Dr. Appt

Well, I went to Urbana for my Dr. Appt today. I had an ultrasound. I guess that looked good (I don't know how they can see anything with those). I asked about my estrogen level and it was 49. I freaked out a little bit because this seems high to me but she assured me it was fine. The apparently want it below 50 (at this point I have to just trust they know what they are doing - if something were wrong I'm sure that they would fix it).

Dr. J is always fun to meet with. He had to ask us a lot of random questions such as:
-Have you been in the UK for more than three months in the last year?
- Do you have good physical hygiene?

There were about 50 others but I will save you the embarrassment (its crazy what you have to do for the FDA).

The nurse showed us how to mix the next set of drugs that I will add to my daily routine on Friday. Now I will have one shot in the morning and one in the evening. The purpose of the next shot is to grow lots of follicles in my ovaries. What we have to be careful about is getting too many (at least that is what I am worried about). Usually every month you have one maturing and even then you can feel bloated - well now there could be 20 or more so you can imagine how I am going to feel. They even tell you not to exercise too much because of all the pressure... AHHH!

I asked some questions about my egg retrieval. They told me to expect to take two or three days off of work. Then I have to take the fourth day off to be with Sandy for the transfer. So, I will basically be missing a week of work. That is going to be really hard on me and my students so I definitely need prayers for that. The doctor said that I will have some pain because they are going to fill my abdomen up with air and it could take a few days for it to go away I guess.

That is all I can think of for now. My next appointment is on Wed next week. However, I am going to do the blood work and ultrasound in Bloomington and then they will call me and let me know if I need to change my drugs or anything.

Peace out for now,
Kate