If the house is rockin', don't come a-knockin'

Quick update: Paul and I decided on Tuesday (after the appointment) to stay on the drugs through the end and, instead of having the manual egg retrieval with manual mixture of egg and sperm, and manual implantation of embryos, we would try things the old fashioned way. What this means is, I've taken the remainer of the stimulation drugs (through last night), then tonight I took the "final" one that releases any mature eggs, and this weekend, eggs will be released and Paul and I will be bouncing like bunnies (sorry...TMI, but that's the nature of this IVF business).

IF (and that's a big IF) this works, it will increase our chance of multiples. I have no control over the number of eggs released, nor the number that are fertilized (IF any), thus no control over the number (IF any) that find their way to the uterus. That means we could end up with sextuplets. Most likely, we won't have any in there, but there is the possibility of WAY too many. Regardless, we'll be happy with 1...or 6...or 8...

I won't know anything until early May, if then. I'm not counting on much, but at least this way, all these weeks of drugs and trips back and forth to the doctor won't be wasted. I think that's what made me the most upset the other day--the fact that after all we've been through, it was over just like that. They weren't even willing to try to get any eggs, they just called it quits. I did talk to the nurse yesterday to tell her what our plan was (and to get the correct dosage for the remainder of the shots) and she was in favor of what we were doing! That was encouraging, but we're still realistic that this might (and likely) won't work. At least we can finally say that we've done everything possible.

Both of us are doing fine emotionally, but there's still so much going on in our lives, especially with Paul's sister. She's having her double mastectomy on Monday, then after healing from that, she'll have to endure chemo and radiation.

The house has had no traffic, but we'll plug on trying to sell it. And I'm looking into starting the whole (daunting) adoption process. But it could be years before we actually have a child, so in the meantime, we'll enjoy each others company, take a few trips, and relax as much as we can.

Thanks for all the good thoughts and prayers sent our way. It's all appreciated!!