Dodging a bullet
April 17, 2008
This morning, I had an appointment for an ultrasound and blood work. Going into it, I thought that these routine tests were just to take a “before picture” of my hormone levels and uterus before starting on the stimulation medications tomorrow. The nurse practitioner came in to do the ultrasound and explained that the blood test is to measure my estrogen level and the ultrasound is to check the lining of my uterus and make sure there is nothing else going on that might get in the way of becoming pregnant.
During the ultrasound, she found 2 large cysts on my right ovary and 2 small cysts on my left ovary. Not good news. She said that the doctor would want to aspirate these cysts before we could move forward with anything. My eyes must have bulged out of my head, because she quickly started to try to comfort me by saying that cysts are very common and that we just need to wait for the results of the blood test to see if they can do the aspiration tomorrow (Friday). If the blood test came back with bad results, my IVF cycle would be placed on hold for another month. I asked her to explain everything to me, as I knew I would be calling Collin as soon as I left and I wanted to make sure I could explain it to him. Long story short, they wanted to see a low estrogen level so that they could be sure that my body was ready to start taking stimulation drugs. If my estrogen level was too high, I would stop all medication, and go on the birth control pill (kind of an oxymoron for our situation, huh?) until my estrogen level lowered. My nurse told me that she would call me later to let me know what the blood results were.
I called Collin and cried most of the way to work, so terrified that our cycle might be put on hold for another month. I’m sure you’re thinking that a month isn’t very long at all, but to me, at this point, pumped full of hormones, it seems like an eternity. My wonderful husband filled me up with encouragement, love and support. Have I ever said how much I love him?
Thankfully, my day at work went by very quickly as I was busy with training and meetings and all that wonderful work stuff. 5:00 came and I was on pins and needles that I hadn’t heard back from my nurse. The doctors office was closed and I still didn’t know if I was having my cysts aspirated tomorrow, or if our IVF cycle was canceled. At 5:20, my nurse called me and said that my estrogen level was at 33 (they wanted to see anything under 2oo!!!) and that I had an appointment to have my cysts aspirated tomorrow! I screamed and almost started crying again, but I held it together this time.
Everything is a go and tomorrow night, we start my stimulation medications - Gonal F and Menopur. These are intra-muscular, which means that Collin gets to start giving me big shots in the butt. As nervous as I am about these new shots, I’m so excited that we get to move forward with our cycle.
This was a scary day for me, but once again, God proved to be faithful. Our friend Illi posted a comment with the following verse from Jeremiah: “I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”. That pretty much sums it all up.
We’ll let you know how tomorrow’s shot goes. Thank you for your continued prayer and support.
Kyla
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Collin,
I am sorry to see that you are having some issues with having children and the IVF process. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Chai in the Jewish religion translates to life (pronounced like Hi but like you are coughing up a loogy with emphasis on the H). The number that is associated with Chai is 18. Double Chai is 36. I hope you will take 100% of my gift and use it towards your IVF expenses. I just can’t be apart of you selling t-shirts again. It is part of my legal arraignment I have with the Palm Springs Police Department, but if you run out of shirts let me know. I still have some Spring Break shirts at my parent’s house. I know how important having children have always been to you and I am sure, as scary as it is to have another Collin running around, things will work out fine for you. They always do. Call me any time if you need to talk.