Hi ladies!
Jen - I'm so glad that things went well for you. Hooray for all 5 mature eggs fertilizing.
Grow embies, grow! Your story about saying you were ready to party made me laugh. I love it. Hopefully, you continue to feel better as the day goes on.
Terri - Enjoy watching your game tonight - I know that's a big rivalry and with everything going on, I'm sure it's an even bigger deal. I used to like the Steelers but I'm not keen on Ben Roth. so I might even be pulling for the Ravens.
Beagle - Have you tested yet? I can't remember if you said you were going to or just wait for AF. How awesome would it be if this was your lucky cycle. My cousins announced one of their pregnancies around Christmas - she is super creative and did something cute but I can't remember exactly what - sorry! I haven't really thought about it, mostly because I love keeping things secret as long as possible. Gotta get pregnant first and then maybe I'll think about what I'm going to do.
Moni - Your Baby Daddy idea is cute! I think we will likely wait until at least past the first trimester too.
Erin - I think you're relaxed attitude about the temping is a great sign! I'm not going to temp this cycle because I don't want one more thing to worry about if they start to get wonky for some reason. I'm glad things are looking really good for your transfer. Only one more week to go!
Amy - I'm actually a 1978 baby. Not sure how the 76 ended up on the end of my name. I think BNB threw it on there, must have already been another booger.
kfs - Glad DH is starting his supplement again. I like to think that getting mine to take his vitamin in the morning is prepping me for being a Mom since I basically have to lay it next to his plate to get him to take it.
I can't remember who asked about alcohol. During my phone consultation about injections yesterday we discussed this a little bit. She basically said that once I started stimming, I needed to treat my body as if it was pregnant. So no drinking, no hot tubs or saunas or overheating. Stay hydrated and keep my heart rate below 140. I have had a few glasses of wine this week. I think last night was probably my last glass for awhile. My husband homebrews beer so we almost always have about 5-6 kegs (5 gallon kegs, like the old soda kegs) around the house. It is sometimes very hard to have just one glass, especially in the summer! But I have been really good this summer since I figured not drinking could help us.
Things looked good at my ultrasound this morning. Of course, I won't know about the bloodwork until later today.
Since I am out of town from my clinic, a different doctor is doing my monitoring, obviously. I have to travel to the closest bigger town because my local hospital can't get the bloodowork results done STAT. The Dr. who did my ultrasound this morning was new to me but he was awesome! He came in just to do my scan as he was scheduled to take the day off - how amazing is that? I'm not even one of his normal patients. He asked some questions to get to know about me and my situation. Then during the ultrasound he did a really nice job of pointing things out on the monitor and explaining what things were.
He said my lining looked nice and thin, about 3mm, which is what they want right now. I had between 5-8 follicles on each side and he said these were likely old, crusty (my words, not his) ones and that is what they want right now too. This was news to me as I always thought the AFC at this point was counting the new, young follicles. In any case, he said this is also the ideal situation because they want to be recruiting healthy, newer eggs during stimulation. He is obviously not and RE so I'm not sure if everything he said was correct, but my RE recommended him so they must trust him to know what he is doing. He said everything looked great - so I feel pretty good going into this.
Mmm...smoothies.
I should look up that site that Jen sent the link for, just in case.
