Surfacing.........

Huge apologies for disappearing. Apparently, actually doing our final cycle has been a bit more overwhelming than just the discussion and planning leading up to it. I had hoped to blog pretty much daily while we were here in CO, but the rollercoaster of emotions that go along with daily injections and follicle scans got the best of me and I retreated to that safe place with my old friends, avoidance and denial. I promise to leave them behind at some point, but not just yet........

A few things I have learned while in CO:

• CO is not much for ass gasket seat covers
• CO has some of the largest fireplaces I have ever seen
• CO traffic is much slower and friendlier than LA, but people still like to ride your ass
• If I don't "bounce" on the stiff passenger seat of our rental car when we first get in, it does not recognize that I am there to turn the air bag on
• Bouncing on the seat of our rental car this close to retrieval is no longer an option
• When I am not able to buy anything small enough to travel with, I can find way too much stuff that I am not sure how I will live without it
• If I were actually able to buy any of the above said stuff I likely would overanalyze it and walk away with nothing anyway
• M and I can talk about everything cycle related without really talking about it
• My first ever massage was heavenly
• I have some truly amazing online and IRL friends - okay this I already knew, but truly y'all have been unbelievable!!

I haven't been obsessively following all of the numbers this go round. The follicle numbers were captured by M's iphone camera where I looked at them once and then just let them go. I did still want to capture the cycle and share how things have gone down for anyone who might be interested. My med dosages never changed - 20 units Lupron and 2 amps Menopur in AM, 20 units Lupron, 300IU gonal-f, dexamethasone in PM. So here it is in all it's glory:
Saturday, 01/31:

• Right: 1.3, 1.1, 0.9, 0.9, 0.7 cm
• Left: 1.5, 1.2, 1.2, 1.1, 1.0, 0.9, 0.8cm
• Lining: 9.6mm
• E2: 1080
• P4: 0.2
• LH: 8

Sunday, 02/01:

• Right: 1.4, 1.0, 0.9, 0.9cm
• Left: 1.5, 1.3, 1.2, 1.1, 1.0cm
• Lining: 10.3mm
• E2: 2111
• P4: 0.39
• LH: 10

Monday, 02/02:

• Right: 1.6, 1.2, 1.1, 1.1, 1.0cm
• Left: 1.5, 1.5, 1.4, 1.3, 1.2, 1.0, 1.0, 0.7cm
• Lining: 10mm
• E2: 2473
• P4: 0.7
• LH: 10

Tuesday, 02/03:

• Right: 2.0, 1.5, 1.4, 1.3, 1.3cm
• Left: 2.0, 1.8, 1.7, 1.7, 1.6, 1.5, 1.4cm
• Lining: 11mm
• E2: 2927
• P4: 0.8
• LH: 7.6

Wednesday, 02/04:

• Right: 2.0, 1.7, 1.5, 1.5, 1.3, 1.1cm
• Left: 2.2, 1.8, 1.8, 1.7, 1.6, 1.5, 1.4cm
• Lining: 11.6mm
• E2: 4964
• P4: 1.3
• LH: 6.4

Trigger was @ 1AM Thursday with ER scheduled for Friday at noon. Somehow getting up at 1AM to have a 1 1/4" needle shove in my ass was not exactly my idea of restful sleep. At any rate it is done and we are on our way to getting our eggs into Schoolcraft's lab.
I likely will not update until Saturday as my track record for anesthesia (Damn, I still always have to spellcheck that one) has been to sleep for the rest of the day and into the night. 1 lap, 1 colonoscopy, 2 IVFs and always the same........