Full Steam Ahead!

Yesterday was my scheduled RE appointment for this cycle.  Because I don't take stims this cycle I don't have to go very often. 

 

Shockingly enough I was yet again unprepared for this visit!  I thought I would go in and do blood work then have my ultra sound to check my lining and be finished. I was wrong and it is a little frustrating that they don't tell me these things.  I have this nice schedule that tells me what drugs to take and what to stop and start depending on my results but do they tell you the whole story... no!

 

So I go in with nurse Donna who does my weight (gained 6lbs in 2 months) and then she took my blood pressure which was excellent.  I go into the exam room next where Ms. Devine comes in to do my ultrasound.  She says my lining looks excellent at a 10.2 (it needs to be at least a 9).  She checks my ovaries and all looks good.  So then she says," we are going to do your cervical stitch". WHAT?  OUCH!  I tell myself that I have no choice and this too shall pass.

 

She swabs some numbing junk up there then says we have to let it sit for about 5 minutes to work.  She gets up to leave the room and schedule my appointment for Friday and says we will wait for Dr. Homm because it takes her about 5 minutes to do the procedure but he can do it in 2 minutes so she will let him do it... again UGH!  I sat there for about 15 minutes and let me just say it was NOT COMFORTABLE!  Dr. Homm finally came in with his nurse and did two "pass throughs" as he called it in about 2 minutes.  Let's just say that the numbing stuff isn't full proof!

 

I was instructed to stop injections after 25 of those bad boys and start the rest of my drugs.  My pill case looks like an old lady since now I am taking:

1. Prednisone (3x a day)
2. Doxicyclone (2x a day)
3. Estrogen (2x a day) 
4. Prenatal
5. Baby Asprin
6. DHA
7. Folic Acid

Oh and I still wear a estogen patch and do crinone twice a day, oh and I get to add some xanax to that Thursday night and Friday morning!

 

So I have an appointment for Friday at 12:30 to collect 2 (7 day old) blasts and put them back in their home. 

 

Please pray for us, we need all we can get!