Dr. Appointment Recap

Well, yesterday was our appointment with Dr. M. Al and I both had blood and urine tests and then I had a saline sonogram and pap smear. I am thrilled to say it was no where near as bad as I expected. (Perhaps I should stop reading all the posts on the internet!) It was basically just like a regular pap but also had the liquid saline shot up in my uterus. Everything looked good from the exam so now we just need to wait about a week for the other test results. The Dr. seemed very nice although we only spent about 5 minutes together and of course I was extremely nervous at the time. (That's what sitting on a bed dressed in nothing but a ripped tablecloth will do to you when you are meeting someone for the first time!) I was so nervous with the Dr. and nurse that I just kept saying funny things to lighten the mood. For instance, the dr. asked me if I have ever had any breast problems and I said "yes, major shrinkage from nursing 3 kids for a year each!" :)

After the medical appointment, we met with an IVF surrogacy coordinator along with R & S. I was totally nervous at first. It was a bit awkward sitting in the doctors office with all 4 of us seeing eachother again for the first time since 5/12, but once we all started talking again everything went smoothly. I was so happy to finally get to see them and be able to talk about everything. I feel so terrible about everything they have been through over the past couple of years. No one should have to deal with all of that.

It looks like I will start lupron injections sometime around 7/25. Luckily, this clinic only uses one type of injections- the Lupron. All other drugs will be in the form of suppositories or patches. Whohoo! What a relief. Again, I have read so many bad stories online about the horrible inter muscular- oil based injections. I am thrilled to hear I will be inserting these elsewhere instead of more shots.

The egg retrieval would be somewhere between 8/17-8/23 and then the transfer would most likely be 5 days after. We are still discussing how many eggs we would transfer. This will really be finalized at the time of the contract. I am very scared to transfer more than 2. I really want to make sure I am making safe decisions for myself and not putting myself in a position where my own children will suffer if I am on bedrest. But, on the other hand, I want to make sure this will actually work and that R & S will get a baby out of this! It is hard to believe this is actually happening. It feels surreal to me.

We are leaving in 4 days for a family vacation to Palm Desert, CA and I am really looking forward to a relaxing time as a family. It will be great to get away from work and responsibility and be able to spend time thinking about this amazing journey. I pray that all will go well for us and of course for R & S.

Happy 40th birthday to R today!!!!! I hope you get everything you want. :)