It seems the F in IVF is for FOR-E-VER.  Okay, it’s only been two days, but it seems like a long time without any blood draws or sonograms, or something.

My mom keeps asking me how I feel.  When I say fine, she is clearly disappointed.  What is that?  I suppose she will only be happy when she hears that I’m barfing my guts out.  Great!

Thanks to all you well-wishers, and also to the loving ill-wisher that keeps checking on me!

Fantastic News today!

We went into the IVF clinic for our day three transfer of embryos, and there were so many good ones, that Dr. Shen recommended we wait until day five.  The chances of pregnancy go up with a day five transfer, so everything is going better than expected.

Dr. Shen recommends that we do two embryos, though she thinks our chances are decent with only one.  We are leaning toward the recommended two.

Marce and I called our families with the good news, and everyone is really excited.  It is starting to seem like our “someday” might really happen soon!

Marce and I couldn’t be happier, though we are slightly nervous about possible complications from twins.  We do think twins would be fun (and lots of work), so we’ll see!

Good news today!

Of our thirteen eggs from retrieval, a whopping nine of them were successfully fertilized through the ICSI prossess.  That is quite a bit more than we, and our doctor, were expecting.

A friend said that’s enough for a baseball team.  Maybe so, but we’re not looking to staff the whole squad!

We are scheduled for a likely day three transfer on Sunday.  That sounds nice, since we will be able to relax a bit on the holiday weekend.

Both Marce and I are nervous about this whole process, and we don’t want to get our hopes up too high, but so far, so good.

The retrieval procedure went off without a hitch this morning.  I am REALLY sore, and it’s hard to walk around.  I also have to pee every thirty minutes or so!

We were very fortunate though, that thirteen eggs were retrieved.  I was hoping for six or seven, so that is a great number to us.  Lucky thirteen!

I’m spending the day watching movies with Marce on the couch.  She has been wonderful taking care of me, keeping track of all of the medications, and giving me all of those shots.  She’s been a trooper, and it’s made things much easier for me.

I am, however, not looking forward to the progesterone shots that loom ahead.  We found out today that if I get pregnant, I will take them for a total of ten weeks!  Ouch!

If all of this works, though, it will all be worth it.

I gave myself my first solo shots today… in the car!  Not too bad, but I was in a hurry so I didn’t put pressure on the first shot and it bruised a little.

Marce has been getting good at giving the shots without bruising or pain.  Last night, though, sleeping on the side where I had my shot was too painful.

First ultrasound since starting shots today.  Everything looks fine.

At around midday, a major migrane set in, and I had to go home from work.  After a snack, two Tylenol, and a two hour nap, I felt much better.  No more headache, but I’m really tired.

On Friday we have another sonogram.  I am supposed to bring the Cetrotide to that appointment.  Whoopee!  Another shot!

That’s all for now…

We decided to combine parts of our IVF Journal and some pics into a running record of our IVF experience to share with family.