Not having to do shots right now is great.
With great satisfaction I chugged my last needle into the orange container on Friday, grinning that I wouldn't have to use needles again (and then I modified that to: At least until my next IVF cycle. Let's be practical here, babe.)
I started the ass bullets yesterday, and am happy to report that I already feel tired and crampy, as they make one feel. It's also doing wonders for my colon (the drugs are suspended by solidified vegetable oil which the body lates rejects), but that's maybe TMI (note to any constipators out there: Go pop the top of the Crisco and lube up, man.)
Tomorrow all 5 of the remaining Vanessa-Aidan Poster Children For Cheese embryos get thawed. We're doing this because it did our head in to think of how to do it otherwise-thaw 2? Then 3 if needed? Thaw 3, and get left with lousy 2? Buy low sell high? Pre-heat oven first? It was too much, so we took the RE's advice to thaw all 5 and pick the best two.
So we will, because Lemmings is What Vanessas Do Best.
Just as all 5 of the only combined genetic material in the world that we have is thawing, I get to make my way across the country to Upper Buttfuck, where I have a full day meeting. I didn't want to go for various reasons: 1) I wanted to take it easy, less because I am trying to rest up for the transfer and more because these days I am an unmotivated sloth, 2) I hate going to Upper Buttfuck and make it a general rule to immediately reject any meeting invites for there straight out of the Outlook barrel and 3) my nose bleeds if I go north of the M25. But this was an important enough business meeting, so to Upper Buttfuck I go.
We should get a call tomorrow letting us know how the frozen ones are doing in their defrost, as well as a time for transfer on Wednesday. I have taken the day off work on Wednesday, less because of wanting to have bed rest on day of transfer and more because of the aforementioned Option 1. I think I'm going to spend it watching 80's films on DVD.
So close and yet so far.
Hope it went well today. Thinking of you.
Posted by: thalia at August 2, 2006 10:58 AMless than 24 hours now.
Posted by: statia at August 1, 2006 08:59 PMYeah for no more shots!
Posted by: april at July 31, 2006 07:10 PMSounds like a good plan. I am keeping my fingers crossed for the five remaining dwarves....
Posted by: caltechgirl at July 31, 2006 06:24 PMI think you were smart to thaw the 5. I was left with the lousy two and now I don't know what we will do if this cycle doesn't work. We probably would have been better to thaw the lot and pick the best one's.
I'll hope everything goes well with the thaw and that you have two perfect embryo's for transfer. All the best.