Day One

You'll be happy to know I survived Day One. The procedure that was supposed to be done, did not happen. Dr. Shamma quickly understood why I had so much pain with these procedures. To put it vaguely, it was a biological factor. I think he knew at my first reaction to the attempt and pain that it was not going to work. So he stopped. THANK YOU JESUS! Phew. And thus the reason for the 'test run.' Had Dr. Shamma not attempted this procedure, then went it came time for the transfer, we would have had major problems. So now, he is doing hysteroscopy along with another procedure to 'fix' the problem. And I will happily be sedated for this procedure. And it will not delay progress whatsoever.

I go back in on Wednesday for my first Lupron injection where I will learn how to mix the meds and inject them myself. After the little reminder of the HSG pain, the thought of giving myself injections does not worry me at all. And the lovely nurse is saving us $500 by giving me extra Lupron they have at the office. I know they are still making loads of money, but I feel like they have been very thoughtful and generous in finding ways to save us money.

Then either on Thursday or Friday, whatever day my procedure is scheduled for I will head to Rochester Hills, Michigan which is about an hour and a half south of Midland where our baby or babies will actually be made. The only problem is that I cannot go by myself and Nathan will not be able to take off work to take me. Not only is it "fair week" which is always very busy, but Nathan is covering for his boss while he is on vacation. Any other week Nathan will be able to work things out between work and appointments, but just not this week. But we should be able to figure something out.

And I decided that I need a pill box... you know with a separate compartment for each day of the week. I now have ten pill bottles on my counter. I think once we add the Lupron I'm going to have to write it all down!

So that pretty much covers Day One. Day Two should only include a walk or bike ride with Marcia and water aerobics with my friend Kendra. Thank you for your prayers and thoughts.