Dodged a bullet

Whew!!! The doc's office just called. I can go straight into the next cycle, starting with Lupron tonight. I can start the Follistim Monday morning and night, then go for bloodwork Wednesday morning. That is SUCH good news because I really really really didn't want to go on birth control again.

Grateful

Even though I'm still completely bummed about my test results yesterday, I am also extremely grateful for all the support and friendship that comforted me. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

and the fat phlebotomist sings

The blood test was negative. The CNP says most people are pregnant within 2 or 3 cycles using this method and there's no reason not to try again. I can see one more cycle, but not so sure about 2 more.

Tagged

I've been tagged by Linda

Four jobs that I have had:
Service Support Controller
Aerospace Ground Equipment Technician
Grocery store checkout
Corporate Services Clerk

Four movies that I can watch over and over again:
Any of the Star Wars series
Princess Bride
Armageddon
Excalibur

Four places I have lived:
Columbia, PA
Panama City, Panama
Godmanchester, England
Clovis, NM

Four TV shows I love to watch:
Days of our Lives
Friends
Seinfeld
Clean Sweep

Four Websites I read daily:
A Blog about my day to day life (Susan)
Fairy Flutters
Life in the Crazy House
The Pereira Pit

Four places I have been on vacation:
Isla Grande, Panama
Zwiebrucken, Germany
Disney, Florida
Atlantic City, NJ

Four favorite foods:
Linguine and white clam sauce
Chocolate covered pretzels
Lasagne
Chicken Pot Pie (PA Dutch style!!!)

Four places I’d rather be:
at home with Stefanie
shopping with Stefanie
on the playground with Stefanie
anyplace with Stefanie

Four people to tag:
I don't know any ppl who haven't been tagged already!

Sorry - just a quick update

I had a sick sitter last Friday and had to wake Stefanie's godmother to stay with her while I ran to get my ovaries fondled. They are slightly enlarged but smooth, in other words...OK. My progesterone level was also good. I'm just in that 2 wk wait mode. It is really hard to be patient but I don't want to start testing just for the sake of testing. I will test with an early HPT tomorrow morning around 6 or 6:30am. That might even be too early if I am pregnant, so if it's negative, I'm not gonna freak. I will keep testing over the weekend since I got a 3-for-the-price-of-2 pack of tests.

If I get a positive result tomorrow morning, I think the whole world is gonna know. Well at least my closest friends and my Babycenter community will know.

T minus 20 hours and counting.......

Trigger Happy

I was approved to trigger ovulation Friday night!!! One last shot (for now) sounds great to me! IUI was done Sunday and Monday mornings. Much to my surprise, IUI hurts less than a PAP smear and took less time. I had to lay there for 10 minutes after the package was delivered (reading my latest Star Wars book). Wow! Talk about 'wham bam thank you maam'!!!

Even better news....the doctor is a big Star Wars fan too!!! The Force was definately with us Sunday morning. I could feel it. And bonus brownie points....the doctor did not know about the Easter Eggs on the DVD's, so I told him how to find them.

So now, I start taking (EVIL) Progesterone pills tomorrow, go back Friday to check my blood Progesterone level and for an ovary check, then have a blood pregnancy test on the 23rd. I know I won't be able to stand it that long. I wanna see that BFP home test before the doc tells me! I'll probably take one of the early home tests late next week.

This is definately nearing the peak of the roller coaster ride this cycle!

Quick update...

I started taking the Lupron injections on 12/21 and finished taking the BCP (thank GOD!!! because it was seriously giving me some hormone induced meltdowns) on 12/25. My bloodwork on 12/30 was all good so I started the Follistim injections on 12/30, twice daily, 300 units each, and reduced the Lupron to 5 units instead of 10. I had my first ultrasound 1/4 and I have 5 (yes, count them, 5!!) follicles developing. What a nice birthday present for me! Apparently 5 follicles is pretty darn good. My next ultrasound is 1/6 to monitor the number and growth of follicles. I'm hoping for the go ahead to trigger ovulation very soon!