1st Checkup

Another super easy visit.  My fertility doctor did another internal ultrasound and said everything looked perfect.  He said I look right on track to do the transfer December 10th.  Yeah!  They took blood and changed my meds a little.  One of the pills I was taking twice a day was changed to two in the am, two at lunch and two at dinner.  Of course that is the one that makes me more hormonal.  Ugh.  lol.  I wasn't too bad last week.... ;)  He wants me to come back in a week to do the last checkup to see if my body is progressing on track. 

Officially starting...

Today I went to the fertility doctor's office to officially start this journey.  It was a really quick visit.  They just did an internal ultrasound to get the baseline of the thickness of my uterine lining.  They took blood, got a urine sample and also started me on the fertility meds to make my body think it is pregnant.  They instructed me to take my meds morning and night and that I may feel a little moody and/or gain a little weight.  Woo hoo!  My husband had to go to this visit so they could get blood and urine from him too. 

Ready to get this started

TMI but the entire blog is going to be a lot of TMI.  lol.  I started my cycle yesterday so the endless Dr. visits are beginning.  It is still funny to me that I had to text/call/email a variety of people that I started my period but I did.  I had to email the Intended mother, text my case manager with the agency, call my lawyer and call the fertility doctor.  Privacy for the next year is out the window. 

Today was an insane day.  I tried to schedule my doctor's appointment but they said for me to come tomorrow instead because they were expecting the meds to be overnighted tomorrow.  I started a day early and they don't have the meds arrive until they expected me to have my appointment.  Tomorrow I have to have an internal ultrasound to get a baseline of how thick my uterine lining is.  They need to keep checking it until it gets to the right thickness for the transfer.  More details about all that after they explain it to me tomorrow.

I had to tell my lawyer because I still didn't have a contract to sign as of this morning and needed it to get done asap.  I am not allowed to start any meds until it is signed.  Their was some more discussion about the part of the contract still and I hoped to get it resolved in time for my appointment tomorrow.  Ugh.  Nothing like getting down to the wire.  I was slightly stressed and I'm sure I was bugging my lawyers office with all my phone calls.  It did end up getting mostly resolved but contract is signed now and we are past that bump in the road. 

My case manager needed to know the play by play about the lawyer and her progress and what the doctor's office said and my appointment time since she would be meeting me at it.  I'm sure all the agencies are the same but the owner or my case manager goes with me to every appointment to know the progress of everything first hand,  to help make sure I am comfortable with everything and just for support. 

I emailed the Intended Mother to tell her the upadate and she was super excited we are officially starting everything now.  She gave me some tips on how to do the injections for later next month.  I'm really not looking forward to the shots part of this process and I wish it wasn't as long as it needs to be but I do feel better knowing that she has been through all of this before me.  Not that I want anyone to have to go through sucky shots but it is nice to know that she isn't asking me to do sucky shots when she didn't have to do it. 

Not much more to share than that until tomorrow.