IVF 5: Day 4

I had the first monitoring appointment this morning. I got there on time but there was still a bit of a wait. My appointment was for 7:45 AM and I was back in the car by 8:30 AM.  Two sticks for blood. I kind of knew there would be an issue - there's a certain medical assistant who is very cautious and slow. I kept hoping I'd get the other person but of course I got the slow one and she couldn't feel any veins. She ended up tagging out when the first stick didn't work and letting the other person do it, so I only got stuck twice.

In the meantime while this was going on, I was moving up the queue for the ultrasound so as soon as I was done with blood work I had a pretty short wait for the ultrasound. They counted 8 on the right and 4 on the left. I didn't track this from previous cycles, and I don't remember what they counted at baseline, so I have nothing to compare it to. I already know not to get attached to any particular numbers. It can all change, so we'll see what happens.

I'm feeling ok. Slightly bloated, but I think it's because I've been lax on my good eating habit so I've started back on that and hopefully it will help.

I had a conversation at work today that I didn't like. Coworker A told me that coworker B thinks I'm mad at her. I'm not mad at coworker B, and I don't like that she thinks I am. I do I have a hard time talking to her. Every conversation with her gets usurped and she ends up talking about her kids. No matter what we're talking about, or who is talking, she makes a comment about or compares the situation to something with her kids. It's not a quick story, either. It's usually long and boring and irrelevant to whatever we're talking about. I don't have patience. I didn't want to be rude so I thought by avoiding these chatty conversations I can avoid hearing her stories. I don't avoid her, I just stopped chatting about non-work stuff. She also has a tendency to ask personal questions and sometimes I just don't feel like going into personal stuff. For example, she's been asking me about my premie niece. When she asks I usually say, "Good, thanks" with a smile. I don't want to go into the latest scare or setback, especially at work. I know she's asking from a good place - she cares. And she probably has personal stories she wants to share about a similar topic. But in all seriousness, I do need to be careful. There's a fine line between being uninterested and being rude. I don't want to be rude, and I definitely don't want to make someone think I'm mad at them. So I need to work on that, but I'm not sure how.

Also, I'm not a sports person by any stretch. But why would someone steal Tom Brady's jersey?? C'mon, that's not cool.