Hearts Day

Happy Valentine's Day to you my bloggy friends! I hope you had a great day! We painted our bedroom today and went to E's basketball game. That's why I'm late with the post. M and I went to one of our all time favorite places to eat--Roadies. Today was a good day ;-)

Visit today

Our visit today went well. My uterus looked great! Dr. G took lots of pictures of my uterus and ovaries. She was very happy with my blood work. She is going to up my thyroid meds from 75 mcg to 100 mcg. This is good because I think it will help me feel less sluggish and I will be in the lower range of numbers. Next we had our teaching visit with nurse Grace. She went over ivf, why people do it, the statistics of it. Then we received our protocol. I start Lupron on Feb 17 in the am for ten days. On day ten I go in for blood work and an ultrasound at 8 am. I will then start Follistim (it's pen form that comes in a pretty case) in the pm. I wrote down everything in a calendar. Egg retrieval is slated for March 10 and embryo transfer is March 13. I know I will have questions. Nurse Grace said to call her or Dr. G anytime. They are both very nice and I know I would not hesitate to call if I had any questions or concerns. It is so much information that I'm a bit overwhelmed.
I'm glad M was there for the visit. He's a nurse (how handy--I know!) and he's very good at taking in information. I know I will be in good hands with him ;-) We're both very excited to be at this point--to begin the process of trying to have a baby together. I still am having a hard time believing that after all these years of trying that we are beginning our first cycle of i.vf. It completely blows my mind. I am thinking positive thoughts and I will try to do so throughout our cycle.
I am a bit crampy from the saline solution from the sonohystegram and I did not sleep well at all last night so I'm going to finish watching the movie 21. .
We came with most of our meds. We are going to use a mail order for the rest. I just kind of threw them in the fridge on top of the eggs. I'll have to make a special spot for them.

This is unheard of...

another day off from school!! Yahoooo! We've never had two days off in a row before. The snow isn't that bad in our area. I know other areas got hammered.
Our appointment is tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. I hope we hear good news. I'll post about the appointment later in the day.

Snow

School is canceled for tomorrow! Hurray!! I had to reschedule my appointment with Dr. G for Thursday--boo! Eh what are you going to do?
Still no sign of snow. I just took the puppies out for the last time before bed and it's not that cold out. Everyone, including universities, are canceling.
If the snow is the right kind we are going to make a snowman. I'll post pictures if we do.

Cool stuff

While shopping for M at Barnes and Nobles I found two metal water bottles. I've been meaning to upgrade for a while and today I did. I had a gift card from my best friend C. One is red with koi fish and the other I saw in Acorn magazine. "Designed by a now-forgotten British civil servant in 1939, this message was meant to buck up the public if the Nazis crossed the Channel. Thankfully, they never did, and the poster was forgotten. Rediscovered decades later, it is now found in pubs, homes, and government offices throughout Europe, inspiration for our own challenging times. The image is the crown of King George." How I love the British. I'm taking the "Keep Calm" with me tonight to bartend at the big OG. I do think it's quite appropriate on a Saturday night, don't you?

Busy day

Today we are going shopping for M's birthday and yellow cake ingredients. I have really good recipes for chocolate cake and red velvet cake but this is uncharted territory for me. I found one on epicurious and the reviews were really good. I like a moist, dense and flavorful cake. Maybe I should buy a funfetti mix as a backup?
I have work at 4 p.m. So I better get a move on.

Cheers for Friday

Not too much going on here this week. I'm excited for next Wednesday which is our teaching/mock transfer/sonohystergram. I am very curious to see my uterine lining. Hopefully there aren't any fibroid tumors growing. My results for my blood work are normal. I have to look up some of the tests because I don't know what they are. There is only one nurse, Grace, that is in the office. She is very nice from my dealings with her so far. I've read horror stories about mean nurses in ivf clinics and I so don't want to go down that road.
Today was an ok day. The other teachers were getting ready for parent teacher conferences next week. I helped out where I could. I look forward to the day when I have my own class room and am getting ready for conferences.
We went out to dinner because it's M's birthday on Sunday. Dinner was a at the sister restaurant of the big OG where they have lobsters in a tank. I felt kind of queasy and mostly drank lemon lime soda. I have no idea where it came from. I did feel better to have a turtle sundae at dq. Now I'm ready to put on some pj's and get ready for Project Runway. I do love Tim Gunn.