Not sure what to write these days. I feel like its the same story over and over. Needle in belly, blood test, ultra sound, results. My belly is a battlefield of polka dots and bruises. So here are a few quick notes from the past few days.
Day 7 Injections: This is the evening we hit our first vain. I didn't feel it, but the hubby sure did. Little blood, large bump, hives...and a call to the emergency nurse line. All was good, it was our first time giving me the Cetrotide injection and we were worried that I was having an allergic reaction because after hitting the vain I got an immediate hive that was about an inch in size. The nurse said that it could be a reaction to the needle and to ice it. We iced it for about 20 minutes and everything was fine.
Day 8: a blur of lots of TV and a trip to the grocery store and a 3 jabs to the belly.
Day 9: It's Sunday and the doctor's office was nice enough to give us a 7:15am appointment for a blood test and ultra sound. I love waking up at 6am on a Sunday morning....its my favorite thing (cue enormous and dramatic sigh). We were able to measure a lot of the follicles and some where measuring up to 16. Nurse said it looks like 15 follicles are maturing very nicely which is a fantastic number. You don't want to have too many, but you also don't want just a few. My E2 level was over 2000. I'm surprised I didn't cry.
One of my closest friends had an adorable baby a couple weeks ago, but because I was sick I wasn't able to meet him. Today we finally got over there. I think I spent a full hour just holding him! Had to put some of that baby energy into my body...he is my baby Buddha.
