Visit with the RE

Yesterday was my second-first visit with my RE.  In a way I'm glad my appointment from last Friday got moved to yesterday b/c it meant I got to go to my original clinic and my nurse was working too!  It was a nice reunion seeing all of the regular staff and I was greeted warmly.  The office has been fully renovated and made bigger.  Looking around at all the couples with such serious faces and whispering in hushed tones, I was glad to know that my journey has never come to that.  I was always upbeat and optimistic at my previous appointments and felt the same way yesterday.  My outlook now, though, is that I have a beautiful baby, and if I can't conceive again it's really okay!  My RE is very optimistic that it should be successful - I have 6 embryos (that may or may not survive the thaw) and 3 vials of sperm.  My RE does not think I should need the sperm at all - plus my eggs are now older than when they were retrieved in Feb. 2010.

The RE is ready to help me bring on a period at any time - so all my worries about waiting for my next period were for nothing.  I told him I'd like to wait until my evaluation is over, in the first week of April.  He said come back to see him then and he will give me the meds to get started.  If I get a period in the meantime I am to go in for CD3 testing and get the show on the road.  The first cycle will include the biopsy of my uterus (like I had last time) to make my lining sticky.  Then they will bring on another period and that will be my transfer cycle.  So, I could have a transfer by the end of May!  The only thing is, if it doesn't work, I have to again go through a test cycle with the biopsy.  I guess there's really no rush.  I just wanted not to be going through monitoring in September during back to school chaos.

Yesterday I had the full physical exam and 8 vials of blood drawn.  Loved that my nurse called to tell me I'm not pregnant.  I know it's protocol, but really - no period and no sex really does mean no pregnancy.  There should be exceptions made to making the call.

So that's the update - the journey is under way.

Loving the swing!  "Wheeeeeee!"

In Scarlett news, she is just talking and signing up a storm.  She repeats EVERYTHING she hears and sees.  I always say "uh uh" when I don't want her doing something.  Well, she started wagging her finger at me when she says that back to me.  It turns out my mom does a finger wag when she says "uh uh" to her and Scarlett thinks it's hilarious.  She not only signs and says water when I ask if she wants it, she will do it on her own now to tell me she wants a drink.  And her new thing is "no no no" and takes her hand to push away what she doesn't want - for example, food, drink, a toy.

And the novelty of Scarlett has definitely NOT warn off.  I can't get enough of her - watching her, talking to her, playing with her.  She amazes me!  I hope that giving her a sibling is the right decision for us.  I'm giving her a sibling so she won't be alone in life and she'll always have family.  Who knows how it will turn out.