My surgery was scheduled for 7:15 am (so we had to arrive at pre-crack-of-dawn o'clock) and I had the entire surgery center to myself. Lynn, my primary nurse for this procedure, even remembered me from a surgery I had in June! (You know you're officially an IVF Veteran when they remember your name...).
The surgery itself was fast and easy. The surgery was at 7:30 am, I was awake by 8:45 am and on my way home by 9:30 am. We even detoured for a scrumptious breakfast at The Original Pancake house on the way home (since they took stuff out of my body, I figured I could compensate by putting a few extra calories back in, right?). Strawberry crepes with a side of the most delicious bacon in the whole world! Yum!!!
The timing of this procedure couldn't have been better. I learned the other day that I don't have to wait three months (you only have to wait when you're pregnant (which I was last time) - not for your body to heal)!
I finished a pack of BCP's today - so I am on the super-fast-track for my next cycle and my FET is now scheduled for Friday, March 25! I was not expecting this at all - so this is exciting! We may get to hold our very own newborns in our arms before the close of 2011 after all!!! The second amazing thing is that I get to take my first BCP on Valentine's Day (can't think of a better day to "start" my cycle! The third amazing thing is that I will be on less days of Lupron! All-in-all, a win-win!
Since Dr. S will be out, Dr. Gustofson will be performing the actual transfer. As my DH said, it doesn't really matter who "pushes the plunger". They've all done it hundreds of thousands of times at this point.
For those of you interested, here is my current IVF calendar: It looks like they changed a few things from when I was supposed to cycle in January (they have me on one Prometrium and one PIO shot daily - but I am asking about if I can go back to PIO every other day and Prometrium 3X / day- and added an U/S check closer to the beginning).
Unlike my January FET, I am actually excited again. I honestly think it was seeing the u/s of Em and her DH's twinkies the other day that renewed my hope! Congratulations Em!!!
5 comments:
Hey that's so exciting! A march FET ! Can't wait to hear all about. Fingers crossed
That is soo awesome that you get an FET much faster than you originally anticipated. I think anything happening earlier than expected in IF is a rarity! So glad! I too am so hopeful for you this cycle. Your protocol is a bit different this time to with Lovenox and Rob's cocktail (?). Fingers crossed and let the countdown to March 25 begin!
hi flygirl...how awesome is that! you are on your way. enjoy the time now...have a little vino on valentines day! thanks for posting your calendar..i'll check it against mine when we get ours.
Yay! I am so excited for you. I'm very glad that our fortunate outcome has renewed your hope! I am so optimistic for you and just feel like THIS will be YOUR TIME. Can't wait to celebrate with you!
Yay for a calendar!! So glad things are moving along quicker than you originally thought! So excited for you!!
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