Saturday 9/18/10 the hubs and I drove down to the Fertility Clinic for the embryo transfer. Everyone says it went very well. Personally, I think they could have been a LOT more gentle with the speculum (aka. COLD MEAN DUCK LIPS!) but if it results in a healthy baby, I can live with a little roughness in the girl bits.
Of course, now we play the waiting game, at which I am terrible. Every symptom, real or imagined, means something to me, and I will not be settled until 9/29/10 when I go up to the Big Hospital to have my blood drawn for pregnancy testing.
KEEP FINGERS CROSSED AND SEND ME LOTS OF STICKY VIBES AND BABY DUST!!!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Fun with Endometrium
Right. So as of last Wednesday my lining was at 5.2mm. They asked me to come back for yet ANOTHER ultrasound on Monday 9/13/10. At that appointment they measured my lining at 7.36mm. FINALLY! So not only was I at adequacy on Monday, I also got to spend the day with my stepmother, which was pleasant and fun and, as it always seems to be with the Foley Clan: HILARIOUS!
Therefore, the transfer is scheduled for Saturday 9/18/10. This is good! I just hope lots of people are willing to help my Mom and Pop get their trucks from Cali unpacked, because I will not only be out of town, but will probably have to take it easy for a few days, and that will make me a whole lot of useless lump.
More good news: We're all moved in to the new place! I have a little more to tuck away downstairs, and then have to put the bedroom in proper order, but for the most part, Mum and Pop should have no trouble getting their stuff in. WHEE!
Even more good news: My co-captain for the Relay for Life NordicStyle, the munchkin and I attended the first NordicStyle Committee meeting last night. I'm so psyched for this! We should have everyone's roles sorted out within a couple of weeks, and our next meeting is next month! -hop, bounce- Not only that, but the munchkin and my widdle sister are hoping to start their own team! -GWEE!-
Um... Lessee... My sister-in-law got her tickets to see Wicked in December, and I'm hoping to get ours pretty soon too, so we can all go to Broadway together when we visit for the holidays. HUZZAH!
Err... I think that's all I've got for now. Pretty good stuff this time around! Keep fingers crossed for Saturday!!!
Therefore, the transfer is scheduled for Saturday 9/18/10. This is good! I just hope lots of people are willing to help my Mom and Pop get their trucks from Cali unpacked, because I will not only be out of town, but will probably have to take it easy for a few days, and that will make me a whole lot of useless lump.
More good news: We're all moved in to the new place! I have a little more to tuck away downstairs, and then have to put the bedroom in proper order, but for the most part, Mum and Pop should have no trouble getting their stuff in. WHEE!
Even more good news: My co-captain for the Relay for Life NordicStyle, the munchkin and I attended the first NordicStyle Committee meeting last night. I'm so psyched for this! We should have everyone's roles sorted out within a couple of weeks, and our next meeting is next month! -hop, bounce- Not only that, but the munchkin and my widdle sister are hoping to start their own team! -GWEE!-
Um... Lessee... My sister-in-law got her tickets to see Wicked in December, and I'm hoping to get ours pretty soon too, so we can all go to Broadway together when we visit for the holidays. HUZZAH!
Err... I think that's all I've got for now. Pretty good stuff this time around! Keep fingers crossed for Saturday!!!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Lining
Monday 8/30/10 I went up to the big hospital and had my endometrial lining measured to see how well it was progressing under the effects of the estrogen I'm taking. It measured at 1.4mm. According to the nurse at the clinic, it should have been at about 7mm after 8 days. Needless to say this resulted in my feeling inadequate and otherwise blah. My wonderful hubs, however, decided that this was not to be borne. So he spent about half an hour explaining the "magic" of the female reproductive system. Apparently there is a pixie duck (the result of misspeaking when trying to say "pixie dust" and just going with the mistake) that rules everything having to do with my vagina. It oversees the elves that live in my ovaries and mine my eggs so that they can load microscopic cannons at the entrance to my fallopian tubes and shoot the eggs down them once a month. Except that the liopleurodon (dinosaur - see post from August 12, 2010) has been storming through my ovaries, stomping and killing the ovarian elves faster than they can reproduce; which has made life very hard on the pixie duck.
Anyway, the nurse at the clinic instructed me to start taking my estrogen pills three times a day instead of two, and take them vaginally. This has resulted in my conviction that I am becoming a Smurf from the girl-bits, out. The pixie duck finds this confusing.
As a result of my new found Smurfdom, my endometrial lining grew 3.8mm over the course of three and a half days. As of a little before 3:00pm yesterday, my uterine lining measured at 5.2mm. The nurse and the doctor at the clinic, as well as my I.F. are all very pleased by the progress my Smurfiness has made and figure that I'll be at adequacy by Monday or Tuesday.
I have also been scheduled for yet another ultrasound down at the clinic on Wednesday morning, so that will be a lovely 6+ hour round trip. Ah, well; I figured I'd have to do some traveling for all this anyway. It's supposed to be a full-obstetrical ultrasound, whatever that entails. I'll post details when I get back from it.
Oh, and one more thing: Assuming everything is still going well on Wednesday, we're looking at an embryo transfer date sometime around September 12th. HUZZAH!
Anyway, the nurse at the clinic instructed me to start taking my estrogen pills three times a day instead of two, and take them vaginally. This has resulted in my conviction that I am becoming a Smurf from the girl-bits, out. The pixie duck finds this confusing.
As a result of my new found Smurfdom, my endometrial lining grew 3.8mm over the course of three and a half days. As of a little before 3:00pm yesterday, my uterine lining measured at 5.2mm. The nurse and the doctor at the clinic, as well as my I.F. are all very pleased by the progress my Smurfiness has made and figure that I'll be at adequacy by Monday or Tuesday.
I have also been scheduled for yet another ultrasound down at the clinic on Wednesday morning, so that will be a lovely 6+ hour round trip. Ah, well; I figured I'd have to do some traveling for all this anyway. It's supposed to be a full-obstetrical ultrasound, whatever that entails. I'll post details when I get back from it.
Oh, and one more thing: Assuming everything is still going well on Wednesday, we're looking at an embryo transfer date sometime around September 12th. HUZZAH!
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