Good Morning all you lovely ladies,
Well it’s been an interesting morning for me. Work up about 5am to see that we didn’t have power. Damn ice storm screwed up the power lines!

It’s now 10:30am and we still don’t have power. I had DH drive me to work because the roads are covered in a sheet of ice and snow. Last year I tried to drive in this kind of weather and ended up in a ditch.

I refuse to stay home without any power. That means, no TV, no internet, No stove. I’d rather be at work perusing the internet. lol
Dr called me this morning. He is stuck in the house due to the snow. He cancelled my appointment with dildocam today. Can’t say, I’m upset. Too bad I won’t be able to see my “other” man on Valentines day.

But anyway, dr said my Estro level is about 1300 so he’s not too worried right now. Tonight I take my HCG and start to weight myself every morning starting tomorrow to see if I gain two or three pounds a day. That’s an indication of HSS (or me just being really greedy

). He said he will call me later if he can shovel his way out and maybe I can come into his office later. But he’s not worried if he doesn’t see me. He said the eggs should be the size we need them to be now. He also described to me over the phone where my HCG needed to be injected. Let me start by saying..OUCH!!!! The needle for this thing is about 3 inches long and he said the entire things needs to be in my body. But the body part is what scares me. He said it had to go into the upper outer quadrant of my buttocks.

I usually inject myself into legs so this is going to be interesting. Not looking forward to it. But what scares me the most is he was talking about the sciatic nerve which is in that area and that I need to stay away from that. Ok, WTF?? How am I suppose to know where the heck that is????
So now I’m just waiting to hear back from him to see what time to take that Big ass Needle in my Butt and to see what time ER is scheduled for. Looking forward to that anesthesia induced nap. Man, I think I really do have issues.
But thanks for all your prayers and dancing. I think we might have scared the Estro *****.
Sass-a-Frass—(that name sounds familiar, where did I get it from. Hmmmm) But anyway, I think it grew from Monday to Tuesday. It was 13 on Monday and then it was 16 yesterday. Who knows what it is today? But I just hope they continue to mature but not too much. Hope you had a wonderful Vday.
Meg—I laughed so hard about the constant whining from your hubby. lol Men, such big babies. I hope he starts to feel better, for your sake. That’s great to hear that the delivery won’t be as expensive as the IVF. That’s wonderful. BTW, I need you to create a ticker. I don’t want to keep asking you how far along you are. lol Because I’ll probably ask you again in a month and then the month after that, and probably the month after that. With my memory I might even ask you how far along you are…after you have delivered.

To answer your question, I am in the North East. I guess that’s what you would call it. I’m in Maryland. We usually don’t get too much snow but when we do, it’s a mess. Everyone panics. I think they are too laid back here. They take their time plowing the roads, putting down salt, everything they need to prevent accidents. We don’t have much of a choice to drive where I’m from. I could probably ride a bike to the market but it would take me a day. Half the day to get there and half the day to get back. I wouldn’t mind being in Australia, Florida or Las Vegas right now.
Patie—I hope you cheer up soon. Today is the day DH comes back, right? Sounds like mom is taking great care of you. Glad to hear the immuno testing came back negative. So what’s next?? I forgot, are you going to do IVF again, in Dubai? I know you were talking about the travel was far and was thinking about going with the Lebanese doctor. Have you decided? By the way, I just read Dagny’s post yesterday. It brought me to tears. I will never give up hope. She is truly an inspiration. Her story touched me in so many ways. Thanks for telling us about it. Accu was cancelled yesterday due to the weather. I have to go back on Saturday and then again on the morning of ET, which looks like Wednesday if ER is on Friday. Bad thing is DH has a meeting on Wednesday and can’t miss work. So I’ll be driving myself home that day. I’m going to assume it’s okay to drive and resume normal activity? Last time I was told bed rest for 24 hours. But I have read on several posts that it doesn’t matter really because implantation doesn’t happen until about 3 or 4 days after ET. Is that correct?
Happy Valentines day to the rest of you ladies. Hope you all are doing well.