Gossip is never as good as it sounds!!!

Well, had a lovely dinner out with friends (see post below). As it turns out, the female friend has her own apartment so I guess she is separated???? But still has those little outline pics of each family member on her SUV, still listed as married and to her "husband" on Facebook AND still wearing her wedding rings..... hmmm, our male friend should be approaching this cautiously however, he is already gaga, silly boy!!! Well, she is definitely flirting and giving signals she is interested in dating so we shall see how this plays out!

Things have been moving along with me :) My progress is below:

CD	Date	Lining	Estrogen	Follicles
CD3	Feb-12	5.1	96	R - Too small (1.8X1.6X1.0 cyst)	L - Too small (2.3X2.0X1.8 cyst)
CD6	Feb-15	7.5	1542	R - 1.1, .9 (no cyst found)	L - 1.1, .8 (cyst shrunk to 1.8X1.8X1.8)

The nurse did call me yesterday to decrease my dose of Puregon to 100iu from 150iu as my Estrogen is too high. I am hoping more follicles start to grow, ideally, I would like to have 9-12 follicles retrieved.

R and I had our meeting with the counsellor today (a mandatory thing for IVF, pointless for most but I am sure some people could use it). Of course she said we communicate very effectively, lean on each other for support and also this process seems to be bringing us together.... as opposed to tearing us apart, which we already knew. R and I are a very strong and stable couple <3

Stimming and other gossip :)

Today I had my 3 day ultrasound, all looks good and I have been given the green light to start Puregon injections tonight!!! I am a little concerned though as I do have 2 cysts and am a little frightened that my cycle may be cancelled if they don't shrink. Finger's crossed :) My next ultrasound is booked for Wednesday February 15th, 2012, will update on the status of my cysts then.

My dentist appointment was pure torture.... I decided against getting my molar pulled and just had it refilled (apparently if I start pulling teeth, my jaw bone starts to disintegrate.... well, I don't want that!!!) All would have been fine with the exception of the assistant. She used some sort of tool to hold my tongue out of the way of the drill (which I totally agree with, no holes in my tongue thank you!) however, I think she was pushing a little too far, twice I think I almost swallowed my tongue.... then once the freezing wore off, I wasn't able to open my mouth very much and it hurt to move my tongue (my appointment was 2 days ago and it still hurts).

R and I are heading over to a friend's house for dinner, should be interesting.....GOSSIP ALERT!!!! A female friend of my husband's, who is married with 2 children, was very close to another male friend of ours, so close that the male friend thought they were dating (still not sure what really happened there). About 6 months later, the female friend told the male friend they are not dating (hit him pretty hard) well, as it turns out, she has gotten pretty close to another male friend of ours, lol. They will be at dinner tonight! I am curious to know why her male friends seem to think they are dating her, you would think she must be doing something that would give them that impression.... we shall see, hehe!!!

YAY!!!

Tonight I started spotting, which means I should be on track for stimming :) Also, I was able to give myself the injection without the same horrible problem as last night, lol.

Tomorrow, I have a dentist appointment which I am not looking forward to. I broke off a peice of my filling on my molar about a month ago and lately I have been having some pain. I am going to request they just pull it but I am not sure if that's possible since my wisdom tooth right beside it was not able to be pulled due to the nerves wrapped around it... so we shall see. Also, I have my acupuncture appointment tomorrow (at a new clinic) as well and decided to treat myself to a nice relaxing massage as well :)

.....NEEDLES..... why are you sooooo unkind to me???

Yesterday, I had a small amount of anxiety when trying to give myslef the injection of Suprefact, these needles are different then the pens I am used to taking, they don't feel as smooth when being inserted and each time gets worse.

Well, today it took me over an hour!!!!! That's right, over an hour of trying to give myself an injection. For some reason my hand would stop just as it pricked me ( I have about 12 prick marks from trying). It was very frustrating..... R even called 3 times to try and help and offered to come home from work. Once I finally was able to give myself the injection, I didn't even feel it, why am I being so silly about this???? I mean, I have had sooo many blood tests and other injections without a problem, lol.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better :)

Embyologist Meeting

February 6th, 2012 - Today was the meeting to discuss the transfer. R and I left feeling confused as we expected to have a fresh transfer and today we were told we would be having a FET. I emailed my FS since I don't think I want a FET.

My doctor replied that if all goes well (low Estrogen) at time of transfer, then we could do fresh. The only reason the Embryologist mentioned a FET was because my clinic is doing a study to see if frozen provides a more successful route.

I discussed with DH and the forum I go on and decided I would still like to try a fresh and if that doesn't work, then onto frozen..... my reason is I can always do a frozen but I only have this chance for a fresh!!!

Day of the Biopsy (ouch)

Today I had a busy day and not much sleep last night. DH and I went to Oshawa for our immediate family Christmas (better late then never, lol) and we didn't end up getting home until 5am then I was scheduled for a biopsy at 1pm so I could only get a few hours sleep. Around noon, I received a call from the FC to change to location of my appointment (from Burlington to Mississauga). So Dh and I left to head to Mississauga. It had been a while since we were at the Mississauga location and forgot how to get there. I tried to call the clinic but they turn off the phones a few hours before the clinic closes so no one answered. It turns out Iphones are quite useful in these situations (google tells all!!!). We finally arrive for my biopsy 45 mins late.... oops.

I was very nurvous going in since others had told me this is painful. Well, it took my doctor all of 5 seconds to complete and there was pinching and slight cramps. The cramps continued for the rest of the night but very sporatic..... mostly annoying then painful.

I was also given Suprefact .2ml and Provera (for 7 days) to start tonight (which I did). It had been a few months since I had given myself an injection so I was a little rusty. I went to insert the needle and only the tip went in.... I had to slowly push the rest of the needle in and finish the injection of meds.... argh.

Once I was done at the FC, I was really looking forward to taking a nap..... or even having A. cover me at work.... but no such luck. I was called in as soon as I got home (6pm) and was extremely busy until 9pm. So exhausted, I pick up dinner on the way home for me and DH. It's now almost 11:30pm and I am heading to bed.