I ran across this post (scroll down for some creative surrogacy and infertility card suggestions) and thought it was funny enough to share (by the way, for you readers with little blog experience, you can click on the purple colored text... they are hyperlinks to another site and I use them to direct readers to more information, or pictures, or in this case, a funny blog post from someone else because, as my dear sister told me a number of times, my recent posts are so boring they put her to sleep).
I can't believe I took my last shots this morning. This cycle just flew by, once it actually started, that is. I am getting increasingly "full" and slightly sore in the ovary area. I have been dealing with last minute retrieval details all day. I finalized the surrogacy contract, pre-registered and prepaid for the hospital (retrieval is done at one-day surgery) and the anesthesia, and completed the PGD paperwork. I had to give my medical history during pre-registration, and instead of sailing through my minimal medical history or problems, as I did in my past few retrievals, I had to stop and think about how my severe preeclampsia/HELLP syndrome played into any of her questions. I still answered no to mostly everything (except the blood pressure questions, which aren't currently a problem, but I still think worth mentioning). I successfully fought the urge to tell the woman that "I am fine until I am about half-way through a pregnancy, and then the baby and I try to kill each other."
Angie had to go in for a last minute blood test to test for CMV exposure, but I think it is a legal requirement more than a practical necessity. She also tested a little low on her estrogen levels (just barely, they want her over 300 and she is at 290), and will need to add an oral estrogen pill to supplement the patches (I think I had to do that for my frozen cycle as well).
That's about it. Trigger tonight at 9 sharp. Report to one day surgery at 7 am on Friday. No food or drink after midnight on Thursday, no jewelery, no lotion or makeup, etc. The typical surgical stuff. The end is in sight (at least my part of it is... hopefully Angie's has a little over 9 months to go*).
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* Edited for clarity, see my next post.
3 comments:
"About to begin" are u kidding did you forget about the last 4 months.
This is nervewracking. I can only imagine what the Smykeeny sisters are feeling. I like that blog you linked to - did you read about Little Miss Positive?
Yeah, I thought about that after I typed it, but I meant in regard to the eggs/embryos, not the cycle in general, because obviously you have been doing shots off and on since May.
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