Intense week

On Friday night my sister had an emergency c-section after a week on hospital bedrest due to pregnancy complications. Her baby was born at 30 weeks and has been in the NICU since. It's been stressful and worrying and scary.

As this was going on, I started my diet on Monday. So far I'm down 4 lbs, which I gained over Chanukah, so really I'm just back to where I started. I haven't been hungry and I noticed that my mood has been pretty stable, even considering all the extra stress, so I'm overall pleased with how it's going.

Wednesday was CD1. I took my last pill on Sunday and it took over two full days for my period to come - good to note for next time. On Wednesday morning I was starting to worry it may not come until Thursday which would make CD3 on Saturday. Since we have to repeat day 3 blood work, it would have meant waiting an entire cycle to redo this exam. Luckily it worked out. Once it came, I let my nurse know and scheduled blood work for Friday. I also scheduled the mock transfer for Monday.

We had 5 embryos in the freezer, but they were PGD tested and only 1 is genetically normal. Today we confirmed the disposal of the genetically abnormal embryos. Even though we knew we weren't going to transfer them it was still a hard decision and weighed on us. They're still ours and we still love them. Even though I know they triple check, I was worried they'd accidentally dispose our one good embryo.

The blood work we both did in the last week of December came back and all looks ok. The only thing was my vitamin D was low: 21 when they'd like to see it at least at 30. It was recommended I take a supplement and contact my pcp to follow up.

Insurance was verified by Wednesday (two to three weeks my foot!) but they couldn't submit for authorization until after I do the day 3 blood work. They have the weirdest rules. My nurse also can't submit an IVF schedule until once day 3 blood work and the mock transfer are done, so a lot is riding on tomorrow.

Of course, inclement weather is being predicted for tonight and tomorrow. My car can't handle snow or ice so if the roads are bad in the morning I may need to uber to the clinic.

It's been a rough week and we're ready for the weekend.