The IVF Bomb

So, attempt #4 at IUI resulted in another negative pregnancy test. Not a surprise to me, but I'm trying to be positive here, so...

On to IVF! I'm scared. I'm nervous. I'm excited. I'm thrilled. I'm. All. Over. The. Place.

Like normal, I guess.

Once I am comfortable with the protocol, I'll share it. For now, I'm still on step one... which is... drumroll.... Birth Control Pills! ERRRRR,,,,, wha? I'm sorry, Dr. O., I know you have a lot of patients to care for, (even though we're all there because of your specialty in getting girls preggy), but maybe you're not clear on what I'm doing here...

I have no idea why I'm on The Pill. I'm embarassed to call my sweet nurse Stephanie to ask her because I'm certain that Dr. O. explained it clearly to me the day that he dropped the bomb of information onto my lap like a freight train, but... I forget.

So, in an attempt to do it myself, (control freak), I went to the Library on my lunch break and picked up a couple of books to read. It was a classic covert op- and I LOVE a good covert op- my sister and I used to do covert ops all the time. My brother and I did a covert op once a long time ago to. They are the best. Better with backup than solo, but, I was desperate and it was kind of on a whim, so solo mission it was. Anyway I have about 8 books to read within the next 3 weeks. I'll let you know when I know. Edge of your seat, I get it.

I'm seriously wrestling with the work sitch. Do I tell my boss? Any of my co-workers? HR? I have no idea. I have been dragged into at least 27 conversations in the last week about IVF and the octomom, and Jon & Kate and how stupid it was for them to do IVF... (btw, ignorant co-workers, J&K had IUI, not IVF, and it's totally different.) Apparently, everyone that I work with knows more about infertility treatments than even Dr. O. and Stephanie! Maybe I should ask them what the deal with The Pill is... surely they know!

Decisions, decisions.

On a lighter note, I threw a Baby Shower at work for my very-pregnant buyer- she is a doll- having a girl, due 12/15 but there's no way she'll make it to that date. She invited a couple of us to the shower that her sister was throwing for her, (in her swanky downtown condo with her breathtaking view of downtown Baltimore), where I found out that another buyer is also pregnant and due in May! No kidding! It must be something in the water! Then everyone turns to me and says... "How long have you been married? Isn't it time for you two to get started??"

Hah. If only you knew. Maybe I should tell you.... maybe not.... I have no idea.