Testing is Finished!

I had a ton of blood work done, a fluid ultrasound that was so very painful, a mock run of the implantation, and a consultation appointment all in the past two days.  For the fluid ultrasound the doctor filled my uterus with liquid in order to make sure the inside of my uterus was healthy.  When the liquid came out I felt like I was having serious labor contractions.  But it was well worth it because it was all good news!!!  My egg count is excellent.  The doctor said that normal is 6 per ovary and I had 8 on my left and 10 on my right.  And the inside of my uterus is healthy.  Dave had his blood work and analysis done as well and all of his numbers look great too! 

I am finished with all of my testing and I will be starting the IVF cycle on April 23rd.  I can't believe this is happening so quickly.  I will be starting the injections on April 26th and then going in for ultrasounds every other day for a bit and then two days in a row before the egg retrieval.  That will happen sometime between May 8-10 depending on how my body reacts to the medication and then the eggs will be fertilized and after 5 days 1-2 embryos will be implanted.  I COULD BE PREGNANT BY MAY 15!!!!!  Or earlier depending on the medication.

I am so thankful that all of our test results have been so positive.  I just keep praying that we will be blessed with a beautiful baby to love.  I keep thinking about the first time I held Logan.  How at that moment nothing else in the world mattered.  I never knew a love like that before.  I am looking forward to having that moment again.  What an amazing gift that would be.  To be able to hold our child in my arms for the very first time and falling in love all over again.  And this time we would be able to share that joy with Logan.  I feel like I get a glimpse of that every time he holds Joey and Tulsi's baby Adeline.  I know he will be an amazing big brother!