More Needles!

Yes, I received even more needles and drugs in the mail today. It was my last lone prescription of low dose hcg. Apparently, this medication only lasts for 30 days and then is ineffective. So, they didn't want to send it too early. It is always unsettling to open up a fedex and see a giant package of syringes. (breathe breathe) I think the whole shot thing would be ok if I didn't have to look. That's usually how I get through them in the drs office. It could prove to be a bad move though when giving myself the shots.

Hubby and I had an early morning drs appt today too. It was for a genetic consult. We had one before during the pregnancy, but our IVF nurse insisted that there was more information I needed to know specifically regarding IVF. Yeah....um.....no. It was completely the same....if not less information....useless. Oh well. Take my money, what do I care?

My co-worker who knows all about my IVF plans (probably more than she ever wanted to know) tried to rile me up and get me all upset that about the useless appt. (Oh sure, everyone loves pissing me off don't they? It's all fun and games until I poke someone's eye out! :P) She was very disappointed that I didn't take the bait. When you're spending $10,000, $125 bucks isn't worth the trouble of getting wound up. Sorry chica!

I'm a big ball o' jello!

Today I went for an amazing massage with a friend of mine. She was so nice and treated me to help me destress before my upcoming treatments. It was so relaxing! Of course, my neck and shoulders were a big bundle of stress balls. Too much computer time I guess. We both walked out of the rooms in our robes with what looked like sex hair. We did not care one bit! They had an aromatherapy room where we sat and had a cup of green tea.

Then we met our boys for lunch! It was a nice day!

Waiting Waiting Waiting

I now understand Tom Petty when he says it's the hardest part! Due to our health coverage and the holiday schedule at our RE's office, we had to delay IVF for a little over a month. Then, I had to delay one week more because my brother bumped his wedding by a week. I told him I would photograph it and I didn't want to take the risk of being crazy and/or bloated on the big day. I have visions of the blueberry girl in Willa Wonka (the original of course) and it's not pretty. No one wants to be rolled around a wedding!

The holidays have helped me not obsess too much about the waiting. My husband and I have been doing yoga, working out and I've been going to an acupunturist once a week. My friend was so sweet and scheduled us both for massages tomorrow so I'm looking forward to that muchly!

In a world where we can have dinner ready in less than 5 minutes or get an instantaneous answer to a question via the internet, this whole pregnancy process is painstakingly looooooong! Don't even get me thinking about the two week wait!!!!! AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!