The Beginning of the End

It's been quite a week!  I saw the doctor Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and today.  Things are progressing really well, and at this point I'm feeling cautiously optimistic that this cycle may end much differently than our one in April...and that is a good thing.  There's been a lot of activity in my ovaries (meaning lots of follicles growing, and I have some huge ones!).  I'm hoping this means that we'll be retrieving some nice, big, healthy, mature eggs.

Speaking of which, my retrieval is scheduled for Saturday morning at 8 AM.  I'm feeling nervous and hopeful, but mostly I'm just eager to have it over.  It's the beginning of the end, and it's scary.  So much is going to happen over the next few days.  Overall this cycle seems to be so much better, and we're actually having to discuss whether or not we want to limit the number of eggs we have fertilized...we have the potential to have THAT many.  It's so hard to know what to do...on one hand, we hate to limit and then wish we had done more.  On the other hand, we do not want to be in the position of having too many embryos.  Praying that God gives us wisdom on this one, and that He will give us the perfect number.

If all goes according to plan, transfer will take place on Monday.  And then we wait!  It's almost surreal that we're at this point again.  I am thankful.

And speaking of thankful, I am SO incredibly thankful for the excellent customer service I have received from my specialty pharmacy over the past week.  We have had one heck of a time getting refills on my meds this past week thanks to superstorm Sandy.  There was actually one point on Monday afternoon that I got a call telling me that those meds that I had to have delivered the next morning?  Yeah, that wasn't going to happen, thanks to the weather.  (The pharmacy is stationed in Pennsylvania.)  I tell you, I nearly broke down and cried right there on the phone.  Being in the middle of the cycle, I could NOT go without these refills!  But we worked together, and in the end they managed to get my stuff shipped to me overnight night, from Texas (I live in the Midwest).  Phew!  Thank you God!

Another thing to be thankful for...the boy and I have been staying with my aunt this past week in order to be closer to my doctor's office (I live 2 hours away from my fertility specialist).  We have had a good week together.  Tonight the Mr. joined us; I'm happy to have our family all under one roof again.  And I'm especially thankful that my aunt so generously opened her home to us this week!

And one more thing.  Two of my husband's brothers, their wives, and their families (along with several of the Mr.'s aunts, uncles, and cousins) live on the east coast.  They are without power, but they are safe and their houses are fine.  We are so grateful.

I hope you all have much to be thankful for this week as well!