We are getting closer! We’ve been stimming for a week now. I’ve gone through so many hormones that we’ve had to order more. We added the Cetrotide to the mix on Wednesday. This one doesn’t hurt as much going in, but it’s kind of itchy and achy afterwards.

Tonight we start a new med– we had to substitute Gonal F for the Bravelle since we ran out of Bravelle and it’s the one that has been recalled.

It looks like I have at least 9 decent follicles. Every time I go to the doctor, more and more appear like magic. We still have to wait and see how many produce mature eggs, I think. My doctor seemed pleased with my progress.

We also got the consents signed for the PGS study today, so that’s a go! It’s getting excited, and I’m also getting a little bit nervous. They told us we will most likely trigger next week and the retrieval will be end of the work week or next weekend. Yay!!

Emotionally, I’m doing fine. A few tears every now and then, but nothing extreme. Hopefully it will all stay that way. We had a busy week this week and were slightly thrown off when we had to order the extra meds. It looks like we may have to order again on Monday.

I don’t think there is any way you can truly budget for IVF. If we knew realistically the actual cost of all of this, we probably would have been saving for 10 years. Instead, we bit the bullet and went all in! Please pray that we can get through the rest of this without any additional burden. It’s been rough, but I have faith that it will be worth it in the long run.