First and foremost — Vegas was AWESOME. I could make that a yearly weekend getaway. Loved the whole weekend! My feet would disagree, but fashion always trumps comfort. HA!
As you may already know, I started my IVF meds on Friday, May 14th. From that time till now, things seem to have been a whirlwind. It is extremely difficult to give you all the details — as I’m not sure I completely understand all of the details. I went in for my monitoring vaginal ultrasound on Tuesday morning, and had more blood drawn. The lady who did my ultrasound said that it appeared as though I was responding well to the meds. I was pretty excited, and I was even more surprised to receive a call from Dr. Silber’s office later that morning. My blood work showed that my LH levels had tripled. I was instructed to give myself a shot of Ganirelix as soon as possible. I felt a bit panicked — but did as I was told. The nurse told me there was no need for concern and I would be given additional instructions later that day after Dr. Silber reviewed all of my test results.
That afternoon I got another call and was told that all of meds were needing to change -AND- the egg retrieval would take place on Friday or Saturday. Ummm, what happened to May 25th? Can you say frazzled? So, after all was said and done — what was tentatively planned was suddenly topsy turvey and I had a slight meltdown (change of meds, change of date, lots of pain, work scheduling conflicts, etc). Sigh. It felt good to just let it all out though. Phew. I had to give myself four shots last night and report for another vaginal ultrasound and bloodwork in the a.m.. Thankfully, I survived. SMILE.
I reported for my tests again this morning and waited patiently for the call to confirm when my retrieval would be. The call came this afternoon — FRIDAY 05.21.10 is thee big day. We’ll report at 5:30 a.m. Steve will do his semen specimen and I will report to same day surgery. This is happening all so quickly which is both good and bad for a control freak like myself.
In closing, I would ask that you please pray with us for a success in numbers. The nurse said today that they’re hoping for two good eggs. I was devastated, but did say to her that we could still believe for miracles. Amen. Amen. Amen. On Monday 5/24 we will get the fertilization results and on Wednesday 5/26 we’ll get the freeze results. We are praying and believing for three quality embryos (the embryos are assessed in quality, the higher the quality — the better the chance for pregnancy).
Coveting your prayers at 7:30 a.m. (CST) this Friday. The procedue will take approximatley 45 minutes to an hour. Hugs, Kisses and many thanks to each of you!!!
Amy K. says
Big prayers going up for you guys tomorrow. Love ya!!
kdana says
oh my goodness. didn't know you had already started it or that you were this far along. so do they think there are only two good ones, or they are hoping for two, planning for more? praying right now. i am getting anxious and nervous for you just thinking about it all. good job kelly. hang in there. the road from here will get easier. praying for God's favor. Stand strong. Lean on steve during this. SO glad you chose silber. and still jealous DeRosa is your doc. I am inlove with him. hahaha. excited to read your updates and fall you during this journey.