Good morning!
knitgirl - Congrats on your 20 eggs!
Very nice. Now the waiting begins.... we're here to help get you through!
kfs - Hooray for trigger!!!!
So excited for you. Tomorrow is the big day!
Beagle - Yes, it's good you have plenty of time! Try not to stress too much because you do have time to shop around. I e-mailed or called at least 10 pharmacies since I knew we were paying out of pocket. My Dr. wanted me to use Walgreen's Specialty because they are familiar with them and knew they were reliable. It just so turned out that they were the most competitive with pricing with the research I had done as well. I know there are several other discount programs out there as well. It just depends on the drugs you are using. They were super helpful on the phone helping me get it all straightened out. My total cost went from $5500 with no discounts to $2700 with them - and I didn't qualify for the Baby Steps programs which can lead to anywhere from an additional 25- 75% off. Sorry - I'm not trying to be pushy - just wanting to let you know what was offered to me and what is available out there.
Terri - Ooooh, a hill run. That sounds tough! I hate hills. Even though I live close to the mountains and you'd assume it would be hilly, we actually live in a valley bottom and it's pretty flat. Whenever a race has hills, I die! Good for you. I can't wait to get back at it myself. I am still doing Insanity. Made it through the first month and right now I'm in the recovery week before starting Month 2.
Jen - How exciting that you're ready to get the tests done! Although, I'm sure it's a little nerve-wracking as well. Can't wait to find out what the baby's gender is!
Babywhisperer - I hope you monitoring went well and that you get to trigger tonight!!!!
Leens08 - I think you're our first international on this thread! I'm sorry you have to pay everything out of pocket. We are mostly out of pocket too. It's infuriating how different everyone's insurance is in the States. Some people have great IVF coverage and others get nothing. It's a real bummer for those of us in the last group. I shouldn't complain though because all of my bloodwork has been covered and I only have to pay for part of the cost of my ultrasounds. By the time I get through my transfer next month, we'll have paid close to $20,000 out of pocket. That includes travel expenses, etc. At least I can deduct part of it on my taxes.
Brighteyez - I hope your retrieval went smoothly!
Hello to everyone else!!!
Back during the summer, when my regular doctor and OB/GYN were trying to figure out the cause of our infertility I had a bunch of blood work done. I've had quite a bit done over the last few years for different reasons. Anyway, point being that my liver enzyme test results have been coming back a little elevated each time. My doctors don't think it's anything to worry about but I had an ultrasound done in August and then my regular doc made an appointment for me to see a specialist to rule anything out. That specialist appointment was yesterday. We were talking about things and discussing what's going on and he was scanning through my file, etc. He mentioned a few different things that can cause the enzymes to be elevated, including Celiac's disease and said that can also cause fertility issues. He must have seen that in my file somewhere. I ended up having to have more blood drawn so he could try to pinpoint what's going on. He's not very concerned based on my overall health, family history and that the ultrasound was clear but wanted to rule some other possibilities out. The whole point of this long story is that at the end of my appointment he asked if I had any questions for him. I mentioned that DH and I were trying to get pregnant and I asked if whatever is the problem with my liver is figured out would me getting pregnant complicate anything? He said no. Then he asked if were actively trying or something like that and I said we were doing IVF. Then he asks where and I tell him a few details - he then says he and his wife were looking into IVF too and he was curious about my doctor. I told him a few more things and then we were done. My guess is that he saw something in my file that mentioned IVF (everything is on a centralized computer system). I didn't mind, actually. I would have talked all day about it if I could have as it felt really good to talk about it out loud. Sorry for the long post, just found it interesting that you never really know when it's going to come up.
I'd like to write more tomorrow once I'm on my laptop. It's hard to type a lot on my phone. But sounds like everyone is waiting for an update, so here it is ...
We'll be putting 2 embies back in. I'm not too nervous about ER - I think I'll be more nervous waiting for the fertilization reports. 10:00 tomorrow at a facility in Manhattan - woohoo! 
