Waiting...

Well, this cycle had to be skipped since I had to have my wisdom teeth removed! oh what fun that was! Now, I'm just waiting for the next cycle to begin. It should start in about 10 days or so. Once that happens, I will call my nurse, get my scripts for everything and start the pill. I will get a calendar as well and have a more definite timing on everything. So, in the meantime, to pass the time, some pictures of Caitlin! to remember why I'm doing all of this...


Cate's first time in the pool! She absolutely loved it!

TEN Months!!

Caitlin at 9 months taken by our good friend (www.christopherscottphoto.com)

IVF Update

I heard from my nurse today. She called to let me know that the rest of the genetic bloodwork that we did came back negative. I wasn't too worried about it but it's good to know! So, we're officially all set to go! Plus, my cycle started today so she's able to start putting together a calendar. I have to skip this cycle since I'm getting my wisdom teeth pulled on Friday. I'll start lupron and the pill with the next cycle and they'll back me into a transfer date!

I can't believe we're doing IVF again. I just hope it works and then that's it, no more IVF ever again!

Wordless Wednesday!

The Rest of our Colorado Trip

After the workup on Friday, we met some friends at Monkey Bizness. It's an indoor playground. We were there for a couple of hours. We were just exhausted at this point from the trip, getting up at 430am the day before to catch our plane and we also got up at 4am that day because Caitlin thought it was 6am due to the time change!

We decided to have a quiet relaxing day on Saturday in hopes to get everyone rested. Caitlin slept in much later on Saturday, thank god! After her morning nap, we headed to Mimi's Cafe for breakfast. Caitlin did very well in the restaurant. Afterward, we headed to BRU for some stuff and back to the hotel for another nap for Caitlin! Once she woke up, we headed to the mall for lunch and some shopping. We bought a few small items but nothing too big since it wouldn't fit in the bags. We also visited the new American Girl store at the mall. It was very cute!!

On Sunday, we headed into Boulder with friends and had lunch at the Tea Room. It was delicious! and took a relaxing walk around Boulder. It was a gorgeous day out! Caitlin played a bit at your friend's house before we headed back to the hotel and got some dinner. I was bummed to see our trip end. We love Colorado so much and wish we could stay forever!

Workup at CCRM!! - Part 2

I was extremely nervous about the day at CCRM.

It wasn't so much the workup but bringing Caitlin there. I've been seeing REs on and off since 2006 and for the most part, it never really bothered me to see babies there. I do remember after my second fresh cycle of IVF, going to my RE for the WTF appointment, we were just devastated when it didn't work. It sucked going there but there was a girl who was being released that day. She had her final ultrasound and was pregnant. You could see how happy they were to be pregnant and moving on. And, we had just been told to pursue other options and have more testing. It was so upsetting and I didn't understand why it wasn't working for us. My point is, I didn't want to upset anyone with her presence. But, we had to bring her to Colorado, no one at home to watch her and I didn't feel comfortable leaving her with a sitter in Colorado that I've never met. I realize that she is a product of CCRM and all their great work but others don't know that by looking at her. So, we did our best to hang out in the back with her so most people wouldn't see her.

My first appointment was with my nurse. It was very nice to meet her in person since she was assigned to me after my visits last time. My first nurse had left. So, we met with her, went over everything, same old stuff for the most part so it went pretty quickly. Then, we met with the lab to sign consents, so easy as we already did this so we just did the same as before. Then, we met with the business office. Caitlin did pretty well through this, got a little fussy but it was manageable. We were so far ahead of schedule that we ended up waiting a bit since our next appt was with the doctor at 1130am and it was not even 11am.

DH stayed with Cate in the back while I had the hysteroscopy and ultrasound done. I was somewhat nervous about the hysteroscopy. I've had it done before but let's face it, these things are NOT fun. The ultrasound was first, easy! My fibroid is still there and she checked my ovaries. I still have about 15-18 antral follies so that was a relief to hear in case we need to do a fresh cycle again. Let's hope they hang around! I waited about 15 min for the hysteroscopy. I was anxious! I wanted to get it over with! It wasn't too bad. This was the first time that I met Dr. Surrey and he was really nice. He came in and welcomed me back, asked about Caitlin which I thought was nice.

Afterwards, we met to regroup. Right away, he started discussing how many to transfer. He seemed very ready to defend not transferring all 3 (all we have left). He felt that we would likely end up with twins or triplets. I was kinda laughing since we only want to do ONE this time. I guess he didn't expect that. He was fine with that and said we could always thaw another last minute if we change our mind or if it doesn't thaw well. We went on to talk about everything else, fairly easy, we've been here before. So, we finished up with some bloodwork and were on our way!

To sum it up, nothing has really changed, we still have the same issues, no new ones but with 3 embryos frozen, it isn't as challenging as last time. The fibroid is still there but in a good location so Surrey doesn't suggest surgery to remove it.

We got the go ahead to proceed, assuming the bloodwork comes back normal. I need to get my wisdom teeth out this month so we will start suppressing with the next cycle! looking at a transfer in July, sometime after Caitlin's first birthday.

what a trip! It's good to be home.

Well, quite the trip, this will probably require a few blog posts!

On Thursday, we got up around 430am. ouch. that'd be eastern time. we got to the airport around 6am, made it through security, got to the gate with plenty of time to get things in order. We boarded the flight and Cate fell asleep! I thought, wow, that easy?! She woke up about an hour into the flight. The next two hours went ok. She had a couple of screams, cries but nothing uncontrollable. Two hours into the flight, I see it, you know, that face babies make when they poop. I really didn't want to change her on the plane but I had no choice. Around 3 hours in, she fell asleep again while drinking a bottle. I had tried walking up and down the aisle and in the back of the plane with her but too much to see! She didn't nap too long this time, probably 30 minutes or so. Once she woke up, she did petty well though, eating tons of puffs and drinking her bottle.

We arrived in Denver, got our car and we were on our way! We thought great, not too bad. Before heading to the hotel, we went to visit some friends for a bit. Cate loved playing there and crawled just a bit for the first time!! so exciting! We're just exhausted from being up, so, we head to the hotel, check in and start to unpack. I open Caitlin's suitcase and it's been turned upside. It was clearly chosen to search. I wasn't too thrilled knowing some stranger has touched all her stuff including bottles! But, what can you do?!

Then, I realize, wait, something is missing. We put the small bag containing all the personal hygiene stuff in this suitcase. It's gone, nowhere. It contained all my personal hygiene stuff, makeup, contacts, glasses, etc. Wonderful. So, DH starts calling and I was pissed. very pissed. They ask us if it could have just popped open?! um, yeah, no. They totally try to blame it on us and not take responsibility for it. Hello?! I left my bags in YOUR possession.

After all the calling, we head to target to replace some of this stuff, we spent $75! Then, we head to the mall to get makeup. Of course, I use prescriptives which they no longer make so the last of it is gone! Before we head in, the woman from Frontier asks us for a list of everything in the bag. At this point, I'm just exhausted, been up for 16 hours and I'm starving. I'm lucky to be functioning. So, we get through the list and then she asks for pricing. Ok, I could understand the makeup, glasses but she asks us for prices on deodorant, brush, toothpaste and then asks how much was left?! WTF!

As we head into the mall, I remember that as we were waiting on our luggage that I saw small bags just like ours that is gone. I remember thinking why in the world do people check that small bag especially now that it costs $25 or more to check a bag! So, I told my dh, ask that lady to look, see if it made to Denver outside our suitcase, afterall, it was just a smaller bag in a suitcase so we didn't have to pay the fees. She says she will check. We go and get my makeup and she calls back. She says she found it! I'm kinda relieved but thinking we'll see if it's actually our bag.

We head to dinner at PF Chang's, yum! and go back to the hotel to clean up, shower, etc. When we get back, the bag still hasn't arrived. Sure enough, they call and were at the wrong hotel. Finally, they arrive and it is actually our bag! thank god!! So, off to bed we go! big day on Friday at CCRM.

I'll continue in another post about the workup!

Denver, Here we come!

I have an appointment on Friday with CCRM at 930am. Luckily, we only need to get a few things done, unlike before. So, lots to do, flights, car rental and hotel to book. lots more packing this time since we have a little one coming along for the ride!

I'd appreciate no mention of this on my facebook either as not everyone knows that we are heading back out there.