5.29.2011

Typical Sunday Morning in the Life of a Mad IVFer

7:30 am: Alarm goes off too early for a weekend for a childless couple. Hit Snooze.

7:40 am: Alarm goes off again. Hit snooze one more time.

7:50 am: Alarm again. Groggily roll over to grab iPhone. Read through blogs.

8:00 am: Wake hubby so he can give me injections before leaving for 8:45 monitoring appointment. Cuddle cats. Get dressed.

8:12 am: Sit at coffee table with big box of drugs. Load up Lupron while hubby mixes three vials of Menapur. Close eyes for two sticks in the belly.

8:18 am: Poor two bowls of cereal.

8:29 am: Ask hubby what time it is. Holy crap, my appointment is in 16 minutes. Run upstairs and brush teeth.

8:33 am: Kiss hubby. Grab keys. Run out door.

8:45 am: Sign in at clinic. Perfectly on time.

8:47 am: Pee. Ultrasound. 14 follicles!! The largest is 20!

9:03 am: Pee. Bloodwork.

9:06 am: Back in the car to head across town to CVS to pick up Levoxly refill. Have to make sure the TSH stays where it needs to be. Call hubby. Leave message with the follie news.

9:29 am: Pull into CVS parking lot. Call hubby again and leave message reminding him to get busy with himself in order to refresh the supply for what is looking like a Tuesday retrieval. Tell him that I am an insane control freak project manager infertile woman.

9:40 am: Back in the car to head across town yet again to my 10:00 acupuncture appointment.

9:50 am: Check in for acupuncture. Pee.

10:00 am: Acupuncture. Go over schedule for the next week. Recommend next visits pre and post transfer.

10:50 am: Back in the car to head home.

11:00 am: Home. Check out the yard work hubby has already accomplished this morning.

11:15 am: Pee. Check online medical results for E2 level of 1401!!!

11:16 am: Yell to hubby positive results of E2.

11:17 am: Write blog.

11:30 am: Publish blog. Begin waiting for official instructions phone call from the nurse. Begin the rest of my day.

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