Lucky Number 7??

So, it's official. I start my follistim and baby aspirin tomorrow. That means, I'm officially starting my 7th IVF rollercoaster. I am strangely excited, but as always, a little nervous. SIRM doesn't monitor as often as Cooper did. In fact, I go in on day 3 of stims for just blood work. Nobody will be checking out my ovaries until cycle day 8. How insane is that?? But, then again, maybe it's better if I'm in the dark with what my body is doing...then I can't obsess over number of follicles, etc.

So, this is it...away we go! I'll probably check in next Monday, after my first stim follie ultrasound. Fingers and toes crossed!

Do I Detect Some Optimism??

It's the strangest feeling after our 6th ivf cycle. I really felt like I wouldn't be able to get excited about fertility treatments again...yet, I started my lupron this morning for ivf #7, and I'm actually optimistic.

We are finally at an office that takes our not getting pregnant pretty seriously. We have 3 ivfs here with unlimited FETs, and I LOVE the staff. I'm not saying that I think I'm going to get pregnant with our first cycle here, but I definitely have hope again.

Since today was my first day of my lupron injections, I'm dubbing this the official start of ivf 7. Good thoughts are always appreciated : - )

Back On, Baby!

Well, will wonders never cease! When we got back from Jamaica (which was relaxing but cloudy and cold), I had an email waiting for me from SIRM's office manager. Low and behold, when she finally talked to the management company of SIRM, they said that she could go ahead and offer us the 3 ivf package deal, without the cashback option. So, on Thursday morning, I made all of our phone calls and by some miracle, we were still able to get into the February cycle. Could this be a sign that our luck is finally changing??

Anyway, I took off work on Friday and Mark and I drove up to Bedminster for some additional testing. I had my 3rd sonohysterogram and a mock transfer. Not surprisingly, my uterus looks fine (no fibroids, polyps, or scars). Mark had another semen analysis, but we aren't expecting any drastic changes since the last one. We had our meeting with the ivf nurse coordinator to go over my beautiful color coded medication calendar. Such fun! And, I officially start Lupron on Wednesday. I have to say, things seem to be looking up. It will be interesting to see how my cycle progresses with the new doctors.

In the meantime, I'm looking forward to working out some more (I gained more weight on vacation) and watching the Golden Globes tonight : )

HAPPY 2010!