I celebrated George's 13th birthday and being a mother of three teenagers by getting my second covid vaccine on February 11th. It literally brought tears of joy and relief to my eyes as the emotions of the last year flooded though me. It feels as though somewhat of a normal life is within reach. I'm so grateful that my whole office is now fully vaccinated.
Just a quick update on where things are at in our journey...
I started my lupron injections on February 9th and discontinued taking the birth control pills on the 13th. This morning I had my first of two monitoring ultrasounds and blood draws. I had the best phlebotomist I've ever had in my life! Seriously, I didn't even feel the needle poke into my arm. Today they were looking for thin lining and to make sure my ovaries are "quiet" and not ovulating. Julie, my ultrasound tech who has the most luscious white hair, inserted the ultrasound probe and said exactly what you want to hear when someone is looking at your insides, "Ohhhh...BEAUTIFUL! Your uterus looks just perfect. Here's your thin lining. See your ovaries? They are nice and quiet."
I'm to start estrogen and a low dose aspirin tomorrow and decrease my lurpon amount (only 10 more pokes!). In two weeks they'll look for a nice and thick lining that will be ready to have a sweet embryo snuggle into. As long as everything looks good on the 4th of March we'll have our transfer a week later! It's really happening!!
