my november, hello ivf calendar

I am feeling a bit lighter today.  I think the fact that I have my in vitro timeline is helping me to calm down a little.  I realize that this is a rough estimate and that the doctors and nurses at the clinic are not psychic (well not that I know of), and therefore cannot predict how my body will react to every drug at every step, but it is a calendar nonetheless and it is helping me visualize how this will all go down in theory.

October 22nd: Start Marvelon Birth Control Pill (Is it just me or does this brand sound extremely archaic? It sounds like something my Grandmother would have taken seventy years ago)

November 2nd: Injection Instruction Visit with a Nurse (Let the fun times begin!)

Somewhere between November 2nd and November 11th: Begin Suprefact Injections (Hello suppression!)

November 11th: Stop Marvelon

November 18th: Bloodwork (and so the frequent monitoring appointments (bloodwork and ultrasounds) begin)

Somewhere between November 11th and November 18th: Start Puregon Injections (Hello stimulants!) and continue Surprefact (more needles, how lovely!)

Week of November 29th: Egg Retrieval (36 hours prior will be given the trigger shot by nurse Andrew, aka my Husband)

3 - 5 days after Egg Retrieval: Embryo Transfer

2 weeks later and it will either be my birthday or Christmas... let's hope it is a time to celebrate!

So there you have it, our life for the next two months.  Let the good times roll..

Let's hope we look this happy come December!  Taking on a hike in Whistler in July.