I'm doing IVF at the end of October

So after much mental wrangling, stress and anxiety I'm 100% confirmed to do IVF at the end of October.

I could do it at the end of this month but because I have been so crazy and anxious this past week it will be best for me to relax and chill this month and go full force next month.

I debated doing IUI again with Shady Grove but the success rate is 20%; for IVF its 55%

So the process:
I am going to be on birth control for the next 40 days - ahhhhhh - calm; maintained hormones - starting this Thursday.

I will go off the birth control in early October and then will start injections (from what I am told this won't be so bad)

I will go in and get check (blood and ultrasound) starting on day three and the doctors will call me that afternoon and tell me to adjust the injections; etc.

That process goes on for about 10 days; then I will be told to take the trigger injection.

36 hours after that my eggs will be pulled out of me (the good news is that my right ovary had 17 follicles and my left had 22 - for someone my age they want a total of 10 – it’s nice to be so far advanced).

Then Shady Grove will fertilize my eggs in a dish and they will be put into me 3 or 5 days later.  They like to wait until day 5 because the cells have multiplied the most.

After the fertilized egg is put in me (the goal is a single baby not twins – sorry MF and TG) I sit with my feet up and sew and laugh for 24-48 hours.  I’m going to do 48 hours because let’s increase my chances.

I’m going to take a vacation the week which I don’t have to do but want to do.  I think it will just make the whole process less stressful for me.  I won’t have to worry about work or scheduling things. 

I get my protocol later today and I have to have another test that checks my uterus a bit closer.  But good news my uterine lining is perfectly fine - the clomid didn't screw me up (the head but not the important parts).

Blood work update posted later today when I get it.


BTW - I am doing genetic testing.  Because I'm using donor sperm I don't need to worry about anything being carried by the donor.  The only thing I could be a carrier for is a thing called Fragile X which causes major mental retardation.  It would only affect my son.  There are things that can be done to screen for the right eggs so I don't pass it on.  That might be cost prohibitive.  The odds are really high I’m a carrier for anything but for $99 I can be assured I won’t pass anything on.