Weekend Update Then IVF Update

What a great weekend! We had an absolutely fantastic time Up North at Higgins Lake with Ryan, Angie, their daughters, and John. The weather was perfect; the water was clear and calm. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful weekend. Everyday went a little like this... breakfast, boating, lunch, boating, dinner, boating, cards. Angie is about eight weeks pregnant and I having my own reproductive issues... decided tubing wasn't the best idea. As Ryan put it... I don't want "scrambled eggs." HA! So almost every time we took the boat out... the boys were either tubing or water skiing. And yes... Nathan water skied for the first time. It took about six tries before he was able to get up... but he did. I was so proud! So the boys were consistently tired and sore... but still had a wonderful time.

Now for the pictures:

This was the cabin located on the small island in Higgins Lake. No cars. No roads. Just cabins on the water, docks, and boats.

Nathan, Ryan, and John preparing to tube.

Ella, Angie, and Layla.

Me... taking a picture to prove I was there.

I believe this is the back side of the island we were on. Notice the calm, clear water.

Nathan on our first morning... had not yet gotten into lake mode.

Ryan doing his thing... Nathan doing his thing... The sun doing its thing...

Tubing!!!

My handsome hubby after being thrown from the inner tube.

Hmm... Nathan and John definitely look like they were in pain. John had to stop because he was about to toss his cookies! Ryan gets great pleasure pounding his staff around the lake. :)

IVF Update: This morning I had my first... scare I guess you could call it. I woke up having a very full bladder and some pain. I used the bathroom and felt no relief from the pain. It quickly turned into stabbing pain on the lower right side of my stomach. Long story short... the pain became stabbing pain that doubled me over. I ended up calling Dr. Shamma's emergency line to talk to one of the two nurses. We talked through it. She said to take two extra strength Tylenol and see if there was any relief after a couple hours. Nothing. The pain actually only got worse. Because of the number of follicles I have and the stage we are in, the nurse said we need to watch for hyper stimulation and ovarian rupture. If the pain did not go away, I was going to end up in the ER. About three hours later, I had pretty much reached my limit. We decided it was time to head back to Midland and get to the Dr. Well... we had been on the boat (I figured I'd rather be in pain on the boat than inside by myself) and once we docked I went inside because, again I really had to empty my bladder. Would you believe the very moment I did that... the pain was gone?! Apparently... my ovaries are likely so enlarged that having a full bladder was putting enough pressure on my tender ovaries to cause the stabbing pain. I don't know why I was not able to fully empty my bladder the first time, but the second time did the trick. And the pain was gone. The nurse said to call her if the pain did not go away. But she ended up calling me a few hours later to check on me and make sure I was doing OK. I have been so happy and pleased by the level of care I have received. And the second phone call was not protocol for the emergency on call nurse... it was just simply Betsy thinking about me while she was running errands.

Now... with all that said, Betsy was pretty certain that was a good indication that its time! Yay. Tomorrow morning I'll be going in for my blood work and ultrasound. But because of today's occurrence, I'll definitely be seeing Dr. Shamma and hopefully scheduling the retrieval. But as always... I'll update after my appointment.