Red Light......GREEN LIGHT!!!

So a little recap on the events so far this week.

My second acupuncture session on Tuesday went really well.  She geared the

pins towards the more "reving up" meridians.

And boy did they work!

I have been feeling nauseous and had abdominal cramps for the past

few days as I gear up for AF and get ready to start IVF.

I seriously LOVE acupuncture!

Tuesday night I didn't sleep well, as my mind was racing with wonder before

my baseline ultrasound I had the next morning.

I got to the appointment a little before 8 and got right in.

As the ultrasound began, the tech checked out my right ovary first.

This is the one that has given me SO MANY problems

and the one that I was worried about most for having a cyst.

The tech announced "NO CYSTS and SIX follicles!"

Holy moly, I was ecstatic!

Moving over to the left ovary now.

"There's a small, deflating cyst."

Good feeling...gone.  :(

What the heck!?  How could my body betray me like this?
I did however have 17-18 follicles...so that's good.

The tech was hopeful though since it appeared to be deflating, but I still

had blood drawn to find out what my Estrogen level was.

If the cyst was producing Estrogen, then my level would be above 50 and it would

not be safe to start our IVF schedule.  We would have to wait 4-5 days

and check Estrogen levels again.

So great!  I had a day filled with uncertainty and worrying.

Finally around 3:30pm my doctors nurse called.

47.9!!!!!

Woo hoo!  Phew!  Nothing like cutting it close.  :)
We got the green light from the doc to continue on our

IVF schedule as planned.

This morning I took my last ever birth control pill...

...and it felt great!

I even did a little happy dance after it was down.

 he he he

Our dearest friends from Nebraska fly in today to take in the Seattle

life for a few days.  I cannot wait to have fun and not think about

all this for a few days.  Plus it will help the next 3 days before I start

injections go by sooo much faster.

It's about to get real.