Flying by...

This whole week has been one big blur...!

Wednesday: Went in bright 'n early for b/w. Around 2pm, I got a call from our IVF nurse. Her message basically said that our RE had looked at my blood work and he would like to decrease my stims...from 187.5 to 150. My E2 level was 138. (Nooo framer of reference for that number!) I was to do 150 on weds and Thurs night, and then come in for u/s and b/w on Friday am. Here's the catch - I usually go into their Hartford office (about 30 mins closer to work, etc.) Well, she said that our RE would be in the Farmington office, so I'd need to go there instead. Weird. I thought the nurses could do the u/s. She said if I had any questions, to call.

So I did. (Shocking, I know!) I told her that the time for the Fri appt was fine, but that I was wondering what my E2 level meant. Was that good or bad? She kind of chuckled (nicely) and said, "Welll...your baseline E2 was 28...and you went to 138 in two days." Umm..ok...is that bad? "We want it to increase, we just don't normally see it increase that quickly. Dr. E just wants to play it safe with you...you're young, you ovulate on your own..." etc. etc... You get the point. I hung up the phone feeling good. At least the meds were doing their jobs!

Friday: Got to the RE's office early in the hopes that they'd take me early. No suck luck. Waited for about an hour (that extra half hour because I go there so early...stupid idea!) - the whole time playing the "number game" with myself. How many follicles do you think there will be?? Once I was in the room, the RE was in and had the dildo-cam in place in a matter of seconds. (Remember, that waiting room was hoppin!) It was a little more uncomfortable than normal, so I was expected big numbers. Nope. Not really. I'll admit that I was so shocked that he didn't say "Whoa! Look at that!" when he looked at my ovaries...that I kind of blanked. From what I heard him say to the nurse, I believe we had an 11mm and a 12mm on each side. He mentioned something about "follicles" being still on the small side, but that we still had time to catch up...it was only day 4 of stims. I'm not sure if he was talking about the ones he measured, or if there were others as well. He said to continue Gonal at 150 and to start Ganirelix Saturday morning. Our next monitoring appt would be Sunday.

The second he left the room I regretted not asking my millions of questions. I find myself trying to toe the line between being an "easy" patient and being my Type A self. However, on Sunday I WILL be asking my questions.

OH!! and the biggest news of all... That afternoon I got THE CALL we'd been waiting for! Around 3pm I got a voicemail from the insurance coordinator (ya know...my bff!) that ICSI has been APPROVED by insurance! I can't even begin to tell you what a weight that was, lifted off our shoulders. I choose to take this as a sign that this is meant to be....?

Saturday: This morning Hubby and I set our alarms for 7 and he gave me my first Ganirelix shot. Crossing my fingers that today goes by quickly, and tomorrow will bring good news!