CD 5 - Day 3 of Stims

I don't have anything witty to write about today - I just want to write.

I have been on stims for three days now and ten injections later, don't feel anything (except that my tummy is looking like a bruised pincushion).

I had an appointment for blood work at the clinic this morning.  I have had one or two Friday appointments before, and always got my callback extra early because they close early on Fridays. So starting at 10:30 a.m., I started keeping the cell and home phone nearby.  And I waited.  And I waited.  As the wait progressed, I began to wonder if they would call.  I've never had a blood work only appointment - maybe they didn't call on those.  Yet I couldn't picture them drawing blood and checking levels without talking with me, even if it was to confirm that there was no change.  And so far they have been perfect in their reliability.

So 2:00 p.m. rolled around, the time the office closes, and I hadn't been called.  At 2:20 p.m. I was desperate and decided that if they hadn't called, maybe they were still there, so I called, only to find  a new recording stating the office now closes at 1:00 p.m. on Friday.  About this time I also realized that I didn't have any ongoing appointments made because these are usually made at the same time as the information phone call. I realized that by the time I got to Monday, I would have been stimming for 5 days and would really need to be reevaluated - Tuesday would be awfully late for a previous over-responder (on Femara of all things).  

I picked up S from work in this agitated state, and he suggested calling.  After dinner S asked if I would like him to call the clinic (what a sweetie) which I wanted him to do, but didn't want the clinic to think I was silly, so I finally decided I should.  I couldn't live with this all weekend.  I called and dialed through to the urgent care number.  Luckily a nurse picked up, and when she did, she explained they were still there, have started in on IVF and were just then getting to calls.  I felt a bit sheepish, but she was kind and when my nurse called me back a few minutes later, she was kind too.

The update is that I am responding well to the stimulating medicine and there is no change to the current protocol.  I will go back on Monday for ultrasound and blood work.  I am so excited to finally see what is going on and get my first indication of the number of follicles developing! Even the warning that Monday is going to be a crazy day at the clinic and may require a wait doesn't dampen this excitement [much]. 

It's crazy to think egg retrieval (ER) could be only a week away!  Things seem to move so fast once you finally start stimming, and I still can hardly believe I am actually, finally here.