IVF- Day 48: Just About Ready

On the 10th day of stims...

First, I have to say that today has been an absolute crazy day. First, I woke up at the butt crack of dawn for my doctors appointment that was at 6:45 A.M. and once I got to the hospital I realize I forgot my wallet. Called Nick and had him drive and meet me at the DR. office so I could actually get out of the parking garage.

Doctors appointment....I arrived and was taken right back to the ultrasound room which is a little different because they usually do my blood test firsts. The doctor came in...made a little small talk...and moved on to do the usual ultrasound. He took a look at my lining and said that it looked good. Then he scanned over my ovaries. OMG!!!! Those follicles are huge now. I really couldn't tell if there were any more because they looked like they were squished on top of each other. *Side note... I have noticed that my doctor is a man of few words. He doesn't give too much information. He also has a pretty thick accent which sometimes makes it hard to understand especially when my legs are half way up in the air and there is a paper sheet between us.* I asked him if there were more follicles and he said..."oh yeah." He didn't really give any measurements but said I had a couple at 17. He decided they retrieval will be on Saturday, May 18th. A beautiful day to make a baby!!

The nurse took me to a little sitting area and went over all of the paperwork. Then she took my blood and drew two huge read circle right above my butt.

Plan of Action:

May 15: 125 IU Follistim & 5 units Lupron
May 16: 5 units Lupron & TRIGGER @ 8:00 p.m.
May 17: 8:30 a.m. blood test, continue with prenatal  and folic acid, & use a medicated douche (no eating or drinking after midnight)
May 18: use second medicated douche, collect semen sample between 5:30-6:00, be at office at 6:30 a.m.

Transfer: Day 3- May 21 or Day 5- May 23

I can't believe we are finally ready. I am beyond excited. So, in all of this, I thought I was going to be going in for the retrieval on Monday so I ordered more Follistim. Not a real big deal but one little cartridge of this runs at about $300. Tonight was my last dose so there was no need for it. I spent the morning talking to the pharmacy canceling my order. They spent the day trying to have the delivery man take it off the truck. Honestly, THE BEST PHARMACY EVER!!!! They were able to get it sent back to the warehouse and refund the money. SCORE!!!

After this really crazy day I was able to sit and do one of my favorite things...get my hair done. I am relaxed, ready for summer, and most importantly ready for babies!!!!!

CYCLE DAY 18