after last night's post and subsequent shot (ouch), I laid awake in bed for what seemed like forever just thinking about all the what ifs. What if this works and i get pregnant? How will that work with my residency? Where would we put the crib? What would we name the baby? What if this doesn't work? Would we adopt a baby? International or domestic? Would anyone choose us to adopt their baby? Would we want to have a white baby and play it off as our own, or would we pick any race/color/ethnicity and have it be totally obvious and open that the child is adopted? How ironic would it be if we got pregnant on our own after two failed IVF attempts? How exciting would it be to be able to share that news with Dane after secretly buying a pregnancy test at the store? And then we could tell all of our friends and family! it would be so exciting!
I met with the nurse this morning, and the reason they decided to trigger ovulation for Friday retrieval is that all of a sudden my eggs starting growing like crazy! One of them grew nearly a whole centimeter in just one day!! And there appear to be 5-6 on each side right now. They won't all be good probably, but if we get a few from each side, that would be double what we had last time. My estrogen level is now around 3000-4000! So I guess I have an excuse for being emotional. I'll get one more call this afternoon to let me know if the trigger shot worked based on my blood test results. If not, I go in for a booster. But either way, tomorrow at noon will be the retrieval. Just our luck that tomorrow at 10am is supposed to be the peak of a big spring snow storm slated to bring in 1-2 feet of snow to the metro area!! The plan will be to leave early, drive slow, take the 4-runner, and let dane be the one behind the wheel. If we had a wreck on the way down there, I believe it would be grounds for my wanting to leave Colorado. I will say my prayers for safe travels.
hmm - the scientific mind would observe that your eggs "grew like crazy" in the 24 hours of which we have documented proof that you were overly stressed. Perhaps all that annoying advice you got all these years to "just relax and pregnancy will happen" is quite the opposite of true . . . Of course, it was probably just the really expensive medicine doing what you are enduring it for, but I just had that thought about the stress. I hope it make you chuckle - or really pissed off - whatever works! Love, Mom
ReplyDeleteSarah - we'll definitely be praying for you two to have a safe trip - followed by a successful procedure! And then hopefully you can get off the hormone roller coaster. All the best!
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