T- 11 days til transfer

Holy crying jags batman!

Yes, you heard me right. My estrogen has reached the level that makes women cry at commercials and weep over the smallest of things. Though to me they don't feel small. I've been grieving over the loss of my Beanie and finding things to rage at as well (Hi Hubby!). I've been doing a swell job of containing The Beast but the tears have definitely started.

This part kind of feels good in a way because it allows me the opportunity to sob. And I mean a good sob too. The kind where your whole body gets into it. And afterwards it's as though you've run a mental marathon. But it feels better.

And today I feel better than yesterday and tomorrow maybe better than today. All in all, things are good. I have an estrogen check and ultrasound appointment tomorrow and I am eager to see what the results are.

Last time my estrogen was 155, this time ....? Let's hope my uterine lining is getting nice and fat and juicy.

Lupron shot gone wrong

This is what a Lupron shot gone wrong looks like. I accidentally injected my appendectomy scar about a week ago and the bruise has been so awful looking. It's finally turning a green hue but for a while it was dark black. Now I check for scars before I inject given I have 7 from 3 different surgeries on my abdomen! The redness was from me SCRAPING off the glue from the previous patches!

Did you check out the THREE estrogen patches currently taking home on my stomach?

Your estrogen be lookin' good!!!

I went in for my blood draw today and indeed my estrogen has gone from Under 25 to 155.

Now it's time for three new patches tomorrow morning and to continue my Lupron shots.

I have another blood draw and ultrasound this Sunday and one appointment left on Thursday.

Then it's D-Day! Or maybe I should say B-Day for Blast! But then that's like birthday isn't it. It's kind of like a birth day! Ok, I'm stretching now. I'll still call it B-Day.

:-) Go estrogen!

It's official! We're in cycle!

I had my suppression check Saturday morning and all was sufficiently suppressed and there were no cysts or anything else Funky growing in and on my womb. She was pleased.

So this morning I reduced the Lupron to a 1/4 of what I was taking, and I started taking the estrogen patches which go on my stomach. Those are no biggie and are closest to the nicotine patch I can think of to describe. Except it's shooting a bunch of Woman-Juice into my system that should make me have at least 234 crying jags and 2 and a 1/2 rage sessions. Mark can't wait! Heh.

Next up is an Estrogen check on Wednesday to confirm my estrogen is rising nicely. The nicer it rises, the nicer my uterine lining thickens up in preparation for our blastocyst. The next 13 days are all about making my uterus nice and thick and attractive. I will spend the next two weeks switching the patches from 1 to 2, to 2 to 3 and 3 to 4 and 4 over and over a couple of times and then once they think it's good to go, well start drinking your water ladies, it'll be show time.

A little over two weeks until the big day. Crazy.