Day 18

Only 3 more days of birth control left, and only 1 more week until I start my stimulation medication for IVF.  Our final IVF was this morning, and the appointment was both educating and intimidating.  All documents are signed, which was quite an experience in itself!  I never thought to think about what to do with our future embryos in case of my death, my husbands death, both our deaths, or even divorce.  You really do sign away an extremely important part of your life before it even begins.  

IVF will be so much different then an IUI cycle, which I have become a pro at in the past.  There's so much more medication involved with IVF, so I hope that it's easy to keep up on a daily basis (I'm crazy so I'll probably have to set alarms daily for reminders).  My first ultrasound and blood will be in 3 days (on the 19th) which is very exciting because it's one step closer to starting the process.  I know as we get closer, time will go by so fast up until they do the embryo transfer.....and then the 2 week wait will crawl by until we receive news of whether we've succeeded or not.  

On the financial end of things,  we also have the entire cycle to pay for in 3 days which is both scary and exciting.  Scary due to the obvious "going out on a limb" financially reason, and yet its's super exciting to "go out on a limb" to try to achieve our goal - A BABY.  We've received so much support that we are eternally grateful for.  The discounts and free meds that our doctors have supplied due to knowing we're completely out of pocket has been a Godsend.  The wonderful donations we've received from our friends and family will never be forgotten and forever grateful for.  

More info to come very soon!!!