When Nature Calls

Today, We had a great day in nature!! It was a good day to get away from our worries, well mine anyway. TJ is always thinking of ten things all at once so it may have helped him think about only 5 things during our hike at Mt Charleston.

Tomorrow, the donor is getting her egg retrieval done so TJ will have to go give a sample.
It is weird, there is nothing for me to do yet. I feel kind of left out of this part of the process.
But, I know I shouldn't feel that way!!

Donor Update

The Donor went to the doctor yesterday and everything is going very well. She has "23" growing follicles!!! She goes back tomorrow and then we will find out if she will have the egg retrieval on Sunday or if it will get postponed a day or two. 

The donor is our back up plan in case my eggs are no good again. Everything is moving pretty quickly, yet not quick enough. I'm trying not to get too excited but it seems impossible. How do you not get your hopes up or not plan ahead? 

A Gruver Adventure

We decided to go to the beach this past weekend to get away from the heat. So we left town after I got off work on Friday(not until 6pm). Friday was also the day we had to start my shots so we had to do them in the car on the way down there. It made it interesting to say the least. I had a little(TJ would probably call it more than a little) melt down because I was scared to give it to myself and TJ wanted to do it from the driver's seat which scared me even more. I pulled myself together and did it myself. YEAH!!! Afterwards I felt kind of silly because it really wasn't that bad.

Then the adventure continued when we went to breakfast the next morning. We had a lovely breakfast in Dana Point at a local cafe. Afterwards we were headed to the beach but our car had other plans and decided it didn't want to start. So we had to get a jump start from a tow truck and then head to Autozone to get a new battery. The car broke down again two blocks from Autozone. Sometimes all you can do is laugh!!!

Hiccups in the Plan

So we found out that my thyroid is working too hard so I technically I have a hypothyroid. This was a small bump in the road but the doctor told us that we can't transfer the embryos in until we have the thyroid under control.

So of course, my mind is going a hundred miles in all different directions.
How long does that take? When can I get in to see the doctor? What does this mean?

So I call to make an appointment and they can't get me in until August 1st and I was told it will take 6 weeks to regulate my thyroid. GRRRR....

But I called daily and someone cancelled (Thank you God!) So now I'm on thyroid medicine and have an appointment in 6 weeks to make sure the medicine is working.
The doctor explained that if my thyroid isn't functioning it's best then it can cause miscarriages (don't want that) and the baby can have a lower IQ (don't want that either)!!
This is a pill I won't be forgetting.

On the IVF battlefront, I have received all medications and went to learn how to give myself shots. Which terrifies me! I know I can do it but I'm kind of nervous.

So I have stopped my birth control pill. The birth control was kind of keeping my body on hold until the doctor is ready to start controlling my body. The shots will start on Friday!!

Also, Our Donor (we call her Amanda) started her period so she is starting her medications and she will be getting her estimated egg retrieval on July 31st!!!!

Ready, Set, Go...

Ok, This is the start of my blogging days. I wanted to start this blog to be an outlet for me during my IVF journey. My husband (Thomas) is the Best and has always supported my "crazy" ideas. That's what he would call them anyway! He truly does support me though. I didn't know love could be so deep. In 2006, was the first time we went to the doctor to see why we weren't getting pregnant. The doctor told us we needed to do IVF. It was going to be super expensive. Thomas wanted to leave and discuss it before making a decision but they had said the magic word for me, which was.....Baby! So of course, we signed up that day. In Thomas' defense, love makes you do crazy things and some times you just love crazy. Well, it didn't work and we could only afford that one cycle at the time. It was devastating. I felt robbed and emotionally drained.

Fast forward 5 years and I'm ready to try again. I'm very hopeful. We did more research this time and didn't let our emotions lead the decision.....ok, my emotions. At least, I'm learning from my mistakes! The first time we did IVF they said my eggs were a poor quality, which we found out my be a result of going through chemo. So this time we are going for broke!! We are going to do an IVF cycle on a donor and me then see what happens.

So I have the medication on it's way. Next week, our new doctor is going to show us how to do the shots! They found out that my thyroid is high so I have to go see a different doctor is get that under control before they will transfer any embryos. But the bright side is that we still can harvest my eggs and see if they are any good this time. So keep your fingers crossed!! We have a top notch doctor and I have a top notch husband.

I'm sure there will be many bends in the road but I know i'm on the road for the long haul!! And my hubby is too, he wouldn't know what to do with normal ;)