The Big Appointment

Yesterday, I had my big appointment.  The sonohystagram, trail transfer and endometrial biopsy.  I had a friend watch Weston for me, jumped on the train and headed south.  Chris picked me up at the train station and we headed to Daybreak for the doctors appointment.  Normally I go to the U or U clinic in Centerville or at the hospital; but this was the only appointment they had available to do all 3 procedures at the same time. 

The sonohystagram is pretty easy.  They flush out your uterus and tubes with salt water to make sure you that don't have any blockages and your good to go.  A little cramping, but nothing bad. 

The trial transfer. They use a catheter and do exactly what you think, do a mock trial transfer.  They want to double check and make everything is clear and to also mark how deep to go in with the catheter.  Easy peasy. 

Now, onto the endometrial biopsy.  Not fun.  They gave me some Ibuprofen to help with the discomfort and then they use a catheter and they poke at your uterus repeatedly.  They did this 3 different times; each time they went a bit deeper.  They want to get as much tissue sample as they can, along with damaging the uterus enough so the embryos can attach to the "scarring".  I had severe cramping during the procedure, but about 5 minutes after I was ok.  Its great to have this done because they check for precancerous cells.  If anyone know the celebrity, Giuliana Rancic, this is how she found out that she had precancerous cells for breast cancer; would have never known had they not started the IVF procedure.

Today I am feeling ok.  I had to stop all caffeine and alcohol intake on Sunday.  Alcohol has been easy to stop, I only drank occasionally anyways.  The caffeine on the other hand, I am struggling with.  I am having bad headaches, so I am having a small coke every other day to help.  Hopefully I can start going a lot longer.

Next Wednesday, I decrease the amount of Lupron I am injecting to 5 units, stop birth control and start estrogen; so if you see me crying, I'm fine.  100% fine, just on a hormone high.  We go back to the doctor on Feb 10th to check the lining of my uterus to make sure we are ready.  Or as Dr Peterson would say, check to see if the hamburger bun is ready for the meat, lol!  We will find out that day when we will transfer the embryos.  Right now we are pending Feb 16th , 17th or 18th; they will also let us know when we start the Progesterone shots, now be jealous.  We draw the medication out with a 22 gauge needle and put back in me with an 18 gauge needle.  The things we do for babies!

And big news also, we bought a house! Yes, we were originally going to build, but the house we found is going to be perfect for what we need.  We are under contract and scheduled to close the same time as the embryo transfer!! It's going to be a great week in February!

Thanks everyone for the love and support!!

Lupron

On Sunday, the injections started.  I have a picture of the meds, but my computer crashed, so I am blogging from one that is not mine.  The Lupron is 10 Units each day, and so far, so good.  I am still on the active birth control also.  This injection goes right into the abdomen, not very painful, feels like a tiny bee sting.

Easy peasy right! 

Appointments

It's that time, time to make all the appointments.  I have been on the phone all morning with the U of U trying to get all of our appointments scheduled and meds orders.  I am happy to report, the meds are ordered and I start the first injection 2 weeks from today, eeeeekk! I have made 1 out 2 appointments, on hold as I type for the second appointment.  And after, I get to make the full payment, only $2720.00.  I'll take it! When we paid for Weston, I remember swiping $9000.00! What a difference a frozen cycle can make.

I am still currently on birth control and it's driving me crazy.  My cycle and hormones are screwed up a little bit, so I have been on edge.  I am trying really hard to think before speaking.  I love Chris's face when I say something he doesn't like; he wants to get made, but laughs instead.  The birth control is also making me very queasy.  I never have to take the stuff, so when I do, it fights me.  Only three more weeks of the stuff, and then I will be explaining what the Estrogen does to me.  HAHA! We better stock up on chocolate!