Back to Life

Well. I thought this might happen and it did. Gratitude. I am actually very grateful that our cycle got delayed. I had way too much going on this month to also go through IVF. Let me see...lactation exam, cash for clunkers, family reunion, new glasses, new doctor at work, gardening. All big deals for me. And I am tired. Between call and stuff, this is my first free weekend in like 2 months. And did I mention that there are 3 potential hurricanes heading for Florida right this minute? If we were doing egg retrieval this very week as we were originally supposed to, I would be a basket case worrying about power outages and embryologists getting crushed by falling trees and stuff.
Note that I had to write the word "egg" in one sentence and "basket" in the other. This constitutes comedy to me, for some lame reason.  

Also, I almost forgot, Gregg was ill with a virus not unlike H1N1. About a week before he became ill, I said, "honey, maybe we should bank your sperm in case you get a fever which could kill all of your sperm after which we'd have to wait 3 months more to do IVF". He said, "okay", then proceeded to get sick enough to have to stay home for 2 days. My trusty IVF nurse Sue, my IVF guardian really, said that because his fever did not last over 24 hours and he didn't have a fever high enough to induce chills, we're still good to go. I only panicked and google obsessed for about 12 hours about sperm counts decimated by fever. Luckily the flu vaccine arrives at our office in 2 days.
So here I am ready to get ready for IVF, unburdened by all of that other stuff, including fear of influenza.  But, we work in primary care pediatrics, so illness is a constant threat. 
We actually have an official schedule. Come to think of it, the cycle really only got delayed by about 5 weeks. That's better than 8 weeks I guess...if I had to qualify the whole situation. The official cycle start date is September 1. That's when the shut down of my pituitary gland begins. Sounds nice, doesn't it? Egg retrieval (ER) is predicted to be on 9/23 or so which means embryo replacement will be around 9/28.
In the meantime, it's massage and acupuncture and knitting for me.
I'm pretty detached from the whole thing at the moment. It does not seem real. Our medications are getting ordered in one week and our teaching appointment is in 10 days. I'm sure it will all become much more real at that appointment, where they will teach me how to shoot up our life savings.