Trick or Treatment

I got a call from the NEC and they have my schedule. Shazam! I didn’t have to wait a week! I didn’t have to call back! Yay!

For those of you playing along at home I will begin Lupron some time next week (the pharmacy just called to verify my shipping address. How exciting is that?) and then later in October I will begin my stims. I have decided to travel to NEC the day I start my stims as the monitoring is insanely less expensive. I also need to have some blood work done there and it is literally hundreds of dollars cheaper to get it done at the clinic.

This means that I will be in the Northeast for around 2 weeks. I can’t think of a more perfect time to be in that part of the country. I am already daydreaming of tights and boots.

Mother has informed me that she will be taking 2 weeks off of work to be home with GM. I am in awe over this. I was really stressed about getting a sitter and arranging good care for GM but I was kindly informed that it was not my problem to solve. I can’t even begin to tell you how relieved that makes me. Of course I can’t say that I won’t be fretting about GM and whether or not things are going well, but I need to let go on this.

It is hard to believe that around this time last year I was planning a trip up to the Northeast to meet so many of you for the first time. Remember the us from a year ago? So much has happened since then: 1 baby born, 5 babies conceived, and all the rest of us are pretty actively trying or at least figuring out what the fuck to do next. Pretty amazing.

I guess I should also tell you guys now that once things get specific with my IVF I will be going into password stealth mode. This is not to shut anyone out, but really to protect the other parties involved with my IVF. I am pretty open about the process, but I am not alone in this journey.

Even though I don’t know anything about the woman on the other end of this cycle I feel very protective of her right to anonymity. I would hate for her to google my lab results and find all of us in mid conversation about them! Once I start protecting posts I will e-mail the password to unlock them. If you have commented in the past you will get a password. If you are a lurker you better start talking! heh.

September 25, 2007 | Filed Under IVF #1, egg donor

Comments

10 Responses to “Trick or Treatment”

the_road_less_travelled on September 25th, 2007 4:17 pm

I’m so freakin excited for you whoohoo. Guess I will need another copy of the book for a certain someone.
Kathleen on September 25th, 2007 4:24 pm

Sending fertile vibes to you as well. It’s not often we get to do something so HUGE for another human being. You will be rewarded!!! In D.C. here if your trip is taking you to these parts, I’d love to meet up!
Mel on September 25th, 2007 5:37 pm

I’m talking, I’m talking (not just for password rights in the future). Also to tell you that I’m excited for you that things are getting started, the stress has been taken off you hands in finding coverage for GM, and simply put, you’re on the road. You’re on the road to good places
Kat on September 25th, 2007 5:38 pm

I’m so excited for you that things are moving forward so nicely and methodically and inevitably. I’m excited thinking about you stepping on that plane and making it all happen. I’m so excited that your mother is being so supportive in freeing you up like that for your journey into your new life. I also think it’s fab that you’re being so sensitive to the anonymity of the other woman in question. Hell, I’m just excited and jumping up and down over all of this.
CD & SP on September 25th, 2007 5:52 pm

We’ve been lurkers for awhile, but running in the same crowd of bloggers. We wish you all the luck in the world! We’ll actually be on about the same schedule with our first IVF. I start Lupron next Friday, stims the week or so later and er and et late in October. I’m excited to have a cycle buddy, so I’d love to follow along. We too are in Western MA if you find yourself in this area.
sabrina on September 25th, 2007 6:00 pm

excellent news - it’s really happening! very kind of you to password protect. i’d better get a password or i will HUNT YOU DOWN!
Hannah on September 25th, 2007 7:08 pm

Yay! I am so excited for you. I’m glad you didn’t have to wait the week for them to call - and I’m so frickin’ happy that your journey is moving along. I’ve got everything crossed for you! <3
Jeannette on September 25th, 2007 7:16 pm

I’m from NJ and live in Florida now and I must say that October is one of my favorite months up north. Its cold at night but not freezing. I went up north last year in October (met Shelli! woohoo!) and I had such a nice time. The blood thins after a while though…lol….I’m so excited for you.
Co on September 25th, 2007 8:45 pm

Wow… things are really moving forward.

I am so glad that your mom is being so supportive and taking time off so you don’t need to worry about your GM. That is really the last thing you would need to worry about in the midst of all this.

We will be cheering you on, for sure.
Meg on September 25th, 2007 8:46 pm

I’ve been lurking and cheering you on for awhile now. Keeping tabs on your journey is helping me to build up the courage I need to take the next step on mine. good luck and you’ll love it up here!