Keeping a positive attitude

We are almost ready to take the next step. I had three ultrasounds last week. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The growth of the follicles and the hormone levels were a slight bit more gradual than last time. The best guess on Tuesday was that I would have retrieval on Tuesday of this coming week and that is the date that looks like it will be indeed!

We were able to go to the Duck game on Saturday but I had to come back late last night after the game so that I could have an ultrasound early this AM. The follicles are rapidly growing now and the hormones are rising almost exponentially. My doctor says it just shows that the ovaries do what they want to do.

I am tired today though, a combination of elevated estrogen levels, large follicles and oh yeah, I only slept about 5 and a half hours last night.

Since I will have the week off, I have lots of knitting, movies and small projects set up to do. We will see if I can keep myself from going stir crazy!

I will have one more session of acupuncture tomorrow (he works too much).

I have been finding more and more company on this path of IVF. Some have had success and some have found more sadness than they deserve. It is not easy to explain why some couples are able to have babies without even trying and others try an try and spend lots of money and still have no success. It certainly isn't based on merit, or hard work, or ability to care for a child. I will have great appreciation for a baby when we finally have one!

There is a section from Randy Pausch's THE LAST LECTURE where he speaks of walls that you hit as an opportunity to demonstrate how badly you want something. So, I guess I will continue to find ways around the wall. I am thinking happy thoughts tonight as Tom steadies his hand for the big trigger shot to allow the eggs to be released.

I will let you know more in two days. There were about 20 follicles between the two ovaries and we will see how many are available for retrieval.

Have a great week.