~Someone Pinch Me...IVF Underway~

Well here I am, in Calgary sitting in my hotel room waiting for the Dude to arrive tomorrow. To be honest it feels surreal to be here. With the events of last week I feel so entirely blessed to be even getting this opportunity! Last week was hard, we have waited so long for this and to have it be ripped out from under us made me so angry and hurt.

Right now I am on cycle day 6 and I am feeling pretty good. I am doing my injections daily and going in for my blood draws and ultrasound every other day. To this point everything has been uneventful!

I am doing three injections daily, Gonal-F, Luveris and Certrotide. The injections for me have been a piece of cake, they don’t bother me one bit. I have found it hard to give myself my injections at the exact same time. It would be totally fine if I was in my hotel room but at 3 in the afternoon I have been out and about.

I could go to the food court, plunk down and shoot me up some medicine BUT somewhere inside of me says this probably isn’t a good plan. I have found the family washrooms are a life saver! I have some anxiety when I am in there as I can envision a parent sitting outside the door waiting with their kids for 15 minutes and when I do emerge, they would see no kids in hand and myself looking like one giant ass. Although this thought has run through my head every time I have gone in the family washroom I just don’t care enough to not do it. I need that room as much as they do and at the end of the day that is all that matters.

The doctor said I am growing some nice looking eggies, which is awesome! I figured out that the injections are about $300 dollars a dose and at that price there better be some eggs! It was nice to hear him finally say everything is on track because in the back of my mind I was freaking out that the drugs weren’t working. Rest assured he told me I am progressing along well. "Grow eggies grow"!

Egg retrieval is set for sometime next week so I will keep you posted on that.

Other than that I have no crazy hormonal bitch stories (which is a little disappointing). I am just going to enjoy my time and this experience because before I know it will be over and done with.

Thanks for all your love last week! This blog has been a lifesaver for me!

Love to you…