Lupron Shot #1 is done!

hooray.

Meds are here! YIKES!

Well, there it is! The obligatory picture of the meds for IVF#3! I was looking back at the picture of the meds for IVF#1 and realized there's less because of the follistim. My old RE had you use the vials so there was like 20 boxes while CCRM uses the pen. So, it's much more compact, thank god considering I have to travel with it.

I remember when I got my meds for IVF #1, I was like a kid in a candy store. I was so excited, checking it out, seeing what was all involved. Then, I opened the needles. I recall some paniac and hyperventilation. Of course, the 18 gauge is for drawing up the PIO so that was a relief (I didn't know at the time) but the 22 gauge was for injecting the PIO. It still isn't quite pretty. Thankfully, Dr. S wants me using Endometrin which involves NO needles. HOORAY!

Of course, Fedex was later than usual in delivering. They usually get here by 10:30am. They didn't arrive until noon which wouldn't be a big deal but I had lunch plans at noon with my local CCRM buddies. They didn't mind the delay. And, infact, when I called them to let them know they arrived, I felt so bad for delaying and their response was please tell me that you got them! They didn't give a crap about being late, it's sooo nice to interact with people who get it. People who understand why it's so important. I'm so thankfully for that little bit of sanity.

So, here goes nothing, I have my first injection of lupron tomorrow. My injection free life is about to end! Fortunately, it's just 1 needle a day until stims when I'll have 3 injections a day! let's hope the 3rd time is a charm!!!

I'm going to Denver!!!

I have these moments where I get hit upside the head and realize things that are sooo obvious. Of course, I'm going to Denver but it suddenly became real. Our flights are booked, we leave on the 27th, VERY early, 6am. But, it saved quite a bit of money by leaving so early. We also confirmed the hotel and booked the car! We're on our way. Today, I need to order my meds and they will be delivered tomorrow. I start Lupron on Monday! Let the headaches and nightsweats begin!!! :)

I am completely and utterly terrified.

Ok, I need your IDEAS!!

Dh and I will be in Denver with a two burner stove and microwave, a fridge too! We are big on bbq foods, hamburgers, chicken, steaks, we use our bbq ALOT! While cycling, that's the best to eat too, high in protein! Anyone have ideas on what to eat with only the stove, micro and fridge?? something high in protein of course, gotta avoid that OHSS!!!

Awesome, great ideas so far, hubby and I LOVE Tacos! I love the idea of George Foreman. I looked and Target sells them for $20 so we could get one when we get out there. If anyone has any good stir fry recipes, send them over to Kristi889@gmail.com.

thanks!!

I do have a calendar now! :) I've put some of the dates on the side of my blog... Off to Denver we go.............

Results are in!

I heard from my nurse about those last test results. My biopsy showed that I do have the beta 3 integrin. I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad about that one. If it's there, why haven't these perfect little embies in the past stuck??? Also, my FSH was 5.3, lh was 2.9, estrogen was 28 and my AMH was 2.6. They want FSH under 10 and AMH over 1. Of course, Dr. S is off today! Geesh, didn't the man know my results would be in today???? I'm just kidding. She said she'd confirm things with him on Monday when he's back. So, AWAY WE GO! It is official, I have started IVF #3!!! sense the excitement? I promise, I'm excited...

Finally!

ok, not finally that I got the pictures up but finally my sister-in-law got married! She'd been with her boyfriend for like 14 years. OK, I'm being a total hypocrit here, Tom and I were together for like 12 years... Either way, I'm glad they finally got married, my Brother in Law is really nice!

so, here they are, some pictures, I have to say, I was really bummed about my photos, they didn't come out very good. Most of them had red eye and I'm not very good in fixing that.

THE BRIDE AND GROOM



Here's one of my hubby and I before the wedding.




Here are ones of my SIL with my BIL (on the left) and hubby (on the right).





Here's one of me and my hubby the morning after. We walked back over to the ceremony site. You can't see much because our heads are in the way.


But, this is what was behind us...


Amazing right? It's absolutely gorgeous...

Where to begin???

Ok, life has been crazy busy the past week finishing up all these last few tests. Fortunately, I think I'm ALL done with them! HOORAY! It was really stressful getting them all done so quickly but definitely worth it to be done.

So, the biopsy was NOT bad. It wasn't fun but definitely tolerable. The tissue was sent to the lab and arrived safely. Unfortunately, they only received two samples to test so they didn't run the test on Monday. It's usually done on Monday and Wednesdays. They told me that mine would be run on Wednesday. My period arrived on Saturday, a bit earlier than expected might I add! To be honest, I wasn't sure that it was my period, figured it was spotting after the biopsy.

I went in on Monday for my cd3 bw. I just went to Quest since I had to get my TSH redone as well. She made me quite nervous about it being the serum had to be frozen before being shipped. She said she would put it in the freezer but when fedex came, out it'd go. So, I asked her to wait until tomorrow, NO, it will go out today. She wasn't very accomodating but I did speak to the lab today and they said it arrived frozen. THANK GOD!

I am suppose to touch base with a nurse on Monday. I hope to have a more clear calendar assuming I pass these other tests. But, I did start bcp on cd3!!! So, while I've technically started an IVF cycle, it's only tentative assuming all the other tests come back ok. If they don't, I'll stop! :(

I promise too over the next few days that I'll put up some pictures of my SIL's wedding, it was very nice, had a great time! For the first time, I didn't think about IVF for more than an hour or two. But, I did catch myself at the cocktail hour thinking about it.

Please pray that my FSH comes back normal!!!!