Wow, it's hard to believe it's been over a month since I've updated! I've been so busy with school and work that I hardly had time to think about TTC, let alone post.
I left home for Victoria, B.C. on October 1 for the first three week residency of my Masters program. The pre-residency course work was a stuggle, especially Economics, so I was apprehensive and maybe a little bit scared. Long, long days (sometimes 15+ hours) and spending the weekends working on group assignments left me with little time or energy to stress about the upcoming IVF, which was actually sort of nice. Sometimes we get so wraped up in this whole TTC mess that we forget there are other things to focus on, which is why I'm happy with my decision to keep living my life while we're waiting for our family to happen.
One of the best things about my three weeks away was the people I met. It's nice to be around people who have similar goals to me, people who I can relate too, even if we work in different industries. When I started this program, I had decided that if we do the IVF this January, I would take a year off from the program and skip the next October residency. Now, I wonder if that's really such a good idea. A month ago I was struggling with the decision to donate all my best eggs to Lara, but the last three weeks has really helped me to the realize that it might actually work out for the best if we do it this way. Of course, if I am a great producer and there are lots of good ones left, we'll still give it a shot on our own, but if that doesn't happen, I'm now at peace with it. I'd like to think that we'd try IVF on our own again in April or May, but I guess we'll have to see where life takes us.
So, back to the current IVF/Donor cycle - Lara is in to her third week of estrogen/progesterone and her lining is growing very slowly. Last week she was at 4 mm and this week she's at 7 mm. Both ultrasounds showed she had a triple stripe (this is something you want), and it's good to see her body is working the way it should. They've upped her dosages (Lara: "Now I have to shove the pills you know where! OMG!") and once she hits about 10 mm, they'll let her shed then go for one more mock cycle. Things are starting to get exciting!
