danny and i have been married six years, so of course the next step in life, which began three years ago, is to have kids, right? well easier said than done. we just finished our first round of in-vitro, and for those of you that don't know much or anything about it i'm so happy for you. its quite the process both physically and emotionally. those experiencing infertility know exactly what i'm talking about. fortunately danny & i have so many great friends and family that have supported us through this journey -couldn't have made without them.
so the in-vitro process starts by first finding a great doctor. ours happened to be in Reno, of all places... then you get a huge box in the mail full of drugs, syringes, and the lovely needles! i definitely had a break down when i saw what i was really getting myself into - just a little over whelming. the worst part of this whole thing is the anticipation and thinking how much those damn needles are going to hurt. then you meet with your doctor and they explain how to mix your cocktail of drugs and map out your schedule for the month. when to start this, when to stop that, when it's time for another shot and so on. the shots aren't that bad; i only fainted once!! luckily danny was there to wake me up.
on july 24th we left for reno to begin our adventure. one of the shots made me produce tons of eggs, since normally you only have one or maybe two a month. the first couple of day were dedicated to monitor how big my follicles were getting, which estimates the maturity of the eggs that are inside. of course i happened to be two days behind so that gave us two more days in Reno. not happy about that... finally it was time to knock me out to do the egg retrieval. the doctor took 33 eggs out! am i freaking you all out yet!?!?! yeah, so then they put the spermies and eggs together and let the conception begin - it's a blind date! the next day they called us and told us we had 24 little embryos growing! crazy.. i'm still a little tripped out about the whole thing, its really amazing. the third day after the retieval is the transfer day. they told us we had 11 quality embryos and showed us pictures of the best three. we transfered two of them that day.
so here i am trying to relax at home and praying to get through the longest week of my life. we'll find out this weekend! i do have to say that nothing was as bad as i thought it was going to be. i'm a little bruised up from the shots but i'd do it all over again.
i'm staying very optimistic about it. i find myself role-playing how the phone call is going to go. ok...im not pregnant or i'm pregnant? that's going to be an intense phone call. i would prefer a text message instead.
i'll have to leave you all hanging until i find out. hopefully this is it! if not we're blessed to have so many frozen embryos waiting................
the Doc highly recommended me to not do hair color until i'm past my first trimester. i just don't know how that's going to fly! People’s roots just can’t wait. so what’s the alternative? the freaking mask!!! i don't know if you've ever put one of these on or not, but it sucks and you can't breath. plus part of my job is to chat. at least when Doctors wear these there clients are knocked out. i guess i'm going to have to test it out tomorrow unless anyone has a better idea! there better be a baby in there. 
