Graduation and an award!

Yesterday was my last appointment with my RE. He released me to my ob-gyn (still have yet to actually find one!) at 8w3d. It was bittersweet. I'm so thankful this pregnancy has progressed without any major problems, but also nervous to not have my weekly blood draws and u/s. He also told me I could stop the Endometrin suppositories. I'm not going to miss the nastiness of those, but I will miss the reassurance I got every time I put one in and saw no spotting (sorry, TMI).

I want to thank Mrs. Brightside for my very first blogger award:) I still feel too new to the blog world to get an award, but I'm honored!

Here are the rules:
1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award
2. Share seven things about yourself
3. Award to recent discovered bloggers
4. Make sure and contact the bloggers and make them aware of the award

So, here goes...seven things about myself:
1. I was born in Michigan where both my parents grew up. My dad was a die-hard U of M football fan. The day my mom was ready to come from the hospital with me was New Year's Day and Michigan was in the Rose Bowl. My dad made her wait until half time to pick her up. Thankfully she was just as big of a football fan so she didn't hold it against him:)

2. I have only had two surgeries in my life. The first was when I was six months old and I had a tumor on my neck the size of an orange that had to be removed. The second was my senior year in college when my lung collapsed and they had to insert a chest tube for a week to "reinflate" it (actually they drained it of the fluid that leaked in).

3. I am a shameless "The Real House.wives of..." addict, except for the Atlanta series. I religiously DVR and watch all the others, including the reunion shows which are the best part!

4. I am an only child. Some people think that makes me spoiled, some people feel sorry for me. Honestly, I loved my childhood. My parents were always very good about letting me bring friends on vacations or anytime they thought I would want someone around other than them. Yes, I guess I am a little spoiled. Most of the time, I would get what I wanted, but it was also within reason. My parents were generous, but weren't excessive with their generosity. I thank them for that today, because I really value all that I have.

5. I met my husband on my first day of college, but we didn't start dating until three years later. We knew each other and hung out with the same people, but never realized there was a spark.

6. Believe it or not, I really don't like to talk about myself (I know, I know...then why the hell did I start a blog about myself?!?!). Needless to say, it's making this award really difficult to complete.

7. Even though I'm only 8 weeks into this pregnancy, I have to say the best thing are my new, HUGE boobs! I can't stop staring at them in the mirror. I've always been a consistent "B" girl (maybe even a little on the small B side), but now I'm more than filling out a "C". Hubby is loving it too!

I'm guessing these bloggers have already been tagged with this award, but they are new to my blogroll so I thought I would tag them again. I've really enjoyed following their journeys the last few weeks/months.
Uneggsplained Infertility
Allison's Wonderland (she was just tagged recently, so see her recent post Award & Telling & Stuff)

So that's it in my fairytale world these days. Wish me luck as I continue my ob-gyn search. I'm starting to get a little anxious about it!

Flying right along

I have to make this a quick post, work is out-of-control busy and our holiday party is tonight.

I went to see the Doc this morning for monitoring and it looks like I'm on the fast track this cycle. He said I was ready (I thought I might be based on what my body was telling me). I have two follies on the right, one at 20mm and one at 19mm and three on the left, one at 20mm, one at 18mm and one at 17mm (and a couple other smaller ones). My lining was a little weak at 7.5mm but I'm hoping that will fluff up before the Saturday morning IUI.

My company holiday party is tonight on a boat in the middle of the Hudson River. I was a good girl and packed my inject pen so I could take it on time, but had to go back home and switch the Gonal-F for the Ovidrel. That only added to my stressful day because I got to work an hour late.

Anyway, we're scheduled for Saturday morning and I plan on doing NOTHING but lay on the couch after. I'm going to attempt to keep a little zen during this 2ww, especially with the holiday craziness I'm in the midst of.

Home sweet home

Wow, it's been a full week since I last posted, how did that happen?!? It's been a little crazy, but crazy with typical life details, not too much on the baby-making front.

I went to the Doc last Thursday for day 3 blood work and u/s. Apparently one of the follies on the right side never released so I have a cyst. The Doc wasn't too concerned and said I would likely move forward with this cycle, but he'd be able to tell me for sure once the blood work came back. All numbers came back normal so we moved forward as planned.

Hubby and I had plans to be out of town for the weekend so I mentioned to the Doc that I wouldn't be able to come in for Sunday monitoring. He decided to have me hold off starting the injects until Friday night so I wasn't going four days without monitoring. In hindsight, that was a great decision on his part because Hubby and I got stuck in Chicago Sunday and I had to miss my Monday morning monitoring appointment. I was in a total panic when I realized I was going to miss the appointment (and go four days without monitoring), but my nurse was awesome. She emailed the Doc right away, he said not to worry and enjoy my "snow day". I think they're learning that I tend to get a little panicky when things don't go exactly according to plan. (You'd think by now I'd realize there is a LOT of stuff out of my control, but no, I still want everything to go the way it's supposed to.)

Anyway, Hubby and I were able to visit my aunt and some friends who still live in Chicago. It was a wonderful weekend with lots of laughing, eating, drinking and good times. We even made the best of getting stuck for an extra day and trekked through the blowing snow to watch some football and hang out.

We finally made it home this afternoon without any additional problems. I've got my monitoring appointment tomorrow morning to see how the follies are progressing this cycle. The Doc increased my initial dosage this time to 112 (usually we start at 75 then increase after a few days). Hopefully I've got some good ones growing in there so we can get the IUI in before we leave again for Christmas in Ohio.

I have a feeling the next two weeks are going to fly by. I've got a couple of holiday parties, lots of meetings at work, shopping, baking and baby-making that all needs to get done before next Thursday!

The Doc knows best?

I went in for monitoring and u/s this morning. The right side still seems to be pretty quiet but the left side has two decent follies - 13mm and 14mm.

My last cycle I started on 75iu for the first five days then the Doc upped it to 112.5iu for the last three days before I triggered. I expected a similar situation this cycle since I responded well last time (4 on the left over 18mm and one on the right). Given the less than stellar performance of my follies this morning I expected to be told to up the dosage tonight and tomorrow before my Wednesday check-in. Nope! I'm supposed to continue with the 75iu and see where things are on Wednesday.

I'm a little frustrated but trying to remember that the Doc has a reason for keeping things low. I was in a meeting when the nurse called so she left me a voice mail. It's too late to call the office back now which means I can't find out the bloodwork numbers. Maybe that has something to do with the continued low dose? Maybe I'm over thinking things (I do have a *tiny* tendency to over think)? Maybe I should just relax and be thankful I have two follies that are progressing? Yeah, that's what I'll (try) to do.