Date Change for the Big Reunion

Our frozen embryo transfer has actually been brought forward. This is the first time in this entire journey anything has happened earlier than planned. We’re now looking at April 21st! This is just over two weeks away, which is surreal after waiting this long. We’re really pleased about it generally, but also because we’ll know where we stand by the end of April when my job situation might be changing (possible new job). We were able to get an earlier transfer day because J the Elder’s previously planned business meetings during the week of the 20th were postponed. Luckily CCRM had a slot open that day.

I started my big gun drugs last Thursday on Cycle Day 3. In addition to the Lupron I’ve been on for a couple of weeks, now I’ve got an estrogen patch stuck to my stomach, some lovely, smallish purple dots from the Lovenox blood thinner shots also on my stomach and am popping the following pills daily: Baby Aspirin, Pre-Natals, Folgard x 2 (prescription folic acid for my MTHFR mutation), Calcium plus Vitamin D (to counteract the damaging effect of Lovenox on the bones) and an Iron Supplement.

The first of my three CBCs (complete blood counts) is tomorrow morning and then each other one is four day s later. They’ll check the platelets to see what effect the Lovenox is having on my blood. My first E2 check is on Wednesday. Three appointments this week and four next.

I had the Laminaria and, quite frankly, the less said about it the better. It was awful. Unbelievably painful during the procedure and for about twelve hours afterwards, made worse by the fact that the pain killers I was prescribed did nothing other than make me very sick. So I was out of it for most of that day and evening and was relieved to have it removed the next morning. Apparently my cervical opening went from “pinhole” to “radius of a pencil” in that time. I suppose it's no wonder I was in discomfort. The effect is expected to last for a while - CCRM like this procedure to be done no longer than thirty days before the transfer, but also prior to the period preceding the transfer.

We’ve decided to drive to Denver again, leaving on Saturday 18th. We were intending to fly there and drive back in a rental car, but this would add a huge cost to the trip, since there’s a large charge for dropping off a car in a different state. I don’t want to fly back, due to my fear of flying (documented earlier in this blog). I just don’t want any kind of stress or rushes of adrenaline going through my body when the embryos are trying to implant. We’ll be taking our dog Maddie with us again, since she was a great help last time. It was nice to have someone else to care for and focus on but ourselves and our nerves.

I'm beginning to feel like a bloated pin cushion, but very happy to be at this stage in the journey.