Hello guys!
Hope this email finds everyone in good shape! This is day 35 for me and, though I seemed to have some promising spotting and sensations this morning, still nothing. In addition, I have been having this weird sensation in my ears since yesterday; it seems a tad worse today. Just as if there was a little bit water in my ears that didn't want to get out; my own voice resounds in a weird way, so does music. It's a weird feeling and there's definitely some presure on my eardrum on the left. That's probably just earwax blocking the way; I'll go to a walk-in clinic tomorrow if the symptoms are still there. And my headache does not arrange things; Advil works, lucky me!
But enough with the whining!
Hopeful: congratulations on getting the date for your FET! Hey, barely a little more than a month away for you! Lots of sticky baby dust to you! As for Lupron, if I am not mistaken, it differs from BCP in that it acts directly on the pituitary gland not just to stop your ovulation, but also to put you in an artificial menopause. Hence the moodiness, the hot flashes, and so on. It really allows your doctors to take a full control of your hormones and really start a "fresh cycle", reducing the possibilities for interference.
Shawn: Thanks for your understanding, and thanks for assuming that it will work. However, even if I believe 100% in my chances and will keep a positive attitude at all costs, the less I prepare myself for a BFN, the more shocked I will be. I don't want to be naive either, so I must not assume that a BFP is what I'll get. Hence my self-questioning about getting the results in the nurse's office or not.
Fed: YAY ON AF'S ARRIVAL! I'm really happy for you! Things finally get going; good for you sweetie!
Sonya: I'm glad that everything went well! I sympathize with you; I almost lost my mind when I had the laser eye surgery and had I stay home doing practically nothing for a week! Ah, I guess this is the time to jump on the occasion to be pampered a little more than usual! It's for such a good cause! And when you have a minute, tell us what the latest gossip is! I find it really nice that they gave you pics, wow! Even easier to visualize!
Aunty: Thanks for the info; it was helpful. Procrea clinic does the blood test exactly 16 days after the ER, so that means 17 days and a half after the trigger shot (I'm not supposed to get more than one). I did not plan to do an HPT before the day of the appointment for the blood test; I wanted to do it the morning of. For now, I still intend to do it. You see, if I get a positive result, then I'll be more inclined to believe it. If I get a negative result, I'll just prepare myself to get either result from the blood test. Some of my friends, one of whom is pregnant as we speak, got BFPs from HPTs until their day 40 or something... so I won't panic if I get a BFN from an HPT, and I certainly won't buy 10 other tests to make sure the result I got is right. I'm not like that, and I would do it right before the blood test, so... I will just prepare myself better for the formal blood test. So far, however, people here seem to be more inclined to wait for the blood test, and I do consider that. Maybe it's just because it's my first time...
Bec: thanks for replying. I talked about it with DH this morning and he had the same idea. I'm sure I won't be the first to make that kind of request anyway. I figure DH and I would have the time to drive back home and then wait by the phone, snuggling together on the sofa. That sounds like a much better scenario for me. And of course, congrats on completing your first ww! Only one more to go, and with the holidays approaching like they do, days will fly!
Carolyn: I hope you have a nice vacation! What a lovely idea! Glad AF is leaving; always a good thing!
I wish you a wonderful Xmas time as well dear, and plenty of laughter, fun, and good times to keep your mind off ivf!
And just a general question... what do you guys talk about when you write about the Baseline Test?
Cheers! I'll soon be off to a nice sushi restaurant for a Xmas party!
Sophie
First IVF Dec. 06!
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when you get back you can just paste it it usually works...LOL
. Looks like I'm going to be on lupron for 20 days! 
I was looking forward to a month without needles! But no, not my luck. I've only had one lupron shot ever and it stung like a mofo. Luckily these are going to be much smaller doses. But Please, can anyone tell me, will they all sting? And what the heck does Lupron do that BCP can't??