Friday, December 7, 2012

A Plan...

I received great news yesterday! The IVF clinic called and informed me that the egg donor is ready to begin cycling!! Everything looks good with her so she starts birth control pills now and will begin injectibles sometime in January.

As for me, I will continue taking the birth control pills until near the end of December. For a couple of days, I will take both the birth control pills and use a Lupron injection. The Lupron medication is administered via an insulin needle. The Lupron acts on the pituitary gland to suppress ovulation (since my own biological material won't be needed for this surrogacy). A few days later, I will discontinue the birth control pill and only use the Lupron.

The first week of January, I will have blood work and an ultrasound to get a baseline for the cycle. That's also when I'll get all the details on the other IVF medications I'll be taking.

Based on all of this, we're now looking at a transfer in the last week of January. If the cycle is successful, then my awesome Intended Parents can expect their bundle of joy sometime around the middle of October!

Just 50 days or so to wait! How very exciting....

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