Just to say, my butt is quite sore today. I was limping a little bit just to try to not aggravate it further. There’s no visible bruise or anything, it’s just… sore. I cannot imagine doing IM shots every day.

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To answer a few questions that I have gotten…

Shilpa asked, “if you have more than 1 embie, will you transfer more than 1?” (And I have gotten this question a lot, from many different people in different places.)

I do plan to transfer only one again. One GOOD one. My reasons span many different areas of concern, but it boils down to a couple of main things:
* I know I can get pregnant from a single embryo transfer. I personally don’t think putting back more than one increases our chance of success very much at all – from my data and experience I think the overall quality of that cycle batch is what decides whether or not I will get pregnant, whether there is one or three. Last cycle had we put back the second one I am absolutely positive it still would have resulted in a BFN. (But on the flip side, if it IS a good batch then I am pretty certain it would be twins.)
* Twins does significantly increase the risk of pregnancy loss. Having been through a horrific loss already the thought of increasing my risk scares me shitless.
* Also, I really wants a frosty or two for next time. And I think this, too, depends on the egg quality of the batch… I firmly believe that last cycle the spare embryo didn’t freeze because it wasn’t good all around. What I really really want is one sticky embryo growing inside me and several really good ones on ice for next time.

G asked, “How do you escape the IM PIOs?”

That is a stroke of luck, I tell you!! My clinic does progesterone suppositories for most of their patients, unless a patient has a specific need for more progesterone. And their numbers are comparable to other clinics, so obviously it works well! Thankfully my history has shown progesterone to not be an issue with me – the suppository easily supported my last pregnancy – so I get to keep doing that instead of PIO. I am very, very thankful.

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Retrieval in the morning! I am excited. I’m always excited before retrieval. I get warm blankets and to be all fuzzy and knocked out (yes, I actually like that), and I get to find out what’s hiding inside of me. Okay, well that part is more nervewracking than exciting, but it kind of adds to the whole twitchy feeling of the night before retrieval.