One little Sandra and one little Justin

Yippee! Can you tell which one is me and which one is Justin? Everything today went well. The blastocysts (5 day old embryos) look great. The one on the bottom is already hatching.

So now the hard part starts, tick tock, tick tock. I'm keeping everything crossed!! Thanks for all your support!

A fond farewell to The Boys

Well folks, here you have it, it's the old snip snip for Rufus' Big Boys. He started growling at me and Justin this weekend (a ferocious, snarling growl). He actually bit me (no marks) this morning. He's had some food aggression issues for about a month. Our vet thinks he's trying to establish dominance and said we need to nip it (or snip it) in the bud quickly to get control of it before it becomes a pattern. So, the world will be at a loss because the galacial man parts will be gone.

Our vet thinks part of this could be because Justin left (for school) but then came back (for the weekend) - probably something like Rufus had me all to himself and then Justin came back and was too much man for Rufus - that's my super manly, man, Justin.

Well, at least the basset nazis will be happy.

He's recommended some behavior modification like hand feeding and not letting him on the bed, so I'm ready, and I have my wooden spoon within reach in case I have to lay the smack down on him. Right now, he's asleep on me like a little angel.

On the non dog front, I am still HOT and rapidly approaching D-Day, Thursday.

I have a rental car because Justin's car has been in the shop for a week and a half now and every time they work on it, they mess up something new. But, hey - I'm just glad I don't live in Iraq!

Think good pregnant, baby thoughts for me this week!

I am HOT!

Oh good lord have mercy - I am officially having HOT flashes! I totally empathize with all the menopausal women (and Rebecca) of the world. Wow, it's intense. I'm scared I might catch on fire like that couple on Like Water for Chocolate. I don't think it's the Lupron since I've been on it before (and at a higher dose) so it must be the estrogen, or maybe the combination of both. Whew!
I hope you all have a good rest of your weekend - and stay cool!

What I learned about injectables . . . the hard way

Here's a look at the carnage from this morning. Today was my first day of several new meds. It's a good thing I didn't have to go to work this morning because I would have definitely been late. I was holding my Lupron needle in my mouth while I cleaned the injection site with an alcohol pad and reached up to take the needle out of my mouth - I stabbed my finger and the needle went in on one side and came out the other side. Ouch!

The other picture shows the aftermath of my meds this morning. I wore the pharmacy out.

Good to go

I went to my doc in Atlanta today and everything looked good - so we will do the frozen embryo transfer next Thursday. They'll thaw them out starting on Wednesday and will call me Thursday morning to let me know if they made it. If they survived the thaw, then off to Atlanta and we'll put the babies Gardner in and hope like hell they attach.
Saturday I start antibiotics, steroids, blood thinner injections, and progesterone injections (and keep taking the estrogen, aspirin, folic acid, pre-natal vitamins, and lupron injections).
Since Justin's gone at school, Rebecca's agreed to be my shot giver (the one in the hip) - thanks Rebecca! Now I can say you're a real pain in my ass! HA!
Keep your fingers crossed!

Big day and irrational thoughts

It's a big day because the honeymoon has officially concluded and Justin went back to Athens today - boo hoo. At least he's getting his 2nd year of pharmacy school under way so we can get it over with.
I've been having crazy, irrational thoughts about in vitro/pregnancy stuff - like 1) I'm going to take the blood thinner again this time, will start it Saturday, but I wonder if I shouldn't because I got pregnant the first time when I wasn't taking it and didn't get pregnant the second time when I was taking it, and 2) the night before my transfer last time (when I didn't get pregnant) we had a great dinner of ribeye and mashed potatos, and I was thinking about what to do the night before the transfer, and my first thought is I better not eat that again. You know the thoughts are crazy but you just can't keep them from creeping into your mind.
Well . . . thanks for traveling with me on my journey . . . I'll keep you posted.

Estrogen makes you happy?

Today I started taking even more estrogen. Justin says I've been happier, or more carefree, or something like that. Maybe we should all take estrogen every day! I still don't notice any difference other than the blue stuff but you don't really want to know about that.
We are enjoying the olympics.
I am learning that we all have so much to be thankful and grateful for - so be happy with what you have and rejoice in it. Life could be much worse - and if you need some examples, contact me.
Sandra