BOY THAT IS A LOT OF EGGS IN MY BASKET!

Retrieval is upon us...ahhh I am pretty nervous...this past weekend I had back to back blood tests and ultrasounds...man it was hard to get through that..they scheduled me to come in soo early! Since I started the Follicle stimulating hormones I have had blood draws and ultrasounds almost every day for the past week and a half..grueling! My veins hurt and are somewhat bruised...I feel soo mentally exhausted and now am feeling it on my body..well we are moving along nicely regardless of how im feeling..lol..I am soo grateful to have gotten this far in one piece and with minimal side effects... I am exhausted but I am going to fight through it because I have to finish this... :) We still have to get through the HCG shot in the butt, the Retrieval and Egg Transfer...My schedule has been and will be as follows until end of my  IVF cycle:

11/05/11 - Blood Draw & Ultrasound 

Estrogen Levels 2714

Left ovary follicle count:

17 big follicles(bunch of little ones too small to really count them all)

Right ovary follicle count:

12 big follicles (bunch of little ones)

Was instructed to reduce the Follistim to 200 units &  Lupron 5 units

11/06/11 - Blood Draw & Ultrasound

Estrogen levels 4186

Double the amount of Follicles from Saturday (that is a lot of eggs! the Dr. said that women usually only produce and ovulate one egg a menstrual cycle normally..crazy!)

Reduced Follistim to 150units/Lupron 5units (LAST DAY of poking my belly!!)

11/07/11 - Blood Draw & Ultrasound

Estrogen levels 5628

Day of HCG shot in the butt scheduled it for 10:30pm (ahhh!)

11/8/11 - Have to get another blood test done...the nurse informed me today that the sample I gave them on Nov 1st (which was going to be to test estrogen levels and something else) had clotted and wasn't any good for the second test....(nothing to do with my blood but it was just somehow damaged and could not be used)...I guess they were able to get the estrogen level test done but not the other one..ugh!!! really?? I was hoping to have two days rest from blood draws until my Retrieval but I guess not! sheesh..seriously..im soo tired of those blood draws..well my veins are for sure.. and they couldn't of gotten the blood from today's draw? God give me strength ! :( 

11/09/11 - Egg Retrieval Day! scheduled for 9:30am..soo nervous for this day!!

11/10/11 - Start on the Progesterone sesame oil

11/12/11 - Day 3 Embryo Transfer 

11/16/11 - Post-operative visit at 11:20am

11/23/11 - Test to confirm pregnancy!!

Crazy schedule right? phew!