It’s true. Little girls don’t dream of having babies through IVF, but if that’s how I’m gonna get my baby(ies), then that’s how I’m gonna do it!

I’m in good spirits right now and things hopefully will start moving pretty quickly. I’ve started back up with acupuncture, I have my hysteroscopy next Monday, we have a teaching visit next Wednesday to learn how to mix and administer the new meds, and then hopefully we will start stimming soon!!

From what I’ve read, the goal is to grow pretty much the equivalent of a bunch of grapes in each ovary. Then the doctor will retrieve the eggs, fertilize them, make some embryos, and then stick the embryos back inside of me and hope they stick. So we’re hoping for good eggs in this group and that enough fertilize. From what I understand, the doctor will usually put a maximum of two embies back in. Then I will be PUPO, or pregnant until proven otherwise.

Oh, and speaking of it taking a village to do this… Thanks to my mom for coming in this weekend to be my driver since I’ll be having anesthesia and Hubs has to work. Also, thanks to my brother, sister-in-love, and niece for letting us stay with them Sunday night so we don’t have to drive very far. (They have been very generous with their guest room during these cycles). If I haven’t mentioned you, please contact me and I’ll let you know what you can do to get a mention. Lol. 😜

There’s plenty for you to pray for right now, so please keep the prayers coming!!

Here we go again! Today I went in for a baseline appointment to get started with *gulp* IVF. So far, so good. My blood levels came out normal, I had a good amount of follicles in each ovary, and my blood pressure was good.

I start the birth control pill tonight, and I should hear from the clinic tomorrow to schedule the hysteroscopy. Once that is scheduled, we will go in for a teaching visit and we will also sign the consent forms. Hubby also needs to do an infectious disease screen at that time.

The nurse told me we could start stimming in anywhere from two to four weeks. This is getting real, folks! Here’s to hoping for a little bundle of joy in about 10 months or so!

While I’m taking a break from acupuncture this month, I’m still taking all of the supplements from the acupuncturist. I just refilled my pill container and thought I would share. I forgot to add the baby aspirin. How’s this for a daily vitamin/supplement regimen?

It’s been a little while since I posted. There’s not much new to report. I mentioned a health hiccup last time that has ended up putting us on hold this month, but I got the all clear today so we should be good to go next month!

Since we’ve had some time to think and for me to come down from the meds, which has been aMAzing, we’ve decided to go with IVF if we can pull the funding together. We’re almost there, but not quite. We’ve got a few weeks yet to get it together. Just have to figure out how.

In the meantime, here’s a funny game to play. I saw this a year ago and only had familiarity with two or three of the squares. Now I’ve been there and experienced almost all of these. Oh, how our lives can change in a year!  😂Here’s to hoping that next year we’re dealing with poop and snot and sweet baby snuggles!