IVF Update #4

One step closer!

Friday afternoon we had our bloodwork and ultrasound appointment. I have done so many of these over the years that it is just routine now. I have scar tissue on my arms from the countless needles drawing blood to test hormone levels or to run other tests on. The ultrasound techs and I are on a first name basis. It’ll be weird when I actually get pregnant and get to do normal belly ultrasounds instead of these vaginal ones that I’m accustomed to.

Our appointment was at the end of the work day, so our nurse didn’t call until 6PM with our results. She said that my uterus lining was thicker than normal (normal for everyone else) and she wanted to ask the doctor if I should hold off on the medicine that I was supposed to start taking that night. I told her that last time we did IVF that my lining was thick as well, so it really isn’t that abnormal for me. She looked back at my chart from last year and saw that it was 17mm thick last year, and this time it is 10mm and I’m still menstruating so it will most likely get thinner still. My bloodwork results weren’t back yet, so the nurse said she or the doctor would call me late tonight to let me know if I should go ahead with starting the medicine.

6 hours later…at almost midnight, I finally hear back from the nurse! At 10:30PM – 11PM I had texted and emailed the nurse asking if she found out if I should be starting the medicine because I kind of needed to know, soon. We were staying awake waiting to hear back. Those of you who know us, we are not night owls and we were tired from a long week, so we really just wanted to go to bed! Finally the nurse called, she was super apologetic and sweet (so of course we weren’t upset with her). She said go ahead and start the medicine and we will plan on starting injections next week.  Last night I took my new medicine; 12 pills, which added to my usual 20 pills made a grand totally of 32 pills in one day! Oh, I’m so glad that 10 of those pills were just a one time thing and I’m really only adding 2 more pills to my daily dose.

This week was our last week of school. It was also the week that Daniel’s family takes the cows out on the forest for summer grazing. So every day this week, as soon as we got home from work, we would change into our dirty clothes and help sort and move cows. It makes for a long day waking up at 5:30AM to go to work and then not coming home again until about 10:30PM. But now summer is here, and we get to relax and focus on doing IVF.

I know we say it every time, but THANK YOU! Thank you so much! We will never be able to adequately express how much help you have given us. You are amazing and wonderful people and we love you very much!

Working with cows

Last day of school - lots of good memories