Decisions, Decisions

Today was a day for decision making!  Jeff and I had an appointment with our fertility doctor today, nothing too exciting.  Just a physical for myself to make sure that my body is ready for IVF.  You know, the usual height, weight, blood pressure, temperature, that sort of thing.  The doctor also performed an ultrasound to look at my ovaries and count my eggs, which apparently I have a lot of, so that's good news.  They also did what's called a "trial transfer", basically inserting a catheter into my uterus (I did tell you this was an open blog, right?) to establish the length and the path they will take on the day of the actual embryo transfer.  A pretty easy appointment, though I was so glad Jeff was there with me to make me laugh and help me when I couldn't get out of my skinny jeans!  (We've all been there girls!)

The decision making came when it was time to go over some paperwork.  We had to sign basically saying that we know there are certain complications and risks involved with IVF.  We also had to decide what we wanted to do with the embryos that would not be used on the day of the transfer.  Did we want to donate them? Did we want to freeze them for a possible future transfer if this first one is unsuccessful or if we want more kids? (At which point Jeff decided the name of that baby would be Sub-Zero, stupid Mortal Kombat humor.)  Or did we want to discard of the remaining embryos, which didn't seem right to either of us.  We decided freezing them was the option for us.  Then came the interesting part- what to do with the embryos should one of us die?  What to do with them if one of us were to enter into a new relationship- oddly enough we were given the option to transfer our embryos into Jeff's new wife if that were ever the case - weird & hell to the no!  What did we want to do with our frozen embryos if we were unable to pay the storage fee?  Yes, there is a storage fee!  All of these weird scenarios kept cropping up that we weren't totally prepared for.  These are all questions we wouldn't even have to think about if we could get pregnant the "traditional" way.  We made the decisions that were best for us and that is all we can do.

The next step for us at this point is for me to start daily injections around February 17th, which I am absolutely dreading.  I hope I can do it!  Until then, we are just enjoying our time together filled with coffee beans & baby dreams!