Round 2...

Well, we're all set for June 18th!  We've chosen our embryos and I started the Lupron on Tuesday.  There was a bit of a scare with the Lupron due to the national shortage of the drug, but I found a "compounded" Lupron available at a pharmacy in Arizona.  Only problem was that insurance didn't cover it.  Thank God it was only $125 out of pocket! 

We got my post transfer blood work back (the stuff that was supposed to help the doctor figure out why our last FET didn't work) and my anti-phosphatidylethanolamine levels were elevated which I was told could lead to some blood clotting issues that could potentially starve the baby in the womb.  The treatment for that is subcutaneous Lovenox every day.  Woohoo!!!  Another shot!!!

They also found a mutation on my MTHFR gene (C677t) which affects how my body metabolizes certain nutrients and requires me to be on a higher dosage of folic acid and my B vitamins in order to ensure that the baby would be getting all that it needs for neural tube development.  I'm not gonna lie, when I first got the e-mail explaining all of this I was a little worried, but our nurse quickly settled me down.

So we're moving right along with our protocol and we're heading to VA after work on June 14th.  Our catheter fitting is scheduled for June 15th and rather than drive up and back like we did the last time, we're just going to stay in the hotel and relax for a few days until the transfer on the 18th. 

On a non-baby related topic, I got in to nursing school!!!  I go for orientation on June 13th and I'll register for my classes then.  It's an online/hybrid program so I'll only have to go to clinicals/simulated labs on Mondays and then a lecture on Wednesday or Tuesday evenings.  My boss was supposed to start scheduling me for four, ten hour shifts a few months ago, but she drags her feet about everything so that hasn't happened yet.  I'm hoping she gets moving on that because I really don't feel like trying to find another job within the university during all of this. 

After the last FET didn't work I had started praying that if this wasn't the way that we were supposed to build our family, that God let us know before we went through the next transfer.  Not because I don't think that we're strong enough to handle the disappointment, but because it's a rather expensive disappointment and while my parents are footing the bill again, we'd rather not have them shell out more money for an unsuccessful procedure.  I prayed for a sign that this wasn't the right route for us and to lead us towards the right path.  I'm struggling with the thought that my acceptance into nursing school or the abnormal blood work was His way of steering us in another direction.  I due tend to work better under pressure and the timing of everything with the pregnancy would work out OK with my school semester so I think we're just going to continue to pray about it as we move forward.  I just don't want to be deaf to His calling, but I know His plan is already laid out for us.  He's put such an easy way over each of these hurdles that I'm hoping this is just his way of showing us that we can do it all!