My Journey Through Life Including the Cruel World of Infertility, the Disappointments in Corporate America, the Joys of Marraige, the Wonderful World of Parenting, the Devastation of Pregnancy Loss and Secondary Infertility as well.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Update - We are moving forward!!
What a crazy long week this has been!! I think I am going to go to bed but I wanted to write an update. We have been matched!!! We received a profile last Friday and accepted it on Sunday night! WOO HOO!!! We had our psych consult this Wednesday and a baseline u/s yesterday! Our consult went really well. I so wish the therapist was local as I would go see him more often but we ended up doing the consult via Skype since he is in California! Baseline u/s went well and I have been given the clear to start Lupron on Tuesday!! I start Folgard tomorrow morning, Lupron on Tuesday, stop BCP on Thursday and if AF shows on time, start the Vivelle Patches on 10/22. Transfer is tentatively set for 11/11 - 11/19 but can change depending on donor's response & timing. Unfortunately anything can change at anytime so I just have to remain flexible and not be too attached!! Easier said than done! I am a little nervous as I will be doing both PIO & Lovenox (starting on the day of transfer this time around.) But I am willing to do both forever if it means a healthy baby!!
With the way things are going, mid-November will be here before we know. My inlaws are visiting this weeek for 4 days, my DS1s 3rd birthday is next Saturday and then our 11th anniversary is November 2nd. And work is nutty and probably will be for a few more weeks. It is nice to be busy to help the time go by but I have to remember to keep my stress at bay too. Again, easier said than done!
Any suggestions or recommendations on ways to keep stress at bay during this process? Thank you!!
Friday, October 4, 2013
What to do? What to do?
I had my saline sono this past Monday and everything looks good! And they did my bloodwork as well at the same time. Everything came back well except my thyroid levels, which were up to 3.8. I am already on 112mcg of synthroid so they have increased my dosage to 125mcg starting tomorrow. In the email to me today, they sent me a lab slip and asked me retest in 4-6 weeks. I assumed this meant there would be a delay in getting a match until I get my thyroid straightened out.
To my complete & utter surprise, there is a potential profile in my inbox right now, sent to me tonight. OMG!!! I am in shock! I am tired tonight so I decided I would wait until I am rested tomorrow to review the profile with my DH. I, however, took a sneak peak at the potential calendar, which was not a good idea for someone who should be going to bed! The calendar shows that it would have me out in California when my parents are scheduled to come visit us (about 6 weeks from now.) I truly never expected things to happen this fast! They have absolutely no idea we are still TTC at all and they would freak out if they knew as they think I am too old (just turned 41). I had written in past posts about how the were not happy when we got pg last year & had all the issues we did. I normally wouldn't care but we have finally gotten our relationship built back up after it fell apart when they treated me terrible last year during my pg & after our loss. I am now scared to read the profile. What am I going to do if we really like the profile???? I have never been very good about making excuses to cancel things and I know my parents would be really mad as they have not seen my little guy since mid-July. One thing on my mind is to just tell them how crazy work is and that maybe we should come out there for Thanksgiving instead - although I hate to have to visit them when either doing PIO or finding out if our cycle is a BFP or BFN. And I was saving Thanksgiving weekend as a potential potty training weekend too, if it doesnt happen before-then.
What to do? What to do?
First step before I worry is to read the profile forgetting about my parents to see if we like it and go from there! The one question I do have is if it is OK to cycle while trying to get my thyroid straightened out again? I will ask the clinic on Monday if we decide to accept the match.
Our psych consult is this Wednesday as well. We are having it through Skype with a therapist in California. Should be interesting!!
Off to bed if I can sleep!!
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