I did end up calling the nurses today. When I started getting nausea/cramps I figured it really was the real thing, so I called and let them know.

I got a call back from one of the nurses after we got home from work. She said she didn’t have my chart (it was in the other building) but just confirmed with me that I was doing BCP/Lupron, that I’d taken the protocol class already with the nurses, went over a few dates with me (I’ll start lupron injects on May 3rd, and take my last BCP on the 6th), and said they’ll get my meds ordered tomorrow soon as they get my chart from the other building. I also mentioned to her that in the class we were taught with gonal-f, but that the other nurse had said they’d order follistim or gonal-f, whichever was cheaper. So hopefully that’ll work out well for us. I also asked her when to bring in the signed consent forms, she said I can bring them to my baseline scan (which will be during my next period after I’ve started the lupron). All well and good then.

So there you go, my IVF cycle has been put into motion. I get 18 days of nothing except the birth control pill now, so it’s not like it all starts at once. But just setting it all in motion… it’s a little bit surreal.

There was a tiny part of me that thought maybe I was pregnant. After my lap, endo removed, that little part of me held out hope. But I guess that’s just not meant to be.

Oh – I also got my book in the mail. Last week in a fit of some frustration I ordered a book off of my wishlist through Amazon’s Marketplace. (Shopping, even of the internet variety, is a perfectly reasonable way of dealing with frustration… right?) I got How To Get Pregnant by Dr. Sherman Silber. It’s the last infertility book that’s on my to-get list. The rest of my books are all about pregnancy or babies. And while I’m feeling really hopeful at this stage, I didn’t feel quite ready to buy one of those.