IVF 5: Day 14

By far the most anxiety-filled day yet this cycle. Monitoring went well but the doc couldn't be sure based on follicle sizes whether trigger would be tonight or not. They wanted to wait for blood work results to come in to confirm.

If yes triggering tonight, no problems.

If not triggering tonight, I needed to refill meds and figure something out about getting to monitoring tomorrow morning on Shabbat.

Part of the issues is that the OR schedule doesn't come out until 4PM. So I wouldn't have any info until 90 minutes before Shabbat starts. I asked my nurse to let me know info as soon as she does to give me time to plan - either find someone to give me a ride in the morning or make arrangements to stay in the hotel nearby. Beside that, I didn't want to refill meds unless I knew I'd need them because they were the refrigerated kind that's not refundable. But the local specialty pharmacy closes at 4PM. You see the issue?

Long story short, I couldn't handle the wait any more and I emailed my nurse at 1:00 PM just asking whether or not she had results yet. She said definitely triggering tonight, but I'll get the exact time once the operating room schedule is out after 4:00 PM. Whew! No need for more meds, not need for Shabbat arrangements.

Got the call at 4:04 PM. Trigger is tonight at 9:30 PM and retrieval is on Sunday morning. I got a different antibiotic than last time which gave me stomach issues. The difference is that this one is a 5-day pack and the other one was just two and done the night before. Whatever, I'm ok with it. Ready to get the show on the road!

I'm worried that they may have triggered me early because of my restrictions with Shabbat, even though I never asked for that and have made it clear we're willing to work around it. I know it's all up to Him in the end so even if we don't get a lot of eggs, I'm still hoping it will result in a few good embryos.

Shabbat shalom!