes in my posterior!

Just because he is so cute! Scooter is loving the warm weather today!

Anka is always cute and makes my heart melt! She was showing Scooter all the places to try to escape the backyard.

The other afternoon he was very cuddly and I was having a rough day emotionally (from all the hormones). Oliver nestled himself in under the soft blanket that was across my lap. Unfortunately, said blanket needs washed now to rid it of his fur.

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