I am so excited - got the call from the nurse on Saturday - when I saw the number pop up on the caller ID I knew it was the news that I had been waiting for. The donor's E2 levels finally went down. And I finally got a better explanation from this nice sweet nurse who called. Evidently my donor normally uses an IUD instead of BCPs so when they put her on BCPs to sync her up with me, it threw her hormones out of whack and made her E2 levels rise. The nurse said the donor is great now - there's nothing wrong with her hormonally, it was just the pills, so everything should (hopefully!) go well. That was a relief to hear. I was afraid my donor was defective!
So, she started stims yesterday, I started my estrogen shots and we are on our way. I go in for u/s and bloodwork on the Friday after Thanksgiving to check on my lining and then retrieval should be somewhere around Dec. 3-5 and then transfer 3-5 days later.
I'm really excited but I'm trying not to be. At this point I should know better than to get my hopes up after all our previous failures, but when you are using the eggs from a 23 year old and the sperm from a 20 year old (that just sounds wrong -what a young boy!) it's hard not to be hopeful. But as Heather has just recently reminded us - hope can quickly turn on you and bite you in the ass. I know - I've been there way too many times.
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Congratulations! I'm glad that things are moving forward!
Excellent news! Congrats and enjoy your excitement while you can. We IF'ers get so very little enjoyment that we need to cherish when we feel good. xxoo
Yeah, hope is the devil wearing prada for sure. I'm sure I'll get sucked back into it myself next time around.
Glad you finally got this show on the road! I've got lots of hope for you!
Oh man that is so great!
I know it's scary to be hopeful, because then you open yourself up to more hurt, but at the same time, well, this is pretty exciting!
I hope that all continues to go well and get back on track, and thank you for your lovely comments.
can we hope a little bit for you?
I know its hard to hope, cause sometimes
it does bite you in the ass....most of the time,
but one of these days, it will pay off. I hope
for you, its this time!!
ha, 20 does sound like such a young man!!
Yay! Yay yay yay yay yay!!!
Our donors are going to be stimming/retrieving and we'll be transfering RIGHT around the same time. Babies for everyone!!! WOOHOOOOO!!!
What reassuring news about your donor! And so you are definitely on your way. Yay! I think that disappointment hurts even if you anticipate it, so go ahead and let the line out a little bit...allow yourself a bit of hope. And we'll all be here totally excited and hopeful for you too!
congratulations & good luck!! i will keep you in my prayers!
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