Hello! First I want to update you on our appointment we had this morning then I am going to write a little better update from Friday. I was a bit too upset Friday to write a good blog post.
First: We had an ultra sound and blood work this morning. There was still fluid in my lining. Bummer! But, with that being said we are not out. My doctor had Chris and I come talk to him in the
"conference room" today. He told us our options and what he thought was best. We are doing the trigger shot tonight at 8 PM. Then on Tuesday we will go to Bennet at 6:30 Am. my retrieval will be about 7 Am. So we are going to retrieve still which is great! Then Friday I will go back and have an ultrasound to check my lining again. If it still has fluid we will freeze our embryos and then he will do a DNC and then transfer at a later time. If the fluid is gone we will go ahead and do transfer on Sunday. Of course, the success on frozen is not as good as fresh. Chris and I are doing much better today and it will all work out! God has put my heart and mind at peace since Friday. I prayed and asked God to take over this situation and put us at peace. There is no sense in worrying about something we have no control over.
Second: I want to write a better post from Friday. So, Friday morning I had an appointment and Chris and I were both so excited. My estrogen levels have been awesome so we were feeling wonderful about things. Then our doctor found the fluid and it hit us like a pile of bricks. It was awful (in our opinion). My eyes filled with tears as Dr. R was telling us. Then as I got dressed I started crying like a big old baby! I mean crying! I have never left an appointment that upset before...usually I keep it together till I get to my car. The nurse had to give us our Sunday appointment time and she was just as upset as we were. Then I had to go pay our appointment bill and the lady at the desk brought me tissues...yes, it was that bad. I am sure that office lady deals with a lot of crying ladies. I had to walk out in a waiting room full of people with tears rolling down my face. It wasn't pretty I am sure. Then we had to go to Bennett Fertility to give them our paper work. The office lady saw me in the hall and immediately asked what was wrong and gave me a very long hug. She waved the nurse to come (Nurse J- I will call her). She came out and asked what was going on and gave me a hug too. They said we will pray for you all. Nurse J called me later to check on me. Let me tell you all...our doctor and his staff are the most amazing people ever! They truly care about their patients! After seeing a fertility specialist for a little over a year I finally had one of those melt downs. We have been trying for a little over 2 years and I guess it finally just caught up with me. It was so hard processing what my doctor said till we got home and I had a good cry. Then Chris and I talked about our options and prayed...and prayed some more.
Thank for all the kind words and prayers from our blog followers, friends, and family. We truly are blessed with you all. We couldn't go through this journey without your support and without God. We can't do this alone. Pray that retrieval goes well. I will update Tuesday after we get home. I should be released from the hospital around 9:30ish Tuesday. Praying for good quality eggs and that they fertilize and develop well.
Again, Thank you to all that follow our blog and support us through this struggle in our life.
Lisa and Chris
Praying for you both
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